Memorable quotes for
Under the Cherry Moon (1986) More at IMDbPro »

Christopher Tracy: I do nothing professionally, I do everything for fun.

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[repeated line]
Christopher Tracy: Life is a parade.

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Tricky: [mocking Christopher after he got stood up] I'll meet you at the club in two hours.
Christopher Tracy: I got waylaid.
Tricky: No, you got la-aid!

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Mary: Guards! Remove these peasants! I'm having trouble breathing in here.
Christopher Tracy: Maybe if you loosen your chastity belt, you could breathe a little mo' betta!

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Tricky: I want a girl who's smart, a girl who can teach me things. I hate stupid women. You know why? You marry a stupid girl, you have stupid kids. You don't believe me? Follow a stupid kid home and see if somebody stupid don't answer the door.

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Christopher Tracy: If two people really loved each other, they couldn't be separated no matter what happened.

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Tricky: Tell me Mary, is it true that you're engaged?
Mary: Yes.
Tricky: Tsk, tsk, what a pity. Sometimes life can be so shitty. Here's a girl who's smart and pretty...
Mary: And rich.
Tricky: I don't care about that! Honey, I really don't.

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Christopher Tracy: [writing something on a napkin] It's obvious that little Miss Mary has never been off the city block.
[holds up napkin, which has "Wrecka Stow" written on it]
Mary: What is that? Some new language?
Christopher Tracy: Read it. Do you know what it is?
Mary: It's nothing, you ninny. And you know it, but you won't confess it because you're such a coward.
Christopher Tracy: It is something, something you don't know, and you won't confess that because *you're* a coward!
Mary: This is silly, and you're a child!
Christopher Tracy: [taunting Mary] I go to dinner without my father's permission. Now, read it aloud so we can all hear how knowledgeable you are!
Mary: Wrecka stow.
Christopher Tracy: [laughs at Mary's pronounciation] Do you know what it is?
Mary: Wrecka stow, wrecka stow, it's nothing!
Christopher Tracy: [laughing] It is something. Come on, say it again louder.
Mary: Wrecka stow.
Christopher Tracy: Louder!
Mary: Wrecka stow! I give up. What is it?
Christopher Tracy: If you wanted to buy a Sam Cook a'blum, where would you go?
Mary: [rolls her eyes] The wrecka stow.

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Christopher Tracy: I must have that disease, what's the name of it?
Mary: It's called Stupid.

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Mary: If you don't get out of my house, I'll have my father's guards throw you out!
Christopher Tracy: Why? 'Cause you ain't bad enough to do it yo'self?

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Tricky: Why you selfish son of a biscuit-eater!

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Katy: You low shit! What'd you do that for?
Tricky: Cause it's a full moon, I'm a werewolf, bitch, KISS MY ASS!

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Katy: You're gonna end up with no friends at all!
Tricky: I don't need friends! I'm my own man, just like Liberace!

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Christopher Tracy: I ain't afraid of shit!
Tricky: You afraid of bats?
[they see bats on the roof of the restaurant they are at]
Christopher Tracy, Tricky: BATS!
[they run out, screaming]

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Mrs. Wellington: [Christopher writes something on a check] Fa you?
Christopher Tracy: Tell him it's Chinese.

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Mary: [practicing her retort] "Maybe if you loosen your jock strap, *you* could breathe a little easier!" I should've said that. I should've said, "Chastity belt? You're mistaken, sir. I wear a Cestus. Perhaps you've heard of it? It's an embroidered girdle that was owned by Venus, and it inspires love. Perhaps you've heard of love? I doubt it."
[pause]
Mary: He's just a peasant. He doesn't even know who Venus is.

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Christopher Tracy: [talking about Isaac Sharon] He's a little possessive, don't you think?
Mrs. Wellington: He likes to collect things, including people.
Christopher Tracy: You must be his prized possession.

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Christopher Tracy: Why is your father such a punk?
Mary: I beg your pardon?
Christopher Tracy: Why does he shit on so many people?
Mary: You are a peasant.
Christopher Tracy: What makes me a peasant? How much money I got, or what's in my heart?

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Mr. Sharon: You were with that boy.
Mary: He's not a boy. He's a man.
Mr. Sharon: He's not a man. He's a gigolo. Do you know what a gigolo is? It's a fancy word for whore.
Mary: There are many words for whore, and I'm sure you're acquainted with all of them.

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