Romancing the Stone (1984)

Holland Taylor: Gloria

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• [after reading Joan's new novel based on her adventure] 

  Gloria : Joanie, you are now a WORLD-CLASS hopeless romantic.

  Joan Wilder : No, hopeful. Hopeful romantic.

• Gloria : [sniffling while reading Joan's latest novel]  Well, that is far and away your best book. I can't believe how fast you cranked this out.

  Joan Wilder : So you really like it?

  Gloria : Like it? What? Look at me. Look at me, I'm a mess. It made me cry. You tell anybody, I'll cut your heart out. I love the end where he dives off the high wall and swims away. Then he meets her at the airport. They sail off around the world together. God, I can't believe how this got to me.

  Joan Wilder : Well, I was, uh, inspired.

• Gloria : [observing men in a bar]  Wimp. Wimp. Loser. Loser. Major loser. Too angry. Too vague. Too desperate. God, too happy. Oh, look at this guy. Mr. Mondo Dismo. I actually used to date him. Total sleaze bucket. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Hold everything. Get a load of this character. What about him?

  Joan Wilder : No, he's - he's just not...

  Gloria : Who? Jessie?

  Joan Wilder : Maybe it's silly, but, I know there is somebody out there for me.

• Gloria : Colombia? Do you have any idea what it's like in Colombia? I do. Your books do very well in these macho countries. They have jungles there, Joanie, insects the size of sanitation trucks. Revolutionaries. Have you had your shots?

  Joan Wilder : Shots? What shots?

  Gloria : You see? You're completely unprepared. Wait a minute. Just hold on. Would you tell me what's going on? Why are you doing this?

  Joan Wilder : Elaine is in some trouble. She has a... little domestic problem.

  Gloria : Domestic problem? Elaine's last domestic problem was finding her husband cut into small pieces. I'm not gonna let you do this. You cannot go!

  Joan Wilder : [giving her a pet carrier]  Here's Romeo. Now, I want you to promise me to feed him and hold him at least once a day.

  [taking a small bottle of alcohol from a cabinet] 

  Joan Wilder : Gotcha.

  Gloria : You're gonna need something stronger than that.

  [cut to them leaving the building] 

  Gloria : Listen to me. You get bus-sick, seasick, plane-sick, train-sick. You practically puke riding on the escalator at Bloomingdale's, for God's sake!

  Joan Wilder : Well, a lot of people get sick in department stores.

  Gloria : Joanie, please don't go. You're not up to this, Joan, and you know it.

  Joan Wilder : [hailing a taxi]  I know. But she's my sister.

  Gloria : [meaning Joan's cat Romeo]  I'll feed him, but I'm not picking him up.