Saturday Night Fever (1977) - Quotes

Promoting Saturday Night Fever and Its Stars

Taglines: We want everyone to see John Travolta's performance... Because we want everyone to hear the #1 group in the country, the Bee Gees... Because we want everyone to catch "Saturday Night Fever".

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Life After the Music Ends

Taglines: Where do you go when the record is over...

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A Lighthearted Exchange About a Finger Injury

Tony Manero: Hey, you know you assholes almost broke my pussy finger!

Gus: Oh yeah, you wouldn't know which one it was.

Tony Manero: I know, my middle one.

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Recognition and Validation in Everyday Life

Tony: I don't see no one givin you a raise down at unemployment.

Frank Manero Sr: Four dollars? Shit!

Tony Manero: [gets up and walks out of the room] I knew you'd piss on it. Go on, just piss on it. A raise says like you're good, you know? You know how many times someone told me I was good in my life? Two! Twice! Two fuckin times! This raise today, and dancing... dancin at the disco! You sure as hell never did!

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The Meaning of Having Your Life Together

Stephanie Mangano: I'm sick of guys who ain't got their shit together.

Tony Manero: [mimics stirring in a bowl] Well, all ya need is a salad bowl, and a potato masher, and you got your shit together!

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Friendship and Frustration Amongst Young Adults

Joey: Hey, Tony, Double J's been in the car twenty five minutes with some chick!

Tony Manero: So?

Joey: So, I can't get the selfish prick out!

Tony Manero: [to Annette] These guys can't do nothin without me.

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Unexpected Kiss at the Disco

Girl in Disco: Kiss me.

Girl in Disco: Kiss me!

Girl in Disco: Ohh, I just kissed Al Pacino!

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Confrontation Over Personal Boundaries

Tony Manero: Why are you such a cocktease?

Stephanie Mangano: Don't you call me no goddamned cocktease!

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A Playful Exchange on Seating Choices

Annette: Ain't ya gonna ask me to sit down?

Tony Manero: No, cause you would do it.

Annette: Bet you'd ask me to lay down.

Tony Manero: No, you would not do it.

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Shared Initials and Marriage Monograms

Tony Manero: You know, you and I got the same last initial.

Stephanie Mangano: [sarcastically] Wow. Does that mean when we get married, I won't have to change the monogram or my luggage?

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Choices Defining Female Identity in Youth

Tony Manero: Are you a nice girl or a cunt?

Annette: I don't know. Both?

Tony Manero: No. You can't be both. It's a decision a girl's gotta make early in life, if she's gonna be a nice girl or a cunt.

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Dance Skills and Partner Dynamics

Tony Manero: She can dance, you know that? She's got the wrong partner of course, but she can dance.

Joey: So then why don't you ask her?

Tony Manero: Fuck you.

Joey: Which position?

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A Clash Over Time Off at Work

Tony Manero: I gotta have an afternoon off, and I'm takin it.

Fusco: If you do, you're fired.

Tony Manero: I'm doin it!

Fusco: Then you're fired!

Tony Manero: Then fuck you, asshole!

Fusco: And the horse you rode in on.

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The Conflict Between Present and Future Planning

Fusco: You can save a little, build a future.

Tony Manero: To hell with the future!

Fusco: No, Tony! You can't fuck the future. The future fucks you. It catches up with you and it fucks you if you ain't planned for it!

Tony Manero: Look, tonight is the future, and I am planning for it. There's this shirt I gotta buy, a beautiful shirt.

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Dance Floor Confidence and Bedroom Misunderstandings

Connie: So, are you as good in bed as you are on that dance floor?

Tony Manero: You know, Connie, if you're as good in bed as you are on the dance floor, then you're one lousy fuck.

Connie: Then how come they always send me flowers the next morning?

Tony Manero: Cause most guys don't know a lousy fuck when they've have one. Or I dunno. Maybe they thought you was dead.

Creativity Inspired by Television Influence

Stephanie Mangano: Nice move. Did you make that up?

Tony Manero: Yeah, well, I saw on TV first, then I made it up.

Finding Your Own Path to Happiness

Doreen: Can I wipe your forehead?

Bobby C.: My girlfriend, she loves the taste of communion wafers.

Double J.: [to a girl he just got done having sex with] What did you say your name was?

Frank Manero Jr.: Tony, the only way you're gonna survive is to do what you think is right, not what they keep trying to jam you into. You let them do that and you're gonna be nothing but miserable.