Petra Quotes in Rude Awakening (1989)

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Petra Quotes:

  • Petra: Where's the lobster?

    Jesus Monteya: "I am the lobster, goo goo g'joob."

  • Worm: [referring to Mike's girlfriend Jo being too restrict on Mike's social life] She's really got him by the balls.

    Petra: [hunched on top on the bar in the Chesterfield ] That's not so bad, is it?

    Worm: It depends on the grip!

  • Petra: [hunched on top on the bar in the Chesterfield ] So how'd you do?

    Worm: [Hands her his winnings in poker chips] So, so, six thousand, two thousand and here's two more

    Petra: Alright so its ten grand total, take back the two we lent you, give you the "white meat."

    Worm: [leaning on front the bar] you know what? Why don't you give me all of it?

    Petra: Usually credit players leave with their profit otherwise the juice starts five points a week on Mike

    Worm: Ok we'll owe you

  • Petra: [in his apartment] Tomorrow's a week

    Mike McDermott: A week of what?

    Petra: The first two thousand you owe the Chesterfield

    Mike McDermott: Oh, worm

    Petra: Yeah it's kind of weird he just won eight grand why go out on the line on another two?

    Mike McDermott: [referring to the amount of money Worm won] So he took off eight from Roman and Maurice?

    Petra: Yeah he comes in after you leave, about twenty minutes later he cashes out for the full amount Maurice hasn't been back since, his been playing across the street, but Worm's been around playing, his run you up just under seven grand

    Mike McDermott: Do me a favor and put him on his own?

    Petra: Yeah?

    Mike McDermott: Yeah cut him off

  • Joey Knish: [walking up to their poker table with Mike playing with other rounders in the poker room at The Mirage] This is what I like to see Mike McDermott where he belongs, sitting with the scum bags telling jokes dragging the occasional pot.

    Guberman: [sarcastically] occasional? like my occasionally went out with other men

    Joey Knish: I was actually going to try to make some real money tonight but in Mike's honor return to the ring, I'll sit with you all for a while

    Petra: don't do us any favors, they're about to go to the boards to fill these seats

    Zagosh: you know if we wanted to take each other's "rolls" we could've just stayed home

  • Petra: Camille, I'd love to see you in the moonlight with your head thrown back and your body on fire.

  • Petra: Animals love you in a way people can't. It's so uncomplicated really, you know. Whether you're successful or not, or ugly, or... beautiful. They don't care.

  • Petra: Fear is what you pay for adventure.

  • Petra: I love your sex. I love your wisdom and... the way you say "switcheroo." I love that sadness that you get in your eyes sometimes. And other stuff.

    Camille: But?

    Petra: But, we might be leaving tomorrow, and I can't stay and you can't leave.

  • Petra: So my name's Petra by the way.

    Camille: Oh yeah, I saw that on your card. And mine is Camille...

    Petra: Camille, that's nice, I like it, it's like "C'mere." It's nice.

  • Camille: Listen, I love to look at you. I love to talk to you. I love you openess, I love what you do, I love... I love you.

    Petra: Everything gets ordinary, eventually.

    Camille: Ordinary with you would be... wild.

  • Camille: I want to go away with you.

    Petra: What would you do in a circus?

    Camille: I have a few ideas.

    Petra: I'm outgoing. You're not.

    Camille: I can be outgoing.

    Petra: I smoke pot.

    Camille: I drink... cherry brandy.

  • Petra: Are you ashamed of me? Am I your dirty little secret?

    Camille: Petra, I just don't like being laughed at.

    Petra: Oh, really? Well, aren't you cute? Hey, good luck sweetheart, because here are some of the kindest people in the world, Camille. If you can't handle a little fun here, what are you going to do when the real mean fuckers of the world start laughing at you? 'Cause they will, you know. They'll be using it against you and they'll be laughing up a storm, Camille.

    Camille: Not if you show it with a little dignity.

    Petra: Dignity? What could be more dignified than dancing with the person I adore?

  • Camille: Well, don't people like you just have friends, sometimes?

    Petra: Yes, 'people like me' do.

    Camille: And, why couldn't I be one?

    Petra: I'm attracted to you, Camille.

    Camille: It's ok, it's ok. We're not animals, we don't always have to act on our attractions.

    Petra: What would we do, as friends?

    Camille: Have fun.

    Petra: Fun - sounds like a buddy movie.

    Camille: Yes, exactly. Like Thelma and Louise. But... without the guns.

    Petra: Oh, well, no guns, I don't know...

  • Petra: Without music, life would be a mistake.

  • Petra: In my apocalypse, everybody's worth as much as everybody else. We live briefly, but we don't mind. And when it's time to die, we don't resist death. We summon it.

  • Mr. Zimit: Do you know what apocalypse actually means?

    Petra: Tell me.

    Mr. Zimit: It's from the Greek apocálypsis, meaning to uncover what you couldn't see before... a way out of the dark.

    Petra: Your sweet talk still needs work.

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