Memorable Quotes from Debra Winger
11 quotesConfrontation of Desires and Boundaries
Zack Mayo
What do you want? You want to fuck? Is that what you want? You wanna fuck? All right, come here. Get on the bed. Take your clothes off. I'll give you a good fuck.
Paula Pokrifki
Where's that coming from?
Mayo
Get on the bed.
Paula
I wouldn't fuck you now if my life --
Mayo
Then get the hell out of here, because I don't need this shit.
Paula
I don't know who you think you're talking to, you know. I'm not some whore you brought in here. I'm trying to be nice to you. I'm trying to be your friend, Zack.
Mayo
Well, then be a friend. Get out of here.
Paula
Fine. Fine. You know, man. You ain't nothing special. You got no manners. You treat women like whores. And if you ask me, you ain't got no chance of being no officer.
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Challenging Gender Norms in Conversation
Bud
Now, you gotta learn something - there are just certain things a girl can't do.
Sissy
Name one.
Marshall
I can name several, like pissing on the side of a wall, getting laid while your pants are still on...
Sissy
Why would you want to?
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A Moment of Change in Affection
Emma Greenway Horton
Momma, that's the first time I stopped hugging first. I like that.
[to Aurora]
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Confronting Relationships and Emotional Disconnect
Paula Pokrifki
Zack, when you're through with a girl, what do you do? Do you you say something or do you just...disappear?
Zack Mayo
I never had a girl.
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Confrontation Between Bud and Sissy
Bud
Sissy! Sissy?
Sissy
Get outta here, Bud. I mean it!
Bud
I gotta talk to you.
Sissy
Wes is in Gilley's and we're leavin'.
Bud
I know you're leavin', but I just wanted to tell you somethin'. I'm hard-headed, and I'm prideful. And I wanna apologize clear back to when I hit you the first time. I love you, Sissy.
Sissy
I love you, too, Bud!
Bud
You do? I didn't know you came to the trailer that day. If I'd known that, I'd have called you. But she tore up that note. Shit, you can ride that bull anytime.
Sissy
I don't wanna ride it!
Bud
And screw Mexico because we can do anythin we want! I got... What happened to your face?
[Bud sees an ugly bruise on Sissy's face left by Wes.]
Sissy
Got hit.
Bud
Did he hit you? Goddamn it, I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch! I'M GONNA KILL HIM!
[about Wes]
Sissy
Bud, no just leave him alone. BUD!
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Confrontation about Truth and Relationships
Bud
You layin him?
[about Wes]
Sissy
I ain't layin him.
Bud
You lied to me.
Sissy
I was with Jessie, but I just didn't say where.
Bud
My daddy once told me if a woman'll lie about one thing, she'll lie about another.
Sissy
Bud, will you just take off your shirt?
Bud
Just get away from me! I don't need your help and I don't want your help. I don't want you showin off on that goddamn bull no more, neither.
Sissy
I wasn't showin off!
Bud
What the hell do you call it if you don't call it showin off?! Huh?!
Sissy
I call it riding it.
Bud
Oh, just riding it, huh?
Sissy
That's right, riding it. And I'm gonna ride it again and again, as much as I want to!
Bud
No, you're not. You think you are, but you ain't.
Sissy
You know, you're not my daddy! You can't tell me what to do!
Bud
Look, I'm the next best thing better than your daddy. I'm your husband, and I say you ain't never riding it, ever!
Sissy
I think you're just jealous cause I can ride it better than you.
Bud
I'm what?!
Sissy
Bud! You hit me! Cut it out! Stop it!
[Bud forces her down the hall]
Bud
Come on! Get out!
Sissy
Where am I gonna go?!
Bud
Go see your daddy! You like him better. Here, take your keys!
[slams the door and as Sissy heads to her car, Bud tosses her the keys]
Sissy
Fine!
[catches the keys]
Bud
Goddamn it!
[kicks a trashcan]
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Conflict and Humor in a Relationship
Bud
How are you gonna get home?
Sissy
I got a thumb, I got a middle finger!
Bud
Come on, Sissy.
Sissy
Look, Bud, you hit me!
Bud
I didn't hit you that hard! You don't know what hard is.
Sissy
Just leave me alone.
Bud
Fine, forget it.
Sissy
Fine, forget it.
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Sissy's Humorous Observation on Sweat
Sissy
My legs are sweatin', momma.
[at her wedding]
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Defining a Real Cowboy
Sissy
You a real cowboy?
Bud
Well that depends on what you think a real cowboy is.
Sissy
The other night you had a beard?
Bud
That's right.
Sissy
It looked good. You shouldn't have shaved it.
Bud
Damn, who asked you?
Sissy
No one. Know how to two step?
[pause]
Bud
Yup.
Sissy
Wanna prove it?
[pause]
Bud
Alright.
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Finding Happiness in Relationships
Sissy
Uncle Bob wanted you to be happy. Are you happy?
Bud
Hell, yes I'm happy. How about you? Are you happy?
Sissy
Shit. Yeah, I really am. I finally got what I wanted. I got a real cowboy.
Bud
I got what I wanted, too. I got myself a real lady.
Pam
Bud, the family car's waiting.
Bud
The family car's waiting.
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Expectations and Frustrations in Relationships
Bud
There's certain things a man wants from his wife. Like to be here when he gets home and to cook once in a while and clean up. Make good love to him. Look, I know that's good, OK? But that ain't enough.
[pause]
Sissy
I just thought we'd go to McDonald's.
Bud
Goddammit! McDonald's again?!
Sissy
Shit I work, too! You're making out like I have nothing to do all day!
Bud
That's what I told her! I said you worked! She said we live like pigs!
[about his aunt]
Sissy
She said that? Look, I don't wanna fight with you.
Bud
Well, I don't wanna fight either. Wanna go to Gilley's tonight?
Sissy
No.
Bud
Come here. Come here. You mad at me? Come on, let's go to Gilley's. It'll make us feel better.
Sissy
OK.
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