Alan McMann Quotes in American Dreamer (1984)

Inspector Klaus: What are you trying to tell me? Is she Rebecca Ryan or is she not Rebecca Ryan?

Alan McMann: I told you! There is no such person.

Inspector Klaus: But she sat right here!

Alan McMann: No! She thinks she's a character in a book. She thinks I'm a character in a book. She even thinks my mother is a character in a book. The woman is crazy!

Inspector Klaus: She is not the only one.

Alan McMann: Look, you have got to do something because the priest's death was not an accident. That bullet, and this one, were meant for Rebecca.

Inspector Klaus: The women that does not exist...

Alan McMann: No, of course she exists but not as Rebecca!

Inspector Klaus: Because Rebecca does not exist.

Alan McMann: Right!

Inspector Klaus: Wrong!

[throws Alan out of his office]

Cathy Palmer: Does this thing have any pockets in it?

Alan McMann: Yes, and until now, no rips.

Cathy Palmer: What happened to your nose?

Alan McMann: My nose? Oh... someone just tried to kill me.

Cathy Palmer: They will stop at nothing to keep us from getting on that train.

Cathy Palmer: ...so she disappears beneath the surface of the icy water... what happens next?

Alan McMann: You know what happened next.

Cathy Palmer: Yes, but we can't tell them that!

Alan McMann: Alright. How about, he doesn't want to work anymore, so he carries her off to a turret, high in his castle, and makes mad, passionate love to her.

[He kisses her]

Cathy Palmer: [a pause] End of chapter!

Cathy Palmer: [Striking an akido pose] Hah! You're lucky you're still alive.

Alan McMann: I'm on a streak.

Alan McMann: Don't you understand, I am trying to help you.

Cathy Palmer: I know you're eager to help Dimitri; but this is no time to play the hero.

[she runs off]

Alan McMann: I am not playing the hero.

[running after her]

Alan McMann: You are playing the goddamn...

[his voice trails off]