Dead Ringers (1988)

Jonathan Haley: Beverly (Age 9)

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Elliot, Age 9 : You've heard about sex...

  Beverly, Age 9 : Sure I have.

  Elliot, Age 9 : Well I've discovered why sex is.

  Beverly, Age 9 : You have? Fantastic.

  Raffaella : It's because humans don't live under water.

  Beverly, Age 9 : I don't get it.

  Elliot, Age 9 : Well, fish don't need sex because they just lay the eggs and fertilize them in the water. Humans can't do that because they don't live in the water. They have to - internalize the water. Therefore we have sex.

  Beverly, Age 9 : So you mean humans would have sex if they lived in the water?

  Elliot, Age 9 : Well they'd have a kind of sex. The kind where you wouldn't have to touch each other.

  Beverly, Age 9 : I like that idea. Have you heard of scuba diving? It's just new.

  Elliot, Age 9 : Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.

  Beverly, Age 9 : Exactly.

  Elliot, Age 9 : [noticing girl on porch]  Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

  Beverly, Age 9 : Yeah, you ask her.

  Elliot, Age 9 : Raffaella, will you have sex with us in our bathtub? It's an experiment.

  Raffaella : Are you kidding? Fuck off you freaks. I'm telling my father you talk dirty. Besides, I know for a fact you don't even know what fuck is.

  [retreats into her house] 

  Elliot, Age 9 : [walking away]  They're so different from us. And all because we don't live under water.

• Beverly, Age 9 : Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

  Elliot, Age 9 : Yeah. You ask her.

  Beverly, Age 9 : Raffaella, will you have sex with us in our bathtub? It's an experiment.

  Raffaella : Are you kidding? Fuck off, you freaks! I'm telling my father you talk dirty. Besides, I know for a fact you don't even know what "fuck" is!

  [she walks off] 

  Beverly, Age 9 : They're so different from us...