Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Vincent Gardenia: Mushnik

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Quotes 

• Seymour : The Audrey Two is not a healthy girl.

  Mr. Mushnik : Strictly between us - neither is the Audrey One.

• Audrey : Seymour's first radio broadcast! I wanted to hear it so bad. I tried to be on time, but...

  Mr. Mushnik : Don't tell me. You got tied up.

  Audrey : No. Just handcuffed a little.

• Audrey : I got a date.

  Mr. Mushnik : With that same no-goodnik? I'm telling you, Audrey, you don't need a date - you need major medical!

• Mr. Mushnik : [to Seymour]  You love her madly, don't you, schmuck?

• Mr. Mushnik : Hey, urchins!

  [bangs on window] 

  Mr. Mushnik : Shoo, get outta here!/ No loitering!

  Ronette : Maan, I wasn't loitering/ Were you Crystal?

  Crystal : Not me Ronette, were you Chiffon?

  Mr. Mushnik : You kids should be in school!

  Chiffon : Yeah, but were on a split shift.

  Ronette : Yeah! We went to school till the tenth grade, then we split!

  Mr. Mushnik : So! How do you intend to better yourselves?

  Crystal : Better ourselves? You heard what he said? Better ourselves! Mister, when you're from Skid Row/ Ain't no such thing!

• [Seymour is attempting to put a plant on a high shelf. The shelving unit falls and the plants crash to the floor] 

  Mr. Mushnik : Seymour, what's going on?

  Seymour : Very little, Mr. Mushnik.

• Mr. Mushnik : Move, move! Move! Stay away!

  [gestures them away from inside his window] 

  Mr. Mushnik : No loitering!

  Ronette : Man, I wasn't loitering! Were you, Crystal?

  Crystal : Not me, Ronette! Were you, Chiffon?

  Mr. Mushnik : You oughta be in school!

  Chiffon : Yeah, well, we're on a split shift.

  Ronette : Yeah! We went to school till fifth grade, then we split!

  Mr. Mushnik : So! How do you intend to better yourselves?

  Crystal : Better ourselves? You heard what he said? Better ourselves! Mister, when you're from Skid Row, ain't no such thing!

• Mr. Mushnik : [after Seymour asks why Mushnik is angry at him]  Little red dots all over the linoleum, little red spots on the concrete outside - I'm talking blood, Krelborn! I'm talking under my own roof!

  [grabs an axe] 

  Mr. Mushnik : An axe murderer!

  [Seymour goes alarmed] 

  Audrey II : [sings off-screen]  He's got your number now.

  Mr. Mushnik : I saw everything!

  Audrey II : He knows just what you've done.

  Mr. Mushnik : Everything you did to her boyfriend!

  Audrey II : You've got no place to hide.

  Mr. Mushnik : [swings the axe]  I saw you chopping him!

  Audrey II : You've got nowhere to run.

  Seymour : [innocently]  It's true! I chopped him up, but I didn't kill him!

  Audrey II : He knows your life of crime.

  Mr. Mushnik : [points a gun at him]  Tell it to the police!

  Audrey II : I think it's suppertime!

• Mr. Mushnik : He's not a good, clean kind of boy.

  Audrey : He's a professional.

  Mr. Mushnik : What kind of professional rides a motorcycle and wears a black leather jacket?