Last night we said a great many things. You said I was to do the thinking for both of us. Well, I’ve done a lot of it since then, and it all adds up to one thing: you’re getting on that plane with Victor where you belong. …Now, you’ve got to listen to me! You have any idea what you’d have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten, we’d both wind up in a concentration camp. Isn’t that true, Louie?
I think that you’ve gotten the wrong impression about me. I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance, tomorrow morning, I’ll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and walk in and see and uh… if you don’t have my money for me, I’ll… crack your fuckin’ head wide-open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time that I’m comin’ out of jail, hopefully, you’ll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I’ll split your fuckin’ head open again. ‘Cause I’m fuckin’ stupid. I don’t give a fuck about jail. That’s my business. That’s what I do. And we know what you do, don’t we, Charlie? You fuck people out of money and get away with it.
The town will never be the same. After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. Today it looks like Disneyland. And while the kids play cardboard pirates, Mommy and Daddy drop the house payments and Junior’s college money on the poker slots. In the old days, dealers knew your name, what you drank, what you played. Today, it’s like checkin’ into an airport. And if you order room service, you’re lucky if you get it by Thursday. Today, it’s all gone. You get a whale show up with four million in a suitcase, and some twenty-five-year-old hotel school kid is gonna want his Social Security Number. After the Teamsters got knocked out of the box, the corporations tore down practically every one of the old casinos. And where did the money come from to rebuild the pyramids? Junk bonds. But in the end, I wound up right back where I started. I could still pick winners, and I could still make money for all kinds of people back home. And why mess up a good thing? And that’s that.
PRESTON: You are not gonna believe what happened. Matt Wachinski just called me. He said Mike Dexter broke up with Amanda Beckett at graduation! Amanda Beckett”s not supposed to be single!This morning at graduation I told myself, move on. After four years of longing, she”s still with Mike Dexter, they”re never gonna break up, I should go on to college, meet someone who”s right for me, forget all about Amanda until I see her at our reunion and she”s all fat and Mike”s bald. And then I”d tell my wife, “See that girl? I was madly in love with her in high school.” And my wife says, “that girl, really?” and we”d have a good laugh about it and that”s it. The end. It”s over.The problem is that”s not what happened. Don”t you see? The planets have realigned and they”re like, waving me home! I mean, this party tonight might be my window of opportunity! Amanda Beckett is single.More Monologues from “Can”t Hardly Wait”RelatedShareTweetPin
This morning at graduation I told myself, move on. After four years of longing, she”s still with Mike Dexter, they”re never gonna break up, I should go on to college, meet someone who”s right for me, forget all about Amanda until I see her at our reunion and she”s all fat and Mike”s bald. And then I”d tell my wife, “See that girl? I was madly in love with her in high school.” And my wife says, “that girl, really?” and we”d have a good laugh about it and that”s it. The end. It”s over.The problem is that”s not what happened. Don”t you see? The planets have realigned and they”re like, waving me home! I mean, this party tonight might be my window of opportunity! Amanda Beckett is single.More Monologues from “Can”t Hardly Wait”RelatedShareTweetPin
The problem is that”s not what happened. Don”t you see? The planets have realigned and they”re like, waving me home! I mean, this party tonight might be my window of opportunity! Amanda Beckett is single.More Monologues from “Can”t Hardly Wait”RelatedShareTweetPin
Yeeeesss. Look what I have created! I have made fire! I … have made fire!
PRESTON: So, it turns out Amanda and I weren”t meant to be. Which, you know, sucks – but at least… well at least I finally know. And now it”s over. And who knows? Maybe nothing happens for a reason. Maybe that”s all bullshit. So now I can just go off and – meet somebody else. Somebody who really is right for me. And next time I won”t wait four years just to talk to her… On the other hand, maybe this was all some sort of hero”s trial, you know? Something to make me… come out a better person. “Cause in a way, I think I may have really learned something about myself. Look, I”m trying to make the best of it okay? Would”ve been cool to make out with her, though.More Monologues from “Can”t Hardly Wait”RelatedShareTweetPin
Oh Brick. I get so lonely. Living with someone you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone when the one you love doesn’t love you. You can’t even stand drinking out of the same glass can you? … No! No, I wouldn’t. Why can’t you lose your good looks Brick? Most drinking men lose theirs. Why can’t you. I think you’ve even gotten better looking since you weren’t on the bottle. You were such a wonderful love. … You were so exciting to be in love with. Mostly I guess because you were … If I thought you’d never never made love to me again, why I’d find me the longest sharpest knife I could and I’d stick it straight into my heart. I’d do that. Oh Brick how long does this have to go on, this punishment? Haven’t I served my term? Can’t I apply for a pardon? … Is it any wonder. You know what I feel like? I feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof.
TRIP McNEELY: Seriously. Hey man, I thought college was gonna be the AM/PM of p -. I thought I”d be writin” more true -life letters to “Hustler” than I would term papers. Hell, that”s even why I broke up with Janine before I left. College women are totally different, bro. They”re all serious and s -, talking about world issues and economogical stuff. And they all wanna date older guys. Hell, I even tried getting Janine to take me back… but she”s all cozy with some Senior. He”s pre-med. They all are. Guys like us are a dime a dozen… (drinks) I”m tellin” ya, look out for that scrawny four-eyed kid who”s ass you used to kick just for fun. In three years he”ll be bangin” your girlfriend. Hey speakin” of which, you still with that Amanda? Now there was a prize piece if I ever saw one. You”re lucky. Hold on to her, man. Best advice I can give. That, and bring those rubber flip-flops for the shower.More Monologues from “Can”t Hardly Wait”RelatedShareTweetPin
I’m ashamed, Big Daddy. That’s why I’m a drunk. When I’m drunk, I can stand myself.
WILLIAM: Mike Dexter”s an a -. He”s a knuckle-dragging half-wit who”s been taking advantage of his physical superiority for too long… (building in intensity) But tonight he”ll finally know what it”s like to have everybody laughing at him. To face the scorn and ridicule of the entire student body. Tonight is the night we fight back! Tonight is… Independence Night! Hello?!More Monologues from “Can”t Hardly Wait”RelatedShareTweetPin