Beaches (1989) - Quotes

A Reflection on Paradise

Taglines: It really was some kind of paradise

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The Importance of Experience

Taglines: It's the experience that matters

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Paradise and Innocence in Conflict

Taglines: Paradise Found - Innocence Lost

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A Search for Existence on Earth

Taglines: Somewhere on this planet it must exist.

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The Fleeting Nature of Innocence

Taglines: Innocence never lasts forever.

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The Cost of Paradise

Taglines: Paradise has its price

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Rebellion and Curiosity in Youth

Victoria: You smoked when you were my age?

CC: Sure.

Victoria: What else did you do?

CC: Whatever they told me not to!

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The Value of Talent and Expectations

Hillary: You did everything you said you were going to do - everything! And your talent - this incredible talent ... I can't even yodel!

CC: Hillary, what's yodeling got to do with it?

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Celebrating a Win with Humor and Sarcasm

Doorman: [[w:Tony Award|Tony Award] Congratulations on winning the ].

CC: Wasn't that something? Did you like my speech? I didn't mean a word of it! Did you see those other broads nashing their teeth? Ha ha, was great, wasn't it?

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A Darkly Humorous Take on Life's Fragility

Hillary: (Referring to a drunk outside CC's apartment): She could be dead!

CC: Nah! If she was dead, she would've dropped the bottle!

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Bad Attitude and Heavy Bags

CC: Harry, give us a hand with the bags.

Harry: I've got a bad back.

CC: Ah, you've got a bad attitude!

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Embracing Unique Expressions Through Costumes

John: Why do you waste your time doing this?

CC: I can't help myself. I love to get dressed up like a rabbit, and go out in public!

John: Well, is there any place I can come and see your work?

CC: [[w:Gramercy Park|Gramercy Square Park] I'll be at ] this afternoon, in a chicken suit!

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Waiting in Unconventional Circumstances

Hillary: Then you want me to wait for you?CC: Don't you really think you'd ought to wait? I mean, I am dressed like a rabbit.

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Acknowledging Unmatched Talent and Skills

Hillary Whitney: And your talent, this incredible talent! I can't even yodel!

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Hillary's Declaration of Being Right

Hillary Whitney: I'm not stubborn, I'm.....right!

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Preparing for the radar ahead

CC Bloom: Are you ready for your radar, dear?

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Conflict in Creative Expression

CC Bloom: I wasn't comfortable in the medium, y'know? So I broke the director's jaw.

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A Colorful Critique of Interior Design

CC Bloom: Look at this place. It looks like a flamingo threw up in here!

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Critique of Directing Style and Engagement

CC Bloom: (To a film director) You've had your head in that frigging monitor the whole time - you haven't said anything about character or motivation. You could be watching a Laker game in there, for all I know!