Emily Mortimer: Karin

Lars and the Real Girl

Karin

Lars Lindstrom: You don't care.
Karin: We don't care? We do care!
Lars Lindstrom: No you don't.
Karin: That is just not true! God! Every person in this town bends over backward to make Bianca feel at home. Why do you think she has so many places to go and so much to do? Huh? Huh? Because of you! Because - all these people - love you! We push her wheelchair. We drive her to work. We drive her home. We wash her. We dress her. We get her up, and put her to bed. We carry her. And she is not petite, Lars. Bianca is a big, big girl! None of this is easy - for any of us - but we do it... Oh! We do it for you! So don't you dare tell me how we don't care.
[walks into house and slams door]

Gus: Pretend that she's real? I'm just not gonna do it.
Dagmar: She is real.
Gus: Well...
Dagmar: She's right out there.
Gus: Right, right, I get that, but I'm just not gonna, you know...
Dagmar: You won't be able to change his mind, anyway. Bianca's in town for a reason.
Gus: But - but...
Dagmar: It's not really a choice.
Karin: Okay. Okay, all right, we'll do it, whatever it takes.
Gus: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And everyone's gonna laugh at him.
Dagmar: And you.

Dagmar: Have there been any changes in the family in the last year or so?
Gus: [while Karin simultaneously nods "Yes"] No, everything is pretty much exactly the same except Karin is pregnant and Lars is nuts.
Dagmar: You know, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. What we call mental illness isn't always just an illness. It can be a communication; it can be a way to work something out.
Gus: Fantastic. When will it be over?
Dagmar: When he doesn't need it anymore.
Karin: How can we help?
Dagmar: Go along with it.
Karin: Oh, no. No, that's... No.
Gus: Oh, my. No, no, no. No. No, I mean, pretend that she's real? I'm not gonna do that. I mean, I can't. I'm just not gonna do it.
Dagmar: She is real.
Gus: Well...
Dagmar: I mean, she's right out there.
Gus: Right, right. I get that. But I'm just not gonna... You know, I'm just not gonna... I'm not gonna do it, so...
Dagmar: You won't be able to change his mind, anyway. Bianca's in town for a reason.
Gus: Right, but, but...
Dagmar: It's not really a choice.
Karin: Okay. Okay. All right, then, we'll do it. Whatever it takes.
Gus: Oh, yeah, yeah, yep. And everyone's gonna laugh at him.
Dagmar: And you...