L.A. Story
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Harris: Okay, more wacky, less egghead. What was your name again?

Harris: I'm not kissing anyone hello anymore.
Trudi: Well just shake hands with them.
Harris: Are you kidding? I just wash my hands and I shake hands with some guy that feels like he's been squashing caterpillars.

Mr. Perdue, Maitre D' at L'Idiot: You think with a financial statement like this you can have the duck?

Sara: What did you have in mind?
Harris: Well, I was thinking of taking you on a cultural tour of L.A.
Sara: That's the first fifteen minutes, then what?
Harris: All right, a cynic. First stop is six blocks from here.
Sara: Why don't we walk?
Harris: Walk? A walk in L.A.?

Frank Swan: What do you do for a living, Rollie?
Roland: I deal in English paintings.
Frank Swan: Abstract or realistic?
Roland: Depends on which way you look at them, I suppose.

Harris: So, I'll see you Sunday?
Trudi: I got a shower Sunday.
Harris: Oh yeah, and I really should take a bath... Monday?

Harris: You're on time.
Sara: Actually I'm late.
Harris: You're exactly on time.
Sara: But I had planned to be early.

Harris: We've got sun, earth, and atmosphere, and when you've got that, you've got weather.

SanDeE: I don't put any pressure on you, do I?
Harris: Not at all... I don't pressure you, do I?
SanDeE: No, no, I just don't think there should be any pressure.
Harris: No. Tell me if I pressure you.
SanDeE: OK. And you too, but don't feel like you have to.

Mr. Perdue, Maitre D' at L'Idiot: Your usual table, Mr. Christopher?
Carlo Christopher: No, I'd like a good one this time.
Mr. Perdue, Maitre D' at L'Idiot: I'm sorry, that is impossible.
Carlo Christopher: Part of the new cruelty?
Mr. Perdue, Maitre D' at L'Idiot: I'm afraid so.

Harris: I call it performance art, but my friend Ariel calls it wasting time. History will decide.

Tom: I'll have a decaf coffee.
Trudi: I'll have a decaf espresso.
Morris Frost: I'll have a double decaf cappuccino.
Ted: Give me decaffeinated coffee ice cream.
Harris: I'll have a half double decaffeinated half-caf, with a twist of lemon.
Trudi: I'll have a twist of lemon.
Tom: I'll have a twist of lemon.
Morris Frost: I'll have a twist of lemon.
Cynthia: I'll have a twist of lemon.

Harris: SanDeE, your... your breasts feel weird.
SanDeE: Oh, that's 'cause they're real.

Harris: A kiss may not be the truth, but it is what we wish were true.

Harris: I could never be a woman, 'cause I'd just stay home and play with my breasts all day.

The Signboard: R.U.O.K.?

SanDeE: I'm studying to be a spokesmodel.
Harris: What is, what is a spokesmodel?
SanDeE: Um, it's just a model who speaks, you know, and she points at things like merchandise, you know, like a car or washer and dryer. Sometimes it's something really small, you know, like, like a book or fine art print.
Harris: They have classes for that?
SanDeE: Yeah, 'cause it's a lot harder than it looks.

Harris: A sign spoke to me, said I was in trouble.
Trudi: If you're talking to signs, you are in trouble.

Harris: There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.

Roland: That's the difference between England and America. The English maintain civil relationships with their exes. Americans sue them.

Continuity mistake: As Harris and Trudi are driving down the freeway, while having a shootout with other drivers, Harris hits a water container on the truck next to them and water sprays across his windscreen. In the next shot (which is wider) the windscreen is completely dry and remains that way for the rest of the scene.

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