Tommy French Quotes in Smile (1975)

Wilson Shears: I... I realize that you and I have gotten off to a rather shaky start. But things don't have to stay that way. What do you say?

Tommy French: Let's keep it shaky.

Tommy French: Kick and Bend. Kick and Bend. No dear, if you kick and bend at the same time you're going to knock yourself out.

Tommy French: [Addressing the beauty contestants before their big dance number] Now listen. Just listen. In about two minutes, you're gonna' go out there and be professional dancers. Your job is to make the audience happy. Now, I know that a lot of you are scared and don't think you can do it. But I've been watching you all very carefully, and I know that you can.

Tommy French: [continues] Now I'd like you to think about a 17-year-old kid... who came to me when I was staging dances for the Mike Curb Congregation. She hadn't had a bit of experience, but she wanted to try so bad that we just had to let her. That was four years ago, and now that girl is one of the Mike Curb lead dancers.

Tommy French: [the girls look mildly impressed] Now, that may not seem like much to you ladies, but that girl... has a wooden foot. Now go out there and dance with your two *good* feet!

Ted Farley: [Having overheard his story about the girl with the wooden foot] That was really a beautiful story. Listen, I have a syndicated radio show heard in four states. I'm always looking for inspirational youth stories. Do you mind if I use that?

Tommy French: Be my guest... But it's total bullshit.

Wilson Shears: What happened?

Tommy French: One of the girls fainted. She'll be all right.

Wilson Shears: Did she trip? Trip over a nail or something we could be sued for?

Tommy French: No, and I'll tell her how concerned you were.

Ted Farley: [watching the Young Miss contestants perform a big dance number on stage] You know something? You did a hell of a job.

Tommy French: [cynically] I took a bunch of nice high-school kids, and turned them into Vegas showgirls.