Racing with the Moon (1984)

Nicolas Cage: Nicky, Bud

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Quotes 

• Mr. Kaiser : [Speaking about his shiner]  Where'd you get that eye, son?

  Nicky : Bowling, sir.

• Nicky : She's a Gatsby girl. If you ask me, you're barking up the wrong pair of gams.

• Henry 'Hopper' Nash/Lou : [referring to a billiards player]  He's good.

  Nicky : How good?

  Henry 'Hopper' Nash/Lou : A lot better than he was five minutes ago.

• Henry 'Hopper' Nash/Lou : Nicky, don't you ever think about anything but hiking up some girl's dress?

  Nicky : Like what?

  Henry 'Hopper' Nash/Lou : Like, I don't know...

  Henry 'Hopper' Nash/Lou : [in the earnest voice of an 'adult']  Like the future, son.

• Nicky : You drink too much.

  Nicky : ME?

  Henry 'Hopper' Nash/Lou : Pisses me off, pisses me off badly. Because when you drink too much, it makes your brain soft.

  Nicky : [Drunkenly slur-laughing]  Lemme, I gotta show you something.

  Nicky : [Does an awkward hip-thrust dance]  Before I started drinking, I could not do that!

  Henry 'Hopper' Nash/Lou : Why would you wanna do that?

  Nicky : It gives me pleasure!

• Nicky : Hey, it's the train. Touch the rail with your shoe, you can feel it. Let's race it like when we were kids.

  Henry 'Hopper' Nash/Lou : We're drunk.

  Nicky : Who cares, I want to race it

  Henry 'Hopper' Nash/Lou : We'll get killed.

  Nicky : No, we won't. No, we won't! This train's an old friend, it would never hurt us. Here she comes. Come on, Hopper! Race with me. Race with me! Race with me... Race with me, Hop!

• High School Girl : [In a school air raid drill]  Where are you hurt, soldier?

  Henry 'Hopper' Nash/Lou : He slipped away.

  Nicky : [Grabs at girl]  Wait a minute, I seem to coming around.

  High School Girl : I'll come back when you guys got this, okay?

  Nicky : No, wait, please nurse - I want to show you my wound!