“Dancer, Texas Pop. 81” quotes
(1998)
Title Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
Year 1998
Director Tim McCanlies
Genre Drama, Comedy, Family
Year 1998
Director Tim McCanlies
Genre Drama, Comedy, Family
Plot – Keller Coleman, Terrell Lee Lusk, John Hemphill and Squirrel have just graduated. Now they have to keep a past promise: moving together to Los Angeles. Their fellow citizens don't accept the population decreases and forbid them to leave.
All actors – Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Eddie Mills, Ethan Embry, Ashley Johnson, Patricia Wettig, Michael O'Neill, Eddie Jones, Wayne Tippit, Alexandra Holden, Keith Szarabajka, Shawn Weatherly
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“- Squirrel: Who's that in the bedroom?
- Squirrel's Father: Huh?... Oh, her. Met her in a waffle house in Fort Worth.
- Squirrel: It's good to see that your job huntin' isn't interfering with the really important things in life, like pickin' up strange women.”“- Keller Coleman: What was it like?
- Earl: France? I could tell it was, uh... well, it had been a pretty little country. But by the time we chased the Germans off of it, it was all beaten to hell. I think about goin' back. They probably got it all fixed up by now. I'd kinda' like to see it again.”“- Josie Hemphill: This meat here... was it one of our cattle?
- John Hemphill: Sure! You remember Buster?
- Josie Hemphill: Buster? We're eatin' Buster?
- Mrs. Hemphill: Now Josie, at least eat your vegetables.
- Josie Hemphill: I'm turnin' vegetarian, I swear. At least carrots don't have names!”“- Sue Ann: I'll bet pretty soon some girl's gonna come along, see how nice you are and chase after you 'til you marry her.
- Squirrel: No, ma'am. It don't work like that. See, women don't chase after nice guys.”“- Squirrel: The universe was chaos, right? Now, billions and billions of years later, it works out to the point where me and my father 'the drunk' are living in a trailer in the outskirts of Dancer, Texas.
- Terrell Lee Lusk: So, what's your point?
- Squirrel: Well, I don't have a point. There is no point, that's my point.”“That was before I went over there, I was probably a lot like you, I guess. Full of beans. Wanted to see everything, do everything. But, by the time they got through with me over there in General Patton's army, I just wanted to find myself a nice little out-of-the-way corner of the world, get myself a nice comfortable chair... and just sit.”
- Keller Coleman: Do you know what people mean when they say "safe sex"?
- Keller's Grandfather: Keller, at my age there ain't no such thing. I could keel over right in the middle of it. At my age you don't worry about catchin' somethin'. You worry about finishing up in one piece.“- Keller Coleman: What were you doin' in France?
- Earl: Folks over there were havin' a world war. I got invited.”
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