“Only When I Laugh” quotes

(1981)
Movie Only When I Laugh
Title Only When I Laugh
Year 1981
Director Glenn Jordan
Genre Drama, Comedy
All actors – Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol, James Coco, Joan Hackett, David Dukes, John Bennett Perry, Guy Boyd, Ed Moore, Byron Webster, Peter Coffield, Mark Schubb, Ellen La Gamba
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  • “- Georgia Hines: I love you. Why don't we smarten up and marry each other?
    - Jimmy Perrino: Because you're an alcoholic and I'm gay. We'd have trouble getting our kids into a good school.”

    Marsha Mason - Georgia Hines
    James Coco - Jimmy Perrino
  • “I want to be a star so bad! I don't mean a little star, I want to be a big star! With three agents, and a business manager, and a press agent. And then I would fire all of them and I would hire new ones because I am such a big star! And I would make everyone pay for the 22 years I have poured into this business. I wouldn't do benefits, I...” (continue)(continue reading)
    James Coco - Jimmy Perrino
    [Tag:actors, dreams, fame]
  • “Let me sleep on the sofa. I love sleeping on the sofa. Beds are too big when you're alone. Let me sleep on the sofa. I love sleeping on the sofa. Beds are too big when you're alone.”
    Marsha Mason - Georgia Hines
  • “- Georgia Hines: You're a lousyliar!
    - Jimmy Perrino: I am a wonderful liar! I'm only lousy when I lie to you!”

    Marsha Mason - Georgia Hines
    James Coco - Jimmy Perrino
    [Tag:ability, liars]
  • “- Bartender: What's the problem?
    - Georgia Hines: Do you see cigarettes? That's the problem.
    - Bartender: How much money did you put in?
    - Georgia Hines: Twelve dollar like it says.”

    Nick Lapadula - Bartender
    Marsha Mason - Georgia Hines
  • “- Georgia Hines: What is that crap you're putting on your face?
    - Toby Landau: It is from Vienna. It is ninety dollars a tube, do you notice you never see a pore on my face.”

    Marsha Mason - Georgia Hines
    Joan Hackett - Toby Landau
    [Tag:beauty, face, money]
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