Diner (1982)

Paul Reiser: Modell

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• Modell : You know what word I'm not comfortable with? Nuance. It's not a real word. Like gesture. Gesture's a real word. With gesture you know where you stand. But nuance? I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.

• Modell : We all know most marriages depend on a firm grasp of football trivia.

• Shrevie : What happened?

  Fenwick : All I did was I parked the car on a nice lonely road, I looked at her, and I said, "Fuck or fight."

  Shrevie : Hey, that's a good line.

  Eddie : Maniac.

  Modell : You always know exactly what to say.

• Boogie : You want to bet that she goes for my pecker - first thing?

  Fenwick : The only hand on your pecker is going to be your own

  Boogie : You want to bet me? You want to bet me twenty?

  Fenwick : Yeah.

  Eddie : I'm in.

  Modell : Me too.

  Shrevie : Yeah, I'm in too. But, we need validation.

  Boogie : All right. I'll arrange it.

  Shrevie : How? You gonna get - finger prints? I'm tellin' ya, I'm not gonna do the dustin'.

• Modell : This is why you are so nervous all the time. You have like chunks of roast beef in your heart!

• [last lines] 

  Modell : It used to be so cool to be older and hang out here and, now...

  Shrevie : Now we're older and we're cooler and we're still hanging out here.

• Eddie : You can't compare Mathis to Sinatra. There's no way! No way. They're in totally different leagues.

  Shrevie : Eddie, they're both great singers.

  Modell : You know, the thing about Sinatra, he's good, but, thin. I don't like that.

• Modell : Who do you make-out to? Sinatra or Mathis?

  Eddie : That's a stupid question.

  Modell : One question. Answer that.

  Eddie : It's irrelevant. I won't answer it. Mathis.

  Modell : How 'bout you Shrev?

  Shrevie : I'm married! We don't make-out.

• Modell : Is HE crazy or am I mistaken?

• Boogie : I bet you I can ball Carol Heathrow on the next date.

  Fenwick : Now, you're nuts.

  Eddie : No.

  Modell : Come on, Boog.

  Boogie : You want to bet me 50 bucks a guy?

  Eddie : Fifty?

  Shrevie : It's like stealin' money from you Boog.

  Boogie : Are you in?

  Shrevie : Yeah, I'm in. I'm bettin'. I'm in!