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Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz in Bandidas (2006)

Penélope Cruz: Maria Alvarez

Bandidas

Penélope Cruz credited as playing...

Maria Alvarez

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  • Sara Sandoval: [practicing holding up the bank] Don't move!
  • Maria Alvarez: Get on the ground!
  • Sara Sandoval: How can they get on the ground if I told them not to move?
  • Maria Alvarez: Oh! Well... Get on the ground and don't move!
  • Maria Alvarez: [after being saved from drowning by Sara] I guess this makes us friends...
  • Sara Sandoval: I don't know about friends but partners, definitely.
  • Maria Alvarez: [to her horse] Wait for me here. Don't talk to anyone.
  • Sara Sandoval: You murdered my father.
  • Tyler Jackson: You ain't got no proof of that, little girl.
  • Sara Sandoval: We have finger prints. We have litmus paper.
  • Maria Alvarez: We have a microscope!
  • Tyler Jackson: What the hell are you two going on about?
  • Sara Sandoval, Maria Alvarez: The scientific method!
  • [Last lines]
  • Maria Alvarez: Can I ask you one more thing?
  • Sara Sandoval: One more.
  • Maria Alvarez: How are the banks in Europe?
  • Sara Sandoval: Bigger.
  • Maria Alvarez: Yeeha!
  • Maria Alvarez: It's been good to have you as a partner.
  • Sara Sandoval: It's been good to have you as a friend.
  • Maria Alvarez: Don't you think it's *obvious* that he doesn't love her?
  • Sara Sandoval: Is that why you woke me up? I was finally having such a nice sleep.
  • Maria Alvarez: At least you can sleep. I never had trouble sleeping before I met you. Now I can't stop thinking.
  • Sara Sandoval: You should be very grateful that now your brain is thinking.
  • Maria Alvarez: [to her horse] Men! All they have is one thing on their minds. And, by the way, that includes you. I've seen how you look at that little filly of Señor Gomez.
  • Sara Sandoval: What was that "hmm"? Is there a problem?
  • Maria Alvarez: For me, no. But, for the horse that gets spoked in the side with the harpies of metal every time you want him to do something, for him, I'm sure it's a problem.
  • Sheriff: You want my advice, Maria? You should stop trying to change the world.
  • Maria Alvarez: You want my advice, Gustavo? You should start trying to change the world.
  • Sara Sandoval: [Quentin comes to the door with only a towel around his waist] We have some questions.
  • Maria Alvarez: Hands up!
  • [Quentin drops the towel]
  • Maria Alvarez: Oh! Down!
  • Sara Sandoval: Up!
  • Maria Alvarez: Down!
  • Sara Sandoval: Up!
  • Maria Alvarez: Down!
  • Sara Sandoval: Excuse us for a minute.
  • [turns to talk privately to Maria]
  • Maria Alvarez: What?
  • Sara Sandoval: You've never seen one before?
  • Maria Alvarez: Yes, but in the dark.
  • Sara Sandoval: [to Quentin] Up!
  • Sara Sandoval: You are inefficient and unprofessional. You think I didn't see you sneaking kisses at the bank?
  • Maria Alvarez: I was a bride. That's what we do. And don't play innocent with me. Don't think I didn't see you sticking your tongue down his throat.
  • Sara Sandoval: What kind of a bride smells like a horse and kisses like a chicken pecking corn? I was a sad widow in need of comfort.
  • Maria Alvarez: Well, for your information, he said my kiss was perfect.
  • Sara Sandoval: Well, for your information, he said my kiss...
  • Quentin Cooke: For your information, I'm sick of you both fighting over kisses when the future of your country is at stake!
  • Sara Sandoval: This might be the last time we get to talk.
  • Maria Alvarez: Don't say that. It's bad luck. I'm a superstitious peasant, remember?
  • Sara Sandoval: No, you're a lot more than that. You always know what you want, and you always know what you feel. I admire you, Maria.
  • Maria Alvarez: You admire me? How can you admire me? All I know about is horses and chickens. Well, now I also know how to *really* give a good kiss.
  • Sara Sandoval: I think it would just add to your legend.
  • Maria Alvarez: I have a legend?
  • Sara Sandoval: Of course we do.
  • Maria Alvarez: I want to see Don Diego!
  • Gate Keeper #2: He can't be disturbed.
  • Maria Alvarez: Neither can I. And I am! Very disturbed.
  • Maria Alvarez: [to Sara] I can't believe the way he was teasing her. So insincere. Such a liar! Telling me my kiss was perfect, then telling you. I'm sure he's telling her the same thing.
  • Maria Alvarez: Those are Mexican banks.
  • Quentin Cooke: Those banks are owned by Capital Bank and Trust of New York, and, as such, are under the protection of American laws.
  • Sara Sandoval: Interesting how your country always finds a way to justify interfering in other people's affairs.
  • Sara Sandoval: [using Quentin, demonstrating the art of kissing to Maria] That's a kiss. Now you try it. Come on. Think of the sweetest summer fruit.
  • [Maria kisses Quentin, while Sara observes]
  • Sara Sandoval: Open.
  • Maria Alvarez: How was that?
  • Sara Sandoval: Better.
  • Maria Alvarez: I thought it was pretty good.
  • Sara Sandoval: Yes, technically. But now...
  • [Sara licks her lips]
  • Sara Sandoval: You have to capture the nuance.
  • [demonstrates]
  • Maria Alvarez: How was my kiss?
  • Quentin Cooke: Perfect.
  • Maria Alvarez: You were a beautiful widow.
  • Sara Sandoval: Well, black, it's always a flattering color.

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