Basic Instinct Quotes

Andrews There's cum stains all over the sheets.

Nick Very impressive.

Gus He got off before he got offed.

Catherine Do you have any coke? I just love coke with Jack Daniels.

Nick I have a Pepsi in the fridge.

Catherine But it's not really the same thing. Now, is it?

Nick No, it's not.

Gus Did you ever use drugs with Mr. Boz?

Catherine Sure.

Gus What kind of drugs?

Catherine Cocaine. Have you ever fucked on cocaine, Nick?

Catherine It's nice.

Nick You like playing games, don't you?

Catherine I have a degree in psychology, it goes with the turf... Games are fun.

Catherine Tell me, Nicky. Were you frightened last night?

Nick That's the point, wasn't it? That's what made it so good.

Catherine You shouldn't play this game.

Nick Why not? I like it.

Catherine You're in over your head.

Nick Maybe - but this is how I'll catch my killer.

Catherine I'm not going to confess all my secrets just because I have an orgasm. You won't learn anything I don't want you to know.

Nick Yes, I will. Then I'll nail you.

Catherine Nah. You'll just fall in love with me.

Nick I'm in love with you already. But I'll nail you anyway. You can put that in your book.

Taglines Flesh seduces. Passion kills.

Gus It must really be somethin -- makin stuff up all the time.

Catherine Yeah. It teaches you to lie.

Gus How's that?

Catherine You make stuff up, it has to be believable. It's called suspension of disbelief.

Gus I like that. "Suspension of Disbelief.

Nick What's your new book about?

Catherine A detective. He falls for the wrong woman.

Nick What happens?

Catherine She kills him.

Correli Did you kill Mr. Boz, Miss Tramell?

Catherine I'd have to be pretty stupid to write a book about killing and then kill somebody the way I described it in my book. I'd be announcing myself as the killer. I'm not stupid.

Catherine What are you researching?

Nick A new ending to your book.

Catherine Oh really? What's the twist?

Nick Well, the detective falls for the wrong girl, but he doesn't die.

Catherine So what happens to them?

Nick They fuck like minks, raise rugrats, and live happily ever after.

Catherine It won't sell.

Nick Why not?

Catherine Somebody has to die.

Nick Why?

Catherine Somebody always does.

Dr. Lamott I see two possibilities. One: The person who wrote this book is your murderer and acted out the killing described in ritualistic, literal detail. Two: Someone who wants to harm the writer read the book and enacted the killing described to incriminate her.

Nick What if the writer did it? What are we dealing with?

Dr. Lamott You're dealing with a devious, diabolical mind. You see, this book had to have been written at least six months, maybe even years before it was published, which means that the writer had to have at least planned the crime in the subconscious, back then. Now the fact that she carried it out indicates psychopathic obsessive behavior in terms not only of the killing itself but also in terms of applied advance defense mechanism.

Gus You know, sometimes I can't tell shit from shinola, Doc. What was all that you just said?

Beth She intended the book to be her alibi.

Dr. Lamott Correct.

Beth She's going to say: Do you think I'd be dumb enough to kill anyone in the exact way I described in my book? I wouldn't do that because then I'd know I'd be the suspect.

Nick So what if it's not the writer? What if it's, uh, someone who read the book?

Dr. Lamott You're dealing, then, with someone so obsessed that he or she is willing to kill an irrelevant and innocent victim in order to place the blame on the person who wrote that book. I'm talking about a deep-seated, obsessional hatred and an utter lack of respect for human life.

Gus So we've got a once-in-a-lifetime, top-of-the-line, looney-tooney the way you cut it -- that's what you're saying, right, Doc?

Dr. Lamott You're dealing with someone very dangerous and very ill.

Gus Where the fuck you been? I've been over to your place.

Nick Easy, cowboy, easy. I wasn't there.

Gus I went over last night, too.

Nick Well, I wasn't there either.

Gus You fucked her! Goddamn dumb sonofabitch! You fucked her! Goddamn, you are one dumb sonofabitch!

Taglines A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can't resist the danger.

Nick How long were you dating him?

Catherine I wasn't dating him. I was fucking him.

Nick What are you, a pro?

Catherine No, I'm an amateur.

Nick How long were you having sex with him?

Catherine About a year and a half.

Nick Were you with him last night?

Catherine Yes.

Gus Did you leave the club with him?

Catherine Yes.

Nick Did you go home with him?

Catherine No. We had a drink at the club. We left together. He went home and I came out here.

Nick Was there anyone with you last night?

Catherine No, I wasn't in the mood last night.

Nick Let me ask you something, Ms. Tramell? Are you sorry he's dead?

Catherine Yeah. I liked fucking him. Look, I don't really feel like talking anymore.

Gus Listen lady, we can do this downtown if you want.

Catherine So read me my rights and arrest me and then I'll go downtown. Otherwise, get the fuck out of here. Please.

Catherine What do we do now, Nick?

Nick Fuck like minks, raise rugrats, live happily ever after.

Catherine I hate rugrats.

Nick Fuck like minks, forget the rugrats, and live happily ever after.

Roxy If you don't leave her alone, I'll kill you.

Nick Let me ask you something, Rocki. Man-to-man. I think she's the fuck of the century. What do you think? How long have you been here? You like watching, don't you?

Roxy She likes me to watch.

Catherine How does it feel to kill someone?

Nick You tell me.

Catherine I don't know, but you do.

Nick How did you feel when I told you Johnny Boz had died, that day at the beach?

Catherine I felt somebody had read my book and was playing a game.

Nick But you didn't hurt.

Catherine No.

Nick Because you didn't love him.

Catherine That's right.

Nick Even though you were fucking him.

Catherine You still get the pleasure. Didn't you ever fuck anybody else while you were married, Nick?

Lt. Walker How did you know he was married?

Catherine Maybe I was just guessing. What difference does it make? Would you like a cigarette, Nick?

Corelli Do you two know each other?

Nick No.

Catherine No.

Lt. Walker How did you meet Mr. Boz?

Catherine I wanted to write a book about the murder of a retired rock and roll star. I went down to his club. I picked him up. Then I had sex with him.

Lt. Walker You didn't feel anything for him. You just had sex with him for your book.

Catherine In the beginning. Then I got to like what he did for me.

Gus That's pretty cold, ain't it, lady?

Catherine I'm a writer. I use people for what I write. Let the world beware.

Quotes about Basic Instinct the lesbian community is under siege, we always try to present to the heterosexual community the idealized version, but I do not think that's a good way to do it, even though I can understand where it's coming from. ("] talked about the kinds of self-censorship she finds in her work when she starts thinking she should present only positive images of lesbians or working-class people.") Yes. In that poem and also in the poem "Night Voice" I do that. There's this whole controversy now over media images of lesbians and gays and bisexuals. It's brought out in movies like Basic Instinct and Silence of the Lambs where they are presented as killers. It comes up in the novels of ], where she has these criminals who are lesbians or gay men. And I hate that. But, at the same time, I want the dirty laundry to be out there, whether it's on the Mexican culture or the lesbian culture or the bisexual. And I'm not sure how you do that.

Correli There's no smoking in this building, Miss Tramell.

Catherine What are you gonna do? Charge me with smoking?

Beth What is your problem? I'm trying to help you. Why won't you let me help you?

Nick I don't want your help. I don't need your help.

Beth Yes, you do. Somethin's going on. You're sleeping with her, aren't you?

Nick What's this interest you've got in her?

Beth My interest is in you, not her. She seduces people. She manipulates people. She'll do anything she can---

Nick I thought you hardly knew her.

Beth I know the type. I'm a psychologist.

Nick That means you manipulate people TOO, Beth. You're a practicing psychologist -- you're better at it than she is.

Beth I feel sorry for you, Nick.

Nick Beating that machine can't be easy.

Catherine If I was guilty and I wanted to beat that machine, it wouldn't be hard. It wouldn't be hard at all. You took a lie detector test after you shot those two people, didn't you?

Nick I passed.

Catherine You see, we're both innocent, Nick.

Nick You seem to know an awful lot about me.

Catherine You know an awful lot about me.

Nick I don't know anything that's not police business.

Catherine You know I don't wear any underwear, don't you, Nick?

Psychologist Nick, when you recollect your childhood, are your recollections pleasing to you?

Nick Number 1, I don't remember how often I used to jerk off, but it was a lot. Number 2, I wasn't pissed off at my dad, even when I was old enough to know what he and mom were doing in the bedroom. Number 3, I don't look in the toilet before I flush it. Number 4, I haven't wet my bed for a long time. Number 5, why don't the two of you go fuck yourselves. I'm outta here.

Gus Moran Well, she got that magna cum laude pussy on her that done fried up your brain!

Quotes about Basic Instinct *] interview in Backtalk: women writers speak out by Donna Marie Perry (1993)

Correli Would you tell us the nature of your relationship with Mr. Boz?

Catherine I had sex with him for about a year and a half. I liked having sex with him. He wasn't afraid of experimenting. I like men like that. Men who give me pleasure. He gave me a lot of pleasure.

Correli You ever engaged in any sadomasochistic activity?

Catherine Exactly what did you have in mind, Mr. Correli?

Nick Curran My sex life is actually pretty shitty after I stopped seeing you. I started developing callouses. I haven't had a drink in three months. I'm working my ass off. I'm off the sauce. I even stopped smoking. Now, will you tell I.A. I'm just your average, healthy, totally fucked up cop and let me out of here... please?

Catherine Tramell Killing isn't like smoking. You can quit.

Catherine I finished my book.

Nick So how does it end?

Catherine I told you. She kills him. Good-bye, Nick.

Nick Good-bye?

Catherine Yeah. I finished my book. Didn't you hear me? Your character's dead. Good-bye. What do you want? Flowers? I'll send you an autographed copy.

Nick What is this, some kind of joke!? Are you playin a game here?

Catherine The games are over. You were right. It was the fuck of the century, Shooter.

Beth You've never been like that before. Why?

Nick You tell me, you're the shrink.

Beth You weren't making love to me.

Nick Who was I making love to?

Beth You weren't making love.