- Helen Sharp: You're a powerful sexual being, Ernest.
- Ernest Menville: I am?
- Helen Sharp: Yes, you are. If I never told you before, it was because I wasn't the sort of girl who could say the word "sexual" without blushing.
Goldie Hawn - Helen Sharp
Bruce Willis - Ernest Menville

“The quiet ones are always the freaks.”
Conchata Ferrell - Berta

“You want me here for sex, don't you. I never really did it before, I was always too shy. But I've decided I'd really like to do it with you.”

John Amplas - Martin

“If only I could meet someone new. I guess my chances of that happening are somewhat diminished, seeing that I'm incapable of making eye contact with a woman.”
Jim Carrey - Joel Barish

“Being shy basically means being self-absorbed to the extent that it makes it difficult to be around other people.”
Jason Segel - David Foster Wallace