Hope Floats (1998)

Harry Connick Jr.: Justin Matisse

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• Justin Matisse : Dancing's just a conversation between two people. Talk to me.

• Bernice Pruitt : At home we had a pet skunk. Mama used to call it Justin Matisse. Do you think that's just a coincidence? All day long she would to scream, "You stink Justin Matisse!" Then one day she just picked up a club and killed it.

  Justin Matisse : Now that's a sad story.

  Bernice Pruitt : If you liked the skunk, which we didn't.

• Birdee Pruitt : Who's the architect?

  Justin Matisse : You're kiddin', huh?... That's half the fun.

  Birdee Pruitt : You go around Smithville paintin' houses, and you can do this?

  Justin Matisse : Yeah.

  Birdee Pruitt : You could... you could do so much more.

  Justin Matisse : I guess so, huh?

  Birdee Pruitt : You know what I meant.

  Justin Matisse : I know exactly what you meant. You're talkin' 'bout the American Dream. You find something that you love, and then you twist it, and you torture it, try and find a way to make money at it. You spend a lifetime doing that. At the end, you can't find a trace of what you started out lovin'. What did you start out lovin'?

  Birdee Pruitt : [very softly]  I don't remember.

  Justin Matisse : For me it was doin' things right, that's all. That's why I came back here; so I could live the way I wanted. I don't know, I figured out of everybody, you'd understand that.

  Birdee Pruitt : I do. I envy you. Everything you love is right here.

  Justin Matisse : Not everything, Birdee.

• Justin Matisse : You look terrible! You been drinking?

  Birdee Pruitt : Why does everybody keep asking me if I've been drinking? What? Is there like a coaster stuck to my... butt or something?

• Justin Matisse : Why don't you go down and get dressed? You gotta feel depressed looking like that.

• Birdee Pruitt : Which part captivated you more? Was it the part where... let's see, where I appeared downtrodden and pitiful, or was it... or was it the part where I looked stricken and grotesque? Because I personally preferred the part where I looked pathetic. I liked that.

  Justin Matisse : I think I just preferred the part where you appeared available.

• Ramona Calvert : You smell just delicious, Justin, you wearin' cologne?

  Justin Matisse : Naw, just sweat with a little paint thinner mixed in.