Freddy Benson Quotes in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

[Sitting at the dinner table]

Freddy Benson: Excuse me. May I go to the bathroom first?

Lawrence Jamieson: Of course you may.

Freddy Benson: [after a pause, and with relief] Thank you.

Freddy Benson: I didn't steal any money! She just saw me with another woman! You're French, you understand that!

Inspector Andre: To be with another woman, that is French. To be caught, that is American.

Freddy Benson: [telling a phony story to sucker Janet into giving him money] I was engaged to a girl back in the States. And we loved to dance... we wanted to be professionals, isn't that silly? And we got an opportunity to compete on television, on Dance USA. So we agreed that if we won, we'd get married. So we went on, and we danced, and we won!

Janet Colgate: That's great!

Freddy Benson: And in the excitement, we got separated. So I went back to the studio, and there they were. Naked, dancing... and then they stopped, and they made love right there on the dance floor!

Janet Colgate: [gasps] Who was she with?

Freddy Benson: Denny Terrio, the host of Dance USA.

Freddy Benson: I know somebody here! I met him on a train! His name... is... his name is... James. No. His name is... James Josephson. Lor. No, no, no. James Lawrence. LAWRENCE... Lawrence. Lawrence Fells. Lawrence Feings. Forest Lorenston. Low. Lars. LARS. Lawrence. Lawrence. Luch. Lawrence. Tuh. His name is James Jesenthon. Lawrence Fell. Lawrence Jesterton. LAWRENCE JESTERTON.

Inspector Andre: ...Lawrence Jamieson?

Lawrence Jamieson: Do you ever have a single thought that originates from above the waist?

Freddy Benson: No!

Freddy Benson: Not mother?

Freddy Benson: I've got culture coming out of my ass.

Freddy Benson: [in a childlike voice] Oh, Lawrence! This is the happiest day of my life! I think my testicles are dropping!

Freddy Benson: [omitted from the profit distribution] Excuse me. What about me? What do I get?

Lawrence Jamieson: You are the student. You get knowledge.