The Loveless (1981)

Willem Dafoe: Vance

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Quotes 

• Vance : We're goin' nowhere... fast.

• Augusta : Like the town?

  Vance : [about the fact that she stayed in town solely due to inertia following her husband's accidental death five years ago]  I think your husband had the right idea.

• Lady in T-Bird : Are you a mechanic?

  Vance : No ma'am.

  Lady in T-Bird : What do you do?

  Vance : Not a whole lot.

  Lady in T-Bird : What do you mean?

  Vance : I mean, like, zero.

• Augusta : You don't look like the type to stay in one place for too long...

  Vance : Yeah? I never had the urge.

• [first lines] 

  Vance : [voiceover]  Man, I was what you call... ragged. I mean, way beyond torn up. I wasn't gonna be no man's friend today. Been out of storage for about a year now. And to me, this endless blacktop is my sweet eternity. I knew I was going to hell in a breadbasket.

• Vance : [voiceover]  You never can tell on a day like this... things could be goin' jake one minute, then, presto... before you know it, you're history.

• Vance : [voiceover]  I'm a regular Joe. I've got an itch between my legs, and an afternoon for a heart.

• [last lines] 

  Vance : [voiceover]  Every one of us... dollar chips in one big floatin' crap game.