Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

Aidan Quinn: Dez

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• Dez : The guy who grabbed you?

  Roberta : See, he was after me, Dez. Well, not me exactly. He was after Susan, wherever she is, who I'm not! He thinks she's staying here, but she isn't because I am. See?

• 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.

• Dez : That's not Susan. I've never even seen that girl before.

  Jim : That's Susan! Do you think I should know?

  Dez : What? That might be *a* Susan; but that's not *my* Susan.

  Jim : It's my Susan!

• 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] 

• Dez : I don't even know what she looks like.

  Jim : Look, you can't miss her. She's incredibly pretty, blonde hair, medium height. Oh, and she's got this green and gold jacket with a pyramid with an eye on top like a dollar bill. You can't miss it!

• Roberta : This is like a deja vu.

  Dez : How can you have a deja vu if you don't remember anything?

  Roberta : No, no. I mean, this is all deja vu.

• Dez : So, this stuff does look familiar, right?

  Roberta : Well, it's not completely unfamiliar.

• Roberta : You know, when I close my eyes I see a pyramid.

  Dez : A pyramid? Like on your jacket?

  Roberta : Oh, yeah. It must be what it is.

• Dez : I believe some of that stuff is mine. Like the answering machine. Like the Charlie Parker records.

• Roberta : I need a drink. Do you want something to drink?

  Roberta : All right. Whatever you have. Apple juice. Coke. Perrier.

  Dez : Miller or a Heineken?

• Dez : Rule number one was no drama. Remember?

  Roberta : Yes. I know. I'm sorry.