The Devil Wears Prada

Miranda: I don't understand why it's so difficult to confirm an appointment. Emily: I'm so sorry, Miranda, I actually did confirm – Miranda: Details of your incompetence do not interest me. Tell Simone that I'm not going to approve that girl that she sent me for the Brazilian layout. I asked for clean, athletic, smiling; she sent me dirty, tired and paunchy. And RSVP yes to Michael Kors' party. I want the driver to drop me off at 9.30 and pick me up at 9.45 sharp. And then call Natalie at Glorious Foods and tell her no, for the fortieth time, no, I don't want dacquoise. I want tortes filled with warm rhubarb compote. And then call my ex-husband and remind him that the parent–teacher conference is at Dalton tonight. And then call my husband. Ask him to please meet me for dinner at that place I went to with Massimo. Also, tell Richard I saw all the pictures that he sent for that feature on the female paratroopers, and they're all so deeply unattractive. Is it impossible to fi

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Miranda: Who are you? Andrea: I'm Andy Sachs, I just graduated from Northwestern University— Miranda: And what are you doing here? Andrea: Well, I think I could do a good job as your assistant, and, um... I came to New York to be a journalist, and I sent out letters everywhere, and I finally got a call from Elias Clark and met with Sherry up at Human Resources and- basically, it's this or Auto Universe. Miranda: So you don't read Runway. Andrea: No. Miranda: And before today you had never heard of me? Andrea: No. Miranda: And you have no style or sense of fashion. Andrea: Well, um, I think that depends on what you're … Miranda: No, no, that wasn't a question.

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Miranda: [after Andy laughs at her trying to decide between two similar belts] Something funny? Andrea: No. No, no. Nothing's... You know, it's just that both those belts look exactly the same to me. You know, I'm still learning about all this stuff and, uh... Miranda: "This stuff?" Oh. Okay. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select, I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue. It's not turquoise, it's not lapis. It's actually cerulean. And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a series of cerulean ballgowns. And then it was Yves Saint Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets? [to Nigel] I think we need a jacket here. [to Andy] And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different

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Andrea: [on phone] Hello Miranda? Miranda: [on the phone from Miami] My flight has been cancelled. It's some absurd weather problem. I need to get home tonight. The twins have a recital tomorrow morning at school. Andrea: What? Miranda: AT SCHOOL! Andrea: Absolutely. Let me see what I can do. Miranda: Good. [hangs up on her] Andrea: [answering the phone few minutes later] Miranda, hi, I'm trying to get you a flight but no one is flying out because of the weather. Miranda: Oh, please... it's just- I don't know- drizzling. [Background in Miami shows a huge storm and smashing thunder] Someone must be getting out. Call Donatella. Get her jet. Call everybody else that we know that has a jet- Irv?- Call every- This is your responsibi- THIS IS YOUR JOB!- Get-me-HOME! [hangs up on her] Andrea: Oh, my god! She's going to murder me. Richard Sachs: What does she want you to do, call the National Guard and have her airlifted out of there? Andrea: Of course not! [beat] Could I do that?

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Andrea: She hates me, Nigel. Nigel: And that's my problem because... Oh, wait. No, it's not my problem. Andrea: I don't know what else I can do because if I do something right, it's unacknowledged. She doesn't even say thank you. But if I do something wrong, she is vicious. Nigel: So quit. Andrea: What? Nigel: Quit. Andrea: Quit? Nigel: I can get another girl to take your job in five minutes... one who really wants it. Andrea: No, I don't want to quit. That's not fair. But, I, you know, I'm just saying that I would just like a little credit... for the fact that I'm killing myself trying. Nigel: Andy, be serious. You are not trying. You are whining. What is it that you want me to say to you, huh? Do you want me to say, "Poor you. Miranda's picking on you. Poor you. Poor Andy"? Hmm? Wake up, six. She's just doing her job. Don't you know that you are working at the place that published some of the greatest artists of the century? Halston, Lagerfeld, de la Renta. And what they did, what th

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Miranda: What about accessories for April? Jocelyn: One thought I had was enamel, um, bangles, pendants, earrings— Miranda: No; we did that two years ago. What else? Jocelyn: Um, well, they're showing a lot of florals right now, so I was thinking— Miranda: Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.

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