An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

Richard Gere: Zack Mayo

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Quotes 

• Foley : You can forget it! You're out!

  Mayo : Don't you do it! Don't! You... I got nowhere else to go! I got nowhere else to g... I got nothin' else.

• Mayo : [while hoisting and securing the "morning colors," Zack glances up at the barracks' orderly-room. He notices a stone-faced Sid coming down the steps, in street clothes, escorted by Foley]  ... You didn't kick him out, did you? Wait, sir! Didn't he tell you what he's been going through?

  Foley : It doesn't matter what he's been going through; that's what bartenders are for. What DOES matter is that he freaked out for SOME reason at twenty-five thousand feet, and that can't happen. Period.

  Mayo : There's this girl he's gotten pregnant, and she's putting him through hell, sir.

  Worley : He's right, Zack. It doesn't matter.

  Mayo : Just like that? It's all over? With less than two weeks to go, you're out?

  Foley : It can still happen to you too, Mayonnaise.

• Mayo : [TV edit]  Hey! I'm talking to you, *Emil*!

  Foley : What did you call me?

• [Mayo presents a silver dollar to Foley. Foley accepts it, slips it into his right pocket, and salutes] 

  Foley : Congratulations, Ensign Mayo.

  Mayo : [returns the salute]  I won't ever forget you, sergeant.

  Foley : I know.

  Mayo : I wouldn't have made this if it weren't for you.

  Foley : [visibly touched]  Get the hell out of here.

  Mayo : Thank you, sergeant.

• Foley : Mayo, I want your D.O.R.

  Mayo : No sir. You can kick me outta here, but I ain't quitting.

  Foley : Get into your fatigues, Mayo. By the end of this weekend, you'll quit.

• Mayo : [after discovering that Sid has hung himself]  ... Sir, this officer candidate requests permission to see you in private... Sir.

  Foley : [gently]  ... Mayo, the whole class already knows about Candidate Worley, and we're sorry.

  Mayo : Oh, I'm sure you are.

• Lynette : [justifying why she dumped Sid]  I don't want no Okie from Muskogee! I can get that right here, in Port Angeles; a dime a dozen, they are!

  Mayo : You little bitch! Who the HELL do you think you are? Playing with people like that! He LOVES you! And you just *shit on him*!

  [beat] 

  Mayo : You made this whole thing up, didn't you? There was never any baby, was there?

  Lynette : Of course there was a baby! I would never lie about something like that! Would I, Paula?

  [they look at Paula; Paula looks away] 

  Mayo : [stares at Lynette with disgust, then walks away]  You selfish *tramp*!

  Paula : [stares at Lynette with disgust, then walks away]  God help you.

  Lynette : [as Zack and Paula are leaving]  You're no different than I am, Paula!

  Paula : We both know that isn't true.

  Lynette : [as the door closes behind them]  Oh, yes it IS!

• [first lines] 

  Mayo : [whispered to sleeping father]  Hey.

  [flashback to Manila] 

  Byron : Hey, kid! Are you Zack?

  Young Zack : Yes, sir.

  Byron : I'm Byron; nice to meet you. Come on, let's get your bags, OK?

  Young Zack : Yes, sir.

• Zack Mayo : [getting ready to eat in the mess hall]  Sit. Adjust. Pray. Attack.