The Conversation (1974)

Frederic Forrest: Mark

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Quotes 

• [repeated line from the recording] 

  Mark : He'd kill us if he got the chance.

• [about a bum on a park bench] 

  Ann : Every time I see one of those old guys, I always think the same thing.

  Mark : What do you think?

  Ann : I always think that he was once somebody's baby boy. Really, I do. I think he was once somebody's baby boy, and he had a mother and a father who loved him, and now there he is, half dead on a park bench, and where are his mother or his father, all his uncles now?

• Mark : Does it bother you?

  Ann : What?

  Mark : Walking around in circles.

• [first lines] 

  Passerby : Well, I want to go over to my place and start, you know, getting it on...

  Ann : Oh, that's terrible.

  Mark : Yeah. Do you ever, uh... ballet?

  Ann : Be thankful. Do you have a quarter for them?

  Mark : Yes, I do.

  Ann : [gives it to street band] 

  Ann : What about me?

  Mark : You'll see.

  Ann : A lot of fun you are. You're supposed to tease me, give hints, make me guess, you know.

• Mark : The Best Bugger on the West Coast!

• Mark : He'd kill US if he had the chance.