Stranger Than Paradise Quotes

Eddie You know, last year before I met your cousin, I never know you were from Hungary or Budapest or any of those places.

Willie So what?

Eddie I thought you were an American.

Willie Hey, I'm as American as you are.

Eddie Does Cleveland look a little like, uh, Budapest?

Willie Eddie, shut up.

Eva Well, this is it. Lake Erie.

Eddie Man, look at all this snow! Man, it's - it's beautiful.

Eva It's not always frozen.

Willie You ever been to Florida?

Eddie Florida? Yeah, it's beautiful down there.

Willie Uh-huh.

Eddie You know, white beaches, and girls with bikinis...

Willie Yeah.

Eddie Cape Canaveral, Miami Beach...

Willie Cape Canaveral! Miami Beach! That's right.

Eddie They got pelicans down there, and flamingos... all those weird birds.

Willie You been there?

Eddie Nah, I never been there.

Willie You're a jerk, Eddie. You know that?... Nah, come on. What do you say we go down to Florida?

Eddie Yeah?

Willie Here, let me tell you a joke, all right? There's three guys, and they're walking down the street. One guy says to the other one, "Hey, your shoe's untied." He says, "I know that." And they walk... No... There's two guys, they're walking down the street, and one of them says to the other one, "Your shoe's untied." And the other guy says, "I know that." And they walk a couple blocks further, and they see a third friend, and he comes up and says, "Your shoe's untied." "Your shoe's un — " Aaah, I can't remember this joke. But it's good.

Willie You're sure you don't want a TV dinner?

Eva Yes. I'm not hungry. Why is it called TV dinner?

Willie Um... You're supposed to eat it while you watch TV. Television.

Eva I know what a TV is. Where does that meat come from?

Willie What do you mean?

Eva What does that meat come from?

Willie I guess it comes from a cow.

Eva From a cow? It doesn't even look like meat.

Willie Eva, stop bugging me, will you? You know, this is the way we eat in America. I got my meat, I got my potatoes, I got my vegetables, I got my dessert, and I don't even have to wash the dishes.

Eddie You know, it's funny... you come to someplace new, an'... and everything looks just the same.

Willie No kiddin', Eddie.

Willie Eva, going out?

Eva Yeah.

Willie Look, Clinton Street is two blocks south of here. I wouldn't go any further south than Clinton Street.

Eva Why?

Willie It's really dangerous there.

Eva I can take care of myself.

Willie Man, listen, you come, you don't know what's going on this city. You've never been here before. You come and stay in my apartment and I don't even want you here! It's just like, "Yeeeah, I know what's going on." You think you're so know-the-fuck-together!

Eva I'm going alone.

Willie Aw, go alone.

Willie You see, you see the guy that's got the ball? That's the quarterback. He can either hand off to one of the runners or he can pass it down field He's kinda like, he's the - he's like the, eh, General, you know. He's sorta like he's in charge the offense. The quarterback is in charge of the whole offense.

Eva So, what does the quarterback do when he becomes the defense?

Willie What?

Eva What does the quarterback do when his team becomes the defense?

Willie Quar - the quar - the quarterback's not on the defense, they already have - I - I - I don't know how to explain this to you. Just watch the game.

Eva I think this game is really stupid.

Willie How much money we got?

Eddie I don't know. We got a lot.

Willie How much is a lot, Eddie?

Eddie We got a lot. We got almost six hundred dollars!

Willie You're alright, Eddie. You know.

Eddie We're a coupla rich men now.

Eva I'm choking the alligator.

Eva I'm going to Cleveland in about a week.

Eddie Cleveland, beautiful city. It's got a big, beautiful lake. You will love it there.

Eva Have you been there?

Eddie No, no.

Eddie Aw, Willie. I had a bad feeling. Damn. What the hell are you gonna do in Budapest?

Willie How much money we got left?

Eddie We got a lot.

Willie Count it.

Eddie Hey, Willie, why are you always telling me what to do?

Willie Seems like if I don't tell you what to do, you don't do anything at all.