100+ Best Quotes From Netflix’s Gypsy

We long for an escape in our lives, especially when the expectations of who we ought to be weigh us down — life begins to feel claustrophobic and restrictive, as you wish for freedom. In the Netflix original show Gypsy, produced by Naomi Watts and created by Lisa Rubin.

We follow our protagonist Jean Holloway (Naomi Watts), a therapist, who attempts to satiate her desire for an escape in her life by pretending to be a different individual. As her persona Diane Hart, Jean meddles with the private lives of her patients, as Gypsy depicts her life spiral down to an irreversible pathway.

Here is the scoop on quotes from Gypsy!

3. “It’s like… we’re all searching for a larger meaning.” – Sam

4. “It’s like staring at the sun. You know you should probably stop, but it’s the most intense feeling in the whole world that you can’t help but look.” – Sam

5. “Ignorance, man, it’s underrated.” – Larin

6. “This pizza’s sexy.” – Dolly

7. “I understood then the key to happiness. Active denial.” – Sidney

8. “How on Earth are you supposed to know who you’ll want to be with ten years from now?” – Jean

9. “Emotions change like the wind.” – Jean

10. “It’s like… for all the fucked up ways she made me feel, she’s also the only person who can fix me.” – Sam

11. “She can’t live without the attention.” – Sam

12. “And remember, even if it feels good, she’s not the solution.” – Jean

13. “Sometimes we’re just here to listen, to be a sounding board. And realize that can’t fix everyone.” – Gary

14. “You work with what she brings into the room, whether that’s delusional or real.” – Gary

15. “I had to pick up more chardonnay. Divorce equals high tolerance, I swear.” – Larin

16. “It’s strange to figure out who I am without him, you know?” – Larin

17. “Oh, I like to think people are more human than evil.” – Alexis

18. “Well, it’s like, he was a submissive puppy, and she was a tiger.” – Zal

19. “But, you know, you shouldn’t believe everything you hear. People tell stories that aren’t true.” – Sidney

20. “We all pretend, don’t we? Some of us are just more honest about it.” – Sidney

21. “You want people to look at you and see what their fantasy is, don’t you?” – Jean

22. “How do I know what’s real?” – Jean

23. “It’s easier to say he’s dead than tell these annoying fuckers anything real.” – Sidney

24. “You don’t care about anyone but yourself. Everyone who crosses your path ends up a fucking casualty.” – Jean

25. “I swear, if you don’t look suspicious, people never suspect anything.” – Jean

26. “Come on, let’s be adventurous.” – Jean

27. “Don’t touch. I know exactly what I want.” – Jean

28. “It doesn’t matter how the fantasy begins. It only ends with her.” – Sam

29. “By resisting it, you’re actually giving it more power.” – Jean

30. “Finding someone who loves you for who you really are, at your best, at your worst, that’s true love. Not this constant search for adventure.” – Jean

31. “It’s nice to have a community, though. It’s different to go through life alone, you know?” – Rebecca

32. “Maybe I don’t want company. Maybe that’s the point.” – Jean

33. “You don’t want to go through life alone. I just don’t want you to turn around and have nothing left.” – Nancy

34. “People think being alone is the scariest thing in the world. They’re wrong. Lying to yourself is far worse.” – Sidney

35. “Do you know that look? The one where the person you love most is completely disappointed in you? Or they no longer see you as their kid, but as an individual, and they don’t like what they see?” – Allison

36. “‘Cause you’re my girl, right? And I’d do anything for you. Give up everything just to make you happy.” – Jean

 37. “I wished for the magician to make you happy.” – Dolly

38. “Well, I don’t operate like you do. We can’t all just live in denial.” – Jean

39. “I want her to feel special today because I know what it feels like to be so fucking invisible all the time.” – Jean

40. “Even if we are not good… I need to know that you are okay.” – Michael

41. “I’ve always had a thing for older women.” – Sidney

42. “Well, doing the work… it’s the first step, right?” – Jean

43. “People lie all the time. It’s just not always that obvious.” – Jean

44. “You know why I like it? Indigo? Because it barely exists. They call it the sixth color of the rainbow, but really, it’s just kind of a fantasy.” – Sidney

45. “The best predictor of future behavior is the past.” – Jean

46. “But sometimes it’s easier to live for others than it is to figure out how to live for yourself.” – Jean

47. “It’s like she’s so captivating, I can barely hear the words half the time.” – Sam

48. “Sometimes strangers are the only people we can be honest with.” – Jean

49. “And sometimes when we break free, we need to push some people aside so we can get in touch with our true selves.” – Jean

50. “We believe we choose our families. The same way you choose who you are.” – Dax

51. “No shame is too large.” – Lisa

52. “Just as people and circumstances change, you also have a greater power within you. The power to make your own choices. For your very best change.” – Lisa

53. “It’s crazy, because you’re a room full of strangers, and yet, I feel like I belong.” – Jean

54. “I can give you a persona to an alarming degree, where it’s imperceptible to the ones most close to me. I… don’t know who’s in control anymore. Or who I wanna be.” – Jean

55. “The world will not come to an end because you are taking time for yourself.” – Jean

56. “You don’t need Sidney to make you happy.” – Jean

57. “Well, the truth is, bully or victim, the feeling’s just the same. It’s insecurity and fear.” – Jean

58. “That level of animosity might mean they actually could be great friends.” – Jean

59. “She’s bewitching, but she’ll fuck you over when she’s on her next obsession.” – Emily

60. “Well, you can’t plan for the future, ‘cause you don’t know what the future holds.” – Sidney

61. “Planning’s a code for making people feel safe. It’s not certain.” – Sidney

62. “Nothing’s certain, except for whatever’s happening right here.” – Sidney

63. “Stop thinking about what everyone else wants for you. ‘Cause, eventually, they’ll all fuck off. And all you’ll be left with is whether you were true to yourself.” – Sidney

64. “Yeah, I’m ready for the full Sidney experience.” – Jean

65. “Yeah, there’s only so long you can circle your prey before you go in for the kill.” – Sidney

66. “I wanted to jump your bones since the first time I saw you in line.” – Sidney

67. “I’ve always had a thing for the good girls.” – Sidney

68. “I’d figure out their weakness, and… exploit it.” – Jean

69. “There’s nothing sexier than your face.” – Jean

70. “Tell me what else. I love being told what to do.” – Sidney

71. “You have the best orgasms high.” – Sidney

72. “I just think if you just focus so much on what you should feel… you don’t really know what it is you do feel.” – Jean

73. “I felt this strange permission to be someone else.” – Michael

74. “She seems so strong on the outside, but underneath… I’m not sure she has any… real control.” – Michael

75. “Nothing is real except for what you see in this exact moment. Which means you can’t chase the truth.” – Jean

76. “I’m scrubbing coffee grinds out my cuticles. Super sexy.” – Sidney

77. “Self-care, it’s important.” – Jean

78. “Suck my dick.” – Sidney

79. “Just to feel good for one night is something.” – Allison

80. “I just want a chance to be a real person in the world.” – Allison

81. “Maybe you’re my magic pill.” – Allison

82. “They say they care. They look you in the eye and tell you that your problems matter to them, but soon enough, they’re back debating what to watch on TV, what restaurant to eat at.” – Allison

83. “It’s so hard when one minute I’m Dolly, and the next, I’m Peter Pan. It’s confusing.” – Dolly

84. “It’s acting. It’s supposed to be fun. And you get to pretend to be someone else.” – Jean

85. “Sidney calls it ‘good pain.’ When you’re just toeing that line between hurting and complete fucking ecstasy.” – Sam

86. “I haven’t been honest with you. I actually haven’t been honest with anyone.” – Jean

87. “When you shut someone out emotionally, you know, it’s hard to get the trust back.” – Larin

88. “I forgive you, but it’s partly because I’m moving on.” – Rebecca

89. “Until you can love me the way I need, I think we should take a break.” – Rebecca

90. “You know, I’m beginning to think that we fight so hard against our mothers because we’re really just in denial that we might actually become them.” – Jean

91. “I’m realizing, you should never judge something you don’t understand.” – Jean

92. “I know it’s the secrets that you think won’t kill you that always do, though.” – Nancy

93. “If there really was a Neverland, would you go?” – Jean

94. “We kid ourselves if we think that anyone or anyplace is gonna offer an escape.” – Michael

95. “You’re some fucking stranger who comes in, get coffee whenever you fucking feel like it.” – Sidney

96. “I wish I could be more transparent, but… it’s difficult for me to let people in sometimes.” – Jean

97. “I felt the impulse. The need to escape and just… break free of everything.” – Jean

98. “That voice that gets into your head, you can’t — you can’t shut it down. And you don’t like what it says, but it makes you want to rebel.” – Jean

99. “I think, maybe… I’ve been being nice to the wrong people.” – Michael

100. “Does this make you feel good? Does it make you feel more free to manipulate people like this? That you’re so powerful?” – Michael

101. “They want to inflict pain on others, mostly because they don’t want to feel the pain.” – Jean

102. “Those people who truly desire power are actually only trying to control one thing… themselves.” – Jean

Hope you enjoyed these quotes from Gypsy. Which quote was your favorite?

Despite Gypsy being canceled after its first season, the first ten episodes of the show are more than worth watching with each episode’s intense and psychologically thrilling narratives.

Gypsy is available for streaming on Netflix!

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