Showgirls (1995) - Quotes

Concern About Police Presence

Nomi Malone: Where are the police?

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Debating Cristal Connors' Replacement in Showgirls

Tony Moss: Cristal Connors is a star, Sam. You can't just replace her.

Phil Kewkirk: What if we could just bring somebody in while she's recuperating?

Tony Moss: She could be out for a year, Phil.

Zack Carey: Like who?

Phil Newkirk: [[w:Janet Jackson|Janet Jackson; [w:Paula Abdul|Paula Abdul] ]? ]?

Zack Carey: Paula Abdul? In my show?

Mr. Karlman: I'm not going to pay those kind of salaries!

Zack Carey: Well, in that case, Mr. Karlman, we do what we do in Vegas.

Mr. Karlman: What?

Zack Carey: We gamble.

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Friendship and Beauty in Showgirls

Cristal Connors: You like my nails? Not as nice as yours.

Nomi Malone: Maybe I could help you with yours... If you like.

Cristal Connors: Why you'd do that for me?

Nomi Malone: What are friends for?

Cristal Connors: On second thought... I'm not so sure I want you to be doin mine. I'm getting a little too old for that whorey look.

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Ambition and Rivalry in Showgirls

Cristal Connors: You fuck him for the spot? Or you fuck him cause you wanted to? I say you did it for the spot.

Nomi Malone: Is that what you did, Cristal?

Cristal Connors: You don't want to piss me off darlin now that we're friends.

Nomi Malone: Oh, no... You shouldn't get pissed off. Makes you look older.

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Jealousy and Betrayal in Relationships

Cristal Connors: You fucked her, didn't you?

Zack Carey: Does that piss you off because you're jealous, Cris? Or because I beat you to the punch?

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Confronting Fear and Attraction

Zack Carey: Are you afraid? Don't be.

Nomi Malone: I'm not. I liked it when you came. I liked your eyes.

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Discussion About Food Preferences

Nomi Malone: Don't they have brown rice and vegetables?

Cristal Connors: Do you like brown rice and vegetables?

Nomi Malone: Yeah.

Cristal Connors: You do?

Nomi Malone: Sort of.

Cristal Connors: Really?

Nomi Malone: It's worse than dog food.

Nomi Malone: It is!

Cristal Connors: I've had dog food.

Nomi Malone: You have?

Cristal Connors: Mmm-hmmm. Long time ago. Doggy Chow... I used to love Doggy Chow.

Nomi Malone: I used to love Doggy Chow, too!

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A Conversation About Cocaine and Presence

Nomi Malone: Hello? Anybody here?

Cristal Connors: Back here.

Nomi Malone: What are you doing here?

Cristal Connors: [sniffs cocaine] What am I doing here? I'm doin some of the finest cocaine in the world, darlin'. You want some?

Nomi Malone: Mm-mmm.

Cristal Connors: It's great for the muscles. I told Marty I'd work on your turns with you, darlin', but I'm feelin a little turned inside out myself today.

Nomi Malone: Cut the shit.

Cristal Connors: [smiling] OK. We got off on the wrong foot. Wanna start dancin all over again?

Nomi Malone: Why?

Cristal Connors: Why not? Wanna go down to Spago, get somethin to eat?

Nomi Malone: Where is it?

Cristal Connors: [sarcastically] Just down from Ver-sayce.

Nomi Malone: It's Versace.

Cristal Connors: Ohhhhh, yeah.

Nomi Malone: Yeah.

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Defiance in the Face of Aging

Cristal Connors: No one's gonna take my lead anyway, darlin', I haven't missed a show in eight years.

Tony Moss: But you're not getting any younger, "darling".

Cristal Connors: Eat me.

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Transformation and Compliments in Showgirls

Nomi Malone: I get a headache from champagne.

Cristal Connors: This isn't champagne. This... is HOLY WATER. I named myself after this holy water. Chrissie Lou Connors used to have dingy brown hair and little bitty tits. It's amazing what paint and a surgeon can do.

Cristal Connors: You have great tits. They're really beautiful.

Nomi Malone: Thank you.

Cristal Connors: I like nice tits. I always have, how about you?

Nomi Malone: I like having nice tits.

Cristal Connors: How do you like having em?

Nomi Malone: What do you mean?

Cristal Connors: You know what I mean.

Nomi Malone: I like having them in a nice dress, or a tight top.

Cristal Connors: Mmmm. You like to show em off.

Nomi Malone: I didn't like showing them off at the Cheetah.

Cristal Connors: Why not? I liked lookin at em there. We ALL liked lookin at em there!

Nomi Malone: It made me feel like a hooker.

Cristal Connors: You are a whore, darlin'!

Nomi Malone: No, I'm not!

Cristal Connors: We all are. We take the cash, we cash the check, we show them what they want to see!

Nomi Malone: Maybe you are a whore Cristal, but I'm not.

Cristal Connors: You and me? We're exactly alike.

Nomi Malone: I'll never be like you.

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Fashion and Identity in Showgirls

Tony Moss: One day she looks like Pollyanna, the next day she looks like... I don't know... Lolita, maybe.

Tony Moss: Nice dress.

Nomi Malone: Thanks. I bought it at "Ver-sayce".

Nomi Malone: In the Forum?

Tony Moss: Oh, yeah, Ver-sayce. I love Ver-sayce.

Nomi Malone: Me, too!

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Negotiating Boundaries in a Dance Encounter

Nomi Malone: Hi, my name is Heather.

Cristal Connors: Hey Nomi. I love your nails. We'd like you to have a private dance with both of us.

Nomi Malone: We don't do that. One at a time. No women.

Cristal Connors: A hundred dollars.

Nomi Malone: Sorry. That's the rules.

Cristal Connors: Two hundred. You just do Zack and I'll watch.

Cristal Connors: Five hundred.

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Dance Skills and Cheetah Club Critique

Cristal Connors: Where do you dance at, darlin'?

Nomi Malone: Um... at the Cheetah.

Cristal Connors: I don't know how good you are, darlin', and I don't know what it is you're good at, but if it's at the Cheetah, it's not dancing, I know that much.

Nomi Malone: You don't know shit!

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Stripper Identity and Defiance in Dialogue

Al Torres: You're a fucking stripper, don't you get it?

Nomi Malone: I'm a dancer!

Al: If you're a dancer, than Henry here is the fuckin Virgin Mary!

Henrietta "Mama" Bazoom: I got bigger tits than the fuckin Virgin Mary and I got a bigger mouth too!

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A Test of Spelling Skills

Tony Moss: Can you spell MGM backwards? I bet you can't.

Audition Dancer: M-G-M.

Tony: I'm impressed!

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Humor in Frustration and Friendship

Molly Abrams: I haven't gotten laid in six months. My right hand's so tired I can barely thread a needle!

Nomi Malone: Then use the left one.

Molly Abrams: For threading a needle?

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A Provocative Comment on Femininity

Henrietta "Mama" Bazoom: Do you know what they call that useless piece of skin around a twat?

Crowd: What?!?

Henrietta "Mama" Bazoom: A WOMAN!

The Importance of Taking Risks to Win

Jeff: You gamble?

Nomi Malone: No.

Jeff: Well you gotta gamble if you're gonna win.

Nomi Malone: I'm gonna win.

Ambitions and Misunderstandings in Vegas

Jeff: What are you going to Vegas for? You gonna win?

Nomi Malone: I'm gonna dance!

Jeff: Like one of those private escort dancers?

A Chance Encounter in Las Vegas

Jeff: Hop on in, pard!

Nomi Malone: Where you going?

Jeff: Vegas! Come on! This is your lucky day!

The Show Must Go On, No Matter What

Tony Moss: I'm Tony Moss. I produce this show. Some of you have probably heard that I'm a prick. I am a prick. I got one interest here, and that's the show. I don't care whether you live or die. I want to see you dance and I want to see you smile. I can't use you if you can't smile, I can't use you if you can't show, I can't use you if you can't sell.

Annie: They're going to see a smiling snatch if you don't fix this g-string!

Al Torres: It must be weird, not having anybody cum on you.

Marty Jacobsen: She's no butterfly, Tony. She's all pelvic thrust. I mean, she prowls... She's got it!

Mr. Karlman: [[Janet Jackson; [w:Paula Abdul|Paula Abdul] We could have brought anyone into this show: ], ]. Nomi Malone is what Las Vegas is all about! She's dazzling, she's exciting, and very, very sexy!

Confidence in Unconventional Comparisons

Henrietta "Mama" Bazoom: She looks better than a ten-inch dick and you know it!

The Richest Girl in Texas

Henrietta "Mama" Bazoom: [singing] She's the yellow rose of Texas / She charges fifty bucks / She's the richest girl in Texas / And all she does is fuck!

Reflection on Lost Innocence

Henrietta "Mama" Bazoom: [singing] The Farmer in the Dell / The Farmer in the Dell / I had a cherry, once / And now it's shot to hell!

Confidence Amidst Self-Reflection

Henrietta "Mama" Bazoom: Honey, you could never handle me with all these wrinkles of fat. Why, you'd never find the thing... I'd have to piss on you to give you a clue!

Conflict with Desire in Showgirls

James Smith: I have a problem with pussy. I always have, and I'm always gonna.

The Conflict of Talent and Morality

James Smith: You fuck em without fucking them! That's what you do! Well, it ain't right! You've got too much talent for it to be right!

The Competition Never Stops in Showbiz

Cristal Connors: There's always someone younger and hungrier coming down the stairs after you.

Cristal Connors Bids Farewell to the Audience

Cristal Connors: Thank you and good night, ladies and gentlemen. Cristal has left the building.

The Ruthless Pursuit of Success

Cristal Connors: You know the best advice I ever got? You're up there on stage, hopin on a spot. If someone gets in your way, step on em. If you're the only one left standing there, they hire you. That's about it. Thank you and good night, ladies and gentlemen. Elvis has left the building.