Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)

Mary Beth Hurt: Laura

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• Charles : [examining a movie poster for a skin flick]  You're prettier than she is.

  Laura : Now I'm prettier than a porno star. Would you stop it?

  Charles : Stop what?

  Laura : We go to movies and you say I look better than the movie stars. We go to the best restaurant in town and you say I'm a better cook than the chef. You have this exalted view of me and I hate it. If you think I'm that great, there must be something wrong with you.

• Charles : What's your name?

  Laura : Laura Connolly.

  Charles : What a...

  Laura : [finishing his sentence]  "What a beautiful name."

  Charles : No, no. I wasn't gonna say that. I wasn't gonna say, "What a beautiful name." I was gonna say, "What a coincidence."

  Laura : What?

  Charles : That your name is Laura. My name is Charles.

  Laura : I don't get it. What's the coincidence?

  Charles : There isn't any. Just wanted to tell you my name.

• Laura : Well, I haven't felt "terrific" in a long time.

  Charles : If I make you feel terrific, will you marry me?

• Charles : I thought you said you were on the trampoline team in high school.

  Laura : I was on the trampoline team in high school.

  Charles : That must have been before it became a competitive sport.

  Laura : I never said I was any good, you know. See, I had these terrible bow-legs. Somebody told me if you jump on the trampoline a lot, it'll straighten out your bow-legs.

  Charles : How can jumping on a trampoline straighten out bow-legs?

  Laura : I was misinformed!

• Charles : Why would you choose someone who loves you too little over someone who loves you too much?

  Laura : Because it makes me feel less of a fraud.

  Charles : I'm gonna rape you.

  Charles : [in the future now alone]  She left that night. It will be a year on March 19th.