What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)

Carmen Maura: Gloria

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• Cristal : You don't have a whip, do you?

  Gloria : A whip? No.

  Cristal : Tonight's client would like a whip. If I don't take him one, he might leave.

  Gloria : He wants to beat you?

  Cristal : He wouldn't dare!

• Miguel : Hi, Mom.

  Gloria : You know what time it is?

  Miguel : I've been studying at Raul's.

  Gloria : You were in bed with his father.

  Miguel : So what? It's my body, isn't it? What's for supper?

• Cristal : Do you want to make some easy money?

  Gloria : For God's sake!

  Cristal : You don't have to move! He's waiting.

  Gloria : Don't be crazy! I'm not starting at my age. Antonio will be here any minute.

  Cristal : It won't take long. All you have to do is sit by the bed and watch. He's an exhibitionist. It couldn't be easier.

  Gloria : Okay, but if he touches me, I'm off. I'm not in a joking mood today.

• Cliente 'Striptease' : At first glance, I may look too thin, but don't believe it. My arms, for example, are stronger than they look. But a man doesn't screw with his arms. My torso may seem too skinny, but a man doesn't screw with his torso. My legs? My legs aren't those of a sportsman, but a man doesn't screw with his legs. What does a man screw with? You? You?

  Gloria : With his cock.

  Cristal : With his cock?

  Cliente 'Striptease' : Exactly. That's what I'm getting at. I have a huge cock! Every time I enter a woman's vagina, I destroy her!

  Gloria : Jesus!

  Cliente 'Striptease' : That's why I've got to go with whores with big cunts stretched through use. Normal women won't go with me. They should like it, but they're scared. And my spunk! You can't imagine what it's like. So white! So thick! Such pressure. It's like a geyser! Great for the skin.

• Antonio : I don't want you hanging around Cristal.

  Gloria : Quiet, she'll hear you! Cristal is like a sister to me.

  Antonio : She's a whore!

  Gloria : So what?

  Antonio : They could mistake you for one!

  Gloria : Really? You think that any man would pay to sleep with me looking like this?

• Antonio : I don't want you to work anywhere, got it?

  Gloria : What about the rent? And the television payments? And the service charges? And the children's clothes? And the doctors and food?

  Antonio : You're always thinking about luxuries!

• Antonio : I forbid you to be with Cristal! And you're not going back to that writer's! Let them clean their own shit!

  Gloria : Give me money, then, and I won't go back!

• Gloria : We live like gypsies and you don't want me to work. Do you think I enjoy it?

  Antonio : There are more important things than money.

• Gloria : Give me some Dexedrine or something like that. I'm a nervous wreck!

• Vanessa : Why don't you adopt me?

  Gloria : I'm not such a good mother either.

  Vanessa : Then I'll adopt you.