Head On (1998)

Alex Dimitriades: Ari

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• [last lines] 

  Ari : I'm a whore, a dog, and a cunt. My father's insults make me strong. I accept them all. I'm sliding toward the sewer. I'm not struggling. I can smell the shit but I'm still breathing. I'm gonna live my life. I'm not gonna make a difference. I'm not gonna change a thing. No one's gonna remember me when I'm dead. I'm a sailor and a whore, and I will be until the end of the world.

• Ari : I'm a man. And I take it up the ass.

• [first lines] 

  Ari : They tell you that God is dead but, man, they still want you to have a purpose. They say look at your parents: hard-working migrants, work two jobs, struggle all your life, buy your kids a house... there, that's purpose. They tell you to be a doctor, a teacher, be creative, do something, believe in something, believe in family and the future, save the world, believe in love, but, fuck it, I'm no scholar, I'm no worker, I'm no poet.

• Ari : I'm not gonna tell you what to do.

  Alex : Good.

  Ari : Does this mean I get my vibrator back?

• Sean : How come you Greeks always bullshit your parents? You know, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Voulis, I know it's midnight but Peter's still studying at the library."

  Ari : You HAVE to lie.

  Sean : Why?

  Ari : Because if you tell everyone the truth, they use it against you.

• Ari : I'm a man. I don't take it up the ass.