GySgt. Emil Foley [referring to Della Serra's haircut]
Now this is my idea of an a** bandit. Wait till some of the local girls get a look at you, Scrotum Head.
Most-quoted character in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982): in 22 of its 36 quotes
Most scenes with: Zack Mayo (11), Sid Worley (3)
You're one of those girls who couldn't get enough of daddy's attention because he really wanted a son...That's right, walk around, Sugar Britches!
More lines from GySgt. Emil Foley
9 quotes GySgt. Emil Foley GySgt. Emil Foley I don't believe what I'm seein'. Where've you been all your lives? At an orgy? Listening to Mick Jagger and bad-mouthin' our country, I'll bet!
GySgt. Emil Foley There's not gonna be any liberty for you boys, 'cause you'll be going home by then.
GySgt. Emil Foley In every class, there's always one joker who thinks that he's smarter than me. In that class, that happens to be you. Isn't it, Mayo-naise?
GySgt. Emil Foley [his first cadence, for Zack and the other OC's]
Sergeant Foley, can't you see; A Puget Deb is after me; Please don't let me catch my tail; I'd be better off in the country jail...! My mom was a Deb, my grandma too; That's all them gals know how to do; She'll catch my butt before she's through; Sergeant Foley, it's up to you!
GySgt. Emil Foley [his second cadence, for Zack alone]
Candidate Mayo's strutting in the dirt; Look at his face, he's starting to hurt; Here he is, thinking he's a great big star; But before too long, he's gonna D.O.R.; Seen guys like you a hundred times; I'm telling you, Mayo, I'm one of a kind; Gonna give you more than you can take; I'm gonna watch you crumble and watch you break!
GySgt. Emil Foley [After a trainee at attention tells him he comes from Tucson, Arizona]
There are only two things come out of Arizona. they are steers and q***rs."
GySgt. Emil Foley [to the newly arrived recruits]
I expect to lose half of you before I'm finished. I will use every means necessary - fair and unfair - to trip you up, to expose your weaknesses as a potential aviator.
GySgt. Emil Foley [to the newly-arrived male recruits]
Not all the obstacles that can trip you up are on this base. Let me tell you something about the local girls. Ever since there's been a base here, there's been what you'd call the Puget Sound Debs. The poor girls come across the sound on the ferry every weekend with just one thing in mind, and that's to marry themselves a naval aviator. A Puget Deb will tell you, "Don't you worry about contraceptives. I've got that all taken care of." Don't believe it, sweet pea. A Puget Deb will do anything and say anything to trap you. I know this sounds silly, especially in this so-called modern age, but you scuzzy college pukes should watch out, because they're out there, and you, sweet peas, are the answer to their dream!
Scenes with GySgt. Emil Foley
12 scenes GySgt. Emil Foley [looks at Mayo's tattoo]
Where'd you get this tattoo?
Subic Bay, Philippines, sir.
GySgt. Emil Foley I thought I recognized that work. Be proud of those wings. They're the only one you're leaving here with, Mayo-NAISE.
GySgt. Emil Foley Mayo, I want your D.O.R.
No, sir. You can kick me outta here, but I ain't quitting.
GySgt. Emil Foley Get into your fatigues, Mayo. By the end of this weekend, you'll quit.
GySgt. Emil Foley You can forget it! You're out!
Don't you do it! Don't! You... I got nowhere else to go! I got nowhere else to g... I got nothin' else.
You didn't kick him out, did you? Wait, sir! Didn't he tell you what he's been going through?
GySgt. Emil Foley It doesn't matter what he's been going through; that's what bartenders are for. What does matter is that he freaked out for some reason at twenty-five thousand feet, and that can happen. Period.
There's this girl that he's gotten pregnant, and she's putting him through hell, sir.
He's right, Zack. It doesn't matter.
Just like that? It's all over? With less than two weeks to go, you're out?
GySgt Emil Foley It can still happen to you too, Mayo-naise.
I am talking to you, mother****er!
GySgt. Emil Foley What did you call me?
Sir, this officer candidate request permission to see you in private... sir.
GySgt. Emil Foley [gently]
Mayo, the whole class already knows about Candidate Worley, and we're sorry.
Oh, I'm sure you are.
GySgt. Emil Foley [upon graduation]
Congratulations, Ensign Seegar.
Casey Seegar
Thank you, sir.
GySgt. Emil Foley Gunnery Sgt, Ensign Seegar, sir.
GySgt. Emil Foley [upon graduation]
Congratulations, Ensign Mayo.
Thank you, sir.
GySgt. Emil Foley Gunnery Sgt, Ensign Mayo, sir. [salutes]
I'll never forget you.
GySgt. Emil Foley [with a straight face]
Get the hell out of here.
Perryman [Zack sells pre-shined shoes to the other candidates and hides it in the ceiling rafters]
Shit. I am not going to make it. Help me out, Sid. Got a spare, man?
My spare sucks. You know where the hardware store is.
Perryman Zack, I need a buckle, man.
I can't risk it.
Perryman You got plenty of time, man. He's still out with the girls.
Can't do it.
Perryman Zack, I got to see my family, man. I can't take it if he let me out of here this weekend.
Wouldn't want you to get an honor violation, Perryman.
Perryman OK.
Attention on deck.
Foley In every class, there's always one joker who thinks that he's smarter than me! In this class, it happens to be you, isn't it, Mayonnaise? [hits rafter access tile with a stick, causing contraband to fall out] Perryman, Worley...let us have this room. On the double.
Perryman Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Stow it!
Foley Mayo, I want your DOR.
No, sir. You can kick me outta here, but I ain't quitting.
Foley Get into your fatigues, Mayo. By the end of this weekend, you'll quit.
Foley [Foley continues taunting Mayo, and calls him out on why he joined the course]
You only give a shit about yourself. All your classmates know it. Do you think they would trust you behind the controls of a plane? You'd probably zipp off in my F-14 and sell it to the Cubans.
No, sir! No, sir! I love my country.
Foley Sell it to the Air Force, Mayo. Sell it to the Air Force! [moves to his head] Talk to me. Now why would a slick hustler like you sign up for this abuse?
I want to fly jets.
Foley My grandmama wants to fly jets.
I wanted it since I was a kid!
Foley We're not talking about flying. We're talking about character!
I've changed. I've changed since I've been here.
Foley The hell you have.
I've changed, sir!
Foley No, you've just polished your act a little bit. You just shined it up! [moves up to concrete slab and looks down on Mayo] Now tell me what I want to hear. I want your DOR.
No sir.
Foley I want your DOR.
I ain't going to quit.
Foley Spell it! D-O-R.
I ain't gonna quit!
Foley Yeah then you can be free, and you and your daddy can get drunk and go whore-chasing together!
No, sir!
Foley DOR.
I ain't going to quit!
Foley Alright then, you can forget it! [tries to leave] You're OUT!
Don't you do it! Don't! You... I GOT NOWHERE ELSE TO GO! I got nowhere else to g... I got nothin' else.
Foley All right Mayo, on your feet.
Foley [upon graduation]
Congratulations, Ensign Mayo.
I'll never forget you, Sergeant.
Foley I know.
I wouldn't have made it without you.
Foley [with a straight face]
Get the hell out of here.
Thank you, Sergeant.
[sees Foley off-boarding Worley]
What's going on. You didn't kick him out? Hey, wait a minute. Did he tell you what he's been going through?
Foley It doesn't matter what he's been going through. That's the whole purpose of this zoo. What does matter is that he freaked out for some reason at 25,000 feet, and that can't happen, ever!
You don't understand, sir. He's got a girl in town. She's pregnant. She's put him through hell!
It don't matter. That don't matter.
Don't matter? What do you mean? You've got two weeks left. You're out just like that?
Foley It can still happen to you too, Mayo-naise.
He ain't bullshitting you, buddy.
Don't **** it up for you, man!
Foley What did you call me?
I thought the DIs were supposed to help everybody out around here. What kind of human being are you?
Foley You better lock it up, boy. You're gonna be going home with him!
Zack, go back to the barracks, please.
I don't get this. He's the best candidate in the class, the best student, best leader, the best friend to everybody. Can't you bend your god-damned rules for once?
Zack, he didn't ask me to DOR. I went to him.
Sir, this officer candidate requests permission to see you in private, sir.
Foley Mayo, the whole class already knows about Candidate Worley, and we're sorry.
Oh, I bet you are. I want to see you in private, sir.
Foley Not now. I'm busy.
Now!
Foley [to candidates]
Forward!
Sir, I request permission— [Foley continues drilling] Sir, this officer candidate requests permission to see you in private, sir!
Foley Not now. I'm busy. So are you. Now get cleaned up!
I don't need your shit! I came back to quit. DOR!
Foley Platoon, halt!
I don't need you. I don't need the Navy. I don't need anybody.
Foley Okay, Mayo. I see what you want. You said you wanted to meet me in private? You got it!
