North Dallas Forty (1979)
Dayle Haddon: Charlotte Caulder
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Quotes
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Charlotte : It's nice to see there's a little romance left in the world.
Phil Elliott : It's an old story, boy meets boy.
Charlotte : Well, I love happy endings.
Phil Elliott : Oh, really? Well, good. Now we can sit back and wait for the real obscenities.
Charlotte : You mean it gets worse?
Phil Elliott : It definitely gets different.
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Phil Elliott : Jo Bob's here to remind everybody that the meanest and the biggest get to make all the rules.
Charlotte : Well, I don't agree with that.
Phil Elliott : Agreement doesn't enter into it.
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Charlotte : I saw you the other night. You were in so much pain you couldn't sleep. Your body's twisted and scarred. You're drugging yourself.
Phil Elliott : Hey, listen, that's just part of the game, Charlotte.
Charlotte : Game? You call men smashing each other a game?
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Phil Elliott : Who are you and what are you doing here?
Charlotte : Charlotte Calder and I'm asking myself the same question.
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Charlotte : Can I get you a drink?
Phil Elliott : Yeah, you got any whiskey?
Charlotte : I only have milk.
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Charlotte : Well, how can you tolerate that?
Phil Elliott : I make allowances and then I get ready and I run like hell.
Charlotte : That's what I like. A man of courage.
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Charlotte : You can't sleep here.
Phil Elliott : Oh, thanks for letting me sleep here.
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Phil Elliott : Are you married?
Charlotte : Was.
Phil Elliott : Yeah, so was I. Do you work?
Charlotte : No.
Phil Elliott : What's this? Alimony?
Charlotte : No.
Phil Elliott : You talk a lot, don't you?
Charlotte : No.
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Charlotte : Listen, what are we gonna do about napkins?
Phil Elliott : Here. Use toilet paper. It's cheap.
Charlotte : Oh, chic. Chic.
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Phil Elliott : When I'm with you, my mind's a million miles away from football. I feel free.
Charlotte : Sounds like you're tired of football.
Phil Elliott : Well, if I was, I wouldn't admit it. That would scare the hell out of me.
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Phil Elliott : What's important is my performing. The moment of the catch, that feeling, that high. Hell, I can take the crap. I can take the manipulation. I can take the pain. As long as I get that chance every Sunday.
Charlotte : I think that this game is twisting your mind.
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Charlotte : Hi. Are you all right?
Phil Elliott : Yeah. Just slightly damaged.