Boys on the Side (1995)

Mary-Louise Parker: Robin

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• Massarelli, Prosecuting Attorney : Are you a lesbian too, Ms. Nickerson?

  Robin : No sir but at times I understand the inclination.

• Jane : ...Do you miss it?

  Robin : What?

  Jane : Sex.

  Robin : Yeah, I do... You know what's weird? You never know the last time you sleep with somebody it's the last time. You're thinking: "Oh, we got problems, we got work to do," you know, but you never think... and then you break up and a month later you look back and you go: "Oh, that was it." That Tuesday or Friday or whenever, and you wished you paid attention because it was the last time... Well.

• 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.

• Robin : Don't you knock?

  Jane : Not in a public toilet, no.

• 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.

• Robin : I don't know what it is but there's something that goes on between women. You men know that because it's the same for you. I'm not saying one sex is better then the other. I'm just saying, like speaks to like. Love or whatever doesn't always keep. So you found out what does, if you're lucky.

• Robin : My mom always felt, you know, you can't trust women.

  Jane : I don't know about that.

  Robin : Oh come on, men know all about PMS. Somebody talked.

• Jane : I'm not after you.

  Robin : I'm not worried.

  [pause] 

  Robin : Why?

  Jane : Luck of the draw, I guess.

  Robin : No, I mean... why aren't you after me?

• Robin : I had a crush on a woman once. I was ten.

  Jane : That's when I had crushes on boys.

  Robin : She... she was a strawberry blonde. That's what my mom called her. She was the babysitter at a hotel we stayed at right before my dad went to Vietnam. She's beautiful. Strawberry blonde.

  Jane : I used to be strawberry blonde too.

  Robin : It was me you loved, wasn't it?

  Jane : Yeah. Still.

  Robin : I loved you too.