Simone Quotes in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

Simone: Do you have any dreams?

Pee-wee: Yeah, I'm all alone. I'm rolling a big doughnut and this snake wearing a vest...

Simone: I know you're right, Pee-wee, but...

Pee-wee: But what? Everyone I know has a big "But...? C'mon, Simone, let's talk about *your* big "But".

Simone: [sees her ex-boyfriend] Andy!

Pee-wee: ANDY?'!

Simone: [in French] Ah! Pee-Wee! Haha! C'est magnifique! Voici Pierre.

Pierre: Bonsoir.

Pee-wee: Ditto. Here, brought you guys French Fries! Hahaha!

Simone, Pierre: [together] Merci beaucoup, Pee-Wee!

Pee-wee: Merci-bleh-bleh!

Simone: [to Alvin] Au revoir, Alfred!

Simone: Would you care to join me on my adventure?

Theodore: What adventure?

Simone: The adventure called life!

Theodore: [thinks about it] Okay, but just until Dave shows up.

Simone: I see you are sad, mon ami, and I hate to see you sad. I will help you find your friend Dave.

Theodore: You really think you can find him?

Simone: I know I can! and then I will find this Simon you keep speaking of!

Simone: Sign it quickly, then you can ravish me again on the linens for which he so dearly paid.

Prouix, the Architect: And then, I beg you, on the bearskin rug in his study. And finally, as a crowning gesture, we'll leave puddles of love on the Peruvian marble.

Simone: Tell him I'm no fool, a prison's still a prison, even with Chinese silks and chandeliers.

Prouix, the Architect: Madame, how could you... have you actually read this volume?

Simone: I've memorized it. Would you like me to recite?

Prouix, the Architect: There comes a time in a young lady's life when she has to cast book's aside, and learn from experience.

Simone: That, Monsieur, requires a teacher.

Simone: Tell him that if he discovers our whereabouts, you'll slit your wrists with a razor, and I'll drive a hatpin through my heart.

Prouix, the Architect: You'd do that, rather than forsake our love?

Simone: No. But tell him I would anyway.

Economics Teacher: Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

Simone: Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

Economics Teacher: Thank you, Simone.

Simone: No problem whatsoever.

Simone: You act like you're so oppressed. You guys are kings of the school. What are you bitching about?

Darla: What did she say? Like, what did she call me?

Shavonne Wright: Nothing!

Darla: Oh, come on, "nothing", I know you're lying when you do that. I know you're lying, you bitch.

Simone: Come on, we know they talk about us, just tell us.

Shavonne Wright: You swear you're not gonna get mad?

Simone: I'm not gonna get mad, I'm just curious.

Darla: I'm not gonna get mad, I think it's a riot. I don't care what she thinks.

Shavonne Wright: OK, she called you a bitch and you a slut.

Simone: A slut? She called me a slut? Oh my god, what a bitch.

Shavonne Wright: [laughing] Simone, everybody calls you a slut.

Darla: Oh, shit!

Simone: Shavonne! That bitch, I'm gonna kick her ass!

Shavonne Wright: I thought you said you weren't gonna get mad?

Simone: I'm not mad.

Simone: I did it when I was a freshman, and you'll do it when you're seniors. but you're doing great. Now fry like bacon, you little freshman piggies. Fry!

Simone: I can't believe she called me a slut. What a bitch!

Shavonne Wright: [laughing] Simone everyone calls you a slut

Simone: Shavonne!

Simone: God created little furry animals to be worn.

Simone: Everybody always talks about the negatives of cigarettes, but look at the benefits. I mean you don't eat as much and you've got something to hold in your hand.

Simone: What's the matter, Viktor? You look so sad. Don't you love me anymore?

Simone: If there is a hole in the ozone layer, how come I can't see it?

Simone: Have you ever actually *had* dolphin? Pan-fried, with a little garlic and fennel.

Simone: Are you ever going to tell the truth about me, Mr Taransky?

Simone: You're gonna get in a lot of trouble, Mr Taransky.

Viktor: Why do you have to bring that up?

Simone: I guess what I like most about my movies is that they're not about special effects.

Simone: I am the death of real.

Simone: I just think all elementary schools should have a firing range. How else will the children learn to defend themselves?

Simone: You see Viktor and I are both very concerned about what kind of world our new son Chip is going to grow up in. Aren't you Viktor?

Viktor: Oh, yes.

Clyde: [from Taransky's film "Eternity Forever] Veronica.

Simone: What you don't understand, Clyde... is that love... is like a wildflower. But that flower only grows on the edge... of a very... high... cliff.

Elise: I want the two of you to surpervise Kate.

Simone: I thought she's too good for retail.

Elise: [meaningfully] She is. I don't think she'll like it here.

Simone: Kate, if I wanted you to have an idea, I'd give it to you.

Simone, Tannis: [together] What?

Elise: Don't talk in unison. It's creepy.

Simone, Tannis: [together] Sorry, Mom.

Simone: Don't laugh, peasants.

Wendy Savage: Are you Simone?

Simone: I am.

Wendy Savage: I'm Lenny Savage's daughter in B26. He has a big red pillow; it's missing.

Simone: Did he have his name on it?

Wendy Savage: And his room number.

Simone: What's it look like?

Wendy Savage: Big. Red. Pillow.

Simone: At least I have a plan. What is your big goal? All I see is a stoner who works in a convenience store.

Tommy Balls: In a convenience-based society. I am at the center of the action.

Simone: You're not totally disgusting for an old guy.

Franklin Franklin: Really? Thank you.

Simone: What are you, like fifty?

Franklin Franklin: Thirty two.

Simone: Well, where in the world did you get THAT hat? It looks positively moldy!

Customer in hat store: Well, I bought it from you three days ago.

Stephanie: [In Simone's hat shop] Oh, dear! If ever a woman needed a new hat, it is I. I'm being SUED - for fifty thousand francs.

Helene Flammarion: [Shocked] No!

Simone: By whom?

Stephanie: By the Archduchess of Mendola. You know that creature I had thrown out last night? And I thought it was that "Eve Peabody"? Ha! It really WAS the Archduchess of Mendola.

[subtitled version]

Simone: Why won't you answer my text messages?

Thomas: Because they choke up my memory card fifty times a week.

George: You like her, don't ya?

Simone: Of course I like her.

George: Yeah, but you like her in that special way. In the songs.

Simone: What songs?

George: Well, I've sold myself for a couple of dykes.

Simone: She needs me George.

George: And you needed me to get her.

Simone: Haven't you ever needed someone?

George: All the time.

Simone: ...Sometimes they fall for what they think I am.

George: And what do they think you are?

Simone: What you think. A black whore.

George: Did I say that?

Simone: What do you think, then?

George: Well, you ain't no night nurse.

Simone: No, I ain't no night nurse.

George: Well, let's say you're a lady.

Simone: You look better in the daytime.

George: Yeah and so do you. Where do you wanna go?

Simone: Down here.

George: You wanna walk?

Simone: Yes, it's good for you.

George: Bit early, innit?

Simone: I know, but the early bird catches the worm.

George: Clever little bastard...

George: Get out! Get fucking out! Now tell me I'm fired.

Simone: Alright, you're fired.

George: Lovely! I'm fired and you're street walkin'!

Simone: Haven't you someone to rush to?

George: You know I haven't.

Simone: Everyone should have.

George: Well, *you* haven't.

Simone: I'm different.

George: How? How are you different?

Simone: I'm the girl they rush home from.

Simone: [Having asked Annabelle to stay after class because Annabelle was a bit risque in giving an answer] I think you're trying to get a rise out of me.

Annabelle: [Slightly suggestively] And why would I want to do that?

Simone: Perhaps to get attention.

Annabelle: Perhaps I'm intrigued.

Simone: Ingrigued by what?

Annabelle: [Boldly] By you.

Simone: [talking about getting rid of Annabelle's beads] Maybe you could carry them in your pocket or hide them in your bag where no one could see them.

Annabelle: I'll think about it.

Simone: Why are you making this so hard?

Annabelle: The first person I fell in love with gave them to me.

Simone: You still in love with him?

Annabelle: *She* moved to Europe last year with her family.

Simone: [Simone touches Annabelle's arm] Think about it.

Annabelle: You play with you necklace a lot

Simone: Nervous habit

Annabelle: Do I make you nervous?

[Annabelle glides her finger across Simone's collarbone]

Simone: [Peering down into the basement] What are you guys doing down here?

Cat Pegrum: [Sarcastically] Getting drunk...

Simone: What did the doctor say?

Devereaux: He said it was all my mother's fault.

Simone: Are you serious?

Devereaux: He said he was having lunch with his mother, and instead of asking her to pass the butter, he told her you fucking bitch, you ruined my life.

Simone: You can't put your face with my father put it ass

Bobby: Sidney, look at me. You made a decision. How did that make you feel?

Sidney: Free. He was abusive. I tried to stop it before, but it wasn't until that moment that I really did something. It was him or me and I chose to live. It was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Simone: That's a bunch of bullshit. He had to die for you to leave him? You know the best thing that happened to me after having to cut off my own arm is handicapped parking at the damn mall!

Simone: He did this to me...

Mark Hoffman: Who did this?

Simone: Jigsaw...

Mark Hoffman: You didn't cut your own arm off?

Simone: I did... I did!

[pause]

Simone: But he made me do it!

Mark Hoffman: And why is that?

Simone: [hesitates] Because what Eddie and I were doing was wrong.

[pause]

Simone: We were ruining people's lives!

[starts crying]

Simone: He wanted us to learn!

Mark Hoffman: [coldly with no emotion] And did you?

Simone: [suddenly looks up at Hoffman] *LOOK* at me!

[Simon lifts up her severed arm]

Simone: *LOOK* AT MY GODDAMN *ARM!*

[Hoffman glares]

Simone: WHAT THE *FUCK* AM I SUPPOSED TO LEARN FROM THIS? HUH? LOOK AT MY ARM! WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO LEARN FROM THIS?

[Hoffman walks away]

Simone: LOOK AT ME!

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Simone: Help!