Urban Cowboy (1980)
John Travolta: Bud Davis
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Quotes
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Uncle Bob : You know Bud; sometimes even a cowboy's gotta swallow his pride to hold on to somebody he loves.
Bud : What do you mean?
Uncle Bob : Hell, I know, I pretty near lost Corene and the kids a couple of times just 'cause of pride. You know you think that ol' pride's gonna choke you going down, but I tell you what ain't a night goes by I don't thank the boss up there for giving me a big enough throat. 'Cause without Corene and them kids, hell, I'd just be another pile of dog shit in the canteloupe patch just drawing flies.
Bud : I guess so.
Uncle Bob : Think about it Bud, pride's one of those seven deadlies, you know what I mean?
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[Bud is upset that Sissy left before he got the rodeo prize]
Pam : You did it for her; didn't you?
Bud : What?
Pam : Practicing, winning, all that, didn't you?
Bud : What are you talkin' about?
Pam : Because you sure didn't do it for me.
Bud : Pam, this ain't no time to start this with me, what are you talking about?
Pam : Look, I'm a shit, but I'm not that big a shit. I have to tell you something, remember when you came home from ridding on the bull that first time and the trailer was all clean and flowers around; I didn't do that, Sissy did it, she was there. She left you a note asking you to phone her. I tore it up, cause I was sorta jealous. I wanted to keep my cowboy. You don't love me, Bud, and I don't really love you, not like that. So you shouldn't let her get away. But I tell you what, if you ever wanna make her jealous, you know where I am.
Bud : I gotta go.
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Bud : [to Wes] HEY TATTOO! You see this here? That there's a weddin' ring. That means we're married! She's MINE, okay?
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Bud : All cowboys ain't dumb. Some of 'em got smarts real good, like me.
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Plant Supervisor : [Bud is interviewing for a job at the oil refinery where Uncle Bob works. His application is being reviewed] Bud Davis, huh?
Bud : [nervous] My, my full name is Buford Uon Davis, but nobody calls me Buford 'cept my Grandmother, and she's half Indian. My initials are B.U.D., it spells Bud.
Plant Supervisor : [mildly annoyed] I can spell, boy.
[looks at application more closely]
Plant Supervisor : What pipeline? There ain't no pipeline in Spur!
Bud : Yes there is. It came in last Spring. I was workin' on insulatin' it. Then Uncle Bob said you was hiring so I come down here.
Plant Supervisor : Most of our insulatin' work we contract out. But I can start you out as a general helper, a laborer, a gopher. You know what a gopher is, boy?
Bud : Well, I suppose it means you go for things.
[pause]
Bud : Or it could mean you're an animal...
Plant Supervisor : Yeah, well around here they're on the same level. Start you off right at the bottom, work up.
[Looks at Bud intensely]
Plant Supervisor : But I'm gonna tell you one thing. You're gettin' this job because of your Uncle Bob. He's been here a long time and he's a damn good man.
[pause]
Plant Supervisor : And I'm gonna tell you one thing more. You're gonna have to lose that beard. It's regulations, any kind of a fresh-air mask...
