“No one will dance with me. I think it's this dress. I told them white...” – Senator Kevin Keeley, The Birdcage ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from The Birdcage 1996

Senator Kevin Keeley

[in drag]

No one will dance with me. I think it's this dress. I told them white would make me look fat.

Barbara Keeley

[in female drag]

What about me? I'm just as pretty as the rest of these guys!

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