Quotes
Cristal Connors: There's always someone younger and hungrier coming down the stairs after you.
Share thisTony Moss: I'm erect. Why aren't you erect?
Share thisNomi Malone: I get a headache from champagne.
Cristal Connors: This isn't champagne. This... is HOLY WATER. I named myself after this holy water. Chrissie Lou Connors used to have dingy brown hair and little bitty tits. It's amazing what paint and a surgeon can do.
[they clink champagne glasses]
Cristal Connors: You have great tits. They're really beautiful.
Nomi Malone: Thank you.
Cristal Connors: I like nice tits. I always have, how about you?
Nomi Malone: I like having nice tits.
Cristal Connors: How do you like having 'em?
Nomi Malone: What do you mean?
Cristal Connors: You know what I mean.
Nomi Malone: I like having them in a nice dress, or a tight top.
Cristal Connors: Mmmm. You like to show em off.
Nomi Malone: I didn't like showing them off at the Cheetah.
Cristal Connors: Why not? I liked lookin' at 'em there. We ALL liked lookin' at 'em there!
Nomi Malone: It made me feel like a hooker.
Cristal Connors: You *are* a whore, darlin'.
Nomi Malone: No I'm not!
Cristal Connors: We all are. We take the cash, we cash the check, we show 'em what they wanna see.
Nomi Malone: Maybe YOU are a whore, Cristal, but I'm not.
Cristal Connors: You and me, we're exactly alike.
Nomi Malone: [shakes her head] I'll NEVER be like you.
Share thisZack Carey: Why did you stop hooking? You had your future pretty well mapped out for yourself
Nomi Malone: I did what I had to do.
Zack Carey: Just like you did with Cristal.
Nomi Malone: I'm not a whore.
Zack Carey: No... you're not. You're gonna be a big star. Your face is gonna be up on billboards. You're gonna make a lot of money for the Stardust.
Nomi Malone: What about Molly?
Zack Carey: I'll make sure he gives her enough money, she can have a dress shop. Tell me something, how much did you charge?
[Nomi is confused]
Zack Carey: Hooking
Nomi Malone: Fifty. Hundred sometimes.
Zack Carey: You got low self-esteem baby, you're a fantastic fuck.
[Nomi spits in his face]
Share thisAl Torres: It must be weird, not having anybody cum on you.
Share thisTony Moss: You got something wrong with your nipples?
Share thisNomi Malone: Don't they have brown rice and vegetables?
Cristal Connors: Do you like brown rice and vegetables?
Nomi Malone: Yeah.
Cristal Connors: You do?
Nomi Malone: Sort of.
Cristal Connors: Really?
Nomi Malone: It's worse than dog food.
[Cristal laughs]
Nomi Malone: It is!
Cristal Connors: I've had dog food.
Nomi Malone: You have?
Cristal Connors: Mmm-hmmm. Long time ago. Doggy Chow. I used to love Doggy Chow.
Nomi Malone: I used to love Doggy Chow, too!
[Cristal and Nomi touch their chips together]
Share thisGay Carpenter: You do eat brown rice and vegetables, don't you?
Share thisGay Carpenter: What do you want?
Nomi Malone: Um, burger, fries, and a soda.
Gay Carpenter: Get her some brown rice, vegetables, and a bottle of Evian.
Share thisNomi Malone: You can't touch me, but I can touch you. I'd really love to touch you.
Share thisJames Smith: Now wait a minute. Listen, just listen. Man you've got more talent when you dance than anybody I've ever seen. And I've seen a lot of dancers. I studied at New York... Alvin Ailey. You burn when you dance.
Nomi Malone: But you said I couldn't.
James Smith: Well you've got to hold some of it in, and dancing ain't fucking.
Nomi Malone: What's that! More Wisdom! I know that!
James Smith: No you don't. You dance like when you fuck that guy last night.
Nomi Malone: What guy?
James Smith: That guy with the chick. You took 'em in the back.
Nomi Malone: I didn't fuck him.
James Smith: Yes you did, you fucked him and her.
Nomi Malone: Are you following me around? I didn't fuck anybody I was just...
James Smith: I saw you! Man everybody got AIDS and shit. You know, what is it that you think you do? You fuck 'em without fucking them, that's what you do! Well it ain't right! You've got too much talent for it to be right!
[Nomi hits James]
Nomi Malone: Get out of here!
James Smith: Bitch, I'm tellin' you the truth! You want me to go? I'm out of here!
Share thisNomi Malone: [whispering to Molly] I just went to Carver... and I kicked the shit out of him!
Share thisNomi Malone: Hi, my name is Heather.
Cristal Connors: Hey Nomi. I love your nails. We'd like you to have a private dance with both of us.
Nomi Malone: We don't do that. One at a time. No women.
Cristal Connors: A hundred dollars.
Nomi Malone: Sorry. That's the rules.
Cristal Connors: Two hundred. You just do Zack and I'll watch.
[Nomi shakes her head no]
Cristal Connors: Five hundred.
Share thisJames Smith: I have a problem with pussy. I always have, and I'm always gonna.
Share thisNomi Malone: You guys just sit over there and I'll change the music.
Share thisTony Moss: Okay ladies, I'm Tony Moss. I produce this show. Some of you have probably heard that I'm a prick - I am a prick. I got one interest here, and that's the show. I don't care whether you live or die. I want to see you dance and I want to see you smile. I can't use you if you can't smile, I can't use you if you can't show, I can't use you if you can't sell.
Share thisHenrietta Bazoom: The Farmer in the Dell, The Farmer in the Dell, I had a cherry once, and now it's gone to hell.
Share thisJames Smith: Life sucks. Shit Happens. I'm a student of t-shirts.
Share thisTony Moss: Cristal Connors is a star, Sam. You can't just replace her.
Phil Newkirk: What if we could just bring somebody in while she's recuperating?
Tony Moss: She could be out for a year, Phil.
Zack Carey: Like who?
Phil Newkirk: Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul.
Zack Carey: Paula Abdul, in my show?
Mr. Karlman: I'm not going to pay those kind of salaries!
Zack Carey: Well, in that case, Mr. Karlman, we do what we do in Vegas.
Mr. Karlman: What?
Zack Carey: We gamble.
Share thisJeff: You gamble?
Nomi Malone: No.
Jeff: Well you gotta gamble if your gonna win.
Nomi Malone: I'm gonna win.
Share thisCasino Lecher: You lose all of your money, honey? Do you wanna make some more? It won't take you any longer than 15 minutes. Sooner or later you're gonna have to sell it.
Share thisNomi Malone: Fuck. Shit. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. The fucker left.
Molly Abrams: Hey, that's my car. Stop it.
Nomi Malone: I want my fucking suitcase.
Molly Abrams: Get the fuck off my car.
Share thisNomi Malone: Fucker! Fuck off!
Share this[about Zack Carey who's driving a Ferrari]
James Smith: What is he? Pimp? Only people I know got pimp cars are pimps.
Nomi Malone: He's the entertainment director.
James Smith: That's exactly what I said - he's a pimp!
Share thisReporter: Ms. Malone how did you feel about the show tonight?
Nomi Malone: I just hope that I can be as good as the show.
Share thisZack Carey: Well have some lobster... Hey did you ever hear Caesar sing? You'll love it.
Share thisCristal Connors: I'm gettin' a little too old for that whorey look.
Share thisCristal Connors: You fuck him for the spot? Or you fuck him cause you wanted to? I say you did it for the spot.
Nomi Malone: Is that what you did Cristal?
Cristal Connors: You don't want to piss me off darlin', now that were friends.
Nomi Malone: No... You shouldn't get pissed off. Makes you look older!
[Nomi pinches Cristal's cheek]
Share this[last lines]
Jeff: Oh, fuck! It's you!
[Nomi pulls out her switchblade]
Nomi Malone: I want my fucking suitcase... asshole!
Share thisZack Carey: Are you afraid? Don't be.
Nomi Malone: I'm not. I liked it when you came. I liked your eyes.
Share thisNomi Malone: Dancing ain't fucking, right?
James Smith: Yeah, yeah that's right.
Nomi Malone: See ya.
Share thisNomi Malone: I got my period.
James Smith: Yeah right.
Nomi Malone: Check.
[James puts his hand down Nomi's pants]
Share thisNomi Malone: You can fuck me when you love me.
James Smith: But I do love you.
Nomi Malone: Yeah right.
James Smith: You don't fool me. I see you.
Nomi Malone: Yeah? What do you see?
James Smith: I see you hiding.
Nomi Malone: From what?
James Smith: From you. You got into some bad shit somewhere?
Share thisNomi Malone: You got me the audition, didn't you?
Cristal Connors: Uh huh.
Nomi Malone: Why?
Cristal Connors: Maybe I like the way you dance. Maybe I like you, anyway what difference does it make?
Nomi Malone: Did you enjoy that out there?
Cristal Connors: [smiling] Yeah Darlin', I think I did.
Nomi Malone: I hate you.
Cristal Connors: I know.
[She hands Nomi a tissue]
Cristal Connors: Here, wipe your nose.
Share thisMolly Abrams: My right hand is so tight I can barely thread a needle!
Nomi Malone: Then use the left one!
Molly Abrams: For threading a needle?
Share thisNomi Malone: I gotta go.
Cristal Connors: Aren't you gonna come here and give me a big kiss?
[Nomi and Cristal kiss]
Cristal Connors: Bye darlin.
Nomi Malone: Bye darlin.
Share thisAnnie: Molly, they're going to see a smiling snatch if you don't fix this g-string.
Share thisAnnie: Julie, you fucking slut, you touch my make-up again and I'll fucking kill you.
Julie: Oh, I'm a slut? Well, you fucked that kid from the pizza place!
Annie: Well, you fucked the meter reader!
Julie: Bitch!
Annie: Oh, you're fucking dead!
Share thisMr. Karlman: We could have brought anyone into this show: Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul. Nomi Malone is what Las Vegas is all about! She's dazzling, she's exciting, and very, very sexy!
Share this[sings]
Party Singer: Should we walk into the wind? Maybe fall when autumn falls? Let's walk into the wind. You have to learn to touch, by touching. Touch me, touch me if you can. We've reached the end of the beginning, in this beatnik love affair...
Share thisNomi Malone: Where are the police?
Zack Carey: They're not here.
Nomi Malone: Why the fuck aren't they here?
Zack Carey: Because they're not coming!
[Nomi goes to a pay-phone]
Zack Carey: Don't do it... Polly.
[Nomi puts down the receiver]
Nomi Malone: How did you find out?
Zack Carey: You were busted for disturbing the peace at the Crave Club. The police took your fingerprints.
Nomi Malone: I don't have to listen to this.
Zack Carey: Yes you do! Polly-Ann Costello. Your father killed your mother and then killed himself.
Share thisCristal Connors: Your friend has nice nails.
Molly Abrams: She does them herself.
Cristal Connors: Maybe she can do mine sometime.
Share thisCristal Connors: Molly, this top is way too tight. My breasts are just getting crushed in here.
Molly Abrams: I can loosen it for you.
Cristal Connors: Okay... To about here... Maybe... No, no a little less. I want my nipples to press, but I don't want them to look like they're levitatin'!
Share thisCristal Connors: Where do you dance at, darlin'?
Nomi Malone: Um... at the Cheetah.
Cristal Connors: I don't know how good you are, darlin', and I don't know what it is you're good at, but if it's at the Cheetah, it's not dancing, I know that much.
Nomi Malone: You don't know shit!
Share thisNomi Malone: Hello? Anybody here?
Cristal Connors: Back here.
Nomi Malone: What are you doing here?
Cristal Connors: What am I doing here?
[Cristal sniffs cocaine]
Cristal Connors: I'm doin' some of the finest cocaine in the world, darlin'. You want some?
[Nomi shakes her head]
Nomi Malone: Mm-mmm.
Cristal Connors: It's great for the muscles. I told Marty I'd work on your turns with you, darlin', but I'm feelin' a little turned inside out myself today.
Nomi Malone: Cut the shit.
Cristal Connors: [smiling] OK. We got off on the wrong foot. Wanna start dancin' all over again?
Nomi Malone: Why?
Cristal Connors: Why not? Wanna go down to Spago, get somethin' to eat?
Nomi Malone: Where is it?
Cristal Connors: [sarcastically] Just down from Ver-sayce.
Nomi Malone: It's Versace.
Cristal Connors: Ohhhhh, yeah.
Nomi Malone: Yeah.
Share thisMolly Abrams: Where are you from?
Nomi Malone: Back East.
Molly Abrams: From where back East?
Nomi Malone: Different places!
Share thisMolly Abrams: Jerk, you don't have to be at work for three hours. What are you going to do, watch TV and eat chips?
Nomi Malone: Yeah. Where are the chips? You ate them, didn't you?
Share thisAl Torres: If you want to last longer than a week, you give me a blow-job. First I get you used to the money, then I make you swallow.
Penny/Hope: Is he serious?
Share thisHenrietta Bazoom: Honey, you could never handle me with all these wrinkles of fat. Why, you'd never find the thing. I'd have to piss on you to give you a clue.
Share thisTony Moss: Come back when you've fucked some of this baby fat off. See ya.
Share thisGay Carpenter: If you're smart - and I was smart - you'll figure out a job and a man for later on.
Share thisMarty Jacobsen: She's no butterfly. Tony, she's all pelvic thrust. I mean, she prowls. She's got it!
Share thisCristal Connors: You wanna dance?
Nomi Malone: Right now?
Cristal Connors: It's now or never, that's what Elvis said.
Share thisCristal Connors: Oh, you know the best advice I ever got? You're up there on stage, hopin' on a spot. If someone gets in your way, step on 'em. If you're the only one left standing there, they hire you. That's about it. Thank you and good night, ladies and gentlemen. Elvis has left the building.
Share thisZack Carey: I got an MBA for this?
Share thisHenrietta Bazoom: She looks better than a ten-inch dick and you know it!
Share thisHenrietta Bazoom: She misses us like that lump on my twat I had taken off last week.
Share thisNomi Malone: I like your songs.
Andrew Carver: Thank you. You know, um, I like your ass. Call me.
Share thisGay Carpenter: Wait, you need more orange!
Share thisTony Moss: What are these, watermelons? This is a stage, babe, it's not a patch. See ya.
Share thisTony Moss: Can you MGM backwards? I bet you can't.
Spelling Dancer: MGM
Tony Moss: I'm impressed!
Share thisTony Moss: One day she looks like Pollyanna, the next day she looks like... I don't know... Lolita, maybe.
[Nomi giggles]
Tony Moss: Nice dress.
Nomi Malone: Thanks, I bought it at Ver-sayce.
[silence]
Nomi Malone: In the Forum?
Tony Moss: Oh, yeah, Ver-sayce. I love Ver-sayce.
Nomi Malone: Me, too!
Share thisCristal Connors: You fucked her, didn't you?
Zack Carey: Does that piss you off because you're jealous, Cris? Or because I beat you to the punch?
Share thisZack Carey: Nice dress.
Nomi Malone: Thanks. It's a Ver-sayce.
Zack Carey: It's "Versace".
Nomi Malone: What?
Zack Carey: It's Versace. It's pronounced "Versace".
Nomi Malone: Oh.
Zack Carey: You have great taste and you look beautiful.
Share thisJames Smith: You don't want to be in this kind of show. What you're doing, at least it's honest. They want tits and ass, you give 'em tits and ass. Here, they pretend they want something else, and you still show them tits and ass.
Share thisMarty Jacobsen: Higher! Not that high. Stay in sync. One-two-three! And thrust it, thrust it, THRUST IT, COME ON, THRUST IT! AH! Ok, that's enough! Thank you, ladies.
Share this[from the NC-17 theatrical trailer]
Nomi Malone: It's not fair!
Zack Carey: It's not about fair. It's about power.
Share thisAndrew Carver: Black pussy!
Share thisCristal Connors: It's amazing what paint and a surgeon can do.
Share this[first lines]
Jeff: Hop in, pard!
Nomi Malone: Where are you going?
Jeff: Vegas! Come on! This is your lucky day!
Share thisZack Carey: Nomi's got heat.
Cristal Connors: Does she now?
Marty Jacobsen: Yes, she does... in a totally different way, of course.
Share thisHenrietta Bazoom: You know what they call that useless piece of skin around a twat?
[pause]
Henrietta Bazoom: A woman!
Share thisNomi Malone: [regarding her nails] Look! NEAT, huh?
Share thisJames Smith: Man, everybody got AIDS and shit!
Share thisHenrietta Bazoom: You're the only one who can get my tits poppin' right!
Share thisGay Carpenter: You guys upstage left, monkey shit!
Share thisHenrietta 'Mama' Bazoom: What the hell is happening here?
Al Torres: She's going to the STARDUST! She's going to be in the show!
Henrietta 'Mama' Bazoom: Well La De Da!
Share thisMolly Abrams: Who was he?
Nomi Malone: Zack.
Molly Abrams: Oh my god. Did you tie him up?
Nomi Malone: Oh shit.
Molly Abrams: What?
Nomi Malone: I forgot to untie him.
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