My Favorite Year Quotes

Alan Swann What's in a name? A rose by any other name would wither and die.

Swann Stone... I'm afraid. I'm afraid. That's why I couldn't get out of the car to see my Tess, my child.

Benjy Alan Swann, afraid? The Defender of the Crown? Captain from Tortuga? The Last Knight of the Round Table?

Swann Those are movies, damn you! Look at me! I'm flesh and blood, life-size, no larger! I'm not that silly goddamned hero! I never was!

Benjy To me you were! Whoever you were in those movies, those silly goddamn heroes meant a lot to me! What does it matter if it was an illusion? It worked! So don't tell me this is you life-size. I can't use you life-size. I need Alan Swanns as big as I can get them! And let me tell you something: you couldn't have convinced me the way you did unless somewhere in you you had that courage! Nobody's that good an actor! You are that silly goddamn hero!

Alan Swann Damn you! I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!

K.C. Do you think there are funny people and not-funny people?

Benjy Yes. Definitely. On the funny side there are the ], except Zeppo; the ], no exceptions; both ]; and ]. On the unfunny side there's anyone who has ever played the accordion professionally.

Stockbroker #1 I think Alan Swann is beneath us!

Stockbroker #2 Of course he's beneath us. He's an actor!

Benjy I think I'm going to be unwell.

Swann Ladies are unwell, Stone. Gentlemen vomit.

Benjy Mm-hm.

Swann Alfredo, you needn't wait. We shan't need the car any more. We're going to throw up in the park and then walk home.

Benjy Mr. Swann, I was supposed to watch you, remember?

Swann Good. Watch this. Stone, you can watch me or you can join me. One of them is more fun.

Benjy Bring Allan Swann to Brooklyn?

Belle Sure; what are you ashamed of?

Benjy Everything!