Meatballs (1979)

Chris Makepeace: Rudy

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• Rudy : I saw you dancing with Roxanne.

  Tripper : Oh yeah? Well, she sort'a cornered me and there was nothing I could do without embarrassing her.

  Rudy : Do you like her?

  Tripper : Well I feel sorry for her, you know. She's got a glass eye. And, uh, I'm one of the few people who knows exactly which eye to look at when they're talking to her, so she's sort of fixated on me.

  Rudy : Well, I like her.

  Tripper : Well you're not exactly known for your taste. I'll probably just use her for the rest of the summer and then throw her on the scrap heap with all the rest of the women that I've destroyed.

• Tripper : I'm takin' the C.I.T.s on an overnight for the next couple days so you're gonna have to do your own training, son. I want you to run two miles today and two and a half tomorrow.

  Rudy : I've never run that far.

  Tripper : Neither have I but somebody's gotta do it. I can't be expected to do it. Somebody's gotta do it, and it can't be me. Because I'm too busy. I've responsibilities. I'm the entertainment director for the overnight.

  [Holds up a bottle of wine] 

• Rudy : I'm going away.

  Tripper : You goin' to Vegas? If you're going to Vegas, I would be up for it because I love that town. I'm a party guy. I love that town.

  Rudy : I don't think they want me around.

  Tripper : You talkin' about the soccer heads back there?

  Tripper : Well, that's life in the fast-paced slam-bang, live-on-the-razor's-edge, laugh-in-the-face-of-death world of junior league soccer.