For the Boys (1991)
James Caan: Eddie Sparks
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Quotes
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Dixie : [Appearing on stage late] So sorry.
[British accent]
Dixie : A little trouble over the channel you know, old pip.
Eddie : Really.
Dixie : Righto. We were halfway to Belgium when we ran out of... gas, I believe you call it.
Eddie : That's funny. You don't look like you'd ever run out of gas.
Dixie : Are you trying to get into my flak suit, honey?
Eddie : I'm just trying to debrief you. So a plane without any gas. What did you do?
Dixie : Do?
Eddie : Yeah. Do. You know to keep up morale and all that.
Dixie : Well... well... my co-pilot... lovely young boy but terrified, half out of his wits. You know, nervous. Terrified. I said to him, "This one's going to take a long... hard... pull." So I did! For two hours!
Eddie : Two hours alone with you? That boy deserves a purple heart.
Dixie : Well, it was purple, alright, but I don't think it was his heart!
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Dixie : You're gonna kill him you fill his head full of this crap!
Eddie : Such as what?
Dixie : Such as "Don't study," "Everything comes easy," "Life's a big party."
Eddie : Oh, well, sounds good to me.
Dixie : Oh yeah? You got three daughters. Why don't you give them the benefit of your wisdom?
Eddie : Because my wisdom is for a son. I got a closet full of baseball cards...
Dixie : Don't break my heart!
Eddie : Alright. How long's it now been - eight years Michael's dead?
Dixie : You shut up!
Eddie : No. You let me talk. Now enough is enough here. That boy needs a father. He needs a man in his life - somebody he can talk to, somebody who can teach him, somebody who can show him.
Dixie : What? How to screw the chorus girls?
Eddie : Yeah, why not if he wants to... yeah, why not! That's life! Hey, I wish somebody was there to teach me how to kiss 'em, how to talk to 'em - how to jack off!
Dixie : What did you say?
Eddie : That's right, lady! Who's gonna tell him it's alright - that his thing won't fall off - his mother? Why don't you put a dress on him and forget about it?
Dixie : I would, but then you'd probably make a pass at him!
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[Performing a skit for a television show]
Dixie : You know, that son of ours is really something.
Eddie : Why? What happened?
Dixie : While I'm tucking him in bed last night, he suddenly says to me, "Mommy, is kissing dirty?"
Eddie : Yeah? What'd you tell him?
Dixie : I said to him, "Darling, sex between two people can be a beautiful thing."
Eddie : Oh, yeah.
Dixie : "But between four people... fantastic!"