Breathless (1983)

Richard Gere: Jesse

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• Jesse Lujack : I say Monica, you ever been to Mexico, honey?

  Jesse Lujack : I say Monica, darlin', you coming to Mexico with me?

  Jesse Lujack : Monica, you coming to Mexico with me!

  Jesse Lujack : Me and Monica!

  Jesse Lujack : Cos I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be!

  Jesse Lujack : Mon-Monica and me!

  Jesse Lujack : Me and Monica! Yeah, me and Monica go to Méjico!

• Jesse Lujack : I'm in love with you. And you love me too. You'll see.

• Jesse Lujack : You're like one of those girls who'll fuck everybody except the guy who loves her.

  Monica : You're like one of those rides at Disneyland. Wow. You make me dizzy.

  Jesse Lujack : Show me your tits.

• Monica : I wish you wouldn't love me. You don't fit into my plan for my life.

  Jesse Lujack : Well, you're just going to have to change those plans, darllin'.

• Jesse Lujack : [picking up a folding card table]  I gotta get this down to art class real quick. They need something to put a banana on, so they can draw it. You can't just draw a banana when it's lying on the floor.

• Jesse Lujack : [driving a stolen Porsche]  We got some music here? Ain't you pretty?

  [throws cassette out the window] 

  Jesse Lujack : Disco.

  [throws cassette out the window] 

  Jesse Lujack : Manilow.

  [throws cassette out the window] 

  Jesse Lujack : I know what we need! We need the Killer! The Killer rocks on! Mr Jerry Lee Lewis and his pumpin' piano!

• Jesse Lujack : Monica! I'm a bear for ya, baby! I'm sniffin' around your honey tree! Monica.

• Jesse Lujack : Oh, shit! A cop! Jinxed! I swear to God, I am jinxed!

• Jesse Lujack : All right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right! I know I'm crazy. I can't help it. I guess I love you.

  Monica : [dismissive]  Love? We spent one or two nights together in Las Vegas, that's all.

  Jesse Lujack : Four.

• Jesse Lujack : I'm a desperado.

  Monica : Desperado? What does it mean?

  Jesse Lujack : It means I'm desperate for you, Monica!

• Monica : But you told me you had lots of enemies in LA.

  Jesse Lujack : Yeah, I do, I do! My enemies and you.

• Jesse Lujack : It's like blasting along the highway, going 90, maybe 100 miles an hour. Suddenly there's a dip in the road, to suck your guts out! Your breath is gone! That's me around you, sugar! That's me! Breathless!

• Jesse Lujack : So what's happening at the kasbah this week?

• Jesse Lujack : This is the one, the only, the original, the true Jerry Lee Lewis! Listen to this guy! He means it! Can't stop, won't stop, never stop! Wow! Jerry Lee - he's burnin'! B-B-Burnin'!

• Tolmatchoff : So, tell me. Who is this lovely young thing you came to see?

  Jesse Lujack : French girl. Schoolgirl. Great girl. Kills me!

• Jesse Lujack : Gotta love those Santa Anas, honey! Just stokin' up the fires!

• Jesse Lujack : I'll be back sooner than trouble.

• Jesse Lujack : It wasn't the suit that was lucky. It was you. When you walked out, I started rolling fool's dice. Fool's dice. Snake eyes. Double zero.

  Monica : You roll dice too much.

  Jesse Lujack : You think that, huh? You think maybe I was rollin' dice when I should have been rollin' you?

• Jesse Lujack : What's so funny, honey?

  Monica : You! Those clothes!

  Jesse Lujack : You don't like 'em? I'll take 'em off!

• Monica : Why can't I ever be alone when I wanna be alone?

  Jesse Lujack : Monica, did you fuck your teacher last night? Did ya? Come on. Tell me.

  Monica : Leave me alone! I'm thinking!

• Jesse Lujack : Why are you so afraid to sleep with me again?

  Monica : Because you scare me. I don't know what you want from me.

  Jesse Lujack : Everything.

  Monica : That's too much.

  Jesse Lujack : What do you want from me?

  Monica : I don't know. Something.

  Jesse Lujack : That's not enough. All or nothing with me, baby!

• Jesse Lujack : God, I love it when you look afraid and surprised at the same time! I just wanna climb inside of you!

• Jesse Lujack : Show me your toes. A woman's toes are very important.

• Monica : A little foreign job?

  Jesse Lujack : Not you, a car.

• Monica : You know William Faulkner?

  Jesse Lujack : Who's he? Somebody you fucked?

  Monica : The most beautiful American writer. He wrote my favorite line. "Between grief and nothing, I will take grief."

  Jesse Lujack : This guy sounds like a lot of laughs.

  Monica : No! Seriously. Grief or nothing? What would you choose?

  Jesse Lujack : Nothing. Like I told you, baby. All or nothing with me.

• Monica : I'm late.

  Jesse Lujack : Hey, don't take a shower. I want us to smell like we've been fuckin'.

• Jesse Lujack : It's a classic. Perfect paint job. One of a kind. Unique. Cream puff. Cherry.

• Monica : Try to understand me, Jesse. I have to think about the future.

  Jesse Lujack : The future? Yeah. I heard about it. Never seen it. Sounds like bullshit to me.

• Monica : I don't wanna be afraid of life or anything else.

  Jesse Lujack : You don't have to be afraid of nothing.

• Jesse Lujack : Scared?

  Monica : Yeah!

  Jesse Lujack : But you like it, don't you?

  Monica : Yeah.

• Monica : What is this place?

  Jesse Lujack : This is where Berrutti's gonna meet us in the morning. They call it The Pines. Did you ever hear of Errol Flynn? Famous crazy fucker and movie star. This was his spread.

• Jesse Lujack : Do me a favor, pumpkin. Go down and get us a carton of milk, some Ding Dongs, and a newspaper. All right? Get yourself something, too. Gonna be your last American food for a while, baby.

• Jesse Lujack : What do you keep asking me these questions for all the time about the future? Which I don't know. You don't know. Nobody knows it! So fuck it! Roll the dice.

• Monica : Jesse?

  Jesse Lujack : What?

  Monica : I just wanted to say good morning.

  Jesse Lujack : So far so good.

• Jesse Lujack : Love is the power supreme! That's the whole story, baby.