Staying Alive (1983)

Julie Bovasso: Mrs. Manero

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• Mrs. Manero : Tony, why did you come here today?

  Tony Manero : I don't know, I got a lotta things on my mind.

  Mrs. Manero : Like what?

  Tony Manero : Like the way I acted around here, the way I treated everybody. I was very hard on you.

  [he pauses, not sure what to say] 

  Tony Manero : I just - I just want you to know that's not me, alright? That wasn't me.

  Mrs. Manero : [she doesn't understand]  What, are you kiddin' me?

  Tony Manero : No I'm apologizing to you.

  Mrs. Manero : Apologizing for what? What, that wasn't the real you back then?

  Tony Manero : Yeah... Look I just had a lotta attitude and I didn't like it.

  Mrs. Manero : [exhales]  I don't believe this.

  Tony Manero : [getting mad]  Well believe it!

  Mrs. Manero : Well I don't believe it, now don't get fresh with me! This - this attitude you're talkin' about: that's what got you outta this damn neighbourhood. So don't apologize, you don't have to apologize to anybody, because you must've been doing something right.

• Tony Manero : I got a job on Broadway.

  Mrs. Manero : You got a job on Broadway? Doing what?

  Tony Manero : Dancing! Don't you remember? I dance.

  Mrs. Manero : Hey, no nudity, I hope. Tony, keep your clothes on. You hear me! You hear me?

• Tony Manero : You know, I bought you a ticket for the show. Twenty-six bucks.

  Mrs. Manero : [impressed]  Ooh.

  Tony Manero : I'm a hotshot now.

• Tony Manero : So what you're sayin' is, I've always been this bastard, but it's all right, 'cause, like, it comes natural to me?

  Mrs. Manero : Yeah, somethin' like that, yeah.

  Tony Manero : Yeah?

  Mrs. Manero : Yeah. Yeah. Double yeah.