Matthew Field Quotes in The Secret Laughter of Women (1999)

Sammy: Are you brave?

Matthew Field: What? Well, sometimes.

Sammy: Are you honest?

Matthew Field: Brutally.

Sammy: But are you romantic?

Matthew Field: To a fault. Have you had breakfast?

Sammy: You can't have breakfast at 4 o'clock.

Matthew Field: I can do what I like.

Sammy: Saracen, will you marry my mother?

[Matthew chuckles]

Sammy: Will you be my good deed?

Matthew Field: I'm much to busy to do that.

Sammy: You don't have to do anything. I'll come and do things for you.

Matthew Field: What on Earth could you possibly do for me?

[he and Sammy just look at each other]

Matthew Field: I'll think about it, the next time you come.

Sammy: Are you going to change?

Matthew Field: Into what?

Sammy: Your Saracen costume.

Matthew Field: It itches.

Sammy: What are you going to say to her?

Matthew Field: Good afternoon, Mama Sammy.

Sammy: Can't you think of anything more exciting than that?

Nimi Da Silva: Let's walk on. People are staring.

Matthew Field: Well, what do you expect? Satan walking you home from church.

Matthew Field: [Sammy looks at a cute girl] Forget it. Bad sign, clog sandals. They're always followed by a father with a shotgun.

[an angry looking man walks past]

Matthew Field: See?

Matthew Field: How would you like it if I arranged to get her out?

Sammy: She won't come.

Matthew Field: I can put temptation in her way. What does she like?

Sammy: You have to keep your room tidy.

Matthew Field: As bad as that?

Sammy: How do you write a Saracen story?

Matthew Field: I start at the beginning and I know how I want it to end.

Sammy: My teacher says...

Matthew Field: Don't listen to him. He's a loser.

Nimi Da Silva: What are you doing?

Matthew Field: We're having a shootout.

Nimi Da Silva: I don't approve of shooting or guns.

Matthew Field: All right. We're playing men who go bang very loudly at one another. Is that all right with you?

Sammy: Matthew, what do you know about sex?

Matthew Field: Well, uh, men and women are built... differently.

Sammy: I know all that penis, vagina, rabbit business. I saw a video at Jean Claude's

Matthew Field: Rabbit?

Sammy: [referring to a discussion with his friend about sex] He says everyone does it.

Matthew Field: Yep.

Sammy: Everyone?

Matthew Field: Uh-huh.

Sammy: Even people I know?

Matthew Field: Yes.

Sammy: Even people who get married?

Matthew Field: Especially people who get married.

[Sammy makes a face]

Matthew Field: Tough one, I know.

Nimi Da Silva: What are you doing in here?

Matthew Field: Snooping.

Sammy: You remember "Come end my eternal loneliness. Let us surf Orion on my cosmic chariot."

Matthew Field: Definitely one of my earlier efforts.

Matthew Field: Hello, Sam.

Sammy: Are you mad at me too?

Matthew Field: No. Why? Should I be?