Ricky Schroder: Ricky Stratton

Quotes 

• Kate Summers : I already know about your father and Leslie's mother.

  Ricky Stratton : You do? How come you're so calm?... I know - you've hired a hit man, right?

• Ricky Stratton : She's head over heels in love with me! She worships the ground I walk on!

  Edward Stratton III : Son, you shouldn't say stuff like that.

  Ricky Stratton : I didn't say 'em, Dad - she did.

  Edward Stratton III : Well, have you tried telling her that, uh, you just don't feel the same way about her that she does about you?

  Ricky Stratton : Not exactly... Well, it's hard to say that to a girl who thinks you're a Greek god!

  Edward Stratton III : She said that, too?

  Ricky Stratton : No. That one she wrote on the blackboard.

• Ricky Stratton : [reading Leslie's part for him in her play]  It's true my nose is embarrassingly big - but there's nothing wrong with my eyes. I can't take 'em off you; you're an incredibly beautiful creature.

• Leslie : Why am I cursed with this legendary gorgeousness? Why does every man I meet fall hopelessly in love with me? Why?... Why?... Why?

  Ricky Stratton : [going off script]  You got me.

• Ricky Stratton : Show business is my life.

• Leslie : My mother told me she was going to get your father back - and my mother always gets what she wants. So after they get married...

  Ricky Stratton : Married?

  Leslie : Sure! If I were your father, I'd start looking for a good caterer.

  Ricky Stratton : But - but what about Kate?

  Leslie : If I were her, I'd start looking for a good singles bar.

• Ricky Stratton : You're not fat - but you can't afford to get fat! You could just be three chocolate turtles away from a singles bar!