Nip/Tuck Quotes
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Source: Nip/Tuck
Speaker: Sean McNamara and Christian Troy
Tell me what you don't like about yourself.
Context
This line is spoken by Sean McNamara and Christian Troy, played by Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon, in the TV show Nip/Tuck (2003-2010).
Sean and Christian are plastic surgeons who run a successful practice together. But they're not exactly the nicest guys in the world. The two men open every consultation with a potential client with the line, "Tell me what you don't like about yourself."
Maybe they think the phrase is a little less rude when it's coming from a plastic surgeon.
Where you've heard it
Most people quote this line in reference to this TV show. Let's hope it's not something actual doctors say to their patients. Let's really hope not.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Will this line get you some eye rolls at dinner? Oh, yeah. It's hard to channel a plastic surgeon without being a little bit pretentious.