American Beauty Quotes
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Source: American Beauty
Speaker: Angela Hayes
I don't think that there's anything worse than being ordinary.
Context
This quote is spoken by Angela Hayes, played by Mena Suvari, in American Beauty (directed by Sam Mendes, 1999).
Angela Hayes is kind of ordinary, but she's not psyched about it.
In the end, she's redeemed, when her love interest, Kevin Spacey (everyone's favorite stud muffin), tells her, "You couldn't be ordinary if you tried."
Aw.
Where you've heard it
You hear this from all the people in your high school who want to be Lydia Deetz or Tina Belcher...but are actually Marcia Brady.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Extra points for saying it while shooting rose petals out of your chest.