Breezy (1973)

Roger C. Carmel: Bob Henderson

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• Bob Henderson : I do not see the point of getting rid of a pot belly by replacing it with a rupture.

• Bob Henderson : [walking off the tennis court]  Look at this, will ya? Here am I killing myself, and for what? To help you keep in shape. Boy, other guys call me, you know? They say, "Bob, how about a drink?" And we go to a bar. They say, "Bob, how about lunch?" We spend an hour or two in a restaurant. But with you it's always tennis courts and steam rooms. That's gotta mean something, Frank.

  Frank Harmon : It means I don't wanna be seen in public with you.

  Bob Henderson : I'll wear a bag over my head. Can we have a drink now before I drop dead right here?

• Bob Henderson : The excitement's over. Yes, my wife just doesn't turn me on like she used to. Well, you know. You start wondering what it would be like to meet somebody new. Fall in love. To feel all that again. 'Cause that's not all dead inside me, Frank. That's all still there. All the butterflies. You know what stops me? Fear. Oh, yeah. Scares the hell out of me. At my age, the thought of having to start all over again. Come on like I was 20. Doing all those numbers just to get laid. And then maybe being put down. Me? I'd end up paying for it just to make sure.

• Bob Henderson : You dig being up in that hill alone. You really dig it. Me, I'd go nuts if I had to come home to an empty house. Tell me something, Frank. Don't you ever get lonely up there?

  Frank Harmon : I don't think I know what loneliness is. If I ever did, I've forgotten it.

• Bob Henderson : An affair, man. That's what I need. Someone to put the old zing back in my life. Something sick.

  Frank Harmon : Oh, Jesus!

  Bob Henderson : Well, I don't mean sick. I mean, off-beat. Oh, Christ, if you're gonna cheat, what's the sense in cheating with the same kind of stuff you're cheatin' on, right?

• Bob Henderson : Why should a young girl like that love an old fart like me? Nah, I'd be a meal ticket for her, that's it. And even if I could, where would I go with her without feeling like a child molester? Ah, just hop into bed with her whenever I could get out of the house. Which is like once a year, on Arbor Day.

• Bob Henderson : I'm not kiddin' myself, man. I'm in the panic years. Right now is the time I have to start proving I'm still the stud I ever was. Then, I can have my heart attack, relax, and not have to worry about proving anything anymore.

• Bob Henderson : Now look at you. Look what it's done for you. It's that old zing, Frank. Yeah, that's what I need. Man, all the crazy young chicks today. Skirts up to their chins, no bras. That's how I know I'm not dead.