Rocky (1976)
Talia Shire: Adrian
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Quotes
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Rocky : I can't do it.
Adrian : What?
Rocky : I can't beat him.
Adrian : Apollo?
Rocky : Yeah. I been out there walkin' around, thinkin'. I mean, who am I kiddin'? I ain't even in the guy's league.
Adrian : What are we gonna do?
Rocky : I don't know.
Adrian : You worked so hard.
Rocky : Yeah, that don't matter. 'Cause I was nobody before.
Adrian : Don't say that.
Rocky : Ah come on, Adrian, it's true. I was nobody. But that don't matter either, you know? 'Cause I was thinkin', it really don't matter if I lose this fight. It really don't matter if this guy opens my head, either. 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood.
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[Last lines; Adrian snuck inside the ring]
Rocky : Adrian! Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky!
Rocky : Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky!
Rocky : Hey, where's your hat?
Adrian : I love you!
Rocky : I love you.
Adrian : [grabs and hugs Rocky] I love you!
Rocky : [out of breath] I love you. I love you.
Adrian : I love you!
Rocky : I love you. I love you.
Adrian : I love you!
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[Paulie overhears Rocky and now he's angry and hurt]
Paulie : I don't want nothin' from you. I don't want nothin' from you. This ain't no charity case. Get outta my house.
Adrian : It's not just your house.
Paulie : [to Rocky] You ain't no friend no more. Get outta my house, I just says.
Adrian : Don't talk to him like that.
Paulie : Both of you get out of my house.
Rocky : Yo... It's cold outside, Paulie.
[drops his hat; getting angrier, Paulie grabs his bat]
Paulie : I don't want you messin' her, and I don't raise you to go with this scum bum! Yeah? Come on! You wanna hit on me? Come on! I'll break both your arms so they don't work for ya!
[Paulie smashed a lamp, then a dinner tray; Adrian screams]
Paulie : [screaming] That's right! I'm not good enough to meet with Gazzo...
[Paulie spits]
Paulie : ...that's what I think of Gazzo! Now you're a big-shot fighter on your way up, you don't even throw a crumb to your friend Paulie! When I go out and get your meat every morning! You forgot that! Then I even give you my sister, too!
Adrian : Only a pig would say that!
Paulie : I'm a pig? A pig gives you the best?
Paulie : [smashing a coffee set] You're such a loser! I don't get married because of you! You can't live by yourself! I put you two together! And you - don't you forget it! You owe me! You owe me!
Adrian : [freaking out] *What do I owe you*?
Paulie : [crying] You're supposed to be good to me.
Adrian : *What do I owe you, Paulie? What do I owe you*? I treat you good! I cook for you! I cleaned for you! I pick up your dirty clothes! I take care of ya, Paulie! I don't owe you nothin'! And you made me feel like a loser! *I'm not a loser*!
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[the 15th and final round of the fight has ended; reporters climb into the ring for interviews]
Fight Announcer : [interviewing Rocky] It was chaos. Rocky, you went the distance. You went the fifteen rounds. How do you feel?
Rocky : All right!
Fight Announcer : What were you thinking about when that buzzer sounded?
Rocky : [yelling] Adrian!
Fight Announcer : What were you thinking when the fifteenth...
Rocky : What? Adrian!
Adrian : [out in the crowd] Rocky? Rocky?
Jergens : [taking the microphone] Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention, please.
Adrian : Rocky? Rocky!
Jergens : Tonight, we have had the privilege of witnessing the greatest exhibition of guts and stamina in the history of the ring!
Rocky : Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky. Rocky!
Jergens : [reading the results] Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a split decision.
[Jergens continues; indistinct]
Rocky : *Adrian*!
Adrian : Rocky!
Jergens : ...for Creed!
[the crowd cheers]
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Rocky : [Rocky is trying to make out with Adrian on their first date] Will you do me a favor? Take off these glasses.
[Rocky takes off Adrian's frumpy glasses, revealing her beautiful eyes]
Rocky : Now take off this hat.
[Takes off her unattractive hat, revealing her dark, lovely hair. Adrian is beautiful and Rocky is appreciative]
Rocky : I always knew you was pretty...
Adrian : [Adrian looks at him, disbelieving] Stop teasing me.
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[Rocky and Adrian watching a Christmas movie in the house]
Adrian : And he called the reporters?
Rocky : Yeah. It threw my whole training schedule off.
Adrian : Don't be mad at him. He's just trying to help.
Rocky : Adrian, I ain't mad. It's just that, uh, when a reporter's around, I get out of joint 'cause they take cheap shots, and Paulie knows that. Paulie keeps askin' me for a job all the time, but he don't know nothin' about fighting.
Adrian : Are you gonna say anything to him?
Rocky : Well, what's to say? I just don't know what he wants from me.
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Rocky : My father, he's a... My old man, he was never too smart. He says to me, "You weren't born with much of a brain, "so you better start using your body." So I become a fighter. You know what I mean? Why you laughing?
Adrian : My mother, she said the opposite thing.
Rocky : What did she say the opposite?
Adrian : She said, "You weren't born with much of a body, "so you better develop your brain."
