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Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Shue Quotes

Actor

Memorable Quotes from Elisabeth Shue

37 quotes
Expressions of Love Between Simon and Emma
Simon Templar Tell me you love me.
Emma Russell I love you.
Simon Templar Simon.
Emma Russell I love you Simon.
Simon Templar Miracle three.
Sera's Observations on Ben's Drinking
Sera That's nice talk, Ben - keep drinking. Between the 101-proof breath and the occasional bits of drool, some interesting words come out.
The Art of Performance in Intimacy
Sera You know, I bring out the best in the men who fuck me. I mean, it's not easy, but I'm very good. I mean, it's amazing. It's like I've- I've worked for a really long time and: Boom. I just turn on a dime. I can just become who they want me to be, I walk into that room, I know right away: This is their fantasy. And I become it. I'm that service, you know. I just- I perform it and I perform it well. I mean, I'm an equation most of the time, it's like 30 minutes of my body is... cost 300 dollars. Well, that's just to get into the room. And then, it's about 500 dollars after that, you know, we negotiate. But, ehm, it's a performance. It's definitely a performance.
Complex Needs and Perceptions of Goodness
Ben What are you? Some sort of angel visiting me from one of my drunk fantasies? How can you be so good?
Sera I don't know what you're saying. I'm just using you. I need you.
Disagreement Over Who Can Kiss Whom
Jeffrey Anderson Of course I can kiss her!
Lori Craven This is ridiculous! I can kiss who I want!
Celeste Talbert No! You can't! You can't kiss her!
Jeffrey Anderson Why because she's your niece?
Celeste Talbert No, you nitwit! Because she's my daughter! And your daughter.
[shouts]
Lori Craven What?
Jeffrey Anderson What are you talking about?
Celeste Talbert We're her parents! You and I! We're her Mommy and her Daddy.
[sobbing]
Loneliness and the Struggle for Connection
Sera You go back to your hotel and I'll go back to my glamorous life of being alone. The only thing I have to come home to is a bottle of mouthwash to get the taste of cum out of my mouth. I'm tired of being alone. That's what I'm tired of.
Motherhood and Recognition in Soapdish
Celeste Talbert I never said I was the best mother in the world. Give me a little credit, will you, credit for being someone who tried... to love you the only way she knew how?
Lori Craven I know that speech.
Celeste Talbert You do?
Lori Craven Yeah, it was the, uh, the Thanksgiving show, when Maggie meets Bolt's blind nephew.
Confidence and Curiosity in Unconventional Skills
Julie Forester Are you sure you can do this?
Danni You better believe it. I don't pole dance for nothing!
[climbing on the rope]
Julie Forester You've got a lot of explaining to do, young man!
[to Jake before handing him a radio]
Embracing a Positive Outlook on Life
Sera I think the tough times are finally behind me. There'll always be bad things, but... my life is good. It is as I want it to be. It's good. It's good being here with you.
Provocative Comments on Theater and Controversy
Cricket Feldstein Well, this play is gonna bitch-slap Broadway like a cheap hooker at a gangbang.
Dana Marschz Uh... yeah.
Cricket Feldstein Y'know, and those Bible-humping protesters can suck a bag of dicks, cause all I ended up doing was giving you free publicity.
Dana Marschz Yeah, and did you see my dressing room? It has a bidet!
Elisabeth Shue That was a sink.
Dana Marschz It was?
The Unwritten Future and Personal Choices
Jennifer Dr. Brown? I brought this note back from the future, and now it's erased.
Doc Of course it's erased!
Jennifer But what does that mean?
Doc It means your future hasn't been written yet. No one's has. Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one. Both of ya.
Marty We will, Doc!
Doc Stand back! All right, boys, buckle up.
[closes the door]
Marty Hey, Doc! Where you goin now? Back to the future?
Doc Nope. Already been there.
First Date or Last: An Uncertain Encounter
Sera So why are you a drunk?
Ben Why am I a drunk? Is that really what you wanna ask me?
Sera Yes.
Ben Well, then, this is our first date, or our last. Until now I wasn't sure it was either.
Unexpected Piranha Infestation Surprises Characters
Novak Excuse me... but is that a fucking piranha?!
Julie Forester Carl, it's not the only one.
Novak Here, here. Yeah, look at this. There are thousands of them. Thousands. And they're pissed!
[shows the torn diving suit]
Mrs. Goodman You know, I've heard of this happening. It's like those baby alligators in New Jersey, somebody leaves them and they breed...
Novak What?
Mr. Goodman Nobody released this fish into the lake.
Julie Forester What're you talking about?
Mr. Goodman This particular piranha vanished off the face of the Earth over 2 million years ago!
[hurries to his office]
Novak Um, where's he going?
Mr. Goodman Allow me...to introduce you... Pygocentrus nattereri, the original piranha. They used to swim the Colorado River, right up until the Pleistocene epoch! I still don't understand how you found one...alive!
[shows the fossil; Novak and Julie see the live piranha almost exactly matches the fossil]
Novak We discovered a subterranean lake through a rift caused by the earthquake.
Mrs. Goodman But, how could it have survived for so long, cut off from the surface?
Mr. Goodman CANNIBALISM. They must have fought each other to survive. Look...oh, the scars on the scales. Notice the eyes.
[looks at the piranha]
Julie Forester Jesus, it's like he's staring back at you.
Mr. Goodman No, no, no. Look, staring... sensing...
[slowly lowers two tips of his fingers into the tank. The piranha rushes to bite them, Goodman pulls them away in the nick of time]
Novak God, don't do that!
Mr. Goodman Piranha hunt in packs. Not for protection, but the overwhelming force. They're organized, methodical. The first bite draws blood, the blood draws the pack.
Unexpected Reactions in a Heated Moment
Lori Craven MOTHER!
Lori Craven No, I can't let you do this!
Burton White She spoke?
[off stage]
Jeffrey Anderson She spoke!
Montana Moorehead Sudden speech, the last stages of brain fever! She can blow up any moment!
Lori Craven I can always speak! Mother...
Montana Moorehead She's MY mother!
Celeste Talbert MONTANA, SHUT UP!
Warning Against Provocation
Julie Forester You boys take one more step, you'll be pissing lightning bolts into next week.
[brings out a taser gun]
Warning to Leave the Water Immediately
Julie Forester Get the fuck out of the water!
Desire for self-destruction in Las Vegas
Sera So, Ben with an "N" - what brings you to Las Vegas? Business convention?
Ben No. I came here to drink myself to death. Cashed in all my money, paid my AmEx card, gonna sell the car tomorrow.
Sera So, how long is it gonna take for you to... drink yourself to death?
Ben I think about four weeks.
Sera Is drinking a way of killing yourself?
Ben Or, is killing myself a way to drink?
Sera So... why are you killing yourself?
Ben Interesting choice of words. I don't remember. I just know that I want to.
Understanding Boundaries in Relationships
Sera Don't you like me, Ben?
Ben Sera... what you don't understand is - no, see, no. You can never, never ask me to stop drinking. Do you understand?
Sera I do. I really do.
The Path to Becoming a Saint
Emma Russell After all, you are my personal saint.
Simon Templar You have to be a very good, and usually very dead person to become a saint. And more importantly, you need to work three miracles. Now, get to work.
Unexpected Inclusions in Rental Agreements
Sera Included with the rent round here is a complimentary blow-job.
Hat Dispute Among Friends
Lori Craven We need to talk. Look, I don't care WHAT Tawny Miller says. This hat makes me look like the GOD damned Tweety Bird. Do you mind?
[bursting into David's office; to Montana]
Montana Moorehead You, you're asking me to leave?
Lori Craven That's right. I'm asking you to leave.
David Barnes Miss Moorehead, may Miss Craven and I have a moment alone, please?
Montana Moorehead No problem. I'm a professional. I do things professionally. I hate you! I hate you, you pig!
[storms out]
David Barnes She's got a lot of spirit.
Lori Craven She's a deranged bitch!
Questioning a Daughter's Behavior
Elizabeth Is your daughter this crazy?
Love's Transformative Power in The Saint
Emma Russell I see my angel for the first time. Know my purpose, feel my birth, Hear, at first faintly, then distinctly The sweet strains of our union. Our love heats up the cold universe And gives my tired, desperate hope A reason and season to be revealed.
[reading Simon's journal aloud]
Simon Templar We, purified by our kisses, are eternally healed.
A Desire for Connection Amidst Chaos
Sera What's the story? Are you too drunk to cum?
Ben I don't care about any of that. There's time left. You can have more money. You can drink all you want. Just stay. That's what I want. I want you to - talk or listen. Just stay.
Rejection of Charm and Allure
Jordan Mooney Your sexy smile isn't gonna work this time.
Identity and Self in Conversation
Emma Russell You're not Martin.
Emma Russell What is your name?
Simon Templar I don't have a name.
Emma Russell Sad. Will you have a name when we get home?
Simon Templar I don't have a home.
The Complexity of Love and Addiction
Ben Don't you think you'd get a little bored, living with a drunk?
Sera Well... that's what I want.
Ben You haven't seen the worst of it. I knock things over... throw up all the time. These past few days I've been very controlled. You're like some sort of antidote that mixes with the liquor and keeps me in balance. But, that won't last forever.
Embracing Change and Self-Acceptance
Jordan Mooney I am going to be VERY fat, and YOU are gonna love it!
Playing Games with Hidden Meanings
Emily You like games?
Elizabeth I love games. Would you like to play one?
Emily I'm already playing.
Negotiating Boundaries in a Transactional Relationship
Sera So, for 500 bucks, you can do pretty much whatever you want. You can fuck my ass.
Ben Oh, my God.
Sera You can cum on my face. Whatever you want to do. Just keep it out of my hair.
Ben Okay.
Sera I just washed it.
Tending to Wounds and Humor in Crisis
Emma Russell I'm glad it stopped bleeding. You don't need stitches. We have to disinfect it though.
Simon Templar You really are an angel.
Emma Russell Mmm hmm. It's gonna hurt.
[soaking cotton ball in rubbing alcohol and approaching the cut with it]
Simon Templar AHH! Ha ha...! sorry... I'm sorry... Are you alright?
[surprising Emma, laughing; serious, realizing it wasn't funny]
Emma Russell Yeah...
Simon Templar I-I should go.
Emma Russell No... take off your pants.
Simon Templar Pardon?
[beat]
Emma Russell I mean your sweater. There's blood on it. I'll wash it.
[embarrassed]
Simon Templar Very domestic. There's blood on your blouse as well. I'll wash it. Do you have any wine?
[unbuttons her blouse, revealing her hidden cold fusion notes. He tries to remove them, but she doesn't let him]
Struggle Between Care and Independence
Sera I want you to see a doctor.
[Ben has been on another binge]
Ben Sera... I'm not gonna see a doctor. Perhaps now would be a good time for me to move back to a motel.
Sera And do what? Rot away in a room? We're not gonna talk about that. Fuck you, we're not gonna talk about that! You're staying here! You could do this for me. I've given you gallons of free will around here. You could do this one thing for me! I have to go to work now.
[starts to cry; pause]
Acceptance in Love Amid Limited Time
Sera I think the thing is, we both realized that we didn't have that much time. And I accepted him for who he was, and I didn't expect him to change, and I think he felt that for me, too. I liked his drama, and he needed me. And I loved him. I really loved him.
The Illusion of Sebastian's Appeal
Linda McKay Let me tell you a little secret. The concept of Sebastian is much more appealing than Sebastian himself.
Actress Encounter with a Dismissive Rival
Lori Craven Hi. Uh, I'm Lori Craven and... I'm an actress.
Betsy Faye Sharon An actress! Really! How nice for you! I'm Betsy Faye Sharon and I'm a bitch. Now get out of here.
A Warning Against Entering the Water
Jake Forester I am so sorry. We're on the lake.
Julie Forester What? Where are Laura and Zane?
Jake Forester They're with me on the boat.
Julie Forester Oh, my God, Jake! Whatever you do, do not go into the water.
Jake Forester You don't understand, Mom. Our boat is sinking.
Julie Forester What? Where are you?
[shocked]
A Thief and His Stolen Cards
Simon Templar I'm a thief.
Emma Russell I want my cards back.
Simon Templar You flew all this way because you want your cards back?
Emma Russell Yes I did.
Simon Templar No, it's because you're in love.
Simon Templar I rest my case.
[gets slapped by Emma]
Emma Russell Who are you?
Simon Templar Nobody has a clue. Least of all me.