Angels in America (2003)
Ben Shenkman: Louis Ironson
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Quotes
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Belize : Look at that heavy sky out there.
Louis Ironson : Purple.
Belize : Purple? What kind of a homosexual are you anyway? That's not purple, Mary, that color out there... is mauve.
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Prior : Are you a ghost, Lou?
Louis Ironson : No. Just spectral. Lost to myself. Sitting all day on cold park benches wishing I could be with you.
[Extends his arm]
Louis Ironson : Dance with me, babe.
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Louis Ironson : Well, oh boy. A gay Republican.
Joe Pitt : Excuse me?
Louis Ironson : Nothing.
Joe Pitt : Oh, I'm not... no, forget it.
Louis Ironson : Not... Republican? Not Republican?
Joe Pitt : What?
Louis Ironson : What.
Joe Pitt : Not gay. I'm not gay.
Louis Ironson : Oh. Sorry. It's just that sometimes you can tell by the way a person sounds. I mean, you sound...
Joe Pitt : No, I don't. Like what?
Louis Ironson : Like a Republican.
Joe Pitt : Do I sound like a...?
Louis Ironson : What? Like a Republican? Or do I?
Joe Pitt : Do you what?
Louis Ironson : Sound like a...
Joe Pitt : Yeah. Like a... I'm confused.
Louis Ironson : Yes. My name is Louis but all my friends call me Louise. I work in word processing. Thanks for the toilet paper.
[Joe goes to speak, but Louis quickly plants a kiss on his cheek before exiting, leaving Joe slightly shocked]
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Belize : I live in America, Louis. I don't have to love it. You do that. Everybody's gotta love something.
Louis Ironson : Everybody does.
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Prior Walter : You're seeing someone else.
Louis Ironson : What? No.
Prior Walter : You are.
Louis Ironson : I'm not! Well - occasionally, I - he's a... just a pickup...
Prior Walter : Goddamn, ask me how I knew.
Louis Ironson : How?
Prior Walter : Threshold of revelation.
Louis Ironson : What?
Prior Walter : Fuck you! I'm a prophet.
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The Angel Oceania : I-I-I think I have a copy.
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Prior Walter : [to himself, as Louis approaches] Oh, this is gonna be so much worse than I'd imagined.
Louis Ironson : Hello.
Prior Walter : Fuck you, you little shit bag.
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Sir : Whadda you want?
Louis Ironson : I want you to fuck me, hurt me, and make me bleed.
Sir : I want to.
Louis Ironson : Yeah?
Sir : I wanna hurt you.
Louis Ironson : Fuck me.
Sir : Yeah?
Louis Ironson : Hard.
Sir : Yeah? You've been a bad boy?
Louis Ironson : [laughs] Very bad. Very bad.
Sir : You need to be punished, boy?
Louis Ironson : Yes, I do.
Sir : Yes, what?
Louis Ironson : ...Oh, uh...
Sir : Yes, what, boy?
Louis Ironson : Oh! 'Ts- yes, sir.
Sir : I want you to take me to your place, boy.
Louis Ironson : No, I can't do that.
Sir : No, what?
Louis Ironson : No sir, I can't. I don't live alone, sir.
Sir : Your lover know you're out with a man tonight, boy?
Louis Ironson : No sir, he... my lover doesn't know.
Sir : Your lover know you like...
Louis Ironson : Let's change the subject, okay? Can we go to your place?
Sir : ...I live with my parents.
