- Spoken - (Daisy Ridley:) I really need this job. (Barbra Streisand:) Not more than I do. Believe me. Hi, I'm Shelia. What's your name? (Daisy Ridley:) Phoebe. And this is Maggie. (Barbra Streisand:) Hi, Maggie. (Anne Hathaway:) Hi. (Barbra Streisand:) Hi. (Anne Hathaway:) Gosh, there's a lot of people here. (Barbra Streisand:) Yeah, it's a cattle call. (Daisy Ridley:) But you'll get the job for sure, Maggie. You're so pretty. (Anne Hathaway:) Haha! Oh believe me looks are overrated. Just a different set of problems. (Auditoner:) Okay ladies. Line up. We'll start with you. You. Number 24. (Barbra Streisand:) My name is Sheila. What do you wanna know? (Auditioner:) Why don't you tell me why you're in this business? (Barbra Streisand:) I wanted to be a ballet dancer. What else? The light, by the way, is a very funny color. Do you have anything softer? (Auditioner:) Don't-don't worry about the lights. (Barbra Streisand:) It's very harsh. (Auditioner:) So tell me, do you always come on like this? (Barbra Streisand:) No. Sometimes I'm aggressive. (Auditioner:) Just-just bring it down. (Barbra Streisand:) Bring what down? (Auditioner:) Your attitude, miss. (Barbra Streisand:) It's Sheila. (Auditioner:) Okay, Sheila. Why don't you tell me about your parents. (Barbra Streisand:) My parents? (Auditioner:) Yeah. (Barbra Streisand:) Well, my mother was a ballerina until my father made her quit. (Auditioner:) Really? (Barbra Streisand:) Really. (Auditioner:) Tell me more. (Barbra Streisand:) Tell you more? Daddy always thought that he married beneath him That's what he said, that's what he said When he proposed he informed my mother He was probably her very last chance And though she was twenty-two Though she was twenty-two Though she was twenty-two She married him Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic More like a "come as you are." When I was five I remember my mother Dug earrings out of the car I knew they weren't hers, but it wasn't Something you'd want to discuss He wasn't warm. Well, not to her. Well, not to us ! (Come to think of it) But everything was beautiful at the ballet Graceful men lift lovely girls in white Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet. Hey ! I was happy... at the ballet (That's when I started class) (Together:) Up a steep and very narrow stairway To the voice like a metronome Up a steep and very narrow stairway (Barbra Streisand:) It wasn't paradise (Daisy Ridley:) It wasn't paradise (Anne Hathaway:) It wasn't paradise (Together:) But it was home - Spoken - (Auditioner:) Okay Number Eighteen. (Daisy Ridley:) I'm BB, sir. (Auditioner:) And what's your story? (Daisy Ridley:) I don't know what you mean. (Auditioner:) Okay. On the subject of mothers what about yours? (Daisy Ridley:) My mother? (Auditioner:) Yes, yours. (Daisy Ridley:) She lied to me. (Auditioner:) She lied to you? (Daisy Ridley:) Mother always said I'd be very attractive When I grew up, when I grew up "Diff'rent, " she said, "With a special something And a very, very personal flair." And though I was eight or nine Though I was eight or nine Though I was eight or nine I hated her Now, "Diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty "Pretty" is what it's about I never met anyone who was "diff'rent" Who couldn't figure that out So beautiful I'd never lived to see But it was clear If not to her Well then to me (Together:) That everyone is beautiful at the ballet Every prince has got to have his swan Yes, everyone is beautiful at the ballet Hey! (Daisy Ridley:) I was pretty At the ballet (Together:) Up a steep and very narrow stairway To the voice like a metronome Up a steep and very narrow stairway It wasn't paradise (Barbra Streisand:) It wasn't paradise (Anne Hathaway:) It wasn't paradise (Together:) But it was home - Spoken - (Auditioner:) Alright, Number Six. (Anne Hathaway:) Number Six that's me, Maggie. Can I tell you about my parents? I don't know what they were for or against, really, except each other I mean, I was born to save their marriage But when my father came to pick my mother up at the hospital he said "Well, I thought this was going to help But I guess it's not." Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life I used to dance around the living room with my arms up like this My fantasy was that it was an Indian Chief And he'd say to me: "Maggie, do you wanna dance?" And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance." Do do do do But it was clear Do do do do When he proposed Do do do do That I was born to help their marriage and when (Barbra Streisand:) Do do do do That's what he said (Daisy Ridley:) Do do do do That's what she said (Anne Hathaway:) G#-9sus4 G#-9 Do do I used to dance around the living room (Barbra Streisand:) Do do do do He wasn't warm (Daisy Ridley:) Do do do do Not to her (Anne Hathaway:) Do do do do It was an Indian chief and he'd say "Maggie, do you wanna dance?" And I'd said, "Daddy, I would love to" (Barbra Streisand:) Everything was beautiful at the ballet Raise your arms and someone's always there Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet (Daisy Ridley:) At the ballet (Together:) At the ballet! [Instrumental] / / / / (Together:) Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet. Hey! (Barbra Streisand:) I was pretty (Anne Hathaway:) I was happy (Daisy Ridley:) "I would love to..." (Together:) At the ballet - Spoken - (Auditioner:) Okay ladies. We will let you know. Next.