Body Double (1984)
Craig Wasson: Jake
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Quotes
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Jake Scully : I like to watch.
Holly Body : Makes you hot, doesn't it?
Jake Scully : Yeah.
Holly Body : Makes me hot too. Why don't you come over here and I'll show you how hot?
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Jake Scully : Christ, I keep seeing it: Carol lying there. Her face was glowing.
[after discovering his girlfriend's infidelity]
Sam Bouchard : Her face was glowing?
Jake Scully : Yeah.
Sam Bouchard : How do you do that? How do you get a girl's face to glow? I got sixteen years of good humping, not once did I even get a glimmer, let alone a fucking glow! Glowing?
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Jake Scully : What a fool I am.
[following his humiliation in the acting class]
Sam Bouchard : C'mon, Jake, you're too hard on yourself. These guys, they can't get a job, they put an ad in the trades, they call themselves teachers. What do they teach us? How to be more fucked up than we already are!
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Jake Scully : I like to watch.
Corso the Director : Makes you hot, doesn't it?
Jake Scully : Yeah!
Corso the Director : Makes me hot too, real hot. Come on over here and I'll show you how hot. Okay, take off your clothes, I wanna take some pictures.
Jake Scully : Okay. What is it that we're watching?
Corso the Director : I don't know. What are you, some kind of method actor?
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Sam Bouchard : Kicked the bitch out, I hope.
Jake Scully : Nah, I didn't.
Sam Bouchard : Why not?
Jake Scully : It was her place.
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Jake Scully : I thought you were a bartender, not a priest.
Douglas : That's right, I'm a bartender.
Jake Scully : Then keep the fucking glass filled!
Douglas : Keep your own glass filled.
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Jake Scully : I can make a better film than Corso with my eyes closed.
Holly Body : Well, films cost money.
Jake Scully : I got money.
Holly Body : Well, then what are you doing in hard core?
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Jake Scully : Knock 'em dead.
Sam Bouchard : They're in Seattle, they're already dead!
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Jake Scully : The truth is a woman was murdered.
Holly Body : [laughs]
Jake Scully : Holly, it's not funny a woman was murdered! Look, you and I were set up by a murderer! He wanted to be sure that I witnessed the murder that's why he hired you to do your routine. He wanted to make sure that I was watching and that I would keep watching. Holly are you listening to me?
Holly Body : Yes. I don't understand what you said.
Jake Scully : WELL LISTEN HE'S A MURDERER, THE MAN WHO HIRED YOU IS A MURDERER.
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Jake Scully : Do you understand?
Holly Body : Yes, I understand. I understand you're sick and you're a liar and you need professional help, and I do not like being yelled at.
Jake Scully : I'm sorry.
Holly Body : I should have known the minute you told me I had a terrific smile, no real porn producer would tell me that in a million years.
Jake Scully : Holly, just come with me to the police.
Holly Body : The police? Are you crazy? You listen to me you weirdo. I'm gonna leave now and don't try to follow me home because I have friends who will break your legs!
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Det. Jim McLean : Scully, I got a real problem with you.
Jake Scully : What do you mean?
Det. Jim McLean : I mean, you're my only witness to this murder, and you're a peeper. In my book, that's a pervert and a sex offender.
Jake Scully : What do you mean, a sex offender?
Det. Jim McLean : Save it! I ask the questions.
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Jake Scully : Well, Sam, here's to a friendship I hope...
Sam Bouchard : Wait, wait. Let's do this right. Come here. To Hollywood!
Jake Scully : Yeah, to Hollywood.
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Jake Scully : You're fantastic. Really. Sensational. And I'll tell you something else. You've got a terrific...
Holly Body : Body.
Jake Scully : Smile.
Holly Body : Smile?
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Jake Scully : [after shooting a scene together in an adult film] You were great out there. I'll buy you a drink.
Holly Body : A drink? I don't even know you.
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Jake Scully : What can I get you? Jack Daniels?
Holly Body : How about - Jake Scully straight up.
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Holly Body : Lie down.
[pushes Jake down on the rotating bed]
Jake Scully : Hey.
Holly Body : We had one of these in "Star Whores".
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Jake Scully : I'm not a film producer or a rich kid.
Holly Body : No, you're a jerk!
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Theatre Director : What have you been doing lately?
Jake Scully : Well, I just started a low-budget independent horror film, Vampire's Kiss. I play the vampire.
Theatre Director : Vampire's Kiss? It sounds interesting.
Jake Scully : Before that I did Petruchio in 'Taming of the Shrew'.
Theatre Director : Sounds interesting. Anything else?
Jake Scully : You mean anything good?
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Sam Bouchard : You got a well-stocked bar, rotating bed...
Jake Scully : Rotating?
Sam Bouchard : Sauna and Jacuzzi beyond the walk-in closets.
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Frank : Rubin fired you.
Jake Scully : What?
Frank : You know, fired. Like, you don't have a job. He gave me some bull shit about "artistic differences." Now, what the hell happened?
Jake Scully : Nothing. How can he do that?
Frank : They're doing it right now, Jake.
Jake Scully : Well, can't we do something? Maybe I should talk to Rubin?
Frank : No, you better forget it. They've already hired another guy.
Jake Scully : How do you know?
Frank : He's my client.
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Jake Scully : Excuse me. Do you have "Holly Does Hollywood"?
Video Salesman : Yeah, we do. It's in our adult section. Follow me.
Jake Scully : On VHS?
Video Salesman : Yeah, VHS. Whatever you want. 1/2 inch, 3/4, Beta.