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Roxanne Quotes

"Roxanne dreamed of a handsome, intelligent, romantic man. C.D. Bales is two out of three—but looks aren't everything."

PG 1987 · 1h 47m
64
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64
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10 quotes
A Letter Proposal to Roxanne
C.D. Let's take a look at that letter...
Chris I think it's really good!
C.D. Dear Roxanne, how's it going? Want to have a drink sometime? If you do, check this box.
Inappropriate Compliments Amidst Firefighting Equipment
Chris McConnell Your breasts, they're like melons. No, no, they're like pillows. Can I fluff your pillows?
[to Roxanne]
Andy That's our new computer. We can pinpoint any fire in town with that. It's perfect for us, because, you know, we're the fire department.
Expressions of Love and Unconventional Beauty
Roxanne When I close my eyes, I see you again and again. Your eyes, your face. The way you walk. And your style. Your wit. And your nose, Charlie...
C.D. Doesn't quite work, does it?
Roxanne I went inside and I thought what it was about Chris that attracted me. It wasn't the way he looked. Well, that's not true - at first it was the way he looked. But it was how he made me feel. He made me feel romantic, intelligent, feminine. But it wasn't him doing that to me. It was you. All these other men, Charlie, they've got flat, featureless faces. No character! No fire! No nose! Charlie - you have a big nose. You have a beautiful, great, big, flesh-and-bone nose! I love your nose! I love your nose, Charlie. I love you, Charlie. Well?
C.D. Are you kidding?
[somersaults off the roof of the house and, with some difficulty, they kiss]
A Simple Dream for Community Safety
C. D. Bales I have a dream. It's not a big dream, it's just a little dream. My dream - and I hope you don't find this too crazy - is that I would like the people of this community to feel that if, God forbid, there were a fire, calling the fire department would actually be a wise thing to do. You can't have people, if their houses are burning down, saying, "Whatever you do, don't call the fire department!" That would be bad.
A Conversation About Relationships and Expectations
Dixie Hey, what about your boyfriend? What was his name?
Roxanne Richard.
Dixie When's he coming?
Roxanne He's not. He's not coming.
Dixie What happened?
Roxanne We just ran out of gas. I guess I mistook sex for love.
Sandy Oh, I did that once. It was great.
Astronomy Names vs. Numbers in Conversation
C.D. You must know about M31.
Roxanne Yeah.
C.D. Now, see, I like it when they give astronomical objects names, you know, like "Andromeda" and "Saturn" and "Sea of Tranquility." This whole numbering thing is just too boring for us civilians.
Roxanne Do you know how many objects are up there?
C.D. Well, I know it's over fifty.
The Dilemma of Staring at Others
Ralston Man, whatever you do, don't stare.
Chris Look, I'm not gonna stare, come on.
Jerry None of us would. But you get there, and you feel yourself not staring.
Ralston Then you think, "It's obvious I'm not staring." So you look, and you think, "I'm staring." So you say, "This is ridiculous," and you take a GOOD LOOK. And you think, "I'm looking at a man who, when he washes his face, loses the bar of soap.
Chris Thanks, guys, all right.
[laughs]
Ralston Don't say we didn't warn you.
Desire and Deception in Love Letters
Roxanne When you're getting love letters, you don't go around trying to compare the signature to the handwriting.
C.D. You wanna know why? Cause you wanted to believe it. You wanted it all. All the romance and emotion, all wrapped up in a cute little nose and a cute little ass!
Roxanne You even got me in bed.
C.D. Yeah. Yeah, what about that? You went to bed with him on your first date.
Roxanne Only because you seduced me. I would have never gone to bed with him otherwise.
C.D. You still went to bed with him awfully fast! A few frilly words and you're counting ceiling tiles.
Roxanne I don't even consider that I went to bed with him!
C.D. Well, somebody was up there, and it's for goddamn sure it wasn't me!
Humorous Exchange About a Character's Nose
C.D. Let's start with... Obvious: scuse me, is that your nose or did a bus park on your face? Meteorological: everybody take cover, she's going to blow! Fashionable: you know, you could de-emphasize your nose if you wore something larger, like... Wyoming. Personal: well, here we are, just the three of us. Punctual: all right, Delbman, your nose was on time but you were fifteen minutes late! Envious: Ooooh, I wish I were you! Gosh, to be able to smell your own ear! Naughty: uh, pardon me, sir, some of the ladies have asked if you wouldn't mind putting that thing away. Philosophical: you know, it's not the size of a nose that's important, it's what's in it that matters. Humorous: laugh and the world laughs with you. Sneeze, and it's goodbye, Seattle! Commercial: hi, I'm Earl Scheib, and I can paint that nose for $39.95! Polite: uh, would you mind not bobbing your head? The, uh, orchestra keeps changing tempo. Melodic: Everybody. He's got the whole world ...
[challenged to think of twenty jokes better than "Big Nose"]
Everyone In his nose!
[singing]
C.D. Sympathetic: aw, what happened? Did your parents lose a bet with God? Complimentary: you must love the little birdies to give them this to perch on. Scientific: Say, does that thing there influence the tides? Obscure: whoa! I'd hate to see the grindstone. Well, think about it. Inquiring: when you stop to smell the flowers, are they afraid? French: saihr, ze pigs have refused to find any more truffles until you leave! Pornographic: finally, a man who can satisfy two women at once! How many is that?
Dean Fourteen, Chief!
C.D. Religious: the Lord giveth... and He just kept on giving, didn't He? Disgusting: Say, who mows your nose hair? Paranoid: keep that guy away from my cocaine! Aromatic: it must be wonderful to wake up in the morning and smell the coffee... in Brazil. Appreciative: Oooh, how original! Most people just have their teeth capped. All right. Dirty: your name wouldn't be Dick, would it?
[he pauses, pretending to be stumped, while the crowd urges him on]
Man You smart-assed son-of-a-bitch!
[swings and misses at C. D.]
C.D. You flat-faced, flat-nosed, flat-head. Has he fallen yet?
[punches man and walks away; to Dixie]
Miscommunication Over a Coat
Roxanne Nobody had a coat?
C.D. I thought you said you didn't want a coat...
Roxanne Why would I not want a coat?
C.D. You said you didn't want a coat!
Roxanne I was being ironic.
C.D. Oh, ho, ho, irony! Oh, no, no, we don't get that here. See, uh, people ski topless here while smoking dope, so irony's not really a, a high priority. We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, 83, when I was the only practitioner of it. And I stopped because I was tired of being stared at.