Risky Business Quotes

Risky Business is a television program that first aired in 1970 . Risky Business completed its run in 1970.

It features Jon Avnet as producer, Tangerine Dream in charge of musical score, and Bruce Surtees as head of cinematography.

Risky Business is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Risky Business is 99 minutes long. Risky Business is distributed by Warner Bros..

The cast includes: Curtis Armstrong as Miles, Tom Cruise as Joel Goodson, Richard Masur as Rutherford, Rebecca De Mornay as Lana, Bronson Pinchot as Barry, Raphael Sbarge as Glenn, Joe Pantoliano as Guido, and Bruce A. Young as Jackie.

Risky Business Quotes

Rebecca De Mornay as Lana

• (Rebecca De Mornay) "I'm really trying to be, friends with you. But, I'd appreciate it, if you'd stop laying these little judgments on me, while you're leaning on your daddy's $40,000 car."

• (Rebecca De Mornay) "So, how're we doin'?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Looks like University of Illinois."

• (Rebecca De Mornay) "Are you ready for me -- Ralph?"

• (Rebecca De Mornay) "What if I said I'd be your girlfriend the next couple of days? No charge."

Tom Cruise as Joel Goodson

• (Tom Cruise) "When it came right down to it, I just wasn't attracted to her."
• (Curtis Armstrong) "That should never stop you."

• (Tom Cruise) "So is this Guido guy -- he's your "manager"?"
• (Rebecca De Mornay) "That's right."
• (Tom Cruise) "Or a pimp?"
• (Rebecca De Mornay) "Now that's quick Joel. Have you always been this quick, or is this something new?"

• (Tom Cruise) "I don't think I am going to say, "What the f***?" anymore"

• (Tom Cruise) "You listen to me, buster. You, you a-hole."
• (Joe Pantoliano) "A-hole?"
• (Tom Cruise) "I want my stuff back right now."
• (Joe Pantoliano) "Now you listen to me, you little f***. Not only you take my two best girls, you call me names. If I didn't have any self-respect, it wouldn't just be the furniture, it'd be your arms, your legs, your head."

• (Tom Cruise) "The dream is always the same. Instead of going home, I go to the neighbors'. I ring, but nobody answers. The door is open, so I go inside. I'm looking around for the people, but nobody seems to be there. And then I hear the shower running, so I go upstairs to see what's what. Then I see her; this -- girl, this incredible girl. I mean, what she's doing there I don't know, because she doesn't live there -- but it's a dream, so I go with it. "Who's there?" she says. "Joel," I say. "What are you doing here?" "I don't know what I'm doing here; what are you doing here?" "I'm taking a shower," she says. Then I give her: "You want me to go?" "No," she says; "I want you to wash my back." So now, I'm gettin' enthusiastic about this dream. So I go to her, but she's hard to find through all the steam and stuff; I keep losing her. Finally I get to the door -- and I -- find myself in a room full of kids taking their college boards. I'm over three hours late; I've got two minutes to take the whole test. I've -- just made a terrible mistake. I'll never get to college. My life is ruined."

• (Tom Cruise) "Uh, my name isn't really Ralph. It's Joel."
• (Rebecca De Mornay) "Mmmm. I'll be needing 300 bucks -- Joel."
• (Tom Cruise) "You're kidding."
• (Rebecca De Mornay) "No, I don't believe that I am."
• (Tom Cruise) "Well, uh, it's just that I don't have that much here in the house."
• (Rebecca De Mornay) "How much do you have?"
• (Tom Cruise) "I have 50 dollars."
• (Rebecca De Mornay) "50 dollars? What are we going to do about this, Joel?"
• (Tom Cruise) "I don't know."
• (Tom Cruise) "Could I send it to you?"
• (Rebecca De Mornay) "Could you send it to me?"
• (Tom Cruise) "I, uh, have a bond at the bank. I could go cash that."
• (Rebecca De Mornay) "I'm not real good at waiting."
• (Tom Cruise) "I'll be quick."

• (Tom Cruise) "Some of the girls are wearing my mother's clothing."
• (Rebecca De Mornay) "What's wrong with that?"
• (Tom Cruise) "I just don't want to spend the rest of my life in analysis."

• (Tom Cruise) "You know, Bill, there's one thing I learned in all my years. Sometimes you just gotta say, "What the f***, make your move.""
• (Richard Masur) "I beg your pardon?"

• (Tom Cruise) "You didn't tell anyone did ya?"
• (Curtis Armstrong) "No -- Glen knows."
• (Tom Cruise) "What about Barry?"
• (Curtis Armstrong) "He knows too."
• (Tom Cruise) "Okay. Just don't tell anyone."

• (Tom Cruise) "Don't steal anything. If I come back here and anything's missing, I'm going straight to the police. I mean it."
• (Rebecca De Mornay) "Joel, go to school. Go learn something."

• (Tom Cruise) "It was great the way her mind worked. No guilt, no doubts, no fear. None of my specialities. Just the shameless pursuit of immediate gratification. What a capitalist."

• (Tom Cruise) "Porsche. There is no substitute."
• (Curtis Armstrong) "f*** you."

• (Tom Cruise) "Looks like the University of Illinois."

• (Tom Cruise) "It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word."

• (Tom Cruise) "s***head."

• (Tom Cruise) "College women can smell ignorance -- like dog s***."

• (Tom Cruise) "I don't think I'm gonna say 'What the f***' anymore. This thing has gotten -- WAY out of control. I'm Gonna kill Miles."

Curtis Armstrong as Miles

• (Curtis Armstrong) "What happened?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Last night?"
• (Curtis Armstrong) "That's right; with Kessler."
• (Tom Cruise) "She was babysitting down the street --"
• (Curtis Armstrong) "We know that."
• (Tom Cruise) "So I went over there. It turns out that, uh, she was giving the kid a bath and accidentally hit the shower thing --"
• (Tom Cruise) "right."
• (Curtis Armstrong) "That could happen."
• (Tom Cruise) "-- and all her clothes were drying upstairs. So she plops down right on the kitchen floor and she looks up at me and says 'I think I'm in the mood.'"
• (Bronson Pinchot) "She said that? What did you say?"
• (Tom Cruise) "I didn't have to say anything."
• (Raphael Sbarge) "Whatcha do?"
• (Tom Cruise) "What do you think I did?"
• (Raphael Sbarge) "I think you got the hell out of there, ran home, and wacked off."
• (Curtis Armstrong) "I disagree."
• (Curtis Armstrong) "Did you have your bike there?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Yeah."
• (Curtis Armstrong) "I think you jumped on your bike, peddled home, and wacked off."

• (Curtis Armstrong) "Say "what the f***." -- If you can't say it, you can't do it."

• (Curtis Armstrong) ""When I was a little girl, my daddy used to spank my bare bottom. Now he's gone. Will you take his place?" Call Misty."

• (Curtis Armstrong) "You okay? Do you want an aspirin? Your dad own a gun?"

• (Curtis Armstrong) "I don't believe this. I've got a trig midterm tomorrow, and I'm being chased by Guido the killer pimp."

• (Curtis Armstrong) "Sometimes you gotta say "What the f***", make your move. Joel, every now and then, saying "What the f***", brings freedom. Freedom brings opportunity, opportunity makes your future. So your parents are going out of town. You got the place all to yourself."
• (Tom Cruise) "Yeah."
• (Curtis Armstrong) "What the f***."

• (Curtis Armstrong) "Joel, you wanna know something? Every now and then say, "What the f***." "What the f***" gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future."

Joe Pantoliano as Guido

• (Joe Pantoliano) "Listen to me."
• (Tom Cruise) "No, no. You listen to ME."
• (Tom Cruise) "s***."

• (Joe Pantoliano) "Let me give you a little advice so you know. In times of economic uncertainty, never ever f*** with another man's livelihood. Go have fun, now? You know fun, time of your life? Maybe if you follow that, I won't have to come back here."

Richard Masur as Rutherford

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Bruce A. Young as Jackie

• (Bruce A. Young) "It's what you want. It's what every white boy off the lake wants."

• (Bruce A. Young) "Hello, Joel. I'm Jackie."
• (Tom Cruise) "Hello, Jackie. I'm not Joel. Joel stepped out for a moment. Hold on -- I'll go call him."

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