A character in Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Bill quotes from Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Most-quoted character in Eyes Wide Shut (1999): in 9 of its 10 quotes
Most scenes with: Alice (3)

Scenes with Bill

9 scenes

Tell me something. Those two girls... at the party last night... Did you, by any chance... happen to... **** them?

Bill

What!? What, are you talking about?

I'm talking about the two girls that you were so blatantly hitting on.

Bill

I wasn't hitting on anybody.

Mmmmm. Who were they?

Bill

They were just a couple of models.

And where did you disappear to with them for so long?

Bill

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I didn't disappear... with anybody. Ziegler wasn't feeling too well... and I got called upstairs to see him. Anyway, who was the guy you were dancing with?

[laughs]

A friend of the Ziegler's.

Bill

What did he want?

What did he want? Oh, what did he want? Mmmm, sex... upstairs. [chuckles] Then and there.

Bill

Is that all?

Yeah. Yeah, that was all.

Bill

Just wanted to **** my wife.

[laughs]

That's right.

Bill

I guess that's understandable.

[confused]

Understandable?

Bill

Because you are a very, very beautiful woman.

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. So... because I'm a beautiful woman, the only reason any man ever wants to talk to me... is because he wants to **** me? Is that what you're saying?

Bill

Well, I don't... think its quite that black and white. But... but I think we both know what men are like.

So, on that basis, I should conclude that you wanted to **** those two models?

Bill

There are exceptions.

And what makes you an exception?

Bill

What makes me an exception is that... I happen to be in love with you. And because we're married, and because I would never lie to you. Or hurt you.

Do you realize... that what you're saying is that the only reason you wouldn't **** those two models is out of consideration for me! Not because you really wouldn't want to!

Bill

Lets just relax, Alice. This pot is making you aggressive.

No! It's not the pot, it's you! Why can't you ever give me a straight **** answer!?

Bill

I was under the impression that's what I was doing. I don't even know who we're arguing about here.

I'm not arguing. I'm just trying to find out where you're coming from.

Bill

Where I'm coming from?

Look, uh... let's say... Let's say, for example, you have some gorgeous woman, standing, in your office, naked and you're feeling her **** tits. Now, what I want to know, I want to know what you're thinking about when you're squeezing them.

Bill

Alice, I happen to be a doctor. It's always very impersonal and you know there's always a nurse present.

So when you're feeling tits, it's nothing more than just your professionalism; is that what you're saying?

Bill

Exactly! Sex is the last thing on my mind when I'm with a patient.

Uh-huh. Now, when she is having her little titties squeezed, do you think she ever has any little fantasies about what handsome Dr. Bill's dickie might be like? Hmm?

Bill
[scoffs]

Come on, I can assure you sex is the last thing on this hypothetical woman patient's mind!

And what makes you so sure?

Bill

If for no better reason... because she's afraid of what I might find.

Okay! Okay, so, so, so, after you tell her that everything's fine, what then?

Bill

What then? Uh... I don't know, Alice... um... What then? Uh... look... women don't... They basically, just don't think like that.

Millions of years of evolution, right? Right!? Men have to stick it in every place they can, but for women it's just about security, and commitment, and- and whatever the **** else!

Bill

A little oversimplified, Alice, but yes, something like that.

If you men only knew.

Bill

I'll tell you what I do know is you got a little stoned tonight, you've been trying to pick a fight with me, and now you're trying to make me jealous

But you're not the jealous type, are you?

Bill

No, I'm not!

You've never been jealous about me, have you?

Bill

No, I haven't.

And why haven't you ever been jealous about me!?

Bill

Well, I don't know, Alice! Maybe because you're my wife! Maybe because you're the mother of my child! And I know you would never be unfaithful to me.

You are very, very sure of yourself, aren't you?

Bill

No. I'm sure of you. [Alice bursts out laughing] Do you think that's funny? [she continues laughing] All right, **** it. Now we get the **** laughing fit, right!?

[stops laughing]

Do you... do remember last summer at Cape Cod?

Bill

Yes.

Do you remember one night in the dining room, there was this young naval officer and he was sitting near our table with two other officers?

Bill

No.

The waiter brought him a message during dinner, at which point he left. Nothing rings a bell?

Bill

No.

Well... I first saw him that morning in the lobby. He was- he was checking into the hotel and he was following the bellboy with his luggage... to the elevator. He... he glanced at me as he walked past; just a glance. Nothing more. And I... could hardly... move. That afternoon, Helena went to the movie with her friend and... you and I made love. And we made plans about our future. And we talked about Helena. And yet, at no time, was he ever out of my mind. And I thought that if he wanted me, even if it was only... for one night... I was ready to give up everything. You. Helena. My whole **** future. Everything. And yet it was weird because at the same time, you were dearer to me than ever. And... and at that moment, my love for you was both... tender... and sad. I... I barely slept that night. And I woke up the next morning in a panic. I don’t know if I was afraid that he had left or that he might still be there. But by dinner... I realized he was gone. And I was relieved.

Bill

You know what they say, once a doctor always a doctor.

Nick

Yes, or in my case, never a doctor, never a doctor.

Gayle

Do you know what's so nice about doctors?

Bill

Usually a lot less than people imagine.

Gayle

They always seem so knowledgeable.

Bill

Oh, they are very knowledgeable about all sorts of things.

Gayle

But I bet they work too hard. Just think of all they miss.

Bill

You're probably right.

Bill

Now, where exactly are we going... exactly?

Gayle

Where the rainbow ends.

Bill

Where the rainbow ends?

Nuala

Don't you want to go where the rainbow ends?

Bill

Well, now that depends where that is.

Gayle

Well, let's find out.

Red Cloak
[pleasantly]

Please, come forward. May I have the password?

Bill

Fidelio.

Red Cloak

That's correct, sir! That is the password... for admittance. But may I ask, what is the password for the house?

Bill

The password for the house...

Red Cloak

Yes?

Bill

I'm sorry. I... seem to have... forgotten it.

Red Cloak

That's unfortunate! Because here, it makes no difference whether you have forgotten it, or whether you never knew it. You will kindly remove your mask. [Bill removes mask] Now, get undressed.

Bill
[nervously]

Get... undressed?

Red Cloak
[sternly]

Remove your clothes.

Bill

Uh... gentlemen...

Red Cloak

Remove your clothes. Or would you like us to do it for you?

Ziegler

Listen... Bill... The reason I, uh, asked you to come over is I... I... I need to talk to you about something.

Bill

Sure.

Ziegler

It's a little bit awkward. And I have to be completely frank.

Bill

What kind of problem you having?

Ziegler

It isn't a medical problem. Actually... it concerns you. Bill... I... I know what happened last night. And I know what's been going on since then. And I think you just might... have the wrong idea about one or two things.

Bill

I'm sorry, Victor. I, uh... what in the hell are you talking about? [chuckles]

Ziegler

Please, Bill, no games. I was there. At the house. I saw everything that went on. Bill, what the hell did you think you were doing? I couldn't... I couldn't even begin to- to imagine how you- how you even heard about it, let alone got yourself through the door. Then I remembered seeing you with that- that- that- that prick piano player Nick whatever the **** his name was at my party. And it didn't take much to figure out the rest.

Bill

It wasn't Nick's fault. It was mine.

Ziegler

Of course it was Nick's fault. If he hadn't mentioned it to you in the first place, none of this would've happened. I- I recommended that little **** to those people and he's made me look like a complete asshole.

Bill

Victor? What can I say? I... I had... absolutely... no idea you were involved in any way.

Ziegler

I know you didn't, Bill. But I also know that you... you went to Nick's hotel this morning and talked to the desk clerk.

Bill

How do you know that?

Ziegler

Because I had you followed.

Bill

You had me followed?

Ziegler

I- Okay. Okay, I'm sorry. All right? I owe you an apology. This was for your own good, believe me. Now look, I know what the desk clerk told you, but what he didn't tell you is all they did was put Nick on a plane to Seattle. By now he's... he's probably back with his family, you know, banging Mrs. Nick.

Bill

The clerk said he had a bruise on his face.

Ziegler

Okay, he had a bruise on his face. That's a hell of a lot less than he deserves. Listen, Bill, I don't think you realize what kind of trouble you were in last night. Who do you think those people were? Those were not just ordinary people there. If I told you their names... I'm not gonna tell you their names, but if I did, I don't think you'll sleep so well.

Bill

Was it the second password? Is that what gave me away?

Ziegler

Yes, finally. But not because you didn't know it. It's because there was no second password. Of course, it didn't help a whole lot that those people arrived in limos and you showed up in a taxi. Or that when they took your coat, they found the receipt from the rental house in your pocket made out to you-know-who.

Bill

There was a... there was a... there was, uh, a woman there. Who, uh... tried to warn me.

Ziegler

I know.

Bill

Do you know who she was?

Ziegler

Yes. She was... she was a hooker. Sorry, but... that's what she was.

Bill

A hooker?

Ziegler

Bill, suppose I told you that... that everything that happened to you there... the threats, the- the girl's warnings, her last minute intervention, suppose I said that all of that... was staged. That it was a kind of charade. That it was fake.

Bill

Fake?

Ziegler

Yes, fake.

Bill

Why would they do that?

Ziegler

Why? In plain words... to scare the living shit out of you. To keep you quiet about where you'd been and what you'd seen.

Bill

The woman lying dead in the morgue was the woman at the party.

Ziegler

Yes.

Bill

Well, Victor, maybe I'm missing something here. You call it fake, a charade... Do you mind telling me what kind of **** charade ends up with somebody turning up dead!?

Ziegler

Okay, Bill, let's cut the bullshit, alright? You've been way out of your depth for the last twenty-four hours. You want to know what kind of charade? I'll tell you exactly what kind. That whole play-acted "take me" sacrifice that you've been jerking off with had nothing to do with her real death. Nothing happened after you left that hadn't happened to her before. She got her brains **** out. Period.

Bill

Are you sure of that?

Am I sure? Only as sure as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth.

Bill

And no dream is ever just a dream.

I do love you and you know there is something very important we need to do as soon as possible.

Bill

What's that?

****.

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