Steven Carter Quotes in Get Real (1998)

Linda's Brother: Linda. Mom says if you don't come in for your tea now, she'll give it to the dog.

Linda: OK, OK.

Steven Carter: You haven't got a dog.

Linda's Brother: Well, We'll get one.

John Dixon: [upon seeing Steven's wall covered in pictures of male soccer players] I didn't take you for a football fan.

Steven Carter: [smiles slyly] I'm not.

John Dixon: What do you mean, not a... oh.

[blushes]

John Dixon: Fag?

Steven Carter: W-what?

John Dixon: I mean, uh...

[holds out cigarette]

Steven Carter: Oh. Um. Sure.

Linda: ...the woods? Steve, you did it in the woods? You could have been...

Steven Carter: ...what? Queer-bashed by squirels?

Steven Carter: [telling John about when he first realized he was gay] When I was in the cubs there was this porn mag being passed around and all the other kids were deciding which girl they liked and stuff... and this other kid, he whispers to me, "I don't know what all the fuss is about, I'd rather see another boy's willy anytime!" so I said, "So would I!"

[both boys laugh]

John Dixon: Listen... if you tell anyone, it's off. If anyone even starts to suspect, it's off!

Steven Carter: [eagerly] It's on then is it?

John Dixon: Of course it's on. I... I like you a lot.

Steven Carter: What about Christina?

John Dixon: No contest, you're a better kisser!

Steven Carter: Promise?

John Dixon: Promise

[Steven kisses John on the cheek]

Steven Carter: School full of tossers.

Linda: Oh I bet you fancy half of them.

Steven Carter: No way.

Linda: Not even him? John Dixon. He's sex on legs.

Steven Carter: [sighs] I know... Every time I see his "Head Boy" badge I wish it was an invitation!

Linda: Sure wouldn't kick him out of bed for eating biscuits.

Steven Carter: It's only love. What's everyone so scared of?

Steven Carter: Hate me, loathe me, detest me - just faint!

[while dancing with Linda at the ball, Steven gazes into John Dixon's eyes and gets excited. Linda notices]

Linda: Now don't you start!

Steven Carter: I'm sorry, I was thinking of someone else.

Linda: Charming!

Mark: She seems quite distant sometimes. It's killing me. We're talking permanent erection here. There's a medical term for that. Isn't there?

Steven Carter: Uh, Yeah..."Sad Bastard"

[first lines]

Steven Carter: I came late to sex. I was nearly ten. That's when my friend Mark Watkins told me how babies were made.

Young Steve: Really? Are you sure?

Young Mark: Yeah. Honest. I saw it on one of my dad's videos.

Steven Carter: For over a year after that I thought babies were made when two women tied a man to a bed and covered his willy with ice cream.

John Dixon: [after propositioning Steven in a public bathroom] God, I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me.

Steven Carter: [smiles] Here, it's usually a case of who came over you.

Steven Carter: Eleven. That's how old I was when I discovered masturbation.

[Chuckles]

Steven Carter: Mind you it was another three years before I realized I could do it on my own.

John Dixon: Guess what?

Steven Carter: You're pregnant!

Steven Carter: Love ? Why do you care about my love?

John Dixon: You need a shave.

Steven Carter: I shaved last month.

[sniffles]

Steven Carter: [John laughs]

Linda: Steve, I've got a bit of surprise for you. It's not quite as big a deal as you tellin' the whole world you're gay, but it's a surprise anyway.

Steven Carter: Tell me later.

Linda: I know, why don't I tell you later.