Danny Campbell Quotes in Staten Island Summer (2015)

Danny Campbell: Hey, if you guys are going to have sex in the pool, can you at least do it over by the filters...

Frank Gomes: Sinners!

Danny Campbell: I feel like you're the kind of girl that wants to marry me, but not kiss me.

Krystal Manicucci: Well, I feel like you're the kind of guy that wants to kiss me, but doesn't want to marry me.

Danny Campbell: What if we try to be different kinds of people for one night.

[they begin to kiss]

Krystal Manicucci: You know we're not having sex, right?

Danny Campbell: Oh, I couldn't. I'd be thinking about your dad the whole time.

[last lines]

Danny Campbell, Danny's Mom, Danny's Dad: [singing in unison] To Harvard we will go. Hi ho the merry-o, to Harvard we will go. Hey!

[first lines]

Danny Campbell: [narrating] I grew up in Staten Island New York. It might not sound like it, but I did. For those of you who don't know, Staten Island is like Brooklyn and New Jersey had a baby. A baby that would up to be either a cop, or a fireman. And you know, some how it gets a bad rap, but really it's just like any other suburb. I mean, sure it looks like this

[tightly packed houses]

Danny Campbell: , and this

[store fronts]

Danny Campbell: . But what most people don't realize is that Staten Island also looks like this

[ocean front properties]

Danny Campbell: , and this

[moored yachts]

Danny Campbell: .

Danny Campbell: And for me, every single summer since I was old enough to remember looked like this, the Great Kill Swim Club. This is where I spent every waking hour of my summers. From 8 AM swim practice, 'til they threw us out at night, this is where I found friendship. This is where I tasted victory and defeat. Where I fell in love. And it's where I had the best job in the history of the world. I was a lifeguard.

Mad Bob: [showing off long scar on his arm] Shark. Thirty-five footer.

Danny Campbell: [showing off small scar on elbow] Fell off my bike. Two-wheeler.

Danny Campbell: How far is it to France?

Eddie: We're in France, ya dipstick.

Danny Campbell: You know, I can have a go at the channel, too.

Frank: Think you're up to it?

[Holds up his arms to show his muscles]

Danny Campbell: Definitely!