Hurlyburly (film) Quotes

Hurlyburly (film) is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . Hurlyburly completed its run in 1970.

It features Anthony Drazan as producer, Steve Lindsey in charge of musical score, and Gu Changwei as head of cinematography.

Hurlyburly (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Hurlyburly (film) is 122 minutes long. Hurlyburly (film) is distributed by Fine Line Features.

The cast includes: Anna Paquin as Donna, Sean Penn as Eddie, Robin Wright as Darlene, Garry Shandling as Artie, Kevin Spacey as Mickey, Meg Ryan as Bonnie, and Chazz Palminteri as Phil.

Hurlyburly (film) Quotes

Sean Penn as Eddie

• (Sean Penn) "I am my own biggest distraction."

• (Sean Penn) "Oh. I was wondering. You came in this morning at something like 6:02? So -- I guess dinner was a success."
• (Kevin Spacey) "Yeah, you know."
• (Sean Penn) "Or does it mean; and I'm just tryin' to get the facts straight here; does it mean that you f***ed her?"
• (Kevin Spacey) "Darlene?"
• (Sean Penn) "Yeah."
• (Kevin Spacey) "Did I f*** -- Darlene? (picks up phone) Last night?"

• (Sean Penn) "I'm a real person, you know? I'm not some -- god**** -- TV image here. I'm a real person. You know? Now you know that, you know that. Now -- come on -- suck my dick."

• (Sean Penn) "I lie to myself. I'm a really great liar. And I'm very gullible."

• (Sean Penn) "She doesn't have to have one now."
• (Chazz Palminteri) "I tried telling her that, Eddie. I told her, I've got three kids in Toledo, I don't even know how old they are. I haven't seen 'em since I went to prison. I don't want any more kids rolling around their beds at night with this sick, f***in' hatred of me. I can't stand it."

• (Sean Penn) "You want me to be kinder. Softer. I say -- I say no. Be harder. Be a rock. Or polyurethane. I say, be a thing and live."

• (Sean Penn) "Do you ever have that experience where your thoughts are like these totally separate, totally self-sustaining phone booths and there's like this vast uninhabited shopping mall in your head? Do you ever have that experience?"

• (Sean Penn) "Flip is sarcastic."
• (Kevin Spacey) "No, it's not. That's crazy. Sarcastic is mean, it's heavy; it's funny, sure, but it's mean. I do both, but this was flip."

• (Sean Penn) "Just because you're Jewish, doesn't mean you're f***in' Freud."
• (Garry Shandling) "Just because you're whatever the f*** you are, doesn't mean you're whatever the f*** you think you are."

• (Sean Penn) "The guy who dies in an accident understands the nature of destiny."

• (Sean Penn) "Just because you're talking, that doesn't mean destiny is speaking, Artie."

• (Sean Penn) "I've gotta cool off. But not tonight. Not tonight. I've got a history lesson in progress, man, the lobes are humming. I'm picking up the trans-atlantic signals, man. And Phil -- is sending me messages. He's got some complaints, man. About the afterlife."

• (Sean Penn) "In the Middle Ages everyone really had to worry about witches and goblins, but what we have is stuff eating at us. We've got stuff we don't even -- I mean, why do you think that all the warlords of the world are so anxious to get their own personal little stash of chemical weapons. They call them weapons of mass destruction, but they're not. They're very very selective about what they destroy. They annihilate people and preserve things. They love things. You and I would be dead, gas -- puke -- gone. Whereas, you know, other earlier older people; the ancients; could look to the heavens, which in their minds was inhabited by this thoughtful, meditative, you know, maybe a trifle unpredictable and wrathful, but nevertheless up there; this divine onlooker. We've got anchorpersons and talking heads. We've got politicians who decide life and death issues on the basis of their media concerns. That's what we've got."

Chazz Palminteri as Phil

• (Chazz Palminteri) "Hey, if my karma's to whack people when they do some f***in' irrelevant thing -- f*** it."
• (Kevin Spacey) "Absolutely right Phil, f*** destiny, fate, all metaphysical stuff. f*** it."

• (Chazz Palminteri) "Relent, I beg you."

Meg Ryan as Bonnie

• (Meg Ryan) "If your manner of speech is in any way a reflection of what goes on inside your head, you are lucky you can tie your shoes."

Kevin Spacey as Mickey

• (Kevin Spacey) "What kind of tone is that?"
• (Sean Penn) "What kind of tone is that? That's my tone."
• (Kevin Spacey) "Yeah, but what does it mean?"
• (Sean Penn) "My tone? What does my tone mean? I don't have to interpret my f***ing tone for you, Mickey. I don't know what it means."

• (Kevin Spacey) "You're right. Good taste has undoubtedly deprived me of any number of friendships."

• (Kevin Spacey) "You don't know what you're saying. You don't."
• (Sean Penn) "I do."
• (Kevin Spacey) "No. I know you think you know what you're saying, but you're not saying it."
• (Sean Penn) "No, I know what I'm saying. I don't know what I mean, but I know what I'm saying. Is that what you mean?"
• (Kevin Spacey) "Yeah."
• (Sean Penn) "Right. But it's not like anybody knows what anything means, right? It's not like anybody knows that. So at least I know I don't know what I mean, which is better than most people. They probably think they know what they mean, not just what they think they mean."

• (Kevin Spacey) "Funerals. Sex. Death. I'm gonna go out and play."

Robin Wright as Darlene

• (Robin Wright) "I don't care."
• (Sean Penn) "What do you mean, you don't care?"
• (Robin Wright) "It doesn't matter to me anymore."
• (Sean Penn) "No, it matters, and you care. What you mean is it doesn't make any difference."
• (Robin Wright) "UGH. I cannot stand this semantic insanity ANYMORE. I can't be that specific about my feelings. I can't."

• (Robin Wright) "Are you aware that you're yelling?"
• (Sean Penn) "My voice is raised in emphasis. It's a perfectly legitimate use of volume."

Garry Shandling as Artie

• (Garry Shandling) "He's got this thing."
• (Chazz Palminteri) "It's a vibrator I carry around with me."
• (Kevin Spacey) "You carry a vibrator around with you?"
• (Chazz Palminteri) "Yeah. As a form of come-on. So the girls can see I'm up for anything right away. Sometimes as a sort of, uh, mood-setter I turn it on. But, uh, today there was, uh, extenuating circumstances."
• (Garry Shandling) "You forgot about the weights."
• (Chazz Palminteri) "Yeah."
• (Garry Shandling) "He forgot about the weights."
• (Kevin Spacey) "You forgot about the weights?"
• (Chazz Palminteri) "Yeah. Forgot about the weights. Unbelievable."
• (Kevin Spacey) "Unbelievable. You forgot about the weights?"
• (Sean Penn) "Do you know what he's talking about?"
• (Kevin Spacey) "No, I have no idea what he's talking about."
• (Chazz Palminteri) "You prick, you disgust me."

• (Garry Shandling) "Damn."
• (Chazz Palminteri) "What happened?"
• (Garry Shandling) "Well, she's a -- She's a broad already, Phil. She's done everything that every other broad done. She had a dump on me."

Anna Paquin as Donna

• (Anna Paquin) "How you been?"
• (Sean Penn) "I'm a wreck."
• (Anna Paquin) "You look a wreck, actually, but I didn't want to be rude and"
• (Sean Penn) "I don't know what I'm doing. You know what I mean?"
• (Anna Paquin) "You're in the pool."
• (Sean Penn) "Yeah. I don't know when was the last time I thought of you,"
• (Anna Paquin) "I'm a surprise is all."

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