Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

Alfred Lutter III: Tommy

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Quotes 

• David : [Tommy's milking a cow]  Hey, Tommy, watch the fingernails.

  Tommy : Well, Christ, she's got tits the size of cucumbers. What do you expect?

  Alice : Ahem. I don't know where he gets that language, I really don't.

  Tommy : Think real hard, it'll come to you, lady.

• Alice : Don't look back. You'll turn into a pillar of shit.

  Tommy : The whole state is shit.

  Alice : Don't talk dirty, Tommy. How many times do I have to tell you?

• Alice : Am I lucky? Hmm? I don't know. I'm an okay sort of person. How did I get such a smart-ass kid?

  Tommy : You got pregnant.

• [last lines] 

  Tommy : [final lines]  You really love David, don't you?

  Alice : Yep, I do.

  Tommy : Yeah, I like him too, I just hate his taste in music. He always said you could fight with somebody and still like him.

  Alice : Hey, now you're using your old noggin! Thanks pal!

  [hugs and kisses] 

  Alice : My boy!

  Tommy : Mom, mom, I can't breathe!

• Alice : I'm waiting on tables.

  Tommy : Huh?

  Alice : I'm a waitress, that's what.

  Tommy : Is it a nice place, anyway?

  Alice : Hell, yes! Mel and Ruby's cafe? Are you kidding?

  Tommy : It doesn't sound so bad.

  Alice : There's just Mel there. Ruby's been dead for 14 years. The place killed her. It'll probably kill me, too.

• Audrey : You want to get high on Ripple?

  Tommy : What?

  Audrey : You want to get high on Ripple?

  Tommy : No, I can't. What about your folks?

  Audrey : My dad split two years ago. Mom turns tricks at the Ramada Inn from 3:00 p.m. on.

  Tommy : What if she came home?

  Audrey : She wouldn't even notice. I could have a troop of bare-assed Eagle Scouts in for the afternoon and she wouldn't blink an eye. Why? Is your mom a hard-nose?

  Tommy : No, a singer. Or a waitress, I guess.

  Audrey : A singing waitress. Weird. So you want Ripple or not?

• Tommy : Put in another quarter and try again.

• Alice : [after Tommy was being a smart aleck]  If you open your mouth, once more, I swear to God, I'm gonna nail it shut.

  Tommy : [Opens his mouth] 

  Alice : I'm warning you, Tommy. I'm gonna throw you out, and you're gonna walk the last mile home.

  [Tommy makes faces at his mother] 

  Alice : Get out!

  [Kicks Tommy out of the car, and Alice drives away] 

• Alice : What do you think?

  Tommy : You look good. But is it sexy?

  Alice : Sexy for Phoenix. Besides, I'm not applying at the Boom Boom Room.

• Tommy : Mom, are we in Arizona yet?

  Alice : If you ask me that one more time, I'm gonna beat you to death. Just sit back there and relax and enjoy life, huh?

  Tommy : Life is short.

  Alice : Yeah, well, so are you.

• Tommy : [to Alice, disparaging David's style of music]  Shit-kicking! Shit-kicking! Shit-kicking!

• Tommy : He asked us out there Sunday.

  Alice : Farmer John's just gonna have to get along without me, I can tell you that.

  Tommy : I want to go.

  Alice : No.

  Tommy : [Jumping on the couch]  Yes!

  Alice : No!

  Tommy : YES!

  Alice : NO!

  Tommy : [Kicks the couch]  Shit!

• Tommy : You going out late again tonight?

  Alice : I don't know. Why?

  Tommy : Just wondering when you'll introduce me to that guy you've been running around with.

  Alice : His name is Ben and of course I'll introduce you to him.

  Tommy : Should I call him Uncle Ben?

• Alice : [Reading a sign]  City of Tucson. Winter home of the Cleveland Indians.

  Tommy : So far, I hate it.

• Tommy : What?

  Alice : I said we's gonna go out amongst them tonight.

  Tommy : What?

  Alice : What do you mean, what? What are you, Helen Keller?

• Tommy : What am I supposed to do all the time?

  Alice : Go visit a reservation and play with the Indians.

• Tommy : The joke is *where* the dog grabs him.

  Alice : Where?

  Tommy : On the nuts! That's the punch line of the joke.

  Alice : The dog grabs the gorilla by the nuts is the punch line?

  Tommy : No, no. That's a major part of the story. You have to know that to get the punchline. Now, do you know what nuts are?

  Alice : Balls.

  Tommy : Right!

• Tommy : Mom, when we get to Monterey, will you let me write to Audrey?

  Alice : Honey, I think Audrey's a little mature for you.

  Tommy : I don't think she's mature. I think she's nice!

• Tommy Hyatt : Shoot the dog. Shoot the dog. Shoot the dog.

• Alice : Why do we have to have Mott the Hoople 24 hours a day? Can you tell me that?

  Tommy : Maybe if I had a Kitty Kallen record.