# What a Girl Wants

What a Girl Wants is a 2003 film starring Amanda Bynes as Daphne Reynolds, Colin Firth as Henry Dashwood and Oliver James as Ian Wallace.

## Daphne Reynolds

* If you take your nose out of the air for one second you'll see that you're designer, I'm vintage. You've got a mansion, I've got a five floor walkup. You're snotty little miss cranky pants and I go with the flow, so why would you ever think for one second that I'd ever have the same taste in guys? So here's a little pointer for you. Get over yourself and stop trying to be my daddy's little girl because I'm not going anywhere.
* My evil stepsister, you've seen Cinderella, right? Let me clue you in, I win.
* It's bigger than our entire apartment and the Chinese restaurant downstairs and the dry cleaner down the street; it makes the White House look like a McDonalds!
* Every year I would wish if that I was good enough you would come and find me.
* Dude, its chocolate. Need I say more?

## Henry Dashwood

* I think I owe you a rather large apology.
* Remember when I told you how groovy I used to be?
* You like Co-co Pops?
* I'm not explaining this very well, am I?
* For me, it's just a stop on the campaign trail, and for Glynnis it's a chance to launch Clarissa on society.
* No, in Clarissa's case it's more like an intercontinental ballistic missile.

## Ian Wallace

* Why do you try so hard to fit in when you are born to stand out?
* You know, just another one of my glamorous jobs.
* (Joking) Eloping together. Yeah. I realize it's a bit sudden but after last night, there was really no turning back.

## Clarissa

* That girl is totally barbaric!
* Maybe someone should've put a cork in it seventeen years ago.
* Oh, very you, lovely. So Henry asked us to give you a few pointers, didn't he? Well, pointer number 1: go home. Mother and I belong here and it's quite clear you just don't fit in. And pointer number 2: while you're packing, keep your grimy little Yankee paws off Armistead Stuart, he's mine.
* [after Daphne walks out in fashion show] Holy poo on toast.
* Seems you had a better time in Morocco than you let on

## Jocelyn Dashwood

* [to Daphne] Everybody's rooting for you to fail. That's what makes it fun.
* [to Daphne] No hugging, dear. I'm British. We only show affection to dogs and horses.

## Dialogue

    Clarissa: Oh, very you, lovely. So Henry asked us to give you a few pointers, didn't he? Well, pointer number 1: go home. Mother and I belong here and it's quite clear you just don't fit in. And pointer number 2: while you're packing, keep your grimy little Yankee paws off Armistead Stuart, he's mine.
    Daphne: If you take your nose out of the air for one second you'll see you're designer, I'm vintage. You've got a mansion, I've got a five floor walkup. You're a snotty little miss cranky pants and I go with the flow, so why would you ever think for one second that I'd ever have the same taste in guys? So here's a little pointer for you. Get over yourself and stop trying to be my daddy's little girl because I'm not going anywhere.
    Glynnis: I'll put a cork in it, Clarissa.
    Clarissa: Maybe someone should have put a cork in it seventeen years ago.
    Glynnis: Now Daphne, we don't want to make a scene now, do we?
    Libby: Take your hand off my daughter or you won't get a scene, you'll get a Broadway Musical!
    Henry: I think I owe you a rather large apology.
    Libby: Do you think I've waited 17 years for an apology?
    Henry: You like co-co pops?
    Daphne: Dude, its chocolate. Need I say more?
    Glynnis: Darling, darling, all I'm saying is before we let this hypothetical daughter blow your political career out of the water, we might at least consider doing some checking up on her
    Henry: Now, checking up for what?
    Glynnis: I don't know... criminal record, blood type, triple sixes on her scalp
    Henry: Glynnis, she has a birth certificate, she has my photograph... and she has my eyes.
    Henry: I'm not explaining this very well, am I?
    Daphne: No, not really. But I'm having fun watching you try.
    Daphne: Hey! What are you doing here?
    Ian: You know, just another one of my glamorous jobs.
    Daphne: Oh!
    Clarissa: [Sees Daphne fall over the wall] Did you see that?
    Glynnis: What?
    Clarissa: An impossibly large bird falling off that wall.
    Glynnis: Are you hallucinating?
    [Waves her hand in front of her face]
    Henry: For me, it's just a stop on the campaign trail, and for Glynnis it's a chance to launch Clarissa on society.
    Daphne: Launch her? You make her sound like a ship.
    Henry: No, in Clarissa's case it's more like an intercontinental ballistic missile
    Henry: So are you and Daphne...
    Ian: Eloping together. Yeah. I realize it's a bit sudden but after last night, there was really no turning back.
    Henry: You are joking aren't you?
    Ian: Yes, of course.
    Glynnis: [takes a bite of her eggs] These eggs are positively glacial. When I run this house, senile servants will be the first thing to go.
    Clarissa: You'd have to get around the old bat somehow. She'd never allow it.
    Jocelyn Dashwood: [walking in] Anyone seen my pruning shears? The old bat seems to have forgotten where she put them.
    [Henry has announced that he is withdrawing from the election.]
    Alistair: Are you out of your mind? I have done everything in my power to get you to this position, and I will not let you throw it all away!
    Henry: Alistair, you've lied to me, I know you lied to Libby, so forgive me if I don't give a flying fart in space what you think.
    Alistair: Libby?! I stopped you from ruining your life! I saved your family's reputation! When I found out that that girl was pregnant, I knew I was doing the right thing.
    Henry: [Realizes] You knew about Daphne?
    Alistair: Of course I knew. It's my job to know.
    [Consumed by far more rage than before, Henry punches Alistair in the jaw.]
    Clarissa: [Horrified] Grandpa! Are you okay? This is horrible.
    Alistair: [Angrily] Do shut up!
    Glynnis: [Stops Henry before he can leave] Henry, darling! Henry! I know Daddy's been naughty, but what about me?
    Henry: [Coldly] You'll survive.
    [Glynnis becomes heartbroken and devastated. Henry makes his way outside.]

## Cast

* Amanda Bynes - Daphne Reynolds
* Colin Firth - Henry Dashwood
* Oliver James - Ian Wallace
* Kelly Preston - Libby Reynolds
* Anna Chancellor - Glynnis Payne
* Christina Cole - Clarissa Payne

## External links

* Official site
* What a Girl Wants quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* What a Girl Wants on Yahoo! Movies
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