Such Good Friends (1971)

Dyan Cannon: Julie

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• Julie Messinger : What do you mean you can't find anything to replace Richard's blood? What are you giving him in its place? Tomato soup?

• Julie Messinger : [after reading her husband's little black book, to herself]  Well, Richard! You've really have screwed us all, haven't you?

• Richard Messinger : How about my wife's pair? Fantastic, aren't they? I think they're the best looking ones here.

  Julie Messinger : Richard, you are drunk and silly!

  Doria Perkins : He's right! They're really beautiful! Are they very old?

  Julie Messinger : *Pardon*?

  Richard Messinger : Oh, forgive my wife. She's blind drunk! Honey, she wants to know if the *earrings* are very old.

  Julie Messinger : Oh! No, I just bought them. Thank you.

• Richard Messinger : What is that?

  Julie Messinger : What?

  Richard Messinger : There is something *alive* in your blouse!

  Julie Messinger : Oh, Richard. Are they really that noticeable?

  Richard Messinger : Noticeable? They are leaping out in the air and chinning themselves.

  Julie Messinger : Richard, I can't go up there. Everyone's going to notice them.

  Richard Messinger : Don't be ridiculous! The guest list includes Norman Mailer, Bernard Kalman and Saul Bellow. You'd have to be stark naked and bald to get a second look!

• [repeated line] 

  Julie Messinger : Take a good look, Richard. This is what I am. Do you still want me for your wife?

• Julie Messinger : A man goes into the hospital to have a mole removed and lapses into a coma. What happens when you come here for something serious? Do you develop a mole?

• Julie Messinger : Hey, you've gone soft! You bought the hamsters.

  Richard Messinger : No, I have not gone soft. I just want to be sure that if I die, I will generate enough guilt in my kids to drive them into analysis.

• Julie Messinger : [door bell rings]  Darlene, answer the door!

  [bell rings again] 

  Julie Messinger : Darlene, the door!

  [bell rings again] 

  Julie Messinger : Darlene, the door! Oy, why did they abolish slavery?

  Darlene : [peaking her head in the door]  Your brasierre is showing, Mrs. Messinger!

• Julie Messinger : [looking at a nude photo of herself]  Amazing! I bear a very striking resemblance to a nude woman!

• Richard Messinger : Richard Messinger, the bestselling author of a famous children's novel, editor of a beloved New York picture magazine. Rich in comparison with the poor. Brilliant in comparison with the moderately intelligent. Happy in comparison with the glum. Dead at the tender age of 30 only after being put into comparison with the living!

  Julie Messinger : And those foolish people in the ghettos think they have problems!

• Julie Messinger : Richard, "horny" isn't even the word to describe what I feel right now. I just thought it would... I just thought it would be nice.

  Richard Messinger : Honey, a gift isn't a gift just because you decide to give it. You could give someone a grand piano. They would appreciate the gesture, but couldn't accept it because...

  Julie Messinger : ...because he couldn't play the piano?

  Richard Messinger : No. Because... his apartment is too small. You're upset now, aren't you?

  Julie Messinger : No, I'm not. I just don't know what I'm gonna do with my grand piano.

  Richard Messinger : [cuddling up to her]  I love you, honey!

  [pushes her away] 

  Richard Messinger : Now, get on your side of the bed... and let a man with only a few more hours to live get some sleep!

• Dr. Bleiweiss : [yelling at an unconscious man]  Mr. Messinger! Mr. Messinger! MR. MESSINGER! Dr. Spector, I'm not having much luck. Why don't you give it a try...

  Dr. Timmy Spector : Certainly... RICHARD! RICHARD! RICHARD!

  Julie Messinger : Jesus, is this what you do to someone in intensive care? Scream at him until he wakes up?

  Dr. Bleiweiss : We do anything and everything in intensive care that might help, Mrs. Messinger.

  Julie Messinger : [giving it a whirl]  RICHARD! RICHARD!

• Julie Messinger : [talking to her unconscious husband]  Richard, c'mon, wake up. It was a good joke at first, but now it's starting to wear thin. Listen, look at me, you prick, or so help me I'm going to divorce you!

• Cal Whiting : How do you beat the shit out of a guy who's been screwing your girlfriend for a year and then goes into a hepatic coma?

  Julie Messinger : I guess you do what you did, Cal. You beat the shit out of his wife!

• Julie Messinger : We have never been particularly Jewish. We've never been particularly anything... except well-groomed.

• Dr. Timmy Spector : So, would you like to complete your day by having sex with a physician?

  Julie Messinger : Certainly. Do you mind parking on the street?

  Dr. Timmy Spector : I'm sorry, but if you don't have a garage, it's out of the question.

  Julie Messinger : Damn it!

• Julie Messinger : How do I look?

  Dr. Timmy Spector : Julie, he's unconscious!

  Julie Messinger : I know, but I wanna look nice.

• Julie Messinger : [looking at her husband's black book]  Doria Perkins. Three times post... posterior. Three times posterior! I guess that's better than looking at her nose.