Lesly Quotes in The House of Yes (1997)

Lesly: I can't talk that way about your brother.

Jackie-O: Pretend he is not my brother, I do.

Lesly: I don't think you're insane.

Jackie-O: You don't?

Lesly: No.

Jackie-O: You don't think I'm an eensie weensie bit insane?

Lesly: I don't think you're insane. I think you're just spoiled.

Jackie-O: [exasperated] Oh please, if everyone around here is going to start telling the truth, I'm going to bed.

Lesly: You were spying on us?

Mrs. Pascal: A mother doesn't spy. A mother pays attention.

Lesly: This is how you raised them?

Mrs. Pascal: People raise cattle. Children just happen.

Lesly: [about Marty's ex-girlfriend] Is she still here, in Washington?

Jackie-O: Very much so. I wonder...

Lesly: What?

Jackie-O: No, it's none of my business.

Lesly: What?

Jackie-O: Well, if he plans to get together with her while he's home.

Lesly: Why didn't he marry her?

Jackie-O: He couldn't.

Lesly: Why not?

Jackie-O: It was a family thing.

Lesly: Families objected?

Jackie-O: Something like that.

Lesly: He never told me.

Jackie-O: Men and their secrets.

Lesly: Not all men have secrets.

Jackie-O: We all have our secrets.

Anthony: Would you like a glass of Liebfraumilch?

Lesly: No thank you. I'll just have a glass of wine.

Marty: That's the name of the wine.

Lesly: Oh!

[laughs]

Lesly: I don't speak french.

Jackie-O: Who does?

Anthony: You do.

Jackie-O: Oh, that's right, I do.

[smiles]

Lesly: So what does that name mean?

Jackie-O: In french?

Lesly: [nods]

Jackie-O: I think it means something German.

Marty: It means, "loving mother's milk."

Lesly: You speak french?

Marty: No. German.

Jackie-O: Marty and I tell each other everything.

Lesly: Everything?

Jackie-O: We're twins.

Lesly: Did he tell you about his other girlfriends?

Jackie-O: Did he tell *you* about his other girlfriends?

Lesly: There was one, he said.

Jackie-O: [eyes open wide] Did he tell you about her?

Lesly: No, what was she like?

Jackie-O: Who?

Lesly: The girl.

Jackie-O: She wasn't a girl. She was a woman.

Lesly: She was *older* than Marty.

Jackie-O: No, they were almost exactly the same age. Talk about glamorous. She was glamorous.

Lesly: I thought so.

Lesly: Does this happen a lot?

Jackie-O: Every goddamned hurricane!

Lesly: Boy, it's been a long day.

Jackie-O: Not as long as yesterday. Yesterday was 24 whole hours.

Lesly: So what if I slept with his brother? He slept with his sister!

Marty: Leslie, this is Jackie-O.

Lesly: Hi!

Marty: My Mother. Anthony. Meet Leslie. Leslie and I are engaged!

Jackie-O: [screams hysterically, then laughs hysterically]

Jackie-O: [still laughing] I have to find my hairbrush.

Lesly: Oh, I have a comb.

Jackie-O: [squints angrily, then runs away]