Other Titles • Cactus Flower • Die Kaktusblüte (1969)
Quotes from Cactus Flower (1969)
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Stephanie: [looking at the label on the bottle] I didn't know they made champagne in Idaho!
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Toni Simmons: A man who lies cannot love. Stephanie: [about to close the door] Now that sounds like a fortune cookie.
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Stephanie: Well... I am no sex goddess, but I haven't spent my life up on a tree.
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Harvey Greenfield: Let me put it to you this way: shut up.
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Toni Simmons: Why did you have to go talk to that awful man? Dr. Julian Winston: I was getting lonely for the sound of the human voice.
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Harvey Greenfield: [after Julian reveals that he told Toni he was married] That's such a big dirty rotten filthy lie, it has class.
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[an Airline hostess from an Australian airline has phoned to ask if Dr Winston is free for a date that evening] Dr. Julian Winston: Tell her I'm grounded! Stephanie: [down the phone] I'm sorry, Miss, but Dr Winston doesn't do that kind of work any more.
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[Toni realises that she's being kissed by someone other than Julian] Toni Simmons: Who are you? What are you doing? Igor Sullivan: Mouth to Mouth resuscitation Toni Simmons: You were kissing me. Igor Sullivan: I lost my head.
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Igor Sullivan: You're lucky I broke in! Toni Simmons: Why did you? Igor Sullivan: I thought you were dying! Toni Simmons: Well, that was the whole idea!
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Igor Sullivan: That's the last time you catch me saving your life!
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Igor Sullivan: You were going about it all wrong. I belive you're supposed to put your head in the stove. Toni Simmons: It's a second-hand stove. There were no instructions.
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[Igor reveals he's a writer] Toni Simmons: The one who keeps pounding on his typewriter all night? You drive me crazy! Igor Sullivan: Why didn't you complain? I could have met you earlier.
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Toni Simmons: [describing the first time she met Julian] He was charming, good looking, sophisticated, no sweatshirts. Igor Sullivan: [looks down] Sorry, I didn't know this suicide was black tie!
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Stephanie: Really, Mrs Durant! Your teeth are more important than your hair! Mrs. Durant: You really belive that, don't you? Sad.
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Stephanie: [removing a dental pick from Harvey] Mr Greenfield, please don't handle the instruments. Harvey Greenfield: I was reading the other day, a dentist in New Jersey has topless nurses. Stephanie: I didn't know you were interested in reading! [she exits]
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[Greenfield has asked for free dental work for his latest girlfriend] Dr. Julian Winston: Don't you know any girls with straight teeth?
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[Miss Dickinson has pointed out there is no more room on Greenfield's tab] Harvey Greenfield: It isn't as if i'm planning to stick you Dr. Julian Winston: It isn't as if you're going to pay me, either!
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Toni Simmons: [after Julian bursts into the apartment] I didn't know dentists made house calls!
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[Toni reveals why she tried to commit suicide] Dr. Julian Winston: You really tried to kill yourself over me? Toni Simmons: Stupid, wasn't it? Dr. Julian Winston: [sitting down] I'm a bastard, the biggest bastard in the whole world! Toni Simmons: Oh, please, you're starting to make it sound like bragging!
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Dr. Julian Winston: Toni, I'm going to marry you! Toni Simmons: How do you mean, Marry? Dr. Julian Winston: You know, marry, with the judge, the blood test, the license, that kind of marry, right away! Toni Simmons: But what about your wife? Dr. Julian Winston: My wife? I'll divorce her! Toni Simmons: What about the children? Dr. Julian Winston: I'll divorce them, too!
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Señor Sánchez: There is something so provocative about a nurse in uniform. No frills. No adornments. Just the basic woman!
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Stephanie: [after putting the x-ray gun into place] Hold still, Señor Sánchez, or the basic woman is liable to x-ray your nose!
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Dr. Julian Winston: [pointing to Igor] Will you give Tarzan here his razor?
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Stephanie: I was married, when I was young. Dr. Julian Winston: Married? I had no idea! Stephanie: Neither did he!
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[Julian has asked Stephanie if she would like to have a drink with him] Stephanie: Are you asking me to go out? Dr. Julian Winston: Why? Is there someone else in that closet?
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Dr. Julian Winston: You're getting as prickly as a damn cactus!
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[in the X-ray room, Julian reveals that he has hurt Mrs Durant - the first time he has caused a patient pain] Stephanie: Pity it wasn't Mr Greenfield!
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