Dramedy Monologues from Plays and Movies

‘Paper Moon’ (Moze): “How’d you like to do a little business with me?”

“Don’t you go makin’ no decisions. I’ll make the decisions.”

“You don’t have no appreciation, that’s the trouble with you.”

“Oh, would you look at Betty! To be young and beautiful.”

“This is destiny pissing on your leg. What do you wanna do about it?”

“I could barely hear her over the tap dancing.”

“This morning I was watching TV and Katie Couric was interviewing this fireman.”

“If someone gave me this card, Mr. Vance … I would eat it.”

“There I am… I’m floating, high above the earth, nothing can touch me, right?”

“It sounds selfish, I know, but… I just like being on my own.”

“People think of LA as this place with no history”

“I was so gung-ho not to do what people wanted me to do – I never really thought about what I wanted to do.”

“I’m sorry, Leigh, but as amazing as I think you are … I gotta go home.”

“Remember last week when we went to Lucy’s award thing?”

“I’m unhappy, Cal. I’ve tried not to be. We’ve been married so long, somewhere we became… stagnant, you know?”

“I have marked myself with this Scarlet J, Jessica! For you.”

“You want to talk about The Scarlet Letter, Mrs. Thompson?”

“You asked me for advice before, Cal, so I’m going to help you. I don’t know why.”

“I find you incredibly sexy. It’s a fact, not a cheesy pick-up line.”

“I miss you, T. I got complacent, I think”

“Four days ago… I lost a major American shoe company… well you could round it off to one billion dollars.”