Mr. Wolfe Quotes in American Graffiti (1973)

Mr. Wolfe: I thought you'd left.

Curt Henderson: No, not yet. I have no matches.

Mr. Wolfe: That's all right.

[strikes a match and lights his cigarette]

Mr. Wolfe: Brother, how do I get stuck with dance supervision? Will you tell me that? You going back east? Boy, I remember the day I went off. Got drunk as hell the night before, just...

Curt Henderson: Blotto.

Mr. Wolfe: Blotto, exactly. Barfed on the train all the next day, too.

Curt Henderson: Cute, very cute. Where'd you go again?

Mr. Wolfe: Middlebury, Vermont.

Curt Henderson: Right.

Mr. Wolfe: Got a scholarship.

Curt Henderson: Only stayed a semester?

Mr. Wolfe: One semester. After all that, I came back here.

Curt Henderson: Why did you come back?

Mr. Wolfe: I decided I wasn't the competitive type.

[pauses]

Mr. Wolfe: I don't know, maybe I was scared.

Curt Henderson: Well, I uh - I think I may find that I'm not the competitive type myself.

Mr. Wolfe: What do you mean?

Curt Henderson: Well, I'm not really sure that I'm

[pauses]

Curt Henderson: going.

Mr. Wolfe: Hey now, don't be stupid. Experience life! Have some fun, Curt! Anyway, good luck.