Dancing quotes

“- Roger Rabbit: Say, Eddie. That sure was a funny dance you did for the weasels. Do you think your days of being a sourpuss are over?
- Eddie Valiant: Only time will tell.”
Charles Fleischer - Roger Rabbit
Bob Hoskins - Eddie Valiant

“Maybe there won't be marriage, maybe there won't be sex, but by God there'll be dancing!”
Rupert Everett - George Downes

“Tango is love. It's hate. Tango is everything.”
María Nieves - Tia Maria

“- Deborah: You dancing?
- Noodles: You asking?
- Deborah: I'm asking.
- Noodles: I'm dancing.”
Robert De Niro - Noodles
Elizabeth McGovern - Deborah

“- Mrs. Malinski: It ain't right to be dancing on TV to that colored music.
- Edna Turnblad: She's just a teenager.”
Lydia Troy - Mrs. Malinski
Divine - Edna Turnblad

“- Scott Hastings: Liz...
- Liz Holt: Piss off!
- Scott Hastings: Liz!
- Liz Holt: I'm not dancing with you, all right? I'm not dancing with you 'til you dance like you're supposed to!”
Paul Mercurio - Scott Hastings
Gia Carides - Liz Holt

“- Tom Mix: I fell in love with a beautiful woman who believed a man was not a complete lover unless he knew how to tango.
- Cheryl King: She didn't give you much choice.
- Tom Mix: I took lessons for years.
- Wyatt Earp: And what was this young lady's vocation?
- Tom Mix: She was a tango instructor.”
Bruce Willis - Tom Mix
Mariel Hemingway - Cheryl King
James Garner - Wyatt Earp

“- Blanche: When I hear music, I just can't make my feet behave.
- Sonny: Thinks she's Tinkerbell.”
Dody Goodman - Blanche
Michael Tucci - Sonny

“- Jesse Montgomery III: Dude, this is an emergency!
- Chester Greenburg: So is this, dude. It's a break-dancing stripper emergency!”

Ashton Kutcher - Jesse Montgomery III
Seann William Scott - Chester Greenburg

“Oh, God... dancers have such ugly feet.”
Anne Bancroft - Emma

“I'd believe only in a god that understood how to dance. Isn't that something?”
Fred Ward - Henry Miller

“I want you to get swept away out there. I want you to levitate. I want you to sing with rapture and dance like a dervish.”

Philip Anthony Hopkins - William Parrish

“Dancing's just a conversation between two people. Talk to me.”
Harry Connick Jr. - Justin Matisse

“- Ken: I can't do that shit.
- Marv Gomez: Let me tell you somthin', little shits are doin' it, old ladies are doin' it, everybodies doin' it. Now, come on, dance!”

John Friedrich - Ken
Chick Vennera - Marv Gomez

“- Maddy: Alright, see that guy? He is a creep. How do I know?
- Jennifer: How do you know?
- Maddy: Heavy polyester. I mean, polyester on a dance floor? That is a creep, Jennifer.”

Robin Menken - Maddy
Debra Winger - Jennifer

“- Steve Butabi: What's up? Wanna dance?
- Vivica: Yes.
- Steve Butabi: Alright, take it easy.
- Doug Butabi: Steve, she said yes!
- Steve Butabi: What?”
Will Ferrell - Steve Butabi
Gigi Rice - Vivica
Chris Kattan - Doug Butabi

“- Tony: So, you're not gonna go to law school? What do you wanna do then?
- Mike: I wanna dance!”
Anthony Rapp - Tony
Adam Goldberg - Mike

“Elvis Presley was a model citizen. I've compiled a list of his traits for you to practice. Number one... is dancing!”

Daveigh Chase - Lilo

“I could do a fan dance with a lettuce leaf and you would remain completely obtuse!”
Debbie Harry - Velma Von Tussle

“I screwed up any chance I had back in September. But I started dancing long before this stupid workshop, and I'm gonna keep on dancing long after it. So tomorrow is one more day I get to dance.”
Zoe Saldana - Eva

- Maureen: Erik got injured today. And do you know the first thing I thought when I saw him go down?
- Jim: What?
- Maureen Cummings: "I wish that was me". So that made me think, you know, 'cause that's not a normal reaction. How much of what you liked about me was because I was a ballet dancer, and how much because I was me?
Susan May Pratt - Maureen
Eion Bailey - Jim

“- Ivy Walker: When we are married, will you dance with me? I find dancing very agreeable. Why can you not say what is in your head?
- Lucius Hunt: Why can you not stop saying what is in yours? Why must you lead, when I want to lead? If I want to dance I will ask you to dance. If I want to speak I will open my mouth and speak. Everyone is forever...” (continue)(continue reading)
Bryce Dallas Howard - Ivy Walker
Joaquin Phoenix - Lucius Hunt

- Brother Timothy: What's your excuse?
- Michael Dunn: I don't know. Waiting for inspiration.
- Brother Timothy: Inspiration? Who from? The Holy Ghost? Come on, it's a cinch. You walk up to some girl, you look her in the eye, you say "excuse me, but do you want to dance?". It works every time.

John Heard - Brother Timothy
Andrew McCarthy - Michael Dunn

“Whatever you feel, just dance it.”
Sascha Radetsky - Charlie

“The rumba is the vertical expression of a horizontal wish. You have to hold her, like the skin on her thigh is your reason for living. Let her go, like your heart's being ripped from your chest. Throw her back, like you're going to have your way with her right here on the dance floor. And then finish, like she's ruined you for life.”
Jennifer Lopez - Paulina