My American Cousin (1985)
Margaret Langrick: Sandy Wilcox
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Sandy Wilcox : Dear diary, Nothing Ever Happens.
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Major Wilcox : The attraction between male and female is natural and necessary for the continuation of the species. The female - excites the male. Then, once it's excited, the male is overcome by, eh, uncontrollable urges.
Sandy Wilcox : [doubtful] Uncontrollable urges?
Major Wilcox : Oh, yes. Its rather difficult to explain. You can see it when a bull noses a cow... That bull will break through fence, barn door, walls and anything that stands between him and that cow.
Sandy Wilcox : You mean you were like that with Mom?
Major Wilcox : No. Of course. Well, not exactly.
Sandy Wilcox : It sounds complicated, Dad.
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Major Wilcox : I wish you two would stop fighting.
Sandy Wilcox : She picks on me.
Major Wilcox : Well, your mother grew up in a quiet house and she always thought she was going to be a Librarian.
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[repeated line]
Sandy Wilcox : I'm not a child.
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Kitty Wilcox : You are the most selfish, self-centered...
Sandy Wilcox : I know, I know. Selfish, self-centered, silly, sloppy, cheap, let's not forget that old favorite inconsiderate. Let me see, did I forget any?
Kitty Wilcox : That's it. That is really it! If you can't say anything nice
Sandy Wilcox , Kitty Wilcox : Don't say anything at all!
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Butch Walker : Are you retarded? Girls don't run away from home. Not unless they're tramps or something. It's too tough for a girl.
Sandy Wilcox : Girls never get to do - anything.
Butch Walker : You are some crazy chick, you know that?
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Sandy Wilcox : What if he gets an uncontrollable urge?
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Major Wilcox : So, how old did you say you were?
Sandy Wilcox : I never said.
Major Wilcox : Chicks. You're 14, right?
Sandy Wilcox : No. I'm 12.
Major Wilcox : Oh man, I'm talkin' to some *kid*.
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Butch Walker : You got any girlfriends, preferably older than you?
Sandy Wilcox : Yeah, sort of. Thelma's just about 14.
Butch Walker : Thelma? What sort of name's that?
Sandy Wilcox : Well, her family's Catholic.
Butch Walker : Oh, brother.
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Butch Walker : Hey, Lizzie, how old are you?
Lizzie : Thirteen.
Butch Walker : The same age as Jerry Lee Lewis' wife. He married his cousin, you know.
Lizzie : Yeah, we read it in the papers.
Butch Walker : Man, that guy is the *killer* rock-n-roller! Hey, Sandy, that'd be like you and me gettin' married.
Sandy Wilcox : Fat chance.
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Sandy Wilcox : They only play rock-n-roll on Saturday afternoons.
Major Wilcox : You're kidding. In the States we got rock-n-roll all day long.
Sandy Wilcox : Wow, that'd be the most.
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Butch Walker : Look, I can't be seen with you girls in my Cadillac.
Sandy Wilcox : Why not?
Butch Walker : I don't want to hurt your feelings; but, you're all ugly.
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Sandy Wilcox : Do you like livin' in the States?
Butch Walker : Are you kiddin'? Of course I like it. Anything you want, we got it in the USA.
Sandy Wilcox : So, what are you doin' here in Canada?
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Butch Walker : Sandy, aren't you going to introduce us?
Rosie Hardman : Where's Lenny and Mucker?
Butch Walker : Still pickin'. Sandy?
Sandy Wilcox : [rolls her eyes] Shirley, this is my American cousin, Butch. And that's Rosie Hardman. I'm going to go jump in the lake.
Sandy Wilcox : Good idea.
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Sandy Wilcox : Shirley taught me how to jive.
Lenny McPhee : You can jive?
Sandy Wilcox : I like to jive.
Lenny McPhee : Well, let's go!
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Sandy Wilcox : I thought we were all gonna die and I was never going to live to be a teenager.
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Sandy Wilcox : I don't know why boys have to go so fast.
Butch Walker : Because, it's fun, that's why.
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Shirley Darling : Do me a favor, if you see Lennie, don't tell him you saw me, okay?
Sandy Wilcox : Why not?
Shirley Darling : Please! I'll give you some Little Richard records if you shut up.
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Sandy Wilcox : Do you ever wonder about the stars?
Butch Walker : Yeah, as often as I can.
Sandy Wilcox : Well, do you think heaven is inside the universe or just outside the universe?
Butch Walker : Well, myself, I don't think it's anywhere. No one can prove to me there is a heaven. As far as I can figure it out, when you're dead, its just like you're asleep, but, you don't dream. You never wake up. Nothing happens. That's it. Wham! Nothin'.
Sandy Wilcox : Maybe. But, I think people's spirits leave their bodies and float around on the sky. In fact, I think its probably getting a little crowded up there and I wonder if the universe can sort of expand, take in everybody?
Butch Walker : I won't be cremated.
Sandy Wilcox : But, you said nothing happens to you after you're dead; so, what do you care?
Butch Walker : I don't know. It just gives me the creeps. That's for sure.
Sandy Wilcox : Drive. Let's just drive.
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Sandy Wilcox : We've had so much fun. Now, it's - it's all over.
Butch Walker : Hey, relax, kid. You're just startin' out. There'll be lots of fun for you. Bein' a teenager is the best time of your life. Look at me.
Sandy Wilcox : Yeah, look at you! Out of gas, walking along a dirt road with an ugly 12 year old.
Butch Walker : Hey, who says your ugly?
Sandy Wilcox : You, you creep!
Butch Walker : Yeah, well, you're not beautiful.
Sandy Wilcox : You say that one more time and I'll kill you.
Butch Walker : No, no. Don't, don't! I don't fight with chicks. Okay, okay. You're not ugly.
Sandy Wilcox : Gee, Butch, that's sweet of you. You really mean that?
Butch Walker : Well, it's kinda dark out here.