“The Beautician and the Beast” quotes
(1997)Ken Kwapis
directed this movie
in 1997
Title The Beautician and the Beast
Year 1997
Director Ken Kwapis
Genre Comedy, Romance
Year 1997
Director Ken Kwapis
Genre Comedy, Romance
Plot – Joy Miller is the most wanted cosmetics' expert by the best companies in the country. Her reputation goes beyond borders and it's distorted by Boris Pochenko, a seductive but fearsome dictator from ex USSR who's convinced that Joy is a luminary of science, wanted by all universities. Boris thinks so to invite the beautiful woman to become the guardian of his children.
All actors – Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Ian McNeice, Patrick Malahide, Lisa Jakub, Michael Lerner, Phyllis Newman, Heather DeLoach, Adam LaVorgna, Kyle Wilkerson, Tyler Wilkerson, Timothy Dowling
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“You should try running a country for a day. It's not all making war and smashing dissidents, you know. It's hard work.”
“- Joy Miller: I knew it. Why can't you just ask one of them for directions?
- Boris Pochenko: No!
- Joy Miller: Please! Asking for directions is not the first step to a two-party system.”“In Slovetzia hard work today, happiness tomorrow.”
“It's control-top pantyhose. Holds you in like a stuffed sausage.”
“- Joy Miller: OK, a lot of great men had mustaches. Hitler, Franco...
- Boris Pochenko: Einstein!
- Joy Miller: Oh, and that's who you wanna look like?”“- Boris Pochenko: Do I not intimidate you at all?
- Joy Miller: Is one of your sideburns longer than the other?”“- Boris Pochenko: The boy will remain in prison, it's none of your business.
- Joy Miller: You know, everyone is right about you. You are a beast.”“- Boris Pochenko: I was ten. My father told me I could eat only what I killed myself. All I had was two sticks and a butter knife, but I learned to be a man that day.
- Joy Miller: Oh, what a sweet story.”“Put on your sunblock because it's rays today, raisins tomorrow.”
“Oh, you Americans and your positive thinking! There are some situations that a big toothed person cannot get you out of.”
“- Joy Miller: This is a special place. Was it special for someone else too?
- Boris Pochenko: It's where I slaughtered my first cow.”- Boris Pochenko: I don't know where anything is in this kitchen.
- Joy Miller: Oh come on, "I can find food in Ghandi's house", are you kidding me?“- Grushinsky: I thought you teach science!
- Joy Miller: Teach it? I didn't even pass it!”“Why must you always go one step too far? You could be such a pleasant person if you just had a tiny little edit button.”
“In our country we can marry who we want. I decided on John Kennedy Jr., and while he's in denial, I'll travel.”
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