Darcy McGuire Quotes in What Women Want (2000)

Darcy McGuire: What kind of knight in shining armor would I be if the man I love needs rescuing and I just let him walk out my door?

Nick Marshall: I can see elegant parties...

Darcy McGuire: You can see all that?

Nick Marshall: Well, maybe you're naked and I'm the only guest, but it's still elegant.

Darcy McGuire: You wore control-top pantyhose?

Nick Marshall: Did you put a pair in the pink box?

Darcy McGuire: [laughs] And how did you look in them?

Nick Marshall: Hot.

[last lines]

Darcy McGuire: That's it?

Nick Marshall: I don't want that to be it. I don't want that to be it at all.

Darcy McGuire: Then don't let a little thing like me firing you stand in your way. I didn't know what to react to first. Hey, news flash, I took the wrong road. What kind of knight in shining armor would I be if the man I love needs rescuing and I just let him walk out my door?

Nick Marshall: [sigh] My hero.

Darcy McGuire: [voiceover] No games. How do I get that in? She's running. It's early, it's quiet. Just the sound of her feet on the asphalt. She likes to run alone. No pressure, no stress. This is the one place she can be herself. Look any way she wants, dress, think any way she wants. No game playing, no rules. Games, sports, rules. Games, sports, rules. Playing by the rules. Playing games versus playing - Playing by the rules. Playing games versus playing.

Darcy McGuire: Why are you nodding?

Nick Marshall: Because you're onto something.

Darcy McGuire: Am I?

Nick Marshall: Aren't you?

Darcy McGuire: Well, I was thinking about a play on words. Something about games versus - I feel like I was onto something good.

Nick Marshall: Playing games versus playing - sports?

Darcy McGuire: Yes! Thank you. Do you like any of this?

Nick Marshall: A lot. I like the idea that you can be yourself on the road.

Darcy McGuire: I do too.

[V.O.: Did I say that out loud?]

Nick Marshall: [stammering] No, I was just...

Darcy McGuire: 'Cause I was circling around the exact same thing.

Nick Marshall: Which is great, we're on the same - yeah.

Darcy McGuire: Sorry, I'm not thinking straight. My glands may be swollen.

Nick Marshall: Maybe they should be more swollen. You're doing great. Nike. No games.

Darcy McGuire: Just sports.

Darcy McGuire: I'm the man-eating bitch Darth Vader of the ad world.

Nick Marshall: No games.

Darcy McGuire: Just sports.