Lionel Witherspoon, Bloomingdales Security Officer Quotes in Moscow on the Hudson (1984)

Lionel Witherspoon, Bloomingdales Security Officer: Fags! Everywhere!

Lionel Witherspoon, Bloomingdales Security Officer: [as a clearly nervous Vladimir pours water over himself in Bloomingdale's] What do you think you're doing?

Vladimir Ivanoff: I defect.

Lionel Witherspoon, Bloomingdales Security Officer: Not here, you don't. There's a men's room down the hall.

Vladimir Ivanoff: I read about slavery.

Lionel Witherspoon, Bloomingdales Security Officer: Yeah, with slavery at least the work was steady.

Vladimir Ivanoff: Sounds like Russia.

[Lionel starts laughting]

Vladimir Ivanoff: I make joke. That's ok. I feel to make joke in other language, is all good. O.K.

Lionel Witherspoon, Bloomingdales Security Officer: O.K.