Memories of Me (1988)

Alan King: Abe

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Quotes 

• [Abe and Abbie are discussing Abbie's mother] 

  Abe : A woman her age is supposed to move to Florida. Who moves to Vermont?

  Abbie : She likes the cold.

  Abe : She should - she invented it.

• Abe : There's an art to being incidental.

• [Abe is dressed in a lobster costume] 

  Abe : I'm glad you came, doctor. Maybe you can tell me what's wrong with my hand - it's been like this for a month.

  Lisa : Have you tried soaking it in melted butter?

• Abe : When I die, I want my epitaph to read "Here's lies Abe Polin, King of the Extras. 19th man to yell, 'I'm Spartacus.'"

• [Abbie's flashback] 

  Young Abbie : Dad! I'm afraid to go to sleep!

  Abe : Why are you afraid to go to sleep?

  Young Abbie : What if I never wake up?

  Abe : Then there'll be more for me for breakfast.

• Abe : Extras are the real Hollywood. You won't see their names above the title or below the title. We like to think of ourselves as behind the title.

• Abe : Sweet dreams to my fingers, sweet dreams to my knees. Sweet dreams to bellybuttons that go in and out. Sweet dreams to all the little tushies in the world - the big ones, too, like the waitress in the bowling alley!

• Abe : I've lived a thousand different lives in a thousand different places, kid.

  Abbie : Great, but when was the last time you opened a window?

• [Abe points at his buttocks imprint on his old chair] 

  Abe : You see that? When I die, I want you to make a mold of that imprint and put it in front of Chinese Theater. Gable's feet, Monroe's hands, and Abe Polin's ass.