Little Murders (1971)
Elliott Gould: Alfred Chamberlain
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Quotes
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Alfred Chamberlain : Those guys in the park, they said 'Hey, fatface! What are you staring at?' If I told them I wasn't staring at them, they would've beat me up for being a liar. And if I told them I was staring at them because I wanted to take their picture, then they'd beat me up for being a cop. So I told them I was staring at them because they looked familiar, and they beat me up for being a fag. There's no way of talking someone out of beating you up if that's what he wants to do.
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Mr. Newquist : Why don't you call me 'Dad'?
Alfred Chamberlain : I didn't call my own father 'Dad.'
Mr. Newquist : What did you call him?
Alfred Chamberlain : I didn't call him anything. The occasion never came up.
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Alfred Chamberlain : It was after this that I began to wonder. If they're that unformidable, why bother to fight back? It's very dangerous. It's dangerous to challenge a system unless you're completely at peace with the thought that you're not going to miss it when it collapses.
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Rev. Dupas : Your father-in-law wants me to mention the deity in the ceremony. He wants me to sneak it in. He's offered me a lot of money to do it.
Alfred Chamberlain : I don't know what to tell you, Henry.
Rev. Dupas : Well, if it's all right with you, I'd like to take the money and not mention the deity; First Existential can use the money.
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Alfred Chamberlain : I trust you.
Patsy Newquist : Oh, Alfred, do you really?
Alfred Chamberlain : I nearly trust you.
Patsy Newquist : Nearly?
Alfred Chamberlain : I nearly do. I really nearly do.
Patsy Newquist : [ecstatically] Oh, Alfred!
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Patsy Newquist : It isn't just pain you don't feel, you don't feel pleasure!
Alfred Chamberlain : I do feel pleasure.
Patsy Newquist : About what?
Alfred Chamberlain : A lot of things.
Patsy Newquist : Name one!
Alfred Chamberlain : My work.
Patsy Newquist : Oh, name another.
Alfred Chamberlain : Sleeping.
Patsy Newquist : Work and sleeping. Oh, that's just great! What about sex?
Alfred Chamberlain : Makes you sleep better.
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Patsy Newquist : And you're going to feel starting right now, is that right? I don't want a nod, I want an answer. Say, "yes, Patsy."
Alfred Chamberlain : Yes, Patsy.
Patsy Newquist : Yes, Patsy what?
Alfred Chamberlain : Yes, Patsy, I'm going to feel.
Patsy Newquist : Starting when?
Alfred Chamberlain : Starting as soon as I can manage it.
Patsy Newquist : Starting when?
Alfred Chamberlain : Starting now.
Patsy Newquist : And what's your first feeling?
Alfred Chamberlain : Er, it's sort of distant.
