The Crying Game (1992)

Jaye Davidson: Dil

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• Fergus : Do they know?

  Dil : Know what, honey?

  Fergus : Know what I didn't know? And don't call me that.

  Dil : Can't help it! A girl has her feelings.

  Fergus : Thing is, Dil, you're not a girl.

  Dil : Details, baby, details.

  Fergus : So they do know?

  Dil : Alright, they do.

  Fergus : Don't. I should've known, shouldn't I?

  Dil : Probably.

  Fergus : Kind of wish I didn't.

  Dil : You can always pretend.

  Fergus : That's true. Your soldier knew, didn't he?

  Dil : Absolutely.

• Dil : Got you the multivitamins and the iron tablets, hon.

  Fergus : Don't call me that.

  Dil : Sorry, love. Now, the white ones are magnesium supplement.

  Fergus : Stop it, Dil.

  Dil : I've got to keep you healthy, Jimmy. I'm counting the days. Two thousand three hundred and thirty-four left.

  Fergus : Thirty-five.

  Dil : I'm sorry, darling. I keep forgetting the leap year. What am I supposed to call you then, Jimmy?

  Fergus : Fergus.

  Dil : Fergus. Fergus my love, light of my life.

  Fergus : Please, Dil.

  Dil : Can't help it. You're doing time for me. No greater love, as the man says. Wish you'd tell me why.

  Fergus : As the man said, it's in my nature.

• Dil : I'm not cheap, you know that? I'm loud, but never cheap.

• Dil : What you thinking of, hon?

  Fergus : I'm thinking of your man.

  Dil : Why?

  Fergus : I'm wondering why you keep his things.

  Dil : I told you. I'm superstitious.

  Fergus : Did he ever tell you you were beautiful?

  Dil : All the time. Even now.

  Fergus : What do you mean?

  Dil : He looks after me. He's a gentleman, too.

• Dil : Ask to meet me again, Jimmy.

  Fergus : Do you think that's wise?

  Dil : Nothing's wise.

  Fergus : I didn't mean to hit you.

  Dil : I know that.

  Fergus : I kind of liked you as a girl.

  Dil : Well that's a start.

  Fergus : So I'm sorry.

  Dil : So make it up to me.

  Fergus : How?

  Dil : Ask to meet me again.

• Dil : You gonna tell me what it is?

  Jude : What is it?

  Dil : Do you know her, Jimmy?

  Jude : Jimmy, is it? Do you know me, Jimmy?

  Fergus : Dil, this is Jude.

  Dil : Are you following me?

  Jude : Yeah! Just checking. Is he being nice to you, Dil?

  Dil : Ever so nice, aren't you, Jimmy?

  Jude : That's good. I'm glad. Young love, as they say?

  Dil : Absolutely. The younger the better. Doesn't come YOUR way much, I suppose.

  Jude : Don't go looking for it, Dil.

  Dil : Well, maybe you'll get lucky... someday.

  Jude : Bit heavy on the powder, isn't she?

  Dil : A girl has to have a bit of glamour.

  Jude : Oh, absolutely. As long as she can keep it. Isn't that right, James?

• Dil : He's still looking, Col.

  Col : Persistent.

  Dil : Good thing in a man.

  Col : An excellent quality.

  Dil : Maybe he wants something.

  Col : I expect he does.

  Dil : Ask him!

  Col : Ask him yourself!

• Jimmy : What do I do?

  Dil : Break his neck. No, don't.

• Fergus : The thing is, Dil, you're not a girl.

  Dil : Details, baby. Details.

• Dil : I'm tired and emotional.

• Fergus : What are you doing here?

  Dil : Got your note. So let's kiss and make up, honey.

  Fergus : Don't call me that.

  Dil : Sorry, darling.

  Fergus : Stop it, Dil.

  Dil : Apologies, my sweet.

• Deveroux : [Dil and Fergus are having a conversation]  Do it on your own time, Pat.

  Fergus : What?

  Deveroux : Whatever it is she does for you.

  Fergus : I consider that an insult.

  Deveroux : Well consider what you like, just get the bloody tart out of here!

  Fergus : [getting up angrily]  You ever try picking up your teeth with broken fingers?

  Deveroux : What's that supposed to mean?

  Fergus : Simple question.

  [pause] 

  Fergus : [to Dil]  Come on, hon.

  Dil : He didn't answer, honey.

• Dil : See, I'm not a young thing anymore.

• Fergus : [kisses Dil lightly]  Now are you happy?

  Dil : Delirious.

• Col : Came to see *her* didn't you. Listen, there's something I should tell you. She's, uh...

  Fergus : She's what?

  [audience applauds as Dil takes the stage] 

  Col : She's on!

  Dil : [singing on stage at the "Metro"]  I know all there is to know about the crying game, I had my share of the crying game, First there are kisses, Then there are sighs, And then, before you know where you are, You're sayin' goodbye...

• Dil : She used her tits and that cute little ass to get him, didn't she?

• Dil : I can take it Jimmy. Just not in the face.

• Dil : There. That should make her happy.

  Fergus : Who's she?

  Dil : Don't know. Who is she?

• [last lines] 

  Dil : What am I supposed to call you then, Jimmy?

  Fergus : Fergus.

  Dil : Fergus... Fergus. My love. Light of my life.

  Fergus : Please, Dil.

  Dil : Can't help it. You're doing time for me. No greater love as the man says. I wish you'd tell me why.

  Fergus : As a man said, it's in my nature.

  Dil : What's that supposed to mean?

  Fergus : Well... there's this scorpion, you see, and he wants to go across a river. Well, he can't swim so he goes to this frog, who naturally enough can swim. And he says,

  [imitating the scorpion's voice] 

  Fergus : "Excuse me, Mr. Froggy. I want to go across the river."

  [continues narrating] 

  Fergus : So the frog accepts the idea. The scorpion hops on the frog's back. Suddenly, the frog: "Aah!" He feels this sting! "You stung me! Why did you go and do that?" The scorpion looks at him and says, "I can't help it, it's in my nature".

• Dil : If you kissed me, it would really get his goat.

• Fergus : You're something else, Dil, you know that?

  Dil : Never said a truer word.

• Dil : Are you pretending yet?

  Fergus : I'm working on it.

• Dil : You see that, Col?

  Col : Saw it, Dil.

  Dil : Fuck it, is what I say.

  Col : Yeah, fuck it, Dil.

  Dil : Fucking men, Col.

  Col : Fuck 'em.

  Dil : And fuck you, Jimmy!

• Fergus : Don't ask me in.

  Dil : Please, Jimmy.

  Fergus : No. Can't pretend that much.

  Dil : I miss you, Jimmy.

  Fergus : Should have stayed a girl.

  Dil : Don't be cruel.

• Fergus : You don't know what you're doin', Dil.

  Dil : Never did.

• Dil : Don't go like that. I can't help what I am.

• Dave : Cunt.

  Fergus : [foot on Dave's neck]  What was that?

  Dil : They all get the wrong idea.

  Dave : Cunt. Scrag-eyed dyke cunt.

  Dil : Charming.

  Fergus : What'll I do?

  Dil : Break his neck. No, don't. He's going to take his foot off slowly, David. Then you're to go home, like a good boy. You hear me?

  Dave : Cunt.

• Dil : Funny the way things go. Don't you find that, Jimmy? Never the way you expected.

• Dil : Even when you were throwing up, I could tell you cared.

  Fergus : You could?

  Dil : Do you care, Jimmy?

  Fergus : Sure I do.

  Dil : You mean that?

  Fergus : Yeah. I care, Dil.

• Dil : The things a girl has to put up with.