“Head Over Heels” quotes

“- Charles: How can jumping on a trampoline straighten out bow-legs?
- Laura: I was misinformed!”
John Heard - Charles
Mary Beth Hurt - Laura

“The day my grandfather killed himself, he went hunting and shot two grouse. After the funeral, my grandmother cleaned and cooked the grouse.”
John Heard - Charles

“- Blind Man: You've been up all night. That only makes things look worse.
- Charles: Yeah? I really thought I was having a nervous breakdown for a second there.
- Blind Man: Sure!”

Allen Joseph - Blind Man
John Heard - Charles

“- Charles: I thought you said you were on the trampoline team in high school.
- Laura: I was on the trampoline team in high school.
- Charles: That must have been before it became a competitive sport.
- Laura: I never said I was any good you know.”
John Heard - Charles
Mary Beth Hurt - Laura

“- Charles: Do you want me to get the food, mother?
- Clara: What food?
- Charles: The turkey!
- Clara: There isn't any turkey.
- Charles: Whatever it is that you prepared, would you like me to go into the kitchen and get it?
- Clara: I didn't prepare anything. There isn't any dinner.”

John Heard - Charles
Gloria Grahame - Clara

“- Laura: I haven't felt terrific in a long time.
- Charles: If I make you feel terrific, will you marry me?”
Mary Beth Hurt - Laura
John Heard - Charles

“- Charles: Could you imagine living with a man named Ox?
- Susan: Yes, if she's happy.
- Charles: She's not happy.
- Susan: Are you happy?
- Charles: What's happy?”
John Heard - Charles
Tarah Nutter - Susan

- Charles: That's a nice ribbon in your hair.
- Clara: I told the nurse that it was like the song. "Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree".
John Heard - Charles
Gloria Grahame - Clara

- Charles: What's your name?
- Laura: Laura Connelly
- Charles: What a...
- Laura: "What a beautiful name"?
- Charles: No, no. I wasn't going to say that. I wasn't going to say "What a beautiful name". I was going to say "What a coincidence!". ... (continue)(continue reading)
John Heard - Charles
Mary Beth Hurt - Laura

“- Charles: You're prettier than she is.
- Laura: Now I'm prettier than a porno star. Would you stop it?
- Charles: Stop what?
- Laura: We go to movies and you say I look better than the movie stars. We go to the best restaurant in town and you say I'm a better cook than the chef. You have this exulted view of me and I hate it. If you think I'm...” (continue)(continue reading)

John Heard - Charles
Mary Beth Hurt - Laura

“- Clara: How are you parents, Sam? Where are they living?
- Sam: My fathers living in an apartment on Lee Road and my mother's still in the house.
- Clara: Did you hear that Charles? Sam's parents aren't living together!
- Charles: You knew that, mom! Sam's parents haven't lived together since Sam and I were in the eighth grade.
- Clara: I...” (continue)(continue reading)
Gloria Grahame - Clara
Peter Riegert - Sam
John Heard - Charles

“- Sam: What do you want from a child her age? She never even went to Woodstock!
- Charles: Neither did we.
- Sam: But we could have.
- Charles: That's true.”
Peter Riegert - Sam
John Heard - Charles

“- Betty: Is this all you have?
- Charles: That's a profound question!
- Betty: What?
- Charles: That's all I have.”

Nora Heflin - Betty
John Heard - Charles

“I thought maybe this might be your minimalist period.”

John Heard - Charles