Modern Romance (1981)

Albert Brooks: Robert Cole

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• Robert Cole : [selecting a prop for the space film he's working on]  How much would you say this weighs?

  Head Mixer : I don't know. Maybe it doesn't weigh anything--did you ever think of that? Maybe it's on one of those planets that doesn't have any gravity.

• Robert Cole : [on the phone with Jay]  Jay, listen--I didn't tell you this before, and I think I should tell you now. I love you. I mean, in the right way. I think you're an amazing guy, and I--I think I just love you.

  Jay : The ludes kicked in, right?

• Robert Cole : I don't think that we should go out anymore. I mean, I just think it's over.

  Mary Harvard : OK. It's over again.

  Robert Cole : No, not *again*. This is it. This is the last time. It's for real.

  Mary Harvard : And you don't love me?

  Robert Cole : I do love you. I mean, love has nothing to do with this. Yes, I love you. I mean, that makes it very confusing, but I just don't think... I mean... you've heard of a no-win situation, haven't you?

  Mary Harvard : No.

  Robert Cole : No? Really, no? You've never heard of one? Vietnam? This? I'm telling you they're around. I think we're in one of them.

• Robert Cole : What kind of surface might he be running on?

  Head Mixer : I don't know... space floor?

• Mary Harvard : I don't think we should go together anymore. This is too painful for me. I can't do this. It's over.

  Robert Cole : Marry me.

• Robert Cole : [stretching before his first jog after breaking up]  One, two, three! And I don't even miss her, two, three! One, two, three! And I don't even miss her, two, three...!