Boys on the Side (1995)

Drew Barrymore: Holly

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• Jane : You were gonna bring a baby into that house?

  Holly : Oh, like, what were my options?

  Jane : How about abortion?

  Holly : I couldn't do that. I'd feel like a murderer.

  Jane : Honey, you *are* a murderer.

• Holly : Did I hurt him?

  Jane : What do you mean did you hurt him, you hit him with a bat!

• Robin : But this person who dumped her, she was gay, right?

  Holly : Yeah, but even with gay girls there are no guarantees. They're very emotional. That's about all I know. They love uniforms and don't break their hearts.

  Robin : Uniforms?

  Holly : Oh, yeah, all kinds. Especially UPS.

• Jane : No, we're not taking drug money on the road with us. Put it back.

  Holly : Well, it's not like you can tell by looking at it.

  Jane : OK, you have a point: we'll just take half, all right? And we are not taking drugs on the road with us, either. So give them back.

  [Holly returns the stash] 

  Jane : Thank you.

  Holly : You're welcome.

• Holly : [while Abe munches on his cob of corn]  See this is her old problem. She creates a situation where she gets this rejection that everyone else sees coming.

  Robin : She just wasn't being honest.

  Holly : Well, I think it's a black thing too.

  Elaine : [more shocked]  Jane is black?

  Abe : [mouth full of corn from his cob]  Yes, Ma'am. She sure is.

  Robin : And you can't live a lie. You just can't.

  Holly : [glancing at Abe]  Well, there's lying and then there's... just not telling.

  [Munching on his cob of corn, Abe glances up at her] 

  Robin : Big diff.

  Elaine : She's a black Lesbian?

  Abe : [mouth full of corn from his cob]  Yes, Ma'am. That is right.

  Elaine : [looking at Robin]  And she was living here? With you?

  Holly : No, no, no no, no no. She was just living here. They weren't like fucking or anything.

  [Elaine gasps; Robin rolls her eyes. Abe laughs, nearly choking on his corn] 

  Holly : [seeing Robin's expression and reconsidering]  Were you?

  Elaine : [shocked]  Were you?

  Abe : [eager]  Were you?

  Robin : [indignantly disregarding them]  Ah - I'll get the coffee.

• Holly : Anyway, uhm... Jane called me at work, wanted to know how you are.

  Robin : I'm fine.

  Elaine : Who's Jane?

  Abe : [mouth full of corn from his cob]  Jane used to live here up until a few days ago.

  Robin : You stay out of this, Holly. It's between me and Jane.

  Holly : Well, she asked for my advice, so I told her she's anti-Lesbian.

  Robin : I am not.

  Elaine : [shocked]  Who's a Lesbian?

  Robin : Jane is.

  Elaine : [shocked]  And she was living here?

  Abe : Yes, Ma'am.

  Robin : [indignant]  I am not 'anti-Lesbian'!

  Holly : Not you, her.

  Elaine : Who?

  Robin : Jane.

• Holly : Oh, God. To think it's possible I killed my baby's daddy.

  Jane : "To think it's possible?" You hit him in the head with a baseball bat. He's dead.

  Holly : No, I mean, it's possible that Nick is the daddy.

• Jane : Why did you stay with this guy so long?

  Holly : [exhales heavily]  A lot of that back there was drugs, you know. They really fuck him up.

  Jane : But he's a really nice guy underneath?

  Holly : Well, I wouldn't go that far.

  [Jane laughs] 

• Holly : Poor Nick. He's such a nice guy once in a while.