50 Best Showgirls Quotes

Cristal: There's always someone younger and hungrier coming down the stairs after you.

[repeated line]
Nomi: It doesn't suck.

Nomi: You got me the audition, didn't you?
Cristal: Uh-huh.
Nomi: Why?
Cristal: Maybe I like the way you dance. Maybe I like you, anyway, what difference does it make?
Nomi: Did you enjoy that out there?
Cristal: [smiling] Yeah darlin', I think I did.
Nomi: I hate you.
Cristal: I know.
[She hands Nomi a tissue]
Cristal: Here, wipe your nose.

Zack: Nice dress.
Nomi: Thanks. It's a Ver-sayce.
Zack: It's "Versace".
Nomi: What?
Zack: It's Versace. It's pronounced "Versace".
Nomi: Oh.
Zack: You have great taste and you look beautiful.

Cristal: Nobody's going to take my lead anyway, darling. I haven't missed a show in eight years.
Tony: Well, you're not getting any younger, are you?
Cristal: Eat me.

[after Zack's lap dance, to Zack]
Cristal: Can you walk?

Jeff: You gamble?
Nomi: No.
Jeff: Well you gotta gamble if you're gonna win.
Nomi: I'm gonna win.

James: Man, everybody got AIDS and shit!

Tony: You got something wrong with your nipples?
Nomi: No.
Tony: They're not sticking up. Stick 'em up.
Nomi: What?
Tony: Play with them. Pinch 'em a little. You want me to do it for ya? I'll do it.

Molly: My right hand is so tight I can barely thread a needle!
Nomi: Then use the left one!
Molly: For threading a needle?

Henrietta: She looks better than a ten-inch dick and you know it!

James: Come on. Look what you've done. You got me fired again. You're a real bad-ass. You know that? Ain't you got no shame? You know what? Look what a beautiful day it is. The sun is shining, neon's blazin', money's flowing. l'm going to cheer you up. You know that? l'll get you the best meal in town.

Al: It must be weird, not having anybody cum on you.

Al: If you want to last longer than a week, you give me a blow-job. First I get you used to the money, then I make you swallow.
Penny/Hope: Is he serious?

Zack: Are you afraid? Don't be.
Nomi: I'm not. I liked it when you came. I liked your eyes.

Tony: How did she do?
Marty: She's no butterfly. Tony, she's all pelvic thrust. I mean, she prowls. She's got it!
Tony: I wonder how she got it?
Marty: Well, she certainly didn't learn it.
Tony: She learned it alright; but, they didn't teach it in any class.

Al: You're a fucking stripper, don't you get it?
Nomi: I'm a dancer.

Cristal: Where do you dance at, darlin'?
Nomi: Um... at the Cheetah.
Cristal: I don't know how good you are, darlin', and I don't know what it is you're good at, but if it's at the Cheetah, it's not dancing, I know that much.
Nomi: You don't know shit!

[from the NC-17 theatrical trailer]
Nomi: It's not fair!
Zack: It's not about fair. It's about power.

Cristal: I'm gettin' a little too old for that whorey look.

Nomi: Don't they have brown rice and vegetables?
Cristal: Do you like brown rice and vegetables?
Nomi: Yeah.
Cristal: You do?
Nomi: Sort of.
Cristal: Really?
Nomi: It's worse than dog food.
[Cristal laughs]
Nomi: It is!
Cristal: I've had dog food.
Nomi: You have?
Cristal: Mmm-hmmm. Long time ago. Doggy Chow. I used to love Doggy Chow.
Nomi: I used to love Doggy Chow, too!
[Cristal and Nomi touch their chips together]

Tony: One day she looks like Pollyanna, the next day she looks like... I don't know... Lolita, maybe.
[Nomi giggles]
Tony: Nice dress.
Nomi: Thanks, I bought it at Ver-sayce.
[silence]
Nomi: In the Forum?
Tony: Oh, yeah, Ver-sayce. I love Ver-sayce.
Nomi: Me, too!

Tony: Okay ladies, I'm Tony Moss. I produce this show. Some of you have probably heard that I'm a prick - I am a prick. I got one interest here, and that's the show. I don't care whether you live or die. I want to see you dance and I want to see you smile. I can't use you if you can't smile, I can't use you if you can't show, I can't use you if you can't sell.

[last lines]
Jeff: Oh, fuck! It's you!
[Nomi pulls out her switchblade]
Nomi: I want my fucking suitcase... asshole!

Molly: How did you get out?
Nomi: Him - he bailed me out.
Molly: How come?
Nomi: I kicked him in the nuts.
Molly: He liked it?
Nomi: He must've.

Zack: Why did you stop hooking? You had your future pretty well mapped out for yourself
Nomi: I did what I had to do.
Zack: Just like you did with Cristal.
Nomi: I'm not a whore.
Zack: No... you're not. You're gonna be a big star. Your face is gonna be up on billboards. You're gonna make a lot of money for the Stardust.
Nomi: What about Molly?
Zack: You like her, I'll make sure he gives her enough money, she can have a dress shop. Tell me something, how much did you charge?
[Nomi is confused]
Zack: Hooking
Nomi: Fifty. Hundred sometimes.
Zack: You got low self-esteem baby, you're a fantastic fuck.
[Nomi spits in his face]

Al: Hope, this is Tiffany, Farrah, Heather, Henrietta.
Penny/Hope: My name isn't Hope. My name is Penny.
Al: They want class, dumb-dumb. They don't want to fuck a Penny. They want to fuck a Heather! Or, a Tiffany. Or, a Hope. This is a class joint.

Henrietta: The Farmer in the Dell, The Farmer in the Dell, I had a cherry once, and now it's gone to hell.

Nomi: You can't touch me, but I can touch you. I'd really love to touch you.

Al: Have you ever done a lap dance before?
Penny/Hope: No.
Al: You got to talk them into it. Fifty bucks a pop, you take 'em in the back. Touch and go. They touch, they go. You can touch them, but, they cannot touch you.
Penny/Hope: Oh, that's good.
Al: Now, if they cum, it's okay. If they take it out, cum all over you, call a bouncer. Unless he gives you a big tip. If he gives you a big tip, it's okay. You got that?

Henrietta: She misses us like that lump on my twat I had taken off last week.

Tony: Come back when you've fucked some of this baby fat off. See ya.

Goddess: You want a knuckle sandwich?
Felix: Oh, can I have mine anally, please?

Nomi: [whispering to Molly] I just went to Carver... and I kicked the shit out of him!

Nomi: I get a headache from champagne.
Cristal: This isn't champagne. This... is HOLY WATER. I named myself after this holy water. Chrissie Lou Connors used to have dingy brown hair and little bitty tits. It's amazing what paint and a surgeon can do.
[they clink champagne glasses]
Cristal: You have great tits. They're really beautiful.
Nomi: Thank you.
Cristal: I like nice tits. I always have, how about you?
Nomi: I like having nice tits.
Cristal: How do you like having 'em?
Nomi: What do you mean?
Cristal: You know what I mean.
Nomi: I like having them in a nice dress, or a tight top.
Cristal: Mmmm. You like to show em off.
Nomi: I didn't like showing them off at the Cheetah.
Cristal: Why not? I liked lookin' at 'em there. We ALL liked lookin' at 'em there!
Nomi: It made me feel like a hooker.
Cristal: You *are* a whore, darlin'.
Nomi: No I'm not!
Cristal: We all are. We take the cash, we cash the check, we show 'em what they wanna see.
Nomi: Maybe YOU are a whore, Cristal, but I'm not.
Cristal: You and me, we're exactly alike.
Nomi: [shakes her head] I'll NEVER be like you.

Henrietta: Honey, you could never handle me with all these wrinkles of fat. Why, you'd never find the thing. I'd have to piss on you to give you a clue.

Nomi: Hello? Anybody here?
Cristal: Back here.
Nomi: What are you doing here?
Cristal: What am I doing here?
[Cristal sniffs cocaine]
Cristal: I'm doin' some of the finest cocaine in the world, darlin'. You want some?
[Nomi shakes her head]
Nomi: Mm-mmm.
Cristal: It's great for the muscles. I told Marty I'd work on your turns with you, darlin', but I'm feelin' a little turned inside out myself today.
Nomi: Cut the shit.
Cristal: [smiling] OK. We got off on the wrong foot. Wanna start dancin' all over again?
Nomi: Why?
Cristal: Why not? Wanna go down to Spago, get somethin' to eat?
Nomi: Where is it?
Cristal: [sarcastically] Just down from Ver-sayce.
Nomi: It's Versace.
Cristal: Ohhhhh, yeah.
Nomi: Yeah.

James: I have a problem with pussy. I always have, and I'm always gonna.

Cristal: You fucked her, didn't you?
Zack: Does that piss you off because you're jealous, Cris? Or because I beat you to the punch?

Casino: You lose all of your money, honey? Do you wanna make some more? It won't take you any longer than 15 minutes. Sooner or later you're gonna have to sell it.

Cristal: You fuck him for the spot? Or you fuck him cause you wanted to? I say you did it for the spot.
Nomi: Is that what you did, Cristal?
Cristal: You don't want to piss me off, darlin', now that we're friends.
Nomi: No... You shouldn't get pissed off. Makes you look older!
[Nomi pinches Cristal's cheek]

Cristal: Molly, this top is way too tight. My breasts are just getting crushed in here.
Molly: I can loosen it for you.
Cristal: Okay... To about here... Maybe... No, no a little less. I want my nipples to press, but I don't want them to look like they're levitatin'!

Gay: What do you want?
Nomi: Um, burger, fries, and a soda.
Gay: Get her some brown rice, vegetables, and a bottle of Evian.

Mr. Karlman: We could have brought anyone into this show: Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul. Nomi Malone is what Las Vegas is all about! She's dazzling, she's exciting, and very, very sexy!

Annie: Julie, you fucking slut, you touch my make-up again and I'll fucking kill you.
Julie: Oh, I'm a slut? Well, you fucked that kid from the pizza place!
Annie: Well, you fucked the meter reader!
Julie: Bitch!
Annie: Oh, you're fucking dead!

[about Zack Carey who's driving a Ferrari]
James: What is he? Pimp? Only people I know got pimp cars are pimps.
Nomi: He's the entertainment director.
James: That's exactly what I said - he's a pimp!

Nomi: I got my period.
James: Yeah, right.
Nomi: Check.
[James puts his hand down Nomi's pants]

Molly: Where are you from?
Nomi: Back East.
Molly: From where back East?
Nomi: Different places!

Tony: I'm erect. Why aren't you erect?

Tony: Cristal Connors is a star, Sam. You can't just replace her.
Phil: What if we could just bring somebody in while she's recuperating?
Tony: She could be out for a year, Phil.
Zack: Like who?
Phil: Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul.
Tony: Paula Abdul, in my show?
Mr. Karlman: I'm not going to pay those kind of salaries!
Zack: Well, in that case, Mr. Karlman, we do what we do in Vegas.
Mr. Karlman: What?
Zack: We gamble.