Thirteen Days (2000)

Lucinda Jenney: Helen O'Donnell

Quotes 

• Helen O'Donnell : And while you're under a rock somewhere with the President, what am I supposed to do with our five children, Kenny?

  Kenny O'Donnell : Honey, we're not going to let it come to that, I promise. Jack and Bobby, they're smart guys.

  Helen O'Donnell : You're smart, too.

  Kenny O'Donnell : Not like them.

• Kenny O'Donnell : [Kenny has come home late at night and found his wife awake in the kitchen]  Hi.

  Helen O'Donnell : Hi... You look old, O'Donnell.

  Kenny O'Donnell : You don't.

  Helen O'Donnell : It's 2:30 in the morning - are you flirting with me?

  Kenny O'Donnell : We got a back-channel communication from Khruschev this evening, feeling us out about a deal. He confirmed it, just a little while ago in a letter.

  Helen O'Donnell : Thank god.

  Kenny O'Donnell : Jack kicked us out of his house for the night.

  Helen O'Donnell : Darn it. For a second there, I thought you'd been fired.

  Kenny O'Donnell : No such luck... I'm driving home, there was something I wanted to tell you.

  [the red phone begins ringing and Kenny steps toward it] 

  Helen O'Donnell : Finish that thought.

  Kenny O'Donnell : [answers the phone]