Colleen McMurphy quotes from China Beach

Dr. Richard

Let's get into suits and helmets. You'll have to dress me.

McMurphy

You love saying that.

Dr. Richard

True. I do.

McMurphy

I'm not leaving.

Dr. Richard

Look, this is a live mortar, it could go. Two dead's enough.

McMurphy

What if it doesn't, huh?

Dr. Richard

Well, then I'm a hero!

McMurphy

Without me?

Lila

See that guy over there? He's a C.I.D. Looking for deserters.

He freaked Beckett. Told him black guys never desert.

McMurphy

Is that true? How come?

They get killed first.

McMurphy

What's going on? Hey c'mon you know sometimes when things are rough it helps to just talk.

Beckett

It does?

McMurphy

Sure.

Beckett

How?

McMurphy

Well, for instance: today hasn't been that great of a day for me, right? And if I just carried it around not get it off my shoulders than tomorrow I'll wake up and it'll be worse. You know, like, Natch will still be gone… and I'll wonder for how long… I... I'll worry about him all day… wonder why I put him off for so long… and that day will go by, all the wounded men, men I don't know… so young so damaged, so much pain… away from people who care about them or even know them. And there was this one man I…. did care about or could've maybe even…. Love… and didn't.

Beckett

[looking more depressed] Thanks for coming by Mc. M. it really helped.

McMurphy

Come on.

Dr. Richard

What?

McMurphy

A drink

Dr. Richard

Is that your solution for everything?

McMurphy

Yes.

I didn't ask her to come here.

McMurphy

She loves you. She thinks you're wonderful.

She loves me…

McMurphy

Yeah, she's getting over it.

She loves me. She doesn't even know me.

McMurphy

I'd say she figured that last night.

Cherry

Is your brother really nasty?

McMurphy

You got a brother. You know what that's like.

Cherry

Not really. I was 9 when Rick joined the Corps.

K.C.

How old is he now?

Cherry

28… ah, 29 in two months.

McMurphy

He's a man….

Cherry

Of course he's a man. What did you think?

McMurphy

I don't know I guess I thought he was a kid, like you.

Laurette

I can't leave! What am I talking about?

McMurphy

Don't be ridiculous. Regulation, new regulation: Section 24, paragraph 3 – Laurette gets her chance, Laurette says goodbye.

Laurette

I wanna go… I just don't wanna leave.

McMurphy

What?

Dr. Richard

A Little mix up, paper work problem, irregulations.

Beckett

We lost one.

McMurphy

What?

Dr. Richard

A body. We lost a body.

Natch

Did you look under the bed?

McMurphy

On my shift?

Beckett

I never got it.

Dr. Richard

And if he left the hospital where did he go? Surfing?

McMurphy

You notice I'm not laughing.

Dr. Richard

I did not lose that body.

McMurphy

Who did?

Dr. Richard

Well, you sent it to the check out counter.

McMurphy

Oh no, you're not gonna pin this one on me. You're the doctor, you signed the death certificate.

Dr. Richard

Doctors are forgiven minor mistakes. Amputating the wrong legs, putting an appendix in instead of taking one out, diagnosing gun shot wound as the measles… we leave that sort of thing for records. But, losing a body that's something different… Bad for the resume, bad for the house payments.

Cherry

I really feel for them

McMurphy

We all do; that's why we're here.

Laurette

Yeah, I never thought there'd be too many men for me.

K.C.

It's just simple economics ladies – supply and demand. When men are scarce, their value goes up. When they're plentiful like they are here, the market gets flooded.

Laurette

There's no place for us to hide.

Cherry

You know I hate myself for it but you know I've even thought - if one more guy comes up to me I'll just scream.

Dr. Richard

Ladies…