Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Rosanna Arquette: Roberta Glass
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Quotes
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Roberta : Here it is, a message from Jim.
[Reading the Personal Ads]
Roberta : "Desperately Seeking Susan. Keep the faith. Tuesday. 10AM. Battery Park. Gangway 1. Love, Jim"
Leslie : Who's Jim?
Roberta : Oh, God. Tuesday, that's tomorrow.
Leslie : Who's Susan? You know these people?
Roberta : No. You see, Jim follows Susan all over the country. Last January she was in Mexico City, then Seattle. They send messages back and forth. That's how they hook up. And now they're in New York. Desperate. I love that word. It's so romantic.
Leslie : Everybody I know is desperate, except you.
Roberta : I'm desperate.
Leslie : You?
[laughs]
Roberta : Sort of.
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Dez : Jim said a friend of yours got killed outside your hotel... in Atlantic City. He was pretty worried.
Roberta : Killed? Dead?
Dez : Sort of goes with the territory, doesn't it, Susan?
Roberta : Maybe I know who did it. I wish I could remember.
Dez : Maybe you were the killer.
Roberta : [looks uncertain for a second] No!
[scoffs, then thinks it over]
Roberta : I should probably lay low for a while, huh?
Dez : It might be a wise idea. So, you don't know who the guy at the quay was?
[she shakes her head]
Dez : Maybe a jilted lover?
Roberta : [waves idea away, takes another swig from wine bottle] I don't think so.
[reconsiders]
Roberta : Maybe he was.
Dez : You know somethin'? You are not at all what I expected.
[shakes head]
Roberta : [shakes head] You are not quite what I expected either.
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Ray : [after curtain goes down] Nice try, kid. Here you go. 20 bucks. We'll see you tomorrow night at the same time.
Roberta : [surprised] You're hiring me?
Ray : Well, of course, we're hiring you.
Roberta : OK, that's great! Thank you!
Ray : [hands over the cage with the doves] You take these guys home, and you practice, all right?
[she accepts]
Ray : And, Susan... Practice a lot, OK?
Roberta : All right.
Ray : Good.
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Roberta : Gary, you're not listening to me. I'm not a prostitute or a lesbian.
Gary : We'll get professional help. I don't care how much it costs. The important thing is, I want you to come home with me.
Roberta : Why?
Gary : Why? What do you mean, why?
Roberta : I mean, why do you want me to come home with you, Gary?
Gary : [holds up hands] Come on, don't get excited, all right? Don't get excited. What, are you on drugs or something now?
Roberta : God.
[covers her face with her hands]
Roberta : Look at me.
Gary : I looked at you. You look ridiculous.
Roberta : I mean, look at me, Gary. Look at me.
[when he does]
Roberta : I'm not coming home with you.
Gary : You're just tired.
[she smiles slightly and shakes her head]
Gary : Why don't you get changed and we'll talk about it at home, all right?
[holds out his hand]
Gary : Come on. Come on.
[she doesn't]
Gary : Fine. That's fine. I'm gonna go outside and I'll wait for five minutes. And if you're not there, I'm gonna leave without you.
Roberta : Goodbye, Gary.
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Roberta : Dez...
Dez : Hmm?
Roberta : I'm not Susan. I'm a housewife and I live in Fort Lee, New Jersey. I've been married for four years. My husband Gary... He sells bathroom spas and... saunas.
[smirks]
Dez : [scoffs] You never stop, do you?
Roberta : No, really. Really!
Dez : That's what I like about you. I never know what you'll say next. Come here.
[they kiss]
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Roberta : [reading Personal Ads] "Beautiful stranger. Red hair. Green jumpsuit. Walking dogs in Washington Square Park. Can't forget you. Give love a chance. Blackie" I hope she gives him a chance.
Leslie : Oh, Roberta, please! He must be some kind of a pervert! What do you think of this?
Roberta : He could be sincere.
Leslie : Nobody named Blackie is sincere.
