“Pretty Baby” quotes

“There's only two things to do on rainy days, and I don't like to play cards.”
Frances Faye - Nell

“- Bellocq: Leave me alone.
- Violet: You hate me.
- Bellocq: I have no time for hate or love.”
Keith Carradine - Bellocq
Brooke Shields - Violet

“- Frieda: Do not forget, this guy is buying a virgin, so she's got to act it right. You've got to give him the idea that you don't know nothing. It should be like a rape.
- Josephine: You don't know. Could be a different kind of guy. Someone that wants you to act like she wants it.
- Frieda: The main thing is to whimper and cry when he starts,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Diana Scarwid - Frieda
Barbara Steele - Josephine
Brooke Shields - Violet

“- Hattie: Before the war, we used to close down in the summertime. But since the naval base came, we're busy all year round, now. Can I buy you a drink?
- Bellocq: No, thank you. Perhaps we can take another one now, if you like.
- Hattie: Yeah, why not? My breasts are very nice, nicer than the other girls'. Do you think maybe I should show them...” (continue)(continue reading)
Susan Sarandon - Hattie
Keith Carradine - Bellocq

“- Nell: A virgin, bona fide.
- Brothel Patron: How old is she?
- Nell: Do you want to put me in jail? She's just old enough. She's the finest delicacy New Orleans has to offer, and it's her wish that one of you gentleman be the first.”

Frances Faye - Nell
Stocker Fontelieu - Brothel Patron

“- Violet: Madame Nell says there's something wrong with you, that you're a cream puff or something. She says you're pathetic, missing all the fun in life.
- Bellocq: Perhaps Madame Nell is imagining she knows more than she does. Do you think she's having fun?
- Violet: She's as happy as anybody. Are the afraid you'll get the little casino? The...” (continue)(continue reading)
Brooke Shields - Violet
Keith Carradine - Bellocq

“I love you once. I love you twice. I love you more than beans and rice!”

Brooke Shields - Violet

“- Bellocq: Her father unknown, and her mother deserted the child.
- Violet: My mother's name was Hildegarde. Hildegarde Marr. M-A-R-R.
- Priest: And she was Caucasian, or other?
- Violet: She was a whore, Father.”
Keith Carradine - Bellocq
Brooke Shields - Violet