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Jeff Greene quotes from Curb Your Enthusiasm

Played by Jeff Garlin · 34 quotes · page 2 of 3

Jeff Greene

2nd most-quoted character in Curb Your Enthusiasm: in 34 of its 201 quotes
Most scenes with: Larry David (30), Susie Greene (6), Marty (5)

Scenes with Jeff Greene 33

[after Ted Danson and Larry decide to switch their sandwiches]

TTed

Just if anyone asks me, what's in my new sandwich?

Oh, ok, it's um, you got white fish. You know, white fish?

TTed

White fish?

White fish and sable. Uhm..

TTed

What is sable?

It's a fish.

Jeff

It's a fish like a white fish. Smoked fish.

TTed

You have two fishes in the sandwich?

But they blend very well together. They're like Siamese twins, white fish and sable.

TTed

What else is in it? No condiments?

Jeff

Cream cheese.

There's some cream cheese..it's..

Jeff

Capers.

[Larry gives Jeff a look]

There may be some capers but I'm not sure. You can always brush them off, it's not a big deal.

Jeff

Onions.

[Larry gives Jeff another look]

TTed

That sounds awful.

What are you talking about?

TTed

My sandwich is turkey, cole slaw, russian dressing. It's a classic. People come in and they order a "Ted Danson".

Yeah but you're not there. You don't go in there.

TTed

Yeah but people are used to my sandwich. All of a sudden they show up there and they're eating the "Ted Danson" sandwich, you know, all of a sudden has herring and lox..

Jeff

Capers..and onions.

Hey, shut the fuck up!

S5 E1 The Larry David Sandwich
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NNurse

I have good news, gentlemen. Both of your blood types are compatible with Mr Lewis for his kidney transplant.

Jeff

Good night nurse.

NNurse

Good night.

Jeff

It's just a saying.

NNurse

I've never heard of it.

Jeff

It's an old one.

NNurse

That's nice.

Jeff

It is.

NNurse

I know it is.

Jeff

Do you?

NNurse

Do you?

Jeff

I do.

NNurse

Good for you.

Jeff

It is good for me.

NNurse

Oh, you think so?

Jeff

I know so.

NNurse

I'm glad.

Jeff

So am I.

NNurse

That makes two of us.

Jeff

So you say.

NNurse

So I did.

S5 E5 Lewis Needs a Kidney
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[Larry is wearing a huge sun hat]

Jeff

What's with the hat?

What? I'm married. I can wear whatever I want.

Jeff

It does look ridiculous. You look like you should be pulling a rickshaw of some sort.

This is unbelievable!

Jeff

I've never tasted anything like this.

What is this dish?

CCaterer

Are you talking about this? It's pulgoki. The Korean florist brought it, it's delicious.

[Larry's face turns to disgust]

OHHH! OSCAR! THAT PULGOKI'S OSCAR!! YOU'RE EATING A DOG, YOU'RE EATING A DOG!!

[at Marty's house]

Jeff

We gotta get going. My daughter is waiting for a puppet show.

My dad has a virus in bed with a fever with covers up to his head.

Your dad always has a virus.

Hey, fuck you, he doesn't always have a virus.

[Auntie Rae] went over the appropriate amount of time that I can have human contact without getting aroused. I only have five seconds. After that, it's out of my control.

Jeff

Not me. I've got discipline down there. I have a very discerning penis—very discerning.

My penis is an animal.

Jeff

Really? Just out of control. It's wild.

It's a feral tiger, yeah.

Jeff

[looks in a mirror and realizes he is bald] OH, MY GOD! NO!! NO!!!

[rushes in] What?!

Jeff

OH, MY GOD!!!! LOOK AT ME!

What the hell happened to you?!

Jeff

What happened?!

What happened, Nurse?!

NNurse

Dr. Page accidentally shaved Mr. Green's head...

Jeff

Shaved my head?!

Wait a minute. "Accidentally"?

Jeff

He operated my head?

NNurse

No, the procedure was cancelled. The operation is going to be... rescheduled.

So he didn't have the surgery?!

NNurse

No.

Oh, you look horrible! Jeff!

PDr. Page

[enters the room] Nurse, would you please excuse us? [the nurse leaves the room]

Doctor, what the hell happened?! Look at him!

Jeff

What happened?! What happened?!

PDr. Page

Mr. and Mrs. Green, I am so sorry. I was coming to see you in the operating room, and I had just been victimized by a terrible incident in the cafeteria. And so I came to the operating room, and I was so angered, and I was upset, and I was confused, and I mistakenly shaved your head, for which I'm so sorry.

A mistake is correct! You took it out on his head?!

PDr. Page

Well, I can explain. I'm leaving the cafeteria, and I'm walking past a table, and this horrible man uses the most vile word in the English language to refer to a black person, and I went into a blind rage, and I left there, and I went to the operating room, and made this terrible mistake, for which I'm so sorry.

Do you know who this man was?

PDr. Page

I have no idea who he was. He was just a despicable bald man.

Bald?

PDr. Page

Yes.

Did he, by any chance, wear glasses?

PDr. Page

Yes... As a matter of fact, he was wearing glasses. And it was awful. It was just absolutely awful.

Jeff

[just snubbed due to his baldness] This blows. How do you deal with it?

Well, you know, you just get used to it. I get support from my bald brothers.

Jeff

There's, like, meetings?

SSusan

Jeff, let's take a walk.

Jeff

Eh, I'm comfortable.

SSusan

Come on, it's gorgeous! Perfect walking weather. It's good for you.

Jeff

Nah, I don't want to. I'm not in the mood.

SSusan

Please?

Jeff

No, I'm fine.

SSusan

Get up off your fat ass and let's take a walk! It'll be romantic!

Fruit's good.

Jeff

Yeah.

Delicious, isn't it?

How can you talk about the food? I wanna throw up. We should get out of here.

AAndy

Yes, let's get out of here.

Oh, that's a wonderful idea.

I want to get out of here now.

Let me explain something to you, moron, okay? Swan killers leave. People who aren't swan killers stay, have a little lunch, enjoy themselves, socialize, get to know the members. There's nothing wrong. Get it?

Guess what, I'm not a swan killer, okay?

Hey, let me remind you of something, asshole. You're talking way too loud about swan killing in the dining room. Why is that so hard to understand?

How many rules are you gonna break? You're not suppose to have your phone on, it's always ringing. You killed a swan!

Keep your fucking voice down!

You killed a swan!

[raises butter knife] Shut up! Shut up!

S7 E7 The Black Swan
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Okay. I've got some great news. Guess where the Funkman is going for three weeks.

Miami?

London!

London!

Jeff

Oh!

Ah!

Jeff

How about that?

On business, how great is that?

Wow, that's fun.

Are you going?

NNan

No.

Oh, really?

She doesn't like to travel.

NNan

I don't go on business trips with him.

Have you ever been there?

NNan

No.

Oh my God, you should go. It's really beautiful this time of year.

NNan

Hmm, really?

Yeah! London!

NNan

Maybe I should go, Marty.

No, it's cold. Right now it's cold and foggy and dangerous. They have gangs over there and everything else and I'll be doing business.

NNan

I never travel with you. I think it's a great idea. I'm going.

Let's talk about--

NNan

Thank you. That's decided. I'm in.

L.D. Guess who's getting a divorce.

What?

Martin Norton Funkhouser.

Really?

And it's because of you! That man and I were talking about the London trip...

Yeah?

...I started to realize, "wait a minute. If I did go to Europe without her, I'd come back "and it would be 20 more years of boredom." So I said to Nan, "look, let's get a divorce." She said okay. I'm gonna be single! You and me!

Wow.

Is that great?

My man.

Jeff

Congratulations. Congratulations.

You know what you do when you get a fucking divorce? Ride around and bump the horn and shit like motherfuckers getting married.

What a great idea.

Goddamn right.

Put cans on your car, beep your horn.

"Just divorced."

"Just divorced."

I'm excited. I'm single.

Get out there, and get some new ass. Know what I'm saying, huh? You done ran the other ass in the ground, right?

Uh, I don't want to talk about my wife like that.

You ran that ass in the ground, and you're moving on, right?

Well, I didn't run any—we had a nice marriage for 20 years.

You ran that other ass in the ground…

I don't run people's ass in the ground.

All men do.

It's not a negative thing to run an ass in the ground. That's all.

[Marty is meeting Larry and Jeff at the Palestinian chicken restaurant] Shalom. You know, I thought all last night, 'If Rabin can break bread with Arafat, I can have chicken at this antisemitic shithole.'

Jeff

Okay. That's just not gonna work.

Yeah, that's no good.

What's not gonna work?

Jeff

The yarmulke.

Yeah.

I can't go in with wearing this yarmulke?

You're just shoving it in their faces.

Let's go in.

Jeff

No no no no no no. It's far too cocky a move.

What is this, a raid on Entebbe? Let's just kind of walk in casually.

What? Proud Jews wear yarmulkes.

Yeah. Be proud here in the parking lot. You don't need to be proud in there.

Let's just go in and sit down.

Take it off. Take it off.

I'm not doing anything-

Take it off.

Don't you dare go after my-

Huh? Come on, take it-

Don't you reach for that. Don't you ever touch that. No, don't ever grab my yarmulke. Give it to me. Don't ever grab my yarmulke, ever. How dare you?! Don't ever touch my yarmulke. Do you understand?

Jeff

What the hell was that? We're gonna go eat without you.

Good. Who needs you? Get-- get out of here!

[Meeting Shara for the first time] Oh please. Thank you. Thank you. Oh. Well, hello.

SShara

You're a Jew, yes?

Yes, I am a Jew. A big Jew. Big.

SShara

A big Jew and you still told him to take off his Jew cap?

Yes, I did.

SShara

Thank you, my friend. What's your name?

Labe.

SShara

Labe?

Son of Nat.

SShara

Son of Nat?

My friends call me Larry.

SShara

I like you.

What's not to like?

SShara

Uh you're a Jew.

Eh.

SShara

My name is Shara.

Shara.

SShara

Call me.

Jeff

Let's get some chicken.

Hey, I'm Dino from Big Dog productions. I'm moving in next door. You can call me Dog. Everybody calls me Dog.

Dog!

Yeah, that's it.

I like it.

Um, anyway, I'm doing the shark show. You've heard of the shark show, right, "Great White Wonderland"?

I've seen some ads on buses, yeah.

Yeah, that's the show. Anyway, we're going to be seeing each other around campus, so I just thought I'd drift on in and say hey.

Oh, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too. Oh, we're probably gonna be sharing the kitchen? Do you mind if I take a cabinet?

Yeah, sure.

I really really appreciate it.

No problem.

So we're cool with that?

Yeah.

See you, man.

Thanks, Dog.

Jeff

I can't believe you just gave away a cabinet. You never give up a cabinet. Never give up a cabinet.

I guess I was stupid.

Jeff

You don't give away a cabinet.

Eh, I think it'll be fine.

Jeff

No, it's not gonna be fine.

Aw, don't worry about it.

Jeff

Let's go, come on.

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