Coyote Ugly (2000)

Piper Perabo: Violet Sanford

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• Lil : I'm married to that bar. Hell, I'd, uh, I'd sleep there, if I had the guts to walk around barefoot. But that's me, you know. I'm the original coyote. Just a small town gal trying to make it in the big bad city.

  Violet : Small town gal?

  Lil : Piedmont, North Dakota. You ever tell anyone that, I'll kill ya.

• Cammie : I'm Cammie, the Russian tease.

  Violet : Violet, the Jersey nun.

  Cammie : That one's Rachel, the New York bitch. We all play our little parts. Only Rachel really is a bitch, and I really am a tease.

  Lil : Cammie, you can only be a tease if you stop sleepin' around, babe.

  Cammie : Yeah, I keep forgetting that part!

• Violet : [as Kevin follows 'lost girl' home]  I'm not lost. Somebody just moved my street.

• Lil : That's Rachel, you can learn a lot from her.

  Violet : She just cut some guy's ponytail off.

  Lil : Yeah, the court ordered her to take anger-management classes after she pummeled a customer for grabbin' her ass. He pressed charges, I gave her a raise. Cheers!

• Violet : I don't mean to press my luck, but would you mind telling me why you're hiring me?

  Lil : Because, the, um, average male is walking around with a toddler inside of his pants, a two year old right there inside his dockers.

  Violet : Men have two year old children in their pants - that's why you're hiring me?

  Lil : You look like a kindergarten teacher. The kids'll love it.

  Violet : Sorry I asked.

• [Kevin kisses Violet then starts to walk away] 

  Kevin : Have a nice day!

  Violet : "Have a nice day"?

  Kevin : Yeah, I panicked, I didn't know what else to say!

• Lil : Let me guess: Piedmont, North Dakota.

  Violet : South Amboy, New Jersey.

  Lil : Same thing.

• Violet : What do you want?

  Kevin : Well, it's, uh, 3 in the morning, I want what every man wants.

  [pause] 

  Kevin : Breakfast!

• Violet : Cammie, I think I just fell in love with you.

  Cammie : Oh, Violet, I'm not a lesbian. I played in the minors but never went pro.

  Violet : That's *not* what I meant.

• Violet : Hi. I'm Violet Sanford. I just recently moved to New York and I was wondering if you would give my tape to one of your artists.

  Wendy : Violet, that is so cute! Now lemme tell you about me. My name is Wendy and I first moved to New York when I was 21 to be a dancer, but I broke my big toe and then I got knocked up by this actor who dumped me to join the Peace Corps, so for the last 16 years I been raising my daughter all by myself and then two weeks ago, she tells me that she is a bisexual and that she hates me more than any person on this planet.

  [chuckles] 

  Wendy : Now tell me how I can help you, please, because I am dying to make *your* dreams come true.

• Violet : I want my tape.

  Kevin : Had a feeling you'd be back to see me.

  Manager : No dates in the kitchen, O'Donnell.

  Violet : I'm not staying. I-I just want my tape. Please.

  [he hands her the tape] 

  Violet : Thanks. Bye.

  Kevin : Did you really write all those songs?

  Violet : You listened to my tape?

  Kevin : No, of course not, I mean, that would be invasion of privacy.

  [singing] 

  Kevin : Baby you're the right kind of wrong.

  Violet : Go ahead. Laugh it up. 'Cause there's nothing you can say that's gonna bother me.

  Kevin : I'm just trying to tell you I like your music. I mean, do you always take compliments so well?

• Violet : You collect comic books? That's so cute.

  Kevin : It's not cute... it's very rugged and manly.

• Violet : [on seeing Rachel, Cammie and Zoe for the first time]  You know those girls?

  Romero : Oh, yeah. They're here every morning around this time. Winding down. They have to in their line of work.

  Violet : Are they hookers?

  Romero : No.

  [passes Violet a matchbook] 

  Romero : Coyotes.

• Violet : Okay, I've never had anyone stare at my ass for half an hour, so I'm gonna say goodnight, and I'm hoping you're gonna say it back.

• Violet : This is my job!

  Kevin : It's a goddamn sandbox for you to stick your head in!

  Violet : What is that supposed to mean?

  Kevin : The place is a joke, alright? They don't come to watch you sing, they come to watch girls shaking it on a bar!

• Violet : Do you have a reservation?

  Lil : Uh, yeah, it's under, uh, "Cast Iron Heartless Bitch."

  Violet : Could it be under "Stubborn and Pigheaded"?

  Lil : Yes! That's the one.

• Violet : Look, are you really the owner? 'Cause I've had a rough couple of days and so the last thing I need is some waitress on a power trip wastin' my time.

  Lil : You start Friday night.

• Violet : You said I could be whatever I wanna be.

  Bill Sanford : I never said "Songwriter in New York City."

• Kevin : What do you do when you realize all your dreams have come true?

  Violet : Pay off old debts.

• Lil : I told ya not to break the rules.

  Violet : What are you talking about?

  Lil : I'm talking about you and your boyfriend making a scene in my bar. I'm talking about a friend of mine inside with a broken nose. The rules were simple, Jersey. I fired girls for a lot less.

  Violet : What, so I can't have a boyfriend, now? What kind of stupid shit is that?

  Lil : Hey, this place is my home. And I'm not willing to risk everything I have on your personal life. It's business, plain and simple.

  Violet : This is not business. I work my ass off for you and you're supposed to be my friend!

  Lil : I never said I was your friend. I'm your boss and you knew the rules like everybody else.

  Violet : Will you stop with "the rules". It's a bar for Christ sake!

  Lil : [hands Violet her guitar]  Then what are you so upset about?

• Violet : I'm a songwriter, is there someone here I can talk to about my songs?

  Fiji Mermaid Waiter : I've been a struggling sax player for 12 years. What can I get you from the bar?

• Violet : Alright, you win. I'll do it.

  Kevin : I love winning.

• Violet : Why won't you give up on this?

  Kevin : Because I've been giving up on people my entire life and it's a nasty little habit, so you're going to sing at the club or...

  Violet : Or you'll what?

  Kevin : I'll never kiss you again.

  Violet : That sounds like a threat, Mr. O'Donnell.

  Kevin : Well, let's just say it's going to be quite a long, cold winter.

  Violet : That's supposed to convince me?

  Kevin : It's working, isn't it? Your knees are getting weak.

• Violet : Oh, right, we don't talk about you, right? It's a big secret. Come on, Kevin, let's play a game. I'm gonna guess why you left Australia.

  Kevin : Doesn't matter.

  Violet : You were in jail? No that's not it. You have a wife and four kids in Sydney? Come on, am I getting warm? Come on, Kevin, I don't have alot of time. Why'd you run away from home?

  Kevin : I didn't have a home! Is that what you wanted to hear? I don't have a family. I mean that's the big secret! Are you happy? Huh? Are you gonna feel sorry for me now? Are you gonna hold me close while I tell you I had to change homes every 2 years? I had a bad childhood, big deal. I don't need your sympathy! 'Cause I'm here and I'm livin' on my two feet like I wanted to. That was my dream. At least I did it with a little bit of dignity.

  Violet : And I didn't, that's it?

  Kevin : Well just unbutton the blouse a little and unzip the pants a little, show a little bit of flesh. I think you can figure it out.

• Violet : [waitress aiming for New York]  Enjoy your pie, guys. It's the last one I'll ever serve.