Flashdance (1983)
Michael Nouri: Nick Hurley
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Quotes
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Nick : Don't you understand? When you give up your dream, you die.
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Nick : I'll bring him a doggy bag if you'll have dinner with me.
Alex Owens : I told you, I don't think it's a good idea to go out with the boss.
Nick : OK. Have it your way. You're fired. I'll pick you up tomorrow at eight.
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Nick : When I was a kid all I wanted was to be able to afford to eat in restaurants like this.
Alex Owens : Were you poor?
Nick : I was so poor I had hand-me-down lunches.
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Nick : So, what's a dancer doing working as a welder?
Alex Owens : A girl's got to make a living.
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Nick : You're Alex.
Alex Owens : I know.
Nick : I'm Nick Hurley.
Alex Owens : Really? I've seen your name on my paychecks.
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Alex Owens : [the next day after the ballet] Save your money.
Nick : I'm just buying your lunch.
Alex Owens : [coldly] I don't want you buying me anything! I don't want you buying me, period!
Nick : What's your problem today?
Alex Owens : I didn't know you were such a ballet fan. I thought you just liked it in private. How quickly they forget.
[gets in his face]
Alex Owens : At the dance benefit, the blonde in the white dress. Who's the Goddamn blonde, Nick?
[she storms off, and Nick follows]
Nick : Hey? Hey?
[a pickup truck stops, separating them]
Nick : What the hell's going on around here? Has everyone gone crazy? Last night some idiot throws a rock through my window, and...
Alex Owens : [cuts him off, screaming almost incoherently] *I broke your fuckin' window!*
Nick : What?
Alex Owens : [calmly now] You heard me. I smashed your stupid window.
Nick : [incensed] Are you crazy? Are you out of your Goddamn mind?
Alex Owens : Maybe.
[turns away]
Nick : [walks around the truck, following her again] Cost me $170! I had to special order it!
Alex Owens : [turns back to him while still walking] You got the Goddamn money! Go fuck the blonde!
Nick : She's my ex-wife! We have an agreement! I met her once a Goddamn year, and I have to take her to the stupid benefit!
[pauses]
Nick : Why am I explaining myself?
[calmly]
Nick : You didn't have to break my window.
Alex Owens : [calmly] I know. I did because it just pissed me off.
[they then seem to make up quickly and walk off together while the other workers cheer]
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Nick : [watching Alex eat with her fingers at a 5 star restaurant] How's the lobster?
Alex Owens : [seductively places more lobster in her mouth, licks her lips] It sucks.
Nick : Want some of mine?
Alex Owens : [slowly pulls her middle finger out of her mouth] I'm hungry. Thanks.
Nick : Whatever turns you on.
Alex Owens : What turns you on?
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Katie Hurley : Has he taken you to the steel mill yet?
Nick : That's enough, Katie.
Katie Hurley : He likes to go there on his first date. It was your first date, wasn't it?
Alex Owens : Yeah, it was. As a matter of fact, I fucked his brains out.
Katie Hurley : Ha-ha-ha. Obviously, you did. Charmed.
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Nick : [re gigantic pit bull, Grunt] What was he before he was a dog?
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Nick : Do that again.
Alex Owens : What?
Nick : That dance step you just did.
Alex Owens : I can't. I was just fooling around. I'm not a dancer like that.
Nick : What do you mean?
Alex Owens : I never studied before. I mean, I read books and stuff and I watch; but, I've never taken dance classes. I don't know. There's just all those dancers who want to be watching each other and watching you.
Nick : But, you dance in front of an audience at the club every night?
Alex Owens : I know, but, it's different. I never see them. It's like - I go out there and the music starts and you begin to feel it - and your body just starts to move. I know it sounds really silly. But, something inside you just clicks - and you just take off and you're gone. It's like you're somebody else for a second. Some nights I -
[voice breaking]
Alex Owens : some nights I just can't wait to get out there, just so I can disappear.
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Alex Owens : I don't need you tellin' me what to do! And I don't need to hear your shit! I'm not a baby! Now, get the hell out of here and play with your fuckin' Porsche.
Nick : What you need is a kick in the ass!
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Nick : How about dinner?
Alex Owens : I can't. I don't have dinner with the boss.
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Nick : If you can't be honest with yourself, how the hell are you going to be honest with me?