Paul Could we have the check?
Coffee Shop Cashier It's on the house.
Paul Really?
Coffee Shop Cashier Sure. What the hell. Different rules apply when it get's this late. You know what I mean? It's like after hours.
Played by Griffin Dunne 
After Hours (1985) · 18 quotes
After Hours (1985) · 18 quotes
Most-quoted character in After Hours (1985): in 17 of its 18 quotes
Most scenes with: Marcy (6)
What do you want from me? What have I done? I'm just a word processor, for Christ sake!
Scenes with Paul Hackett
16 scenes Paul Coffee Shop Cashier Paul Coffee Shop Cashier Paul Which way you headed?
Downtown, SoHo.
Paul Oh, nice... nice. A loft?
Yeah, she's a sculptress. Lately she's been making these Plaster of Paris bagel and cream cheeses.
Paul Really...
She's tryin to sell 'em as paperweights. You wanna buy one?
Paul Paperweights?... uh, yeah I would. How much are they?
I don't know. Well, if you think you might be interested, her number is 243-3460.
Paul 243-3460.
Her name's Kiki Bridges.
Paul Kiki Bridges, okay.
Nice talkin' to ya.
Paul Yeah, great talkin' to you.
Paul Is Marcy here?
Kiki She had to go to the all-night drugstore.
Paul Is she all right?
Kiki It's under control.
Kiki You do that all day and your own shoulders get pretty sore.
Paul You want a massage?
Kiki You read my mind. Would you?
Paul Sure. I'm not too good at this. I just know a few basic moves.
Kiki Just make it hurt and you're on the right track.
I hope you don't have to get up early tomorrow morning or anything.
Paul No. No, I don't.
Because I think you're somebody I can really talk to. And tonight I feel like - I feel like I'm gonna let loose or something. I feel like - I feel like something incredible is really gonna happen here! [laughs] I feel soooo excited. I don't know why? I feel it. [laughs] I'm glad you came. [laughs]
Paul Greg called.
Oh, how'd that little **** find out I was staying here tonight? He probably wants to whine to me about his latest boyfriend.
Paul Friends like that are hard to deal with sometimes.
Well, that's what friends are for!
Paul Why don't you just tell me what's wrong?
I was raped once. As a matter of fact it happened right here in this very room. I lived here once. He came in through there on the fire escape. He held a knife to my throat and said if I made a move, he'd cut my tongue out. He tied me to the bed... he took his time... six hours.
Paul My god... Was he, uh... did they get this guy?
No. Actually it was a boyfriend of mine. To tell you the truth, I slept through most of it. So... there you are.
My husband was a movie freak. Actually, he was particularly obsessed with one movie, "The Wizard of Oz." He talked about it constantly. I thought it was cute at first. On our wedding night, I was a virgin. When we made love - you've seen the movie, haven't you?
Paul "The Wizard of Oz"? Yeah.
Well, whenever he - you know, when he came...
Paul Yeah.
...he would scream out, "Surrender Dorothy!" That's all! Just "Surrender Dorothy!"
Paul Wow.
Instead of saying something normal like, "Oh, God," or something normal like that. I mean, it was pretty creepy! And I told him I thought so, but he just, he just couldn't stop, he just, he just couldn't stop, he just... couldn't stop.
Paul What type of pot is this?
Colombian.
Paul That's a lie.
What?
Paul This isn't Colombian. I don't even think it's pot.
That's what the guy who sold it to me said it was...
Paul Well, the guy who sold it to you is a liar. So are you.
Don't get upset, I just won't buy it from him anymore. Are you all right?
Paul Where are those Plaster of Paris paperweights, anyway? I mean, that's what I came down here to see in the first place. Well, that's not entirely true, I came to see you, but where are the paperweights? That's what I wanna see now!
What's the matter?
Paul I said I wanna see a Plaster of Paris bagel and cream cheese paperweight, now cough it up.
Right now?
Paul Yes, right now!
They're in Kiki's bedroom.
Paul Then get 'em, cause as we sit here chatting, there are important papers flying rampant around my apartment cause I don't have ANYTHING to hold them down with.
Julie Hey Paul, do you like my hairdo?
Paul Yes... yes, I do.
Julie Then why don't you touch it?
Tom the Bartender How about a drink? You look like you could use one.
Paul You don't happen to have any powerful aphrodisiacs back there, do you?
Tom the Bartender She won't put out, huh?
Paul No, it's not for her. It's for me. I seem to have gotten myself involved with one of your cocktail waitresses.
Tom the Bartender Miss Bee Hive 1965.
Paul Yes. Don't even ask me how.
Tom the Bartender So, take off. What's she gonna do? Kill herself?
Club Berlin Bouncer
[Paul is trying to get into a nightclub]
Got any money?
Paul Yes I got money. Is that what this is all about, you want money? Why didn't you ask for that in the first place man. Here, it's all I got.
Club Berlin Bouncer
[gives the Bouncer a quarter]
I'll take your money 'cos I don't want you to feel you left anything untried. Now, you keep the quarter... [gives Paul his quarter back] ...but you still have to wait a few minutes.
Paul Why doesn't he have to wait a few minutes?
Club Berlin Bouncer
Tonight is mohawk night. If you had a mohawk, you could go in.
Paul [laughs]
Oh, come on! We're both adults! Why don't you just let me in?
Club Berlin Bouncer
Do you really want to go inside?
Paul You wouldn't believe what I've been through tonight. You just, wouldn't believe it.
Gail Oh, I'm an ice cream vendor - Mr. Softee.
Paul What? I - you misunderstood me. I didn't ask what you did for a living. I said, you wouldn't believe what I've been through tonight.
Gail It's not boring. And I have my own Mr. Softee truck. It's not - it's not boring.
Paul I have had a terrible, terrible night. Do you understand?
Gail I'm just trying to entertain you.
Paul I don't want any entertainment! And, I'm sorry I did that. I'm sorry. I am under - oh God, I - I'm unable to get home tonight, you know. I can't get home.
Paul [Paul has no money for a subway token]
Couldn't you just give me one token, please?
Subway Attendant I can't do that. I may lose my job.
Paul [Paul looks around and sees no one else in the station]
Well, who would know... exactly?
Subway Attendant I could go to a party, get drunk, talk to someone... who knows?
Julie I'm gonna give you a present.
Paul Don't do that. That's really not necessary at all. I mean, I've only known you for, what, an hour.
Julie No, no, no. You said that you were gonna come back and you did. In these days, that is something to be commended and rewarded. Do you know what this is?
Paul No.
Julie This is a Plaster of Paris bagel and cream cheese paperweight. I bought it from a local artist, Kiki Bridges. Did you ever hear of her?
