Arthur (I) (2011)

Greta Gerwig: Naomi

Photos 

Quotes 

• Arthur : Could I stay for a minute, please?

  Naomi Quinn : Why?

  Arthur : Because it will reduce the proportion of my life that I spend feeling totally miserable.

• Arthur : Naomi Quinn, I'd like to see you again.

  Naomi Quinn : I... don't date boys who have nannies.

  Hobson : Very wise choice. You're not the first woman who walks the streets for a living that he's taken a liking to.

  Naomi Quinn : Is she always with you? Okay. 917-176-2030.

  Arthur : Did you remember that?

  Hobson : No.

• Naomi Quinn : [inside an empty Grand Central Station]  This is our first date.

  Arthur : Oh, is that what we said to the police officer? I'd quite forgotten.

  Naomi Quinn : Wait, I'm not getting naked.

  Arthur : Don't rule it out at this stage, it takes some of the pizzazz out of the evening.

• Arthur : You should quit your job and focus all your energy on this.

  Naomi Quinn : I can't.

  Arthur : Why? What have you got to lose?

  Naomi Quinn : The house, and electricity, and...

  Arthur : You can pay for all those things when this is published.

  Naomi Quinn : Arthur, things like that don't happen to people like me.

  Arthur : Then why is the moon still following you?

• Officer Kaplan : You had your first date at Grand Central Station?

  Arthur : It wasn't a shabby affair. I'd hired out the entire place. It was deserted. Acrobats were in the place, put on quite a show for us. Didn't they, Naomi?

  Naomi Quinn : No, no.

  Arthur : The floor was strewn with a million petals. Their scent hung in the air like the sweet breath of angels. And we forgot ourselves entirely. Didn't we? And ran nude through that concourse.

  Naomi Quinn : No, no, we just... we had clothes on and we ate.

• Officer Kaplan : You ran from me, Naomi. Now I gotta take you in. Besides, you've had three warnings for operating an illegal tour.

  Arthur : [lying]  Except this isn't an illegal tour, because these people aren't tourists, they're our family.

  Naomi Quinn : [playing along]  Yes. They are, they're my family. That's my family. We're having a family reunion.

  Arthur : Reunion. Uh, that, for example, is Uncle Stuart waving there.

  Naomi Quinn : Yes.

  [waving at a group of tourists] 

  Naomi Quinn : Oh, hey, Uncle Stuart!

  Arthur : Under that sun hat, that's Caribbean Diane Keaton.

  Naomi Quinn : Yes, exactly.

  Arthur : And also we have..

  Naomi Quinn : Uncle Korean John Lennon.

  Officer Kaplan : [to Arthur]  And this is, uh, Abe Lincoln, I presume.

• Arthur : [while eating Pez on a silver platter]  Hey, you know, as soon as I saw you, I knew I wanted to eat candy bricks out of your neck hole.

  Naomi Quinn : You're not the first.

  Arthur : [chuckles]  What do you think? Do you like it?

  Naomi Quinn : Well, on my last date, the guy told me that I could only eat salad and then he said he was gay. This is better.

  Arthur : Yeah.

  Naomi Quinn : I mean, I'm heterosexual, so...

  Arthur : Oh, already winning.

  [they both laugh] 

• Naomi Quinn : I thought that the moon followed me everywhere. I thought it meant something special was gonna happen.

  Arthur : Well, that's a pretty ridiculous hypothesis, Naomi, because by that notion, the moon would be out there right n...

  [peers out Naomi's window and sees a full moon] 

  Arthur : Naomi, the moon is literally out there right now spying on us... his light shining down on your face and clutter.

• Arthur : My dad died when I was a kid. He was by all accounts a very sensible, uh, frugal man... who didn't drink, didn't smoke, walked everywhere.

  Naomi Quinn : Hmm.

  Arthur : Dropped dead of a heart attack when he was 44. Lesson being, why bother taking care of yourself? Cheers.

  Naomi Quinn : I don't think that's the lesson.

  Arthur : It's the lesson I learned.

• Hobson : [notices Naomi in a polka-dot dress]  Um, did you kill Minnie Mouse or did she surrender her dress willingly?

  Naomi Quinn : If it makes you feel better, she didn't suffer.

• Naomi Quinn : So, Hobson, are there any men in your life?

  Hobson : Are you attempting to make small talk with me?

  Naomi Quinn : I am attempting it. Is it working?

  Hobson : No, not really.

  Naomi Quinn : Darn it.

  Hobson : Any man I've ever met pales in comparison to the dazzling floor show that is Arthur's company.

• Arthur : In my mind, this is the pond from a book I had when I was a kid called Frog and Toad Together.

  Naomi Quinn : I love Frog and Toad. My mom used to read them to me all the time.

  Arthur : Really?

  Naomi Quinn : Yeah.

  Arthur : My mom subcontracted that job to Hobson.

  Naomi Quinn : There's a really sad one where Toad freaks out because he sees Frog sitting alone on a rock. So he swims out to him with a picnic, but then it falls in the water.

  Arthur : [mimics Toad]  "Our lunch is spoiled! I made it for you, Frog, so you'd be happy."

  Naomi Quinn : [narrating]  "But Frog wasn't sad..."

  Arthur : [imitating Frog]  "When I woke up, I felt good because the sun was shining. I felt good because I was a frog."

  Arthur : [in a normal voice]  And I felt good because I have you for a friend. If you were sitting alone, I'd bring you a sandwich.

  Naomi Quinn : I'll sit alone, then.

  [they kiss offscreen] 

• Naomi Quinn : [inside Arthur's home theater]  Oh, I love Looney Tunes! Are these always playing?

  Hobson : No, it, uh, alternates between this and historical documentaries.

  Naomi Quinn : Really?

  Hobson : No, just this.

  Naomi Quinn : Okay, I just have to get the perfect place. Yes.

  Hobson : Your friend will be with you shortly.

  Naomi Quinn : Thank you. Oh, wait, don't you wanna stay? This is a really good one. Pepé tries to kiss Penelope Pussycat, but then he falls off the boat.

  Hobson : You forgot to say "spoiler alert."