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Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give (2003)

Jack Nicholson: Harry Sanborn

Something's Gotta Give

Jack Nicholson credited as playing...

Harry Sanborn

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  • Harry: Erica, you are a woman to love.
  • Harry Sanborn: Some people consider rap poetry.
  • Erica Barry: C'mon, how many words can you rhyme with bitch?
  • Harry: I just have one question: What's with the turtlenecks? I mean it's the middle of summer.
  • Erica: Well I guess I'm just a turtleneck kind of gal.
  • Harry: You never get hot?
  • Erica: No.
  • Harry: Never?
  • Erica: Not lately.
  • Harry: Schmucks are people too.
  • Erica Barry: [Harry walks in, with her naked] Ahh!
  • Harry: [Seeing Erica] Oh! Oh.
  • Erica Barry: No! STOP!
  • Harry: OH! OOH!
  • Erica Barry: [Walking behind the door] AAHH! STOP!
  • Harry: [Hits a wall full of pictures, covering his eyes partly] Oh, I'm sorry! Oh, God, am I sorry?
  • Erica Barry: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
  • Harry: I'm sorry! I didn't see anything. Except maybe a few tits!
  • [Diane screams and runs away]
  • Harry: I've never seen a woman that age naked before.
  • Julian Mercer: You're kidding.
  • Harry: Hey! We're not all doctors, baby.
  • Harry: Where's Julian?
  • Erica: He's back at the hotel. He said when he saw me with you, he knew I was still in love with you... what do you have to say about that?
  • Harry: If... if it's true, my life just got made.
  • Erica Barry: I'm like the dumb girl that doesn't get it. I've never been the dumb girl before. It ain't great.
  • Harry: Let's just calm down. I had these plans before I even met you. I mean, I do like seeing you. I do.
  • Erica Barry: [scoff] Yeah.
  • Harry: I'm always surprised by it.
  • Erica Barry: Surprised by it? What was I thinking?
  • Harry: I have never lied to you. I have always told you some version of the truth.
  • Erica Barry: The truth doesn't have versions, okay?
  • Harry: Will you cut me a little slack? My life has just been turned upside down.
  • Erica Barry: Mine too!
  • Harry: Well, then let's just each get our bearings.
  • Erica Barry: I don't want my bearings. I've had my bearings my whole goddamn life. I feel something with you I never really knew existed. Do you know what that's like, after a 20-year marriage to feel something for another person that is so...? That... Oh, Right. Right. Not your problem. God. Do you know that I've written this, but I never really got it? Do you know what this is?
  • Harry: No.
  • Erica Barry: [Erica kisses Harry] This is heartbroken. How's that for impervious.
  • Harry: You're killing me.
  • Erica Barry: I just wish that it had lasted more than a week.
  • Harry: Me too.
  • Erica Barry: That is a terrible thing to say. You know, the life I had before you I knew how to do that. I could do that forever. But now look at me. What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do with all this?
  • Harry: Erica. Can you wait just a second? The truth is, I... I just... I don't know how to be a boyfriend.
  • Erica Barry: That's what you have to say after all of this? That you don't know how to be a boyfriend?
  • Harry: That's not a small thing.
  • Erica Barry: [shakes head] Are we done?
  • Harry: I don't know.
  • Erica Barry: Oh, my God.
  • [Erica gets in taxi and drives away]
  • Harry Sanborn: I love ya.
  • Erica Barry: Well, I love you too! If that's what you said. I don't know if it ends in a 'ya' if it's a true 'I love you.'
  • Harry Sanborn: You're not like anybody.
  • Julian Mercer: Look who's answering the door!
  • Harry Sanborn: Look who's at the door!
  • Harry Sanborn: I think I'm entering into another phase with this thing. I'm mad at you.
  • Erica Barry: I think I'm mad at you too.
  • Harry Sanborn: Good, because I don't LIKE thinking about you all the time and worrying about how you are...
  • Erica Barry: You... worry about ME?
  • Harry Sanborn: Yes, honey. The schmuck, who deserves to die, worries about you. Sometimes worrying about you feels like a full-time job.
  • Erica Barry: Well I'm doing just fine, so you don't have to work that shift anymore!
  • Harry: What about birth control?
  • Erica Barry: Menopause.
  • Harry: [grinning] Who's the lucky boy?
  • Harry Sanborn: I can't get past your damn turtleneck.
  • Erica Barry: Cut it off!
  • Harry: [after a kiss] Soft lips.
  • Erica: I'm so glad they still work. I haven't used them for kissing in such a long time, more like for wearing lipstick... and whistling.
  • Harry: [to a madly irritated Erica] I don't think I've ever had this effect on a woman before.
  • Erica Barry: What effect do you think you're having on me?
  • Harry: I don't quite recognize it. That's how I know I never had it before.
  • Julian Mercer: You know what Freud said they are no accidents.
  • Harry: Trust me this was an accident.
  • Marin: Harry was once engaged to Diane Sawyer.
  • Zoe: Diane Sawyer? No way, I love her!
  • Erica Barry: That's wonderful!
  • Harry: Women your age love that about me.
  • Erica Barry: Ah.
  • Harry: No, that's a good thing.
  • Erica Barry: I'm sure you meant it as a compliment.
  • Harry: Yes, it was meant as a compliment.
  • Erica Barry: What are you doing here, Harry?
  • Harry: Turns out the heartattack was easy to get over. You... were something else. I finally get it. I'm 63 years old... and I'm in love for the first time in my life.
  • Harry: Oh. *Her*. She is a *major* piece of work. Doc, the woman wears turtlenecks in the middle of summer: she's *beyond* uptight. Almost makes her fun to be around.
  • Julian Mercer: Uptight. That's funny, I haven't noticed that.
  • Harry: Try living with her.
  • Harry: I'm dating your daughter, Marin. She invited me here for the weekend. She is in her room right now changing.
  • Erica Barry: Aah! You're dating my daughter?
  • Harry: Now who would have thought that would be worst news?

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