Mandy Moore credited as playing...
Rebecca Pearson
- 17 Year Old Kate: Mom, sorry I didn't tell you about Berklee. It's just, you know, If I don't get in, I think it'll crush me, but I just could not deal with disappointing you on top of that.
- Rebecca Pearson: Bug, for the record, I would be disappointed for you, not for me.
- 17 Year Old Kate: Well sometimes it's hard to feel the difference.
- Rebecca Pearson: My mom was tough; I mean you know that, you've seen it. She was just a closed steel door. And even if you could get through there was a room full of spikes right behind it. I always wanted to have a daughter because I wanted to do it a different way. I wanted to be the mom that had her arms wide open just waiting for you to fall in if you needed it. And somehow, I don't know, we just never got there did we?
- 17 Year Old Kate: Mom...
- Rebecca Pearson: No, no, no, no, no, no. It's not your job to make me feel better. It's not, it's my job. It's my job to keep standing there with my arms wide open, waiting for you to maybe someday fall inside if you needed it. And if you do, I'll love you. And if you don't, I'll love you too. Because that's what it means to be a parent. You'll see one day.