Smile (1975)

Nicholas Pryor: Andy

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• Big Bob Freelander : "A guy turns 35." That's really what's buggin' you, isn't it? That you're about to turn 35.

  Andy DiCarlo : Maybe. Maybe. Or maybe I don't see what's fun about kissing a dead chicken's ass.

  Big Bob Freelander : Well that's 'cause you haven't tried it.

• Andy DiCarlo : Jesus! Doesn't anything get you down?

  Big Bob Freelander : Yeah, I get my apple cart upset sometimes. I just learned a long time ago to accept a little less from life, that's all.

• Andy DiCarlo : [Bob has just given Andy a rather "rehearsed"-sounding motivational talk - something that sounds like it came directly from the beauty pageant]  Bob, I've finally figured out what you are. You know what you are? A goddamned 'Young American Miss'!

• Andy DiCarlo : Doesn't anything ever get you down?

  Big Bob Freelander : Yeah, I get my apple cart upset sometimes. I just learned a long time ago to accept a little less from life, that's all.

  Big Bob Freelander : [continues]  Want to know who taught me this great lesson in life? Elizabeth Taylor.

  Andy DiCarlo : [looks incredulous]  What?

  Big Bob Freelander : I never bothered to tell you the story because I don't believe in negative stories, but, uh, one time I actually had a date with old Liz herself.

  Andy DiCarlo : You're kidding.

  Big Bob Freelander : Huh-uh. Do you remember when I went off to junior college in Los Angeles? Well, I had a class with a guy that was Liz Taylor's cousin. He fixed me up with her.

  Andy DiCarlo : What was she like?

  Big Bob Freelander : I never met her.

  Andy DiCarlo : You just said...

  Big Bob Freelander : No, I just said that I had a "date" with her. I never said that she kept it. You should've seen all the preparations I made. I went out and got the best flowers that I could find, and a great table at the world-famous Cocoanut Grove restaurant. And then she never showed up. That was the weekend that she ran off and married the hotel guy.

  Andy DiCarlo : I'm sorry.

  Big Bob Freelander : Oh, you don't have to be sorry. Just that now I'm married to Roberta, and I'm happy about it. Even though she is... a little less than Elizabeth Taylor.

  Big Bob Freelander : [pauses to reflect]  God, Elizabeth Taylor was beautiful.

• Andy DiCarlo : I'm getting a reputation for being a drunk, aren't I?

  Big Bob Freelander : No, you certainly are not.

  Andy DiCarlo : It's true.

  Big Bob Freelander : No, it's not true.

  Andy DiCarlo : lt's true. First I was drinking a little, then I was drinking a lot. Damn, it sure sneaks up on you. I just sort of slid into it. That's one thing I'm awful good at: sliding.