After Hours (1985) - Quotes

The Worst Night Ever Experienced

Taglines: What is the very worst night you ever had...?

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Midnight Encounters in New York City

Taglines: When it's after midnight in New York City, you don't have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They'll all find you.

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A Date That Never Ends

Taglines: What if that date you thought would never end, didn't?

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Unexpected Gifts and New Connections

Julie: I'm gonna give you a present.

Paul: Don't do that. That's really not necessary at all. I mean, I've only known you for, what, an hour.

Julie: No, no, no. You said that you were gonna come back and you did. In these days, that is something to be commended and rewarded. Do you know what this is?

Paul: No.

Julie: This is a Plaster of Paris bagel and cream cheese paperweight. I bought it from a local artist, Kiki Bridges. Did you ever hear of her?

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The Risks of Breaking Rules at Work

Paul: Couldn't you just give me one token, please?

Subway Attendant: I can't do that. I may lose my job.

Paul: Well, who would know... exactly?

Subway Attendant: I could go to a party, get drunk, talk to someone... who knows?

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A Challenging Night of Frustration and Regret

Paul: I have had a terrible, terrible night. Do you understand?

Gail: I'm just trying to entertain you.

Paul: I don't want any entertainment! And, I'm sorry I did that. I'm sorry. I am under - oh God, I - I'm unable to get home tonight, you know. I can't get home.

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Unexpected Conversations During a Chaotic Night

Paul: You wouldn't believe what I've been through tonight. You just, wouldn't believe it.

Gail: Oh, I'm an ice cream vendor - Mr. Softee.

Paul: What? I - you misunderstood me. I didn't ask what you did for a living. I said, you wouldn't believe what I've been through tonight.

Gail: It's not boring. And I have my own Mr. Softee truck. It's not - it's not boring.

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Admission Based on Hairstyle at Club Berlin

Paul: Why doesn't he have to wait a few minutes?

Club Berlin Bouncer: Tonight is mohawk night. If you had a mohawk, you could go in.

Paul: [laughs] Oh, come on! We're both adults! Why don't you just let me in?

Club Berlin Bouncer: Do you really want to go inside?

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Transaction and Waiting at Club Berlin

Club Berlin Bouncer: Got any money?

Paul: Yes I got money. Is that what this is all about, you want money? Why didn't you ask for that in the first place man. Here, it's all I got.

Club Berlin Bouncer: [gives Paul his quarter back] I'll take your money cos I don't want you to feel you left anything untried. Now, you keep the quarter... ...but you still have to wait a few minutes.

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A Humorous Exchange Over Drinks

Tom the Bartender: How about a drink? You look like you could use one.

Paul: You don't happen to have any powerful aphrodisiacs back there, do you?

Tom the Bartender: She won't put out, huh?

Paul: No, it's not for her. It's for me. I seem to have gotten myself involved with one of your cocktail waitresses.

Tom the Bartender: Miss Bee Hive 1965.

Paul: Yes. Don't even ask me how.

Tom the Bartender: So, take off. What's she gonna do? Kill herself?

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A Question of Appreciation and Action

Julie: Hey Paul, do you like my hairdo?

Paul: Yes... yes, I do.

Julie: Then why don't you touch it?

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Questioning the Authenticity of Colombian Pot

Paul: What type of pot is this?

Marcy: Colombian.

Paul: That's a lie.

Marcy: What?

Paul: This isn't Colombian. I don't even think it's pot.

Marcy: That's what the guy who sold it to me said it was...

Paul: Well, the guy who sold it to you is a liar. So are you.

Marcy: Don't get upset, I just won't buy it from him anymore. Are you all right?

Paul: Where are those Plaster of Paris paperweights, anyway? I mean, that's what I came down here to see in the first place. Well, that's not entirely true, I came to see you, but where are the paperweights? That's what I wanna see now!

Marcy: What's the matter?

Paul: I said I wanna see a Plaster of Paris bagel and cream cheese paperweight, now cough it up.

Marcy: Right now?

Paul: Yes, right now!

Marcy: They're in Kiki's bedroom.

Paul: Then get em, cause as we sit here chatting, there are important papers flying rampant around my apartment cause I don't have ANYTHING to hold them down with.

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Obsession with Movies in Relationships

Marcy: [[The Wizard of Oz] My husband was a movie freak. Actually, he was particularly obsessed with one movie, "]." He talked about it constantly. I thought it was cute at first. On our wedding night, I was a virgin. When we made love - you've seen the movie, haven't you?

Paul: The Wizard of Oz"? Yeah.

Marcy: Well, whenever he - you know, when he came...

Paul: Yeah.

Marcy: ...he would scream out, "Surrender Dorothy!" That's all! Just "Surrender Dorothy!

Paul: Wow.

Marcy: Instead of saying something normal like, "Oh, God," or something normal like that. I mean, it was pretty creepy! And I told him I thought so, but he just, he just couldn't stop, he just, he just couldn't stop, he just... couldn't stop.

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A Disturbing Revelation of Past Trauma

Paul: Why don't you just tell me what's wrong?

Marcy: I was raped once. As a matter of fact it happened right here in this very room. I lived here once. He came in through there on the fire escape. He held a knife to my throat and said if I made a move, he'd cut my tongue out. He tied me to the bed... he took his time... six hours.

Paul: My god... Was he, uh... did they get this guy?

Marcy: No. Actually it was a boyfriend of mine. To tell you the truth, I slept through most of it. So... there you are.

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Complicated Friendships and Their Expectations

Paul: Greg called.

Marcy: Oh, how'd that little faggot find out I was staying here tonight? He probably wants to whine to me about his latest boyfriend.

Paul: Friends like that are hard to deal with sometimes.

Marcy: Well, that's what friends are for!

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Anticipation of an Unforgettable Night

Marcy: I hope you don't have to get up early tomorrow morning or anything.

Paul: No. No, I don't.

Marcy: [laughs; laughs; laughs] Because I think you're somebody I can really talk to. And tonight I feel like - I feel like I'm gonna let loose or something. I feel like - I feel like something incredible is really gonna happen here! I feel soooo excited. I don't know why? I feel it. I'm glad you came.