The Outsiders (1983)

Diane Lane: Cherry Valance

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Quotes 

• Cherry : I hope I never see Dallas Winston again. If I do I'd... probably fall in love with him.

• Dallas : Here, I thought this might cool you off.

  [hands Cherry a coke and sits right next to her] 

  Cherry : [takes the straw out of her coke and throws it in Dally's face]  Maybe that'll cool YOU off, Greaser... when you learn to talk and act decent, then maybe I'll cool off too.

  Dallas : [wipes some of the coke off his face and goes in for Cherry]  Firey, huh? Just the way I like them!

  Cherry : [tries to push Dallas off]  GET OFF OF ME!

  Dallas : Come on...

  Johnny : Look, leave her alone, Dal!

  Dallas : What'd you say?

  Johnny : [a little bit frightened]  Come on Dal, you heard me.

  Dallas : What'd you say? What'd you say you little shit? What'd you say to me?

  Johnny : Come on...

  Dallas : Wiseass!

  [seconds later he gets up and leaves] 

  Ponyboy : Now you blew it.

  Cherry : [Turns to Johnny]  Thank you... he had me scared to death!

  Johnny : You sure didn't show it. Ain't nobody ever talk to Dal like that!

  Cherry : From what I saw, you do.

• Cherry : How old are ya'll anyway?

  Ponyboy : Fourteen.

  Johnny : Sixteen.

  Marcia : By the looks of it I thought you were both four...

  Cherry : Sixteen.

• Dallas : [at the drive-inn, Dallas, Ponyboy and Johnny sit behind two girls, both Socs]  Some cute redhead, huh?

  Dallas : [leans forward and into Cherry's ear]  Are you a reeaal red?

  Dallas : [she giggles slightly, but keeps her eyes on the movie]  Are you real? How can I find out if this is your real red hair? If this is the same red hair that you have on your... your...

  [motioning to her skirt, then quickly to her face] 

  Dallas : ... these eyebrows.

  Cherry : [Dallas sits back and laughs. Cherry gives him an incredulous glare]  Get your feet off my chair and shut your trap.

  Dallas : Who's gonna make me, huh?

  [rolling his eyes] 

  Dallas : Who, your boyfriend?

  Cherry : You'd better leave us alone, or I'll call the cops.

  Dallas : [sarcastically, in mock fright]  Oh, my, my! You've got me scared to death. What am I gonna do now, Pony? This girl's making me shake.

  Cherry : Can't you just leave us alone? Be nice and leave us alone?

  Dallas : [grins]  I'm never nice.

  Dallas : [sitting up next to her again]  Can I interest you in a Coca-Cola, or a...

  Cherry : [interrupting]  Get lost, hood!

  Dallas : Wow, I'm sorry, I didn't know you had this problem with... yelling in my face.

  Dallas : [stands up]  Alright, I'll go. I know when I'm not wanted.

• Cherry : Can't you leave us alone? BE NICE AND LEAVE US ALONE!

  Dallas : I'm never nice. Can I interest you in a Coca-Cola or a 7-Up?

  Cherry : GET LOST, HOOD!

• Bob Shelton : [the Soc's pull up in there car to find their girls with the greasers]  Hey! Cherry! What're you doin'?

  [Cherry glares at him] 

  Bob Shelton : Just because we got a title drunk...!

  Cherry : A little? You call reeling and passing out in the streets a little? Bob, I told you, I'm never going out with you when you're drinking again and I mean it!

  Randy : Look, that doesn't mean you can go walkin' the streets with these bums.

  Two Bit : Who you callin' bums, pal?

  Randy : You! Look, Greaser, we got four more of us in the backseat.

  Two Bit : [Two-Bit hands a broken pop bottle to Ponyboy and flips out his switchblade]  Then, pity the backseat.

  Randy : If... if you're lookin' for a fight...

  Two Bit : I am lookin' for a fight!

  Randy : C'mon, put the knife down! C'mon!

  Two Bit : C'mon! Right now, right now!

  Cherry : Stop! Stop it! I hate fights, alright? I hate them!

  [to Bob] 

  Cherry : We'll go home with you, just give me a minute.

• Cherry : GET LOST, HOOD!

  Dallas : God, I didn't know you had this problem with, with yelling in my face.

• Cherry : What's a nice boy like you doing hanging around with that trash?

  Ponyboy : Dal is my buddy. I'm a Greaser, too. We're all friends.

  Cherry : I'm sorry, I didn't know.

• Cherry : What's your name?

  Ponyboy : Ponyboy Curtis.

  Cherry : That's an original name.

  Ponyboy : Yeah, my dad was an original person. I got a brother named Sodapop. It even says so on his birth certificate.

  Cherry : My name's - Sherry, but my friends call me Cherry because of my hair.

  Ponyboy : Yeah, I know. We go to the same school.

• Johnny : How come y'all ain't scared of us like you was Dally?

  Cherry : You two are too sweet-looking to scare anyone. Besides, I know about Dallas Winston. You two don't look mean.

  Ponyboy : Yeah, right. We're "young and innocent".

  Cherry : No. You're just not dirty.

• Cherry : You think the Socs have it made. The rich kids. The Southside Soc. Well, I'll tell you something, Ponyboy, and it might come as a surprise, but, things are rough all over.

  Ponyboy : Come on. Let's get out of here. Or, Two-Bit will think we eloped to Mexico.

• Cherry : You guys don't believe in playing rough or anything, do you?

• Cherry : What's he like? I feel like I know Soda, for as much as you talk about him. Tell me about Darry. Is he wild and reckless like Soda or - dreamy like you?

  Ponyboy : He ain't like Soda and he sure ain't like me.

• Cherry : [getting out of the backseat of a car parked at the movie Drive-In]  What do you think you're doing?

  Bob Shelton : Cherry, just relax. Just try. You're supposed to be my girlfriend, aren't you?

  Cherry : Well, don't ever pull anything like that again.

• Cherry : If I see you in school and I don't say hi, please don't take it personal. Okay?

  Ponyboy : Yeah, I know.

  Cherry : Really, you're a nice boy and everything.

  Ponyboy : It's okay.

• Cherry : I only wanted to help. I liked you from the start. The way we talked. Wouldn't you try to help me if you could?

  Ponyboy : Can you see the sunset from the Southside very good?

  Cherry : Yeah. Real good.

  Ponyboy : You can see it from the Northside, too.