All That Jazz quotes

View Quote Angelique: Do you believe in love?
Joe Gideon: I believe in saying, "I love you." It helps you concentrate.

View Quote Joe Gideon: Katie, I tried to give you everything I could give.
Kate Jagger: Oh, you give all right; presents, clothes. I just wish you weren't so generous with your ****.

View Quote Victoria Porter: [crying] No, you're right. I'm terrible. I know I'm terrible. I look in the mirror and I'm embarrassed. Maybe I should quit. I just can't seem to do anything right.
Joe Gideon: Listen, I can't make you a great dancer. I don't even know if I can make you a good dancer. But, if you keep trying and don't quit, I know I can make you a better dancer. I'd like very much to do that. Stay?
Victoria Porter: Are you going to keep yelling at me?
Joe Gideon: Probably.

View Quote Joe Gideon: Nothing I ever do is good enough. It's not beautiful enough, it's not funny enough, it's not deep enough, it's not anything enough. Now, when I see a rose, that's perfect. I mean, that's perfect. I want to look up to God and say "How the hell did you do that? And why the hell can't I do that?"
Angelique: Now that's probably one of your better con lines.
Joe Gideon: Yeah, it it. But that doesn't mean I don't mean it.

View Quote Joe Gideon: A great entertainer...
O'Connor Flood: A great entertainer!
Joe Gideon: A great humanitarian...
O'Connor Flood: A great humanitarian!
Joe Gideon: And my dear friend for 25 years...
O'Connor Flood: And my dearest friend for 20 years!
Katie Jagger: You missed by five years, Joe.
Joe Gideon: Oh boy, do I hate show business!
Katie Jagger: Joe, you love show business.
Joe Gideon: Oh, that's right. I love show business. I'll go either way.

View Quote Joe Gideon: I always look for the worst in people.
Angelique: A little of yourself in them?
Joe Gideon: Yeah, a little of myself. And generally, I find it.
Angelique: Well, it may take you years, but you'll find it. Oh, you are cute. You are cute.

View Quote Michelle Gideon: It's just that I keep wondering, Dad. Why don't you get married again?
Joe Gideon: I don't get married again, because I can't find anyone I dislike enough to inflict that kind of torture on.

View Quote Joe Gideon: [about Katie] Why do you suppose she'd put up with this?
Angelique: I could think of many reasons for being with you.
Joe Gideon: Now, don't bullshit a bullshitter.

View Quote [Katie just finished setting up a dinner date, probably to make Joe jealous.]
Joe Gideon: Who was that?
Katie Jagger: Michael Graham.
Joe Gideon: Who is Michael Graham?
Katie Jagger: A dancer in my ballet class.
Joe Gideon: Straight or gay?
Katie Jagger: What do you mean?
Joe Gideon: I mean, is looking to get laid or is he looking for Mr. Right?
Katie Jagger: He's straight.
Joe Gideon: And tall. [turns to leave] Michael Graham is a very tall name. [leaves his room slowly but comes running back] Ho ho ho... Goddamn you, how dare you use my phone! My telephone! To call someone who is not gay!
Katie Jagger: [laughing] I see! You can go out with any girl in town. Any girl.
Joe Gideon: [pointing] That's right! I go out with any girl in town. I stay in with you.

View Quote Roy Scheider - Joe Gideon

View Quote Jessica Lange - Angelique

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View Quote Ann Reinking - Kate Jagger

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View Quote Ben Vereen - O'Connor Flood