Strictly Ballroom (1992)

Paul Mercurio: Scott Hastings

Photos 

Quotes 

• Barry Fife : Where do you think we'd be if everyone went around making up their own steps?

  Scott : Out of a job.

• Scott : Look, a beginner has no right to approach an Open Amateur.

  Fran : Yeah, well an Open Amateur has no right to dance non-Federation steps, but you did, didn't you?

  Scott : But that's different.

  Fran : *How* is it different? You're just like the rest of them! You think you're different, but you're not, because you're just, you're just really scared! You're really scared to give someone new a go, because you think, you know, they might just be better than you are! Well, you're just pathetic, and you're gutless. You're a gutless wonder! Vivir con miedo, es como vivir a medias!

• Scott : I have to help Wayne with his bogo pogo.

• [repeated line] 

  Doug Hastings : Son, can I bend your ear for a tick?

  Scott : Not now, Dad.

• Wayne : What's wrong with you?

  Scott : That's what I've been trying to find out for the last three weeks, Wayne! What is wrong with me? What is so wrong with the way I dance?

• Scott : We're telling a story. The rumba is the dance of love. Look at me like you're in love.

  [Fran follows this instruction perhaps a little too enthusiastically] 

  Scott : That's it. Good.

• Fran : What happened to a life lived in fear and all that stuff?

  Scott : Fran...

  Fran : You really are a gutless wonder!

  Scott : There's a reason for this.

  Fran : I don't want to hear!

  Scott : Listen to me!

  Fran : No!

  Scott : It's hard for me too, Fran.

  Fran : *Hard*? Hard? How hard do you think it's been for *me*? To get you to dance with me in the first place? Frangipannidellasqueegymop. Wash the coffee cups, Fran, how's your skin, Fran? Hard?

  Scott : You don't understand.

  Fran : I understand. You've got your Pan Pacifics to win, and I'm back in Beginners, where I belong.

• Shirley Hastings : [after berating Scott for leaving Tina hanging in order to find Fran]  And what about Les? He's taught you everything you know and you're just throwing it back in his face!

  Scott : I'm bored with it!

  Shirley Hastings : I don't believe I'm hearing this! I have been with your father for twenty-five years - do you think I get bored? Of course I do!

• Scott : I'm just asking you what you think of the steps.

  Liz : I don't think! I don't give a shit about them, we lost!

• Shirley Hastings : And what about Les? He's taught you everything you know, and you're just throwing it back in his face!

  Scott : I'm bored with it!

  Shirley Hastings : I don't believe I'm hearing this! I've been with your father for twenty-five years! Do you think I get bored? Of course I do!

• Wayne : What the hell was that all about?

  Shirley Hastings : What?

  Wayne : You know, with Fran?

  Shirley Hastings : [uneasy laugh]  Fran... Fran...

  Tina Sparkle : Fran? Wasn't she the girl that um...?

  Shirley Hastings : [laughs]  Well, here we all are!

  [Scott approaches the group] 

  Scott : Where is she?

  Shirley Hastings : Who?

  Scott : Fran.

  Shirley Hastings : Fran... Fran... Fran... who?

  Tina Sparkle : You know, the girl that fell.

  Shirley Hastings : Oh, she went home, darling. Don't worry about her!

• Les : Come on now, Scott, Tina's waiting.

  Scott : You're all so scared, you wouldn't know what you thought!

  Terry : [to Les]  Look, is he dancing with Tina or not?

  Scott : [to Tina]  I'm sorry, Tina, I'm not available.

• Scott : Liz...

  Liz : Piss off!

  Scott : Liz!

  Liz : I'm not dancing with you, all right? I'm not dancing with you 'til you dance like you're supposed to!