Carol Connelly Quotes

You wanna dance?[Carol Connelly]Well, I’ve been thinking about that since you brought it up before.[Melvin Udall]And?[Carol Connelly]No.[Melvin Udall]

Why can’t I just have a normal boyfriend? Why? Just a regular boyfriend who doesn’t go nuts on me?[Carol Connelly]Everybody wants that, dear. It doesn’t exist.[Beverly Connelly]

When you first came into breakfast, when I first saw you, I thought you were handsome. Then, of course, you spoke.[to Melvin]

Okay if I say something now?[Melvin Udall]Go ahead.[Carol Connelly]I should’ve danced with you.[Melvin Udall]

Melvin, I’d rather not.[Carol Connelly]What has that got to do with it?[Melvin Udall]Funny, I thought it was a strong point.[Carol Connelly]

Is it a secret what you’re doing here?[Carol Connelly]I had to see you.[Melvin Udall]Because?[Carol Connelly]It relaxes me. I’d feel better sitting outside your apartment on the curb than any other place I can think of or imagine.[Melvin Udall]

I’m not going to sleep with you. I will never sleep with you. Never, ever. Not ever.[Carol Connelly]Well, I’m sorry, but, we don’t open for the no-sex oaths until 9:00 a.m.[Melvin Udall]

I hope getting me thinking about everything that’s wrong, when all I want to do is not do that, has some purpose.

I got a real great compliment for you, and it’s true.[Melvin Udall]I’m so afraid you’re about to say something awful.[Carol Connelly]Don’t be pessimistic. It’s not your style. Okay, here I go. Clearly a mistake. I’ve got this, what, ailment. My doctor, a shrink that I used to go to all the time, he says that in 50 or 60 percent of the cases, a pill really helps. I hate pills. Very dangerous thing, pills. Hate. I’m using the word “hate” here about pills. Hate. My compliment is, that night when you came over and told me that you would never… Um, all right. Well, you were there. You know what you said. Well, my compliment to you is, the next morning I started taking the pills.[Melvin Udall]I don’t quite get how that’s a compliment for me.[Carol Connelly]You make me want to be a better man.[Melvin Udall]That’s maybe the best compliment of my life.[Carol Connelly]Well, maybe I overshot a little, because I was aiming at just enough to keep you from walking out.[Melvin Udall]

How old are you? If I was gonna guess by your eyes, I’d say you were 50.[Melvin Udall]If I went by your eyes, I’d say you were kind. So, so much for eyes.[Carol Connelly]

Hey, we all have these terrible stories to get over, and you…[Carol Connelly]That’s not true. Some of us have great stories, pretty stories, that take place at lakes with boats and friends and noodle salad. Just no one in this car. But a lot of people, that’s their story. Good times. Noodle salad. What makes it so hard is not that you had it bad, but that you’re that pissed that so many others had it good.[Melvin Udall]

Do you have any control over how creepy you allow yourself to get?[Carol Connelly]Yes, I do, as a matter of fact. And to prove it, I have not gotten personal, and you have.[Melvin Udall]