Daily Inspiration Quote by Bridget Moynahan

There is a tiny, delicious power reversal baked into this line: it names the trick and still surrenders to it. In most screen dialogue, calling out manipulation is supposed to end the scene, slam the door, restore dignity. Moynahan's version keeps the door open. "Are you trying" sounds like a challenge, almost legalistic, but the punchline - "It's working" - turns accusation into consent. The speaker isn't a dupe; she's an informed participant, admitting desire in the same breath as skepticism.

The intent is flirtation with a spine. It's a way of saying, I see your angle, and I'm choosing it anyway. That choice is the subtext: vulnerability disguised as wit. The line works because it compresses a whole relational negotiation into six words. It lets the character keep face while giving the other person a win. In romantic or workplace banter, that's the holy grail: conceding without groveling.

Contextually, it's pure pop-acting efficiency, a quip built for close-ups. It suggests the kind of scene where the stakes are emotional rather than existential: a charming pitch, an apology that arrives late but well-delivered, a seduction that borders on persuasion. It also nods to a modern awareness of "being sold to" - by lovers, by bosses, by the culture at large. The joke lands because it mirrors how people actually navigate influence now: suspicious, media-literate, and still, inconveniently, human.