Laurette Barber quotes from China Beach

Laurette

[to McMurphy] Your hair looks great. What's under it – not so great.

Laurette

[entering bunker] Oh God! Oh my god, I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die naked in a hole in the ground [notices Cherry and Lila] with Sandra Dee and Eva Gabor.

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.

This is a great opportunity for us.

Laurette

To get discovered

To serve our country.

Laurette

To meet some hunks…

Did you come willingly or did you get kicked out of the country?

Laurette

I would have gone to jail to get out of the Holiday Inn at Paoli P.A. George Washington didn't become a star there. George Washington froze there at Valley Forge… and nobody thawed out since. Come to think of it, prison is not a bad idea. Where else can you get such a large captive audience? Except Vietnam!

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.

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!

Lila

When I'm frightened I say a name over and over. It calms me.

Cherry

Any name?

Lila

No, that's the beauty of it. Something personalized just for you.

Laurette

Oh, god.

Lila

Good, you've got the idea Laurette. I rub my forehead and intone the name: Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt…

Laurette

Ahh, God!

Lila

Now you got it, but many times.

Laurette

Janis Joplin, Janis Joplin…

From? From… well, there's an interesting concept. Like, we're here and there's this other place, so if you're in – you're out, or by, or of, or to for, with, at about around. Keep the faith girls.

Lila

There is something definitely wrong with that young man.

Laurette

What was your first clue?

Laurette

What's the matter with these guys anyway?

They all crossed a line. They broke a bond. Now they can't be trusted. You see, now they'd do anything. They'd drag anybody down who tries to help them. Drag them straight to hell.

Beckett

I thought that's where we were.

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.

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…