Daily Dialogue — June 3, 2019

“She was an actress. She did this big movie when she was younger, then she had me. Just the two of us. And the acting wasn’t enough for two, so she had to get a real job. Then when I got old enough, she started doing plays after work. And I would go watch them. There was this one play she did. I completely forgot I was watching my mother. I was just watching this woman. All the other people on stage were men and they were… they were all terrible. And she was just holding them all together, holding them up. Then one of the guys had this line that makes her… makes her character laugh…”

— Miss Stevens (2016), written by Julia Hart, Jordan Horowitz

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Teacher. Today’s suggestion by @FlowDogMilly.

Trivia: Ellen Page was originally attached to the project to direct, and if she were to direct the film, it would have been her directoral debut.

Dialogue On Dialogue: In this scene, Miss Stevens — a teacher — opens up to one of her drama students Billy.