Colleen McMurphy quotes from China Beach

McMurphy

[entering bunker] It's a vendetta now. It's personal. Even Charlie doesn't want me to GET ANY SLEEP!

McMurphy

[recording a message for her brother] Yo there! Daniel Patrick McMurphy. Well, it had to happen. Even my brother, mother McMurphy's baby boy, finally had to grow up. Although I'm sure she was hoping for a parish priest instead of a hippie degenerate freak. In commemoration of your 21st birthday I am sending you an example of Vietnam's finest cultural attractions. I trust that you and your commune's aesthetic consciences will be properly raised. Love, peace and the American way, Colleen.

McMurphy

I'm a Catholic, I'm not supposed to be happy.

Laurette

Woah, competition number one.

McMurphy

I'm just one of the guys.

Laurette

Right, hair like silk, body like Monroe and a heart probably as big as all America. Check. Double check.

McMurphy

I'm just one of the guys.

McMurphy

Don't you ever quit? I am not getting involved with a pilot! Again…

Natch

Forget involvement. Forget him.

McMurphy

I'm trying!

Natch

I'll help!

McMurphy

But will you still love me tomorrow?

Natch

Who says there is a tomorrow?

Dr. Richard

What are you doing here?

McMurphy

I love my work.

Dr. Richard

You ok?

McMurphy

Never been better.

Dr. Richard

You couldn’t stay away from me, admit it. [pinches her butt]

McMurphy

[startled] Don't you think that once you could pinch the left one?

Laurette

Just one night. You'll love it – men everywhere! You won't believe what a huge dose of unadulterated male lust can do for your outlook on life.

McMurphy

Ok. I'll do it.

Laurette

Alright!

McMurphy

On one condition.

Laurette

What?

McMurphy

I give you one night, you give me one night. I get up on the stage and help you - you come and help me on my last night.

Laurette

Great, no problem! Piece of cake! Deal!

McMurphy

Deal. Oh, and I'm not wearing one of those short dresses…

Laurette

Sorry a deal's a deal! Boots too… [pauses] What do you do?

McMurphy

You'll love it – men everywhere…

What else do you need?

Laurette

How about too eggs easy over… a couple of Bloody Mary's.

That's affirm...

McMurphy

How about a bath with bubbles?

Ahh, that's affirm!

Laurette

And a king size water bed with sheets... real sheets.

McMurphy

Real cotton. How about... how about just a little cease fire?

First three requests will take twenty minutes. The last will take a little longer.

Laurette

Time to go back to the world. Then what?

McMurphy

I'll stay...

Laurette

What?! But you just said... you got those five brothers! A family that's larger than most cities in Kansas! Go home...

McMurphy

I have an even bigger family here. I am home.

Laurette

That's affirm.

Laurette

I could never do what you do.

McMurphy

I saw you last night. You know in your heart that you made a difference. That's a good feeling. There is the loss and the guilt that comes from feeling good… but still there's the fact – you were there. He had a mother and a sister, girlfriend… and you were there. You gave him a home before he died so far away from it.

Dr. Richard

Uh oh, say ah.

McMurphy

What are you doing?

Dr. Richard

Say ah.

McMurphy

Ahhhh!

Dr. Richard

[checking her throat] Yeah, I was afraid of this.

McMurphy

What?!

Dr. Richard

War addict. Hooked on adrenalin. Can't be cured.

McMurphy

Careful, it's contagious.

Dr. Richard

Should have gone home, but you couldn't stay away from me, admit it.

Natch

What are you doing tonight?

McMurphy

Washing my hair.

Natch

What about tomorrow night?

McMurphy

Doing my nails!

Natch

Night after?

McMurphy

Waxing my legs!

Natch

What are you looking for?

McMurphy

A little patch of peace. Do you know where I can find it?

K.C.

I never forget the religious side of fashion.

Laurette

Hemm?

McMurphy

K.C.'s right. Never and I mean NEVER underestimate the power of prayer.

Laurette

Prayer?

Dear god, let it fit!

Natch

Ahh, McMurphy it's too hot to work so hard.

McMurphy

What?

Natch

Not liking me. You're working way too hard at it.

McMurphy

It's not hard, it's a labor of love.

Dr. Richard

Can't be heaven, you're here.

McMurphy

Now I know you'll be alright.

Dr. Richard

Ow, I thought nurses were supposed to make you feel better.

McMurphy

Except doctors. Doctors we make miserable here.

Dr. Richard

Now I'm miserable.