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Tom Conti in Reuben, Reuben (1983)

Tom Conti: Gowan McGland

Reuben, Reuben

Tom Conti credited as playing...

Gowan McGland

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Quotes16

  • Gowan McGland: Deprived of their support, her breasts dropped like hanged men.
  • Gowan McGland: Would you marry me?
  • Geneva Spofford: No, Gowan.
  • Gowan McGland: Good girl.
  • Geneva Spofford: Would you marry me?
  • Gowan McGland: I love you too much to marry you.
  • Frank Spofford: Poet fella, I hear.
  • Gowan McGland: That's what people tell me. I make no such claim.
  • Gowan McGland: There's nothing I cherish more than the truth. I don't practice it, but I cherish it.
  • Reverend Clayton: Even though your stay here is limited, we want you to feel a member of our congregation.
  • Gowan McGland: Certainly, who is she?
  • Gowan McGland: Reuben. Reuben!
  • [last lines]
  • Gowan McGland: Oh shit. Reuben!
  • Gowan McGland: Yes, I read Harold Robbins but I don't inhale him.
  • Geneva Spofford: I'm not talking of men of genius, I'm talking about you.
  • Gowan McGland: Thank you.
  • Geneva Spofford: By promiscuous pursuit you make women look promiscuous and that's unworthy of pursuit.
  • Gowan McGland: There are no trashy writers, only trashy readers.
  • Reverend Clayton: The body of Christ, the bread of men.
  • Gowan McGland: Oh no. No, thanks. I'm on a diet.
  • Gowan McGland: [to Geneva] You elude me You let me kiss you No resistance But no response You're a puzzle But I can feel the warm current running under the ice Seeking out the wretch in a man And I am wretched
  • Gowan McGland: You have reduced me to most contemptible of creatures The lovesick swain.
  • Gowan McGland: So beautiful, so cool, so unattainable.
  • Gowan McGland: You'll never hear me mumbling inanities like 'I will get the holy grail for her'.
  • Gowan McGland: High spirits, unlike low, unfortunately are not infectious.
  • Alvin: Mr. McGland, I'm honored.
  • Gowan McGland: Aw, I'm depressed. You're damn good-looking.
  • Gowan McGland: Thanks for the drink, Frank.
  • Frank Spofford: What for? You didn't finished it.
  • Geneva Spofford: Are you alright?
  • Gowan McGland: No, I'm not alright. I never was alright. I never will be alright.
  • Geneva Spofford: Oh, look at the way you twisting your napkin. Whose neck are you ringing?
  • Gowan McGland: Yours.

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