- Denny Crane: So, you and Shirley. Gives us something in common.
- Ivan Tiggs: Hell of a woman!
- Denny Crane: Gives us something else in common.
- Ivan Tiggs: What's that?
- Denny Crane: We're both leading men. We're like stars of our own show; only the star doesn't have *one* leading lady. Oh, sure. Sometimes at the end of an episode... looks like he's settling down with someone, but next week, she's not there, it's somebody else. It's a way of holding up viewer interest.
- Ivan Tiggs: You're a strange man, Denny
- Denny Crane: A strange leading man.