Birdie Quotes in A Case of You (2013)

Sam: I don't even know... what do you see in me? Huh? And what's to say you won't just take off and leave whenever you want? That is kind of your philosophy, right? When life gives you something better, you just... you take off. Right?

Birdie: That's what you think? You think I'm just waiting around till something better comes along?

Sam: Well, I don't know. You tell me.

Birdie: That was the first time... I've ever told a guy that I love him. Do you know how shitty it was for me to get that response from you?

Sam: So, why are you here?

Birdie: Because... Idiot... I like you... Whether you choose to believe it or not. So, if you don't think that I know you because I don't know what your fucking favorite dessert is, then please tell me so I can stop imagining that this might actually go somewhere.

Birdie: Success is a myth. Love's the only true currency. After all this is done, all that really matters is how and who you loved.

Birdie: My name is Birdie.

Sam: Oh, okay. Sorry. Um... I'm Sam. Um... my name.

[clears throat]

Sam: Take Pam with an S.

Birdie: Oh... so... so, Spam.

Sam: You know, the P is silent. It's confusing.

[Both laugh but Jemily sighs]

Birdie: I would *love* to continue this conversation, but... I

Sam: [interrupts] Yeah, ofcourse. Sorry. Yeah.

[to Jemily]

Sam: Sorry, I didn't see you.

Jemily: [to Birdie] Large coffee, almond milk, three Sweet'N Lows, two napkins, the name's Emily.

Birdie: Nice to meet you.

Jemily: [to Sam] Emily like Jemily, but the J is silent.

Sam: [chuckles] Actually, Gemily is spelled with a G, usually.

Jemily: Is it? Do you know any Gemilys?

Gerard: [talking about paycheck] How could someone possibly steal it and then cash it?

Birdie: I... I... I don't know.

Gerard: Exactly, genius. I stole and tried to cash it. Didn't work.

[throws the check on the counter]

Birdie: Great. Well...

Sam: There were as many women in this band as there were instruments. That's the...

Sam, Birdie: This was an all male a capella group.

Birdie: Oh my god.

Sam: Yes maam.

[pause]

Sam: It's a... it was a man band, so get it... get it straight.

Birdie: Oh, there's nothing straight about it.

Birdie: Hey, can I borrow your mother? My Aunt is coming for dinner and she's always getting on my nerves.

Birdie: You know, you're bigger than Freddy and Jason now, only you're a real person.

Birdie: Oh look at that you see that? I knew your folks were going to keep them together didn't i say it?

Rosemary: Let's go practice in my room

Gabe: Okay.

Birdie: Oh come on! He's no good for you! Get back in the truck!

Birdie: You nearly gave me a heart attack! Where were you girl?

Rosemary: What do you think?

Birdie: You are going to be the prettiest flower girl there.

Rosemary: I'm definitely going to be the oldest one.

Shep: You think I came back here to work for you?

Birdie: Come on, man, we brothers; wouldn't have you working for me. We'd be partners.

Shep: What, selling that shit? Are you that dumb?

Birdie: Who the fuck you think you're talking to, man? This ain't Nutso. This ain't that dopehead on the roof taking orders from you. This ain't your same little brother following behind you trying to go outside. You ain't the motherfuckin' man no more. I'm the one! Shit has changed! It's a new day, bro. If you can't clean up your act, I suggest you raise the fuck up and get the hell out of Dodge... or get caught up.

Kyle-Lee: Is he your brother, Birdie?

Birdie: He used to be.

Kyle-Lee: What does that mean?

Birdie: Just 'cause a motherfucker's born into your family don't mean you stay family, all right? That motherfucker ain't shit. He don't care about me, you, nothing. Okay? Understand?

Birdie: Check this out. You ain't goin to college or any fuckin where if the Bird Man don't win. You might be on the other team, but you playin for ME. Remember that.

Birdie: Motaw, you in.

Birdie: You, your ass is gone. If I catch anyone talking to Bugaloo, your ass is gone too.

Birdie: Recognize, motherfucker!

[Kills Flip with a razor]

Birdie: She won't do it... not after what we made her do, not after that! She's got her pride - like all of us! She won't do it! You can't blame her!

Bill Randall (skipper of 1087: No, Birdie, I don't blame her.

Margo: Birdie, you don't like Eve, do you?

Birdie: You looking for an answer or an argument?

Margo: An answer.

Birdie: No.

Margo: Why not?

Birdie: Now you want an argument.

Birdie: What a story! Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end.

Birdie: The bed looks like a dead animal act.

Margo: You bought the new girdles a size smaller, I can feel it.

Birdie: Something maybe grew a size larger.

Margo: When we get home you're going to get into one of those girdles and act for two and a half hours.

Birdie: I couldn't get into the girdle in two and a half hours.

Birdie: There's a message from the bartender. Does Miss Channing know she ordered domestic gin by mistake?

Margo: The only thing I ordered by mistake is the guests. They're domestic, too, and they don't care what they drink as long as it burns!

[Bill is saying goodbye to Birdie as he departs for Hollywood]

Bill Sampson: What should I tell Tyrone Power for you?

Birdie: Just give him my phone number; I'll tell him myself.

Margo: She thinks only of me, doesn't she?

Birdie: Well, let's say she thinks only about you, anyway.

Margo: How do you mean that?

Birdie: I'll tell you how: like... like she's studying you, like you was a play or a book or a set of blueprints - how you walk, talk, eat, think, sleep...

Margo: I'm sure that's very flattering, Birdie. I'm sure there's nothing wrong with it.

Birdie: I haven't got a union. I'm slave labor.

Margo: Well?

Birdie: But the wardrobe women have got one, and next to a tenor, a wardrobe woman is the touchiest thing in show business.

Birdie: We now got everything a dressing room needs except a basketball hoop.

Margo: [as she's getting ready for the party] The extra help get here?

Birdie: There's some loose characters dressed as maids and butlers. Who'd you call, the William Morris Agency?

Margo: You're not being funny: I could *get* actors for less.

[Phyllis is having her hair washed by Birdie as heart-throb Sebastian approaches;]

Phyllis: Why is it whenever he's around I'm all wet?

Birdie: In more ways than one.

Birdie: It's going to cost you double to clean up this mess.