The World According to Garp (1982)

Swoosie Kurtz: The Hooker

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• The Hooker : I don't go for no kinky stuff. You want any of that, go to 8th Avenue.

• Jenny Fields : Do you like her?

  T. S. Garp : She's very nice, Mom, but...

  Jenny Fields : What is it about her that you want? I don't mean just her sex parts. I mean, is there something else that's satisfying?

  T. S. Garp : Well, it's a combination.

  Jenny Fields : How do you feel to be wanted in that way? Does it degrade you to have my son want you in that way? Or do you think it only degrades him?

  The Hooker : I don't know.

  Jenny Fields : Do you want her? Do you want her like you want Helen? Is it the same kind of want? You really want to have sex with her. Well, do you?

  T. S. Garp : Yes. Of course I do.

• The Hooker : Don't give me money here!

  Jenny Fields : Why not?

  T. S. Garp : Because it's illegal, Mom.

  Jenny Fields : Why?

  T. S. Garp : Because it is, that's why.

  Jenny Fields : That's silly. It's her body. Why shouldn't she use it the way she wants to?

• The Hooker : Hey, look, it's all right with me if your mother wants to buy me for you. But she can't come along with us.

  T. S. Garp : Oh, Jesus, no.

  The Hooker : Absolutely not. I will *not* have her watching us. I am still a Catholic, believe it or not. You want anything funny like that, you just go over to 8th Avenue.

  Jenny Fields : I don't intend to watch.