Playing by Heart
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Playing by Heart is a 1998 film that tells the the interwoven story of a group of couples as they work their way through their various relationships.
- Written and directed by Williard Carroll.
If romance is a mystery, there's only one way to figure it out. (taglines)
Paul
[edit]- You know, I never knew what love was until I met your mother. And by then it was too late.
- If I have to wear a tux, she has to wear a bra.
Joan
[edit]- I said you look like a man in need of a coke.
- [on the phone] The lad doesn't say much, and when he does, he finds just the right words to crush my soul. Of course I'm crazy about him.
- You should write these kiss-offs down. How to crush a woman's soul in ten words or less. That was ten, wasn't it? [counting] You're-terrific-Sensational-really-but-I'm-not-right-for-you. Yep. Ten.
Hugh
[edit]- I should be alone. Alone in hell. That's where I am.
Dialogue
[edit]- Mildred:: I never loved your father. Not for a minute.
- Mark:: Wow. You're...good at this.
- Mildred: I was so relieved when he died.
- Mark: Geez Mom, don't hold anything back.
- Trent: Have dinner with me.
- Meredith:: Look, I'm not going to sue you or anything.
- Trent:: I'm not asking as a pre-emptive strike against litigation, I'm asking--
- Meredith:: I'll have dinner with you.
- Trent:: What changed your mind?
- Meredeith: Anyone who can say 'pre-emptive strike against litigation' with a straight face deserves a dinner companion.
- Paul: What are you thinking?
- Hannah Hot liquids and facial burns.
- Hannah: And you really didn't sleep with her?
- Paul: No.
- Hannah: And you didn't want to sleep with her?
- Paul: Good God, yes, I did.
- Meredith: They look so perfect together.
- Hannah: They look so perfect together.
- Paul: Just like we do.
- Meredith: This is gonna sound really weird.
- Trent: You're worried about Barley, and you want to go back to your place.
- Meredeith:: Oh my G-d, this is way fucking spooky.
- Hugh:: I lost my wife and kids.
- Allison: Ask the bartender, he can find anything.
- Joan: She's got her eye on you.
- Keenan: Yeah, but it's her good one.
- Keenan: That is the ugliest cat I've ever seen.
- Joan: She's an angel.
- Keenan: She only has one eye.
- Joan: Yeah, but it's her good one.
- Gracie: Roger.
- Roger: Yeah?
- Gracie: Don't be an angerball.
Taglines
[edit]- If romance is a mystery, there's only one way to figure it out.
- The comedy with a twist.
- The sexy comedy with a twist.
Cast
[edit]- Gillian Anderson - Meredith
- Ellen Burstyn - Mildred
- Sean Connery - Paul
- Anthony Edwards - Roger
- Angelina Jolie - Joan
- Jay Mohr - Mark
- Ryan Phillippe - Keenan
- Dennis Quaid - Hugh
- Gena Rowlands - Hannah
- Jon Stewart - Trent
- Madeleine Stowe - Gracie
External links
[edit]
- Playing by Heart quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- Playing by Heart at Allmovie
- Playing by Heart at Mojo