I will work harder than anyone to make this a show that I am proud of. But you want a show that perpetuates the myth that women are imbeciles and the biggest decision of their day is what color they’re gonna paint their nails. I will not do that, and there is no amount of menace that will change my mind.
BRIE LARSON as ELIZABETH ZOTT
Lessons in Chemistry 1x05 “CH₃COOH”
"But people need to believe in something bigger than themselves."
"Why?" Calvin pressed. "What’s wrong with believing in ourselves?"
- Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus 🧪 ✨
“That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause, you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.” - Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
BRIE LARSON as ELIZABETH ZOTT • Lessons in Chemistry 1x04 “Primitive Instinct”
"The research I did was more off-duty actresses behind the scenes at home, and also focusing in on working women who did have families and women who had a different persona as well. So, Lauren Bacall, for instance, and the clothes that she would wear at home, and Grace Kelly — very simple and chic looks where she was usually wearing pants and a men’s button-down shirt.” — costume designer Mirren Gordon-Crozier