Berger Quotes in Hair (1979)

Berger: Bukowski!

Claude Bukowski: Yes, Sergeant!

Berger: Let's move it out!

Claude Bukowski: Yes, Sergeant!

Berger: Double time, soldier.

Claude Bukowski: Yes, Sergeant!

Claude Bukowski: Sir?

Berger: In the car, soldier!

Claude Bukowski: Yes, Sergeant!

Berger: Are you an asshole, soldier?

Claude Bukowski: No, Sergeant!

Berger: That's too bad, because I am.

Berger, Hud, Woof: [in song] Hair like Jesus wore it. Hallelujah! I adore it! Hallelujah! Mary loved her son. Why don't my mother love me?

Berger: Where you from?

Claude Bukowski: Oklahoma.

Jeannie: listen man I know what how it feels, I used to come from Kansas myself.

Woof, Hud, Berger: [singing] Oh say, can you see my eyes? If you can, then my hair's too short.

Berger: What do you say, Pop?

Mrs. Berger, George's Mother: What do you say what?

Mr. Berger, George's Father: If you need money, get a job.

Mrs. Berger, George's Mother: Money? You're talking about money? What you need money for?

Berger: Nothin', Ma, I just need it.

Mrs. Berger, George's Mother: Who is she?

Berger: Who is who?

Mrs. Berger, George's Mother: The girl. Who is the girl?

Berger: What are you talkin' about? There's no girl.

Mrs. Berger, George's Mother: Who is the girl? You can tell us everything, we understand everything! Tell us the truth!

Berger: What are you talkin' about, tell you the truth?

Mr. Berger, George's Father: Goddammit, every time you come home there's trouble. Why don't you clean yourself up a bit? Why don't you get a haircut? Get a haircut and I'll give you the money, you don't even have to pay it back.

Berger: [angry] You'll give me the money if I get a haircut?

Mrs. Berger, George's Mother: [to Berger] Give me your pants!

Berger: The pants are clean!

Mrs. Berger, George's Mother: Give me your pants!

Berger: [yelling] Why? They're clean, for Christ's sake!

[Mom gets upset and walks away; Berger follows her into the hallway]

Mrs. Berger, George's Mother: [softly] How much you need?

Steve: We'll have it

[the money]

Steve: for you at four o'clock.

Berger: See, that's just what my other problem is, man.

Steve: What?

Berger: You're full of shit.

[Sheila laughs]

Detective Alex Tardio: Come on boys, pull daddy like a chariot.

Berger: This is straight out of a Hitchcock movie. I think I'm feeling vertigo.

Berger: [as sheik] He says with that price, camel can dance up pyramid. It loses in translation.

Berger: It kills me. The leave the light on trick.

Kevin Caffrey: Why don't they just put a sign saying welcome burglers no one home?

Berger: You ever read the papers?

Kevin Caffrey: I used to, but the news kept changing.

Berger: [on tape] Now, Ms. Brown, could you tell us what happened today? In your own words?

Blu: [watching the tape] How about in Dag Hammarskjold's words?

Berger: We read five times that you were killed, in five different places.

Victor Laszlo: As you can see, it was true every single time.