Memorable Quotes from Maria Schneider
8 quotesA Toast to Different Lives
Jeanne
Let's drink a toast to our life in the hotel.
Paul
No fuck all that! Hey listen! Let's drink a toast to our life in the country.
Jeanne
You're a nature lover? You didn't tell me that.
Paul
Oh, for Christ's sake... I'm nature boy. Can't you see me with the cows and the chickenshit all over me? Huh?
Jeanne
Oh, that's right. To the cows!
Paul
Cow.
Jeanne
I will be your cow too.
Paul
I get to milk you twice a day. How about that?
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The Value of Ignorance
Jeanne
It's better not knowing anything.
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Love and Jealousy in a Musical Context
Jeanne
I fell in love with him when I first heard him play piano.
Paul
You mean the first time he got inside your knickers.
Jeanne
He was a child prodigy; he was playing with both hands.
Paul
I bet he was!
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Unfamiliarity in Relationships
Jeanne
I didn't know his name...
[last line of the film]
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Exploring Disconnection in Gender Relationships
Jeanne
Why do you hate women?
Paul
Because either they always pretend to know who I am, or they pretend I don't know who they are, and that's very boring.
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Love and Identity in Last Tango in Paris
Paul
You ran through Africa and Asia and Indonesia, and now I found you... and I love you. I want to know your name.
Jeanne
Jeanne.
[she shoots him]
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A Question of Purpose in Unconventional Moments
Jeanne
What are we doing here?
Paul
Let's just say we're taking a flying fuck at a rolling donut.
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Critique of Domestic Virtue and Racism
Jeanne
Olympia is the personification of domestic virtue: faithful, economic and racist.
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