2nd most-quoted character in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982): in 17 of its 36 quotes
Most scenes with: GySgt. Emil Foley (11), Sid Worley (3), Paula (3)
Hey.
Hey, kid. Are you Zack?
Yes, sir.
I'm Byron; nice to meet you.
Yes, sir.
I'm out at sea three weeks out of every month, and when I'm back at port, I don't have time for this daddy stuff, 'cause that's not who I am.
That's okay, sir.
Wait a second, kid, you don't understand. I'm too old for this. I don't care what the Navy says. This is no place to bring up a kid like I told you on the telephone. You're better of at that state school back at Virginia.
I'm never going back there. They treat me like shit.
Maybe that's not for you to say. Goddamnit, don't look at me that way. What happened to your mother had nothing to do with me.
It did. You said you were gonna come back. You promised.
Is that what she said? That's a female lie. That's bullshit! That a lie!
I found your letters. I read them right after she did it. You said you were gonna come back for us. You said you loved her, and she believed you. You're a liar!
Akin na pera mo! ["Give me your money!" in Tagalog]
But I have no money!
Bullshit! [punches Mayo in the face. Thugs take Mayo's wallet]
Subic Bay, Philippines, sir.
I thought I recognized that work. Be proud of those wings. They're the only one you're leaving here with, Mayo-NAISE.
Zack, when you're through with a girl, what do you do? Do you you say something or do you just...disappear?
I never had a girl.
Mayo, I want your D.O.R.
No, sir. You can kick me outta here, but I ain't quitting.
Get into your fatigues, Mayo. By the end of this weekend, you'll quit.
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?
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?
It can still happen to you too, Mayo-naise.
I am talking to you, mother****er!
What did you call me?
Sir, this officer candidate request permission to see you in private... sir.
Mayo, the whole class already knows about Candidate Worley, and we're sorry.
Oh, I'm sure you are.
Thank you, sir.
Gunnery Sgt, Ensign Mayo, sir. [salutes]
I'll never forget you.
What do you want? You want to ****? Is that what you want? You wanna ****? All right, come here. Get on the bed. Take your clothes off. I'll give you a good ****.
Where's that coming from?
Get on the bed.
I wouldn't **** you now if my life --
Then get the hell out of here, because I don't need this shit.
I don't know who you think you're talking to, you know. I'm not some whore you brought in here. I'm trying to be nice to you. I'm trying to be your friend, Zack.
Well, then be a friend. Get out of here.
Fine. Fine. You know, man. You ain't nothing special. You got no manners. You treat women like whores. And if you ask me, you ain't got no chance of being no officer.
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.
Zack, I need a buckle, man.
I can't risk it.
You got plenty of time, man. He's still out with the girls.
Can't do it.
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.
OK.
Attention on deck.
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.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Stow it!
Mayo, I want your DOR.
No, sir. You can kick me outta here, but I ain't quitting.
Get into your fatigues, Mayo. By the end of this weekend, you'll quit.
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.
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.
My grandmama wants to fly jets.
I wanted it since I was a kid!
We're not talking about flying. We're talking about character!
I've changed. I've changed since I've been here.
The hell you have.
I've changed, sir!
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.
I want your DOR.
I ain't going to quit.
Spell it! D-O-R.
I ain't gonna quit!
Yeah then you can be free, and you and your daddy can get drunk and go whore-chasing together!
No, sir!
DOR.
I ain't going to quit!
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.
All right Mayo, on your feet.
I'll never forget you, Sergeant.
I know.
I wouldn't have made it without you.
Thank you, Sergeant.
What's going on. You didn't kick him out? Hey, wait a minute. Did he tell you what he's been going through?
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?
It can still happen to you too, Mayo-naise.
He ain't bullshitting you, buddy.
I'm talking to you, mother****er!
Don't **** it up for you, man!
What did you call me?
I thought the DIs were supposed to help everybody out around here. What kind of human being are you?
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.
I don't want no Okie from Muskogee! I can get that right here, in Port Angeles; a dime a dozen, they are!
You little bitch! Who the HELL do you think you are? Playing with people like that! He LOVES you! And you just shit on him! [beat] You made this whole thing up, didn't you? There was never any baby, was there?
Of course there was a baby! I would never lie about something like that! Would I, Paula?
You selfish tramp!
God help you.
We both know that isn't true.
Sir, this officer candidate requests permission to see you in private, sir.
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.
Not now. I'm busy.
Now!
Sir, I request permission— [Foley continues drilling] Sir, this officer candidate requests permission to see you in private, sir!
Not now. I'm busy. So are you. Now get cleaned up!
I don't need your shit! I came back to quit. DOR!
Platoon, halt!
I don't need you. I don't need the Navy. I don't need anybody.
Okay, Mayo. I see what you want. You said you wanted to meet me in private? You got it!
