Passion Fish (1992)
Mary McDonnell: May-Alice
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Quotes
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May-Alice Culhane : I can't have sex I can feel... unless I really get into blowjobs.
[Looks at Chantelle]
May-Alice Culhane : Sorry. You're probably some big Christian and I just put my foot in my mouth.
Chantelle : It's none of my business what you put in your mouth, Ms. Culhane.
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May-Alice Culhane : [sarcastically to her nurse who is scrubbing down the walls] It's important that we have clean walls. I'll be climbing them soon.
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May-Alice Culhane : His wife's not worried.
Chantelle : Should she be?
May-Alice Culhane : Why worry about some cripple who's got a freezer compartment for a pussy.
Chantelle : Don't be like that.
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May-Alice Culhane : [to Denita about a photograph she took of Chantelle] It's easier to get a smile out of an alligator than it is to get one from your mother.
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May-Alice Culhane : Did they tell you I was a bitch?
Chantelle : On wheels.
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May-Alice Culhane : [to her new house nurse] You been doing this long?
Chantelle : No. You?
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May-Alice Culhane : I am not ready for this. When I get stronger I will quit drinking.
Chantelle : If you keep drinking you won't get any stronger.
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Chantelle : Are you going to do something to get stronger?
May-Alice Culhane : Why would I want to do that?
Chantelle : Because the next one may not be so nice as me.
May-Alice Culhane : Right. And you're Florence fuckin' Nightingale.
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Drushka : You eat now.
May-Alice Culhane : What exactly is that?
Drushka : Kascha. Big fiber. It's good for stool.
May-Alice Culhane : Yes. It looks like it has something to do with that.
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May-Alice Culhane : I need a drink.
Chantelle : That's too bad.
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[first lines]
May-Alice Culhane : [her soap opera character Scarlet as she watches the show on television] It felt so strange. All I remember is that I wasn't happy. Was I?
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May-Alice Culhane : This visit is just something my business manager cooked up with the insurance company.
Louise : Am I going to meet this guy, this business manager?
May-Alice Culhane : I'm out of business.
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May-Alice Culhane : Did you ever fall in love with a married man?
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[last lines]
May-Alice Culhane : Chantelle...
Chantelle : Yeah?
May-Alice Culhane : You *are* going to have to learn how to cook.
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May-Alice Culhane : [awakening to discover she has been wearing the same clothes for several days] I kind of gross you out, don't I.
Chantelle : [sarcastically] Is this a trick question?