Mask (1985)
Eric Stoltz: Rocky Dennis
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Quotes
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[last lines]
Rocky Dennis : [voiceover; a poem Rocky had written] These things are good: ice cream and cake, a ride on a Harley, seeing monkeys in the trees, the rain on my tongue, and the sun shining on my face. These things are a drag: dust in my hair, holes in my shoes, no money in my pocket, and the sun shining on my face.
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[repeated line]
Rocky Dennis : Make myself well.
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Rocky Dennis : [smashes some plates] I hate you going out every night and coming home wasted all the time!
Rusty Dennis : It's none of your goddamn business!
Rocky Dennis : You're my mother!
Rusty Dennis : Well, you're not my warden!
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Rocky Dennis : Don't worry, Mr. Simms. I look weird, but otherwise I'm real normal. Everything'll be cool.
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Rocky Dennis : What's his problem, Ma?
Rusty Dennis : Nothing. He's just another asshole. You let that negative dreck in and it'll put ya away. You can be a chickenshit and die or be a mensch and keep makin' yourself well.
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[after Rocky gave impressive speech on how the Trojan War started]
Eric : That wasn't bad, Dennis. How about you tutor me?
Rocky Dennis : Tutor you?
Eric : Yeah. Cooley almost failed me last year.
Rocky Dennis : Ok. But it will cost you $3 an hour.
Eric : Three bucks?
[classroom falls silent and looks back at the two because of the sudden outburst]
Eric : [kinda tense] It's a deal.
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Rocky Dennis : Mom. Do I look like a freak to you?
Rusty Dennis : No.
Rocky Dennis : You know, your always been big on telling me when my face doesn't matter, but, it does. Doesn't it? You think that I can't even get a girl to like me unless you pay for her.
Rusty Dennis : That's not true.
Rocky Dennis : Bullshit!
Rusty Dennis : Bullshit yourself. You know lots of young guys got problems getting girls. Well, what if I was your dad and I did the same thing?
Rocky Dennis : I'd hate that too!
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Rocky Dennis : [Ben shows up at Rocky's house to tell him he's leaving for good to Michigan for a job with his dad he got applied to] Hey Ben, what's happening?
Ben : Rocky, I gotta talk to you.
Rocky Dennis : Ok. You want some cake?
Ben : No.
Rocky Dennis : You sure? My mom made it. It's actually pretty good.
Ben : No thanks.
Rocky Dennis : You want something to drink?
Ben : Mmm-mmm.
Rocky Dennis : Found a noose to hang yourself. What's the matter, Ben?
Ben : I've been wanting to tell you this for a while.
Rocky Dennis : Well, what?
Ben : Rock... . I'm going back to my Dad's in Michigan. He got me a job there. It's great money.
Rocky Dennis : When are you coming back?
Ben : I'm not coming back.
Rocky Dennis : What do you mean, Ben?
Ben : I'll go nuts if I have to stay here. I mean, my mom, the school. So I quit. Look, I can work back there. I'll be making 7.50 an hour.
Rocky Dennis : What about the trip?
Ben : I'm sorry, Rocky. Look, you can keep the money.
Rocky Dennis : I don't want the freaking money, Ben. I wanna go to Europe. What about our trip, huh? Huh? How can you do this, Ben? This is all we've talked about for a year.
Ben : That's all you talked about!
Rocky Dennis : That's BULLSHIT, man! You talked about it too and you know it!
Ben : I didn't know that. I'm sorry. I didn't mean that.
Rocky Dennis : You know what you mean, didn't you, Ben? You know why? Because you're stupid! You are so stupid, Ben!
Rusty Dennis : Rocky!
[Rocky slams the door and rips one of the cards he gave him]
Rocky Dennis : Rube Walker, man! I call you a Rube Walker!
Ben : [Sobs] Look, take it easy.
Rocky Dennis : No more, Ben. No more taking it easy! I...
Rusty Dennis : Rocky, stop it!
Rocky Dennis : Get out of here, Ben.
[Their friendship ends for good, a sad Ben leaves]
