Breathless (1983)

Valérie Kaprisky: Monica

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• Jesse Lujack : You're like one of those girls who'll fuck everybody except the guy who loves her.

  Monica : You're like one of those rides at Disneyland. Wow. You make me dizzy.

  Jesse Lujack : Show me your tits.

• Monica : I wish you wouldn't love me. You don't fit into my plan for my life.

  Jesse Lujack : Well, you're just going to have to change those plans, darllin'.

• Jesse Lujack : All right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right! I know I'm crazy. I can't help it. I guess I love you.

  Monica : [dismissive]  Love? We spent one or two nights together in Las Vegas, that's all.

  Jesse Lujack : Four.

• Monica : You scare me, Jesse. You can't just burst into a person's life and explode it all up like this. Las Vegas was a holiday. This is my life!

• Jesse Lujack : I'm a desperado.

  Monica : Desperado? What does it mean?

  Jesse Lujack : It means I'm desperate for you, Monica!

• Monica : But you told me you had lots of enemies in LA.

  Jesse Lujack : Yeah, I do, I do! My enemies and you.

• Jesse Lujack : It wasn't the suit that was lucky. It was you. When you walked out, I started rolling fool's dice. Fool's dice. Snake eyes. Double zero.

  Monica : You roll dice too much.

  Jesse Lujack : You think that, huh? You think maybe I was rollin' dice when I should have been rollin' you?

• Jesse Lujack : What's so funny, honey?

  Monica : You! Those clothes!

  Jesse Lujack : You don't like 'em? I'll take 'em off!

• Monica : You Americans, you only think about sex.

• Monica : Why can't I ever be alone when I wanna be alone?

  Jesse Lujack : Monica, did you fuck your teacher last night? Did ya? Come on. Tell me.

  Monica : Leave me alone! I'm thinking!

• Jesse Lujack : Why are you so afraid to sleep with me again?

  Monica : Because you scare me. I don't know what you want from me.

  Jesse Lujack : Everything.

  Monica : That's too much.

  Jesse Lujack : What do you want from me?

  Monica : I don't know. Something.

  Jesse Lujack : That's not enough. All or nothing with me, baby!

• Monica : A little foreign job?

  Jesse Lujack : Not you, a car.

• Monica : You know William Faulkner?

  Jesse Lujack : Who's he? Somebody you fucked?

  Monica : The most beautiful American writer. He wrote my favorite line. "Between grief and nothing, I will take grief."

  Jesse Lujack : This guy sounds like a lot of laughs.

  Monica : No! Seriously. Grief or nothing? What would you choose?

  Jesse Lujack : Nothing. Like I told you, baby. All or nothing with me.

• Monica : I'd love to know what's behind that face of yours. I stare at you and stare at you and I can't see anything.

• Monica : Isn't a woman allowed to change her mind?

• Monica : I'm late.

  Jesse Lujack : Hey, don't take a shower. I want us to smell like we've been fuckin'.

• Monica : I want to learn to make buildings that last.

  Dr. Boudreaux : Don't be foolish. Nothing lasts.

• Monica : Try to understand me, Jesse. I have to think about the future.

  Jesse Lujack : The future? Yeah. I heard about it. Never seen it. Sounds like bullshit to me.

• Monica : I feel so free with you.

• Lt. Parmental : [holds up a newspaper photo]  Know this punk?

  Monica : No!

  Lt. Parmental : You were seen with him 20 minutes ago. He had his hand on your ass and his tongue down your throat!

• Monica : The cop! He's running to the telephone box!

• Monica : I don't wanna be afraid of life or anything else.

  Jesse Lujack : You don't have to be afraid of nothing.

• Jesse Lujack : Scared?

  Monica : Yeah!

  Jesse Lujack : But you like it, don't you?

  Monica : Yeah.

• Monica : What is this place?

  Jesse Lujack : This is where Berrutti's gonna meet us in the morning. They call it The Pines. Did you ever hear of Errol Flynn? Famous crazy fucker and movie star. This was his spread.

• Monica : Jesse?

  Jesse Lujack : What?

  Monica : I just wanted to say good morning.

  Jesse Lujack : So far so good.