Bugsy (1991)

Annette Bening: Virginia Hill

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Quotes 

• Virginia : Well

  [laughs] 

  Virginia : my oh my, you're pretty ferocious for a mom's concern, aren't ya? The rest of the time you're just some good-looking, sweet-talking, charm-oozing, fuck-happy fellow with nothing to offer but some dialogue. Dialogue is cheap in Hollywood Ben. Why don't you run outside and jerk yourself a soda.

• "Bugsy" Siegel : Light your cigarette?

  Virginia : Sure. The way you were staring at me, I thought you were going to ask for something more exciting.

  "Bugsy" Siegel : Like what?

  Virginia : Use your imagination.

  "Bugsy" Siegel : I'm using it.

  Virginia : ...Let me know when you're finished.

• Virginia : Do you always talk this much before you do it?

  "Bugsy" Siegel : I only talk this much before I'm going to kill someone.

  [they kiss] 

• Virginia Hill : [lights a cigarette]  Were you under the impression that l was a virgin?

  Bugsy Siegel : No, no, no, l just thought maybe there was somebody you hadn't fucked.

  [Virginia throws an ash tray, hit's Bugsy's head] 

  Bugsy Siegel : That's not pleasant.

  Virginia Hill : You listen to me, mister. You fucked around and I fucked around. You wanna to tell me your stories? Fine. Then, I'll tell you mine. You wanna bury the past where it belongs, we can do that too. But don't try playing these sulky little games with me. What we share should be goddamn good enough. And if it isn't, then we should call it quits right here. What'll it be?

• "Bugsy" Siegel : I just want you to answer the question that I'm really asking; how much money have you stolen from this hotel?

  Virginia : Hey, look, I've done a hundred times the amount of work I would have to do to justify taking anything I could get my hands on!

  "Bugsy" Siegel : How much did you get your hands on?

  Virginia : NOTHING! Not a cent! And I could've taken a LOT too! And you wouldn't have known the difference because you're an irresponsible, unrealistic, unreliable, undependable, philandering fuck!

• "Bugsy" Siegel : We're going to take a trip.

  Virginia : Oh, yeah? You're going to take a trip!

  "Bugsy" Siegel : To our destiny: Las Vegas!

  Virginia : Las Vegas? You couldn't drag me to that sand-hole, rattrap with a fishnet.

  "Bugsy" Siegel : We are gonna build a garden of Eden in the desert! A hotel! But not a hotel. You know what it is? It's an oasis! It's an oasis with a casino. It's legal, it's Nevada. And we're gonna have palm trees and pools, we'll have rose gardens more beautiful than Versailles, and we're gonna design them all ourselves!

  Virginia : Get away from me!

  "Bugsy" Siegel : We're gonna have the greatest entertainers in the world! We'll have Jolson, Kantor, and Durante, we'll have Gary Cooper, Victor Mature, all of 'em, honey. We'll have Dana Andrews, honey, and they're all just hanging around, because it'll be the most beautiful, most spectacular place they've ever been invited to, and *you* are gonna own five and three quarters percent of the whole thing. And that's gross, not net! We're going to be the greatest hosts in the west. And we're going to name it - after you. We're going to call it: The Flamingo.

• Virginia Hill : Do me a favor, would you? It's the only favor I'll ever ask you.

  Bugsy Siegel : Anything.

  Virginia Hill : Finish your drink, get the fuck out of here and never come near me again.

• Bugsy Siegel : l figured l'd run into you. Would you ever have called me?

  Virginia Hill : l was planning to wait a while.

  Bugsy Siegel : When?

  Virginia Hill : Oh, ten years.

  Bugsy Siegel : Ten years? Why?

  Virginia Hill : Well, I guess I figured since all we're gonna do is bring each other misery and torment...

  Bugsy Siegel : What? Why would we have to bring each other misery and torment?

  Virginia Hill : Because we both want, whatever we want, whenever we want it - and we both want everything.

• Virginia Hill : What l do with my time and my body is my business. Sit down, Alejandro.

  Alejandro : l demand satisfaction.

  Bugsy Siegel : [pulls out a gun]  Would this satisfy you, sweetie?

  Virginia Hill : Take a hike, will you? Why con't you go back to your Countess, you hypocritical son of a bitch. l hope she gives you syphilis! Let's get out of this joint, Alejandro.

• Virginia : Let me guess. I'll bet Esta lives her life faithful to her one and only Ben who plays around like a jackrabbit on the side and lies about it through his teeth.

• "Bugsy" Siegel : Too fast to put a ring on your finger?

  Virginia : Nothing's too fast that fits.

• "Bugsy" Siegel : Why'd you come?

  Virginia : Well, it wasn't caution.

• "Bugsy" Siegel : You pack quite a punch, don't you?

  Virginia : That wasn't a punch. It was slap. If I'd punched you you'd be stretched out across the floor.

• Virginia : If he knew I were here with you, the only thing he'd be trying to think through is which of us to kill first.

  "Bugsy" Siegel : Do you want to kiss me as much as I want to kiss you?

• "Bugsy" Siegel : The Countess's husband is Mussolini's very good friend.

  Virginia : Yeah, I got it the first time. So what?

  "Bugsy" Siegel : The whole world is being destroyed by Hitler and Mussolini. I can do something about Mussolini.

  Virginia : Do something about Mussolini?

  "Bugsy" Siegel : I can stop him.

  Virginia : What do you mean - stop him?

  "Bugsy" Siegel : What do you think I mean?

  Virginia : Kill him? Kill Mussolini?

  "Bugsy" Siegel : I am using the Count to get to Mussolini.

  Virginia : You are going to kill Mussolini personally in the middle of a war? That is the most pathetic, asinine, ludicrous excuse I've ever heard. If you want to fuck some low-life Countess have the guts to say it and then go ahead and do it, and fuck yourself while you're at it.

  "Bugsy" Siegel : Sugar, you don't get it. I am hatching a secret plan.

• Virginia : This is the most boring drive I have ever been on in my life and I have to pee.

• Virginia : You know, I've brought nothing but trouble to every man Who ever went on the line for me.

  "Bugsy" Siegel : Good. That's what they get for trying to steal my girl.

• Virginia : I thought you said you wanted to spend all your time with me.

  "Bugsy" Siegel : Will you please let us take a fucking drive alone?

  Virginia : You can take your whole fucking life alone if that's what you want.

• Virginia : How do you think it makes me feel watching you running around chasing after some little bimbo?

  "Bugsy" Siegel : I wasn't chasing her. She's an employee.

  Virginia : An employee? Of what?

• Virginia : Looking for a girl who likes to fly?