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Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway in Barfly (1987)

Faye Dunaway: Wanda Wilcox

Barfly

Faye Dunaway credited as playing...

Wanda Wilcox

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  • Wanda Wilcox: I can't stand people, I hate them.
  • Henry: Oh yeah?
  • Wanda Wilcox: Do you hate them?
  • Henry: No, but I seem to feel better when they're not around.
  • Henry: That's it.
  • Wanda Wilcox: That's what?
  • Henry: I'm broke. Can't buy another drink.
  • Wanda Wilcox: You mean you don't have any money?
  • Henry: No money, no job, no rent. Hey, I'm back to normal.
  • Henry: [screaming] Why did it have to be Eddie? He symbolizes everything that *disgusts* me.
  • Wanda Wilcox: [quietly] What.
  • Henry: Obviousness. Unoriginal macho energy. Ladies man...
  • Wanda Wilcox: You're right. He's not much.
  • Wanda Wilcox: I made an error, an unhappy error. But, *I* drink. When I drink, I move in a wrong direction.
  • Wanda Wilcox: [talking about the rumor that her neighbor killed people] Maybe he had a reason to kill those people.
  • Henry: Yeah well most people think they do.
  • Henry: I sure want to thank you for your hospitality.
  • Wanda Wilcox: Just one thing. I don't ever wanna fall in love. I don't wanna go through that. I can't.
  • Henry: Hey, don't worry. Nobody's ever loved me yet.
  • Wanda Wilcox: Maybe this guy had a reason for killing.
  • Henry: Hey, well, most people think they do.
  • Henry: I'm gonna ask you the same damn thing, people are always asking me?
  • Wanda Wilcox: Like?
  • Henry: Like what do you do?
  • Wanda Wilcox: I drink.
  • Henry: The first thing I noticed about you were your legs.
  • Wanda Wilcox: Really? I guess I got lucky with legs. It's the brain I was shorted on.
  • [Wanda pulls up her robe to expose her entire legs while she lies on the couch]
  • Henry: Oh. Oh, yeah. Hey. I could look at a woman's legs for hours.
  • Wanda Wilcox: I've got nothin' but time.
  • Henry: Hey, you don't believe in that crap, do you?
  • Wanda Wilcox: Sure. The more crap you believe in, the more better off you are.
  • Henry: Who's Wilbur? Is he your pimp?
  • Wanda Wilcox: I'm no hooker, I don't have a pimp.
  • Wanda Wilcox: Nothing ever works right in this life.
  • Wanda Wilcox: Don't you hate cops?
  • Henry: No, but I seem to feel better when they're not around.
  • Wanda Wilcox: How did your face get so beat up?
  • Henry: You don't mind, do you?
  • Wanda Wilcox: I think it looks beautiful.
  • Henry: Do you think I'm crazy?
  • Wanda Wilcox: What's crazy? I dunno. We're all in some kind of hell. And the madhouses are the only places where people *know* - they're in hell.
  • Wanda Wilcox: You're the damndest barfly I've ever seen. You act like some real blue blood, like royalty.
  • Henry: Oh. Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Thank you. Yeah, I noticed you're class too, baby.
  • Wanda Wilcox: What is it?
  • Henry: Oh, it's hatred. It's the only thing that last.
  • Wanda Wilcox: What did you do while I was gone? Where the hell are my panties?
  • Wanda Wilcox: What are we gonna do about us?
  • Henry: Well, us? Us is gonna drink, I hope.
  • Wanda Wilcox: Pour me one then.
  • Wanda Wilcox: See. The angels are everywhere.
  • Henry: Oh, it's time those fuckers came out of hiding.

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