The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Ben Cooper: Seaman Jack Hunter
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Quotes
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Rosa Delle Rose : Just think. A week ago Friday I didn't know boys existed. Did you know girls existed before the dance?
Seaman Jack Hunter : I knew they existed.
Rosa Delle Rose : Do you remember what you said to me on the dance floor? "Honey, you are dancing too close."
Seaman Jack Hunter : Well, it was hot in the gym, and the floor was crowded.
Rosa Delle Rose : When my girlfriend was teaching me how to dance, I asked her, "How do you know which way the boy is going to move?" And she said, "You've got to feel how the boy's going to move with your body." I said, "How do you feel with your body?" And she said, "By pressing up close."
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Serafina Delle Rose : We are Sicilians. We don't leave the girls with the boys they are not engaged to.
Seaman Jack Hunter : Mrs. Delle Rose, this is the United States.
Serafina Delle Rose : I know, but we are Sicilians. We are *not* cold-blooded. My girl is innocent, pure. She is or she was. I would like to know which.
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Rosa Delle Rose : You said to me, "Gee, you're beautiful." I said, "Excuse me," and I ran to the ladies' room. Do you know why? To look at myself in the mirror. For the first time in my life, I felt I was beautiful. You made me feel beautiful when you said I was.
Seaman Jack Hunter : You are beautiful, Rosa.
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Seaman Jack Hunter : I hope you are as partial to roses as I am.
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Seaman Jack Hunter : Look, I come home after three months at sea. My sister was going to a high-school dance, and she took me with her. And there I met your daughter.
Serafina Delle Rose : What did you do?
Seaman Jack Hunter : At the dance? We danced.
Serafina Delle Rose : What did you do after that?
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Serafina Delle Rose : Who are you? What are you?
Rosa Delle Rose : Mama, I just introduced him. His name is Jack Hunter.
Serafina Delle Rose : Hunter?
Seaman Jack Hunter : Yes, ma'am, Hunter. Jack Hunter.
Serafina Delle Rose : What are you hunting, Jack?
Rosa Delle Rose : Mama. Mama.
Serafina Delle Rose : What all of them are hunting. To have a good time, and the devils cares who pays for it. I'm sick of men, and I'm sick of women.
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Seaman Jack Hunter : This is the first time I really wanted to.
Serafina Delle Rose : Wanted to what?
Seaman Jack Hunter : Make love.
Serafina Delle Rose : You, a sailor.
Seaman Jack Hunter : Well, I had opportunities to, but - well, I always thought of my mother.
Serafina Delle Rose : Huh?
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Rosa Delle Rose : I want to give you my heart to keep forever and ever and ever.
Seaman Jack Hunter : In all my born days, I never felt nothing so sweet as the feel of your warm little body in my arms.