Shirley Like, uh, say, hay, lay, hay, hey, lay, hmmm...gay ends in y. Hmmm? Do you like that?...Gay, fey. Is that your problem, baby?
Played by Brenda Vaccaro 
Midnight Cowboy (1969) · 36 quotes
Midnight Cowboy (1969) · 36 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Midnight Cowboy (1969): in 3 of its 36 quotes
Most scenes with: Joe Buck (2)
Scenes with Shirley
3 scenes Shirley 
She's hooked.
Shirley Like why, cowboy?
I'd say she was good for ten bucks, but I'll ask for twenty.
Shirley Why cowboy whore? Did you know we were gonna make it?
So, uh, do you really want to do business?
Shirley [referring to Ratso]
Who is he? Don't tell me you two are a couple!
Gretel Why are you laughing, Joe? Are you really a cowboy?
Well, I'll tell you the truth now. I ain't a real cowboy, but I am one helluva stud.
A very expensive stud. And I happen to be his manager.
Shirley Incidentally, how much is this gonna cost me?
Twenty bucks.
Shirley OK.
And taxi fare for me.
Shirley Oh, get lost, will ya?
I agree, but for that service, I charge one buck taxi fare.
Shirley Maybe if you didn't call me ma'am, things might work out better.
That's the first god-damned time this thing ever quit on me. It's a fact. You think I'm lyin' to ya?
Shirley No, no, I don't think you're lyin'. I just had this funny image. I had this image of a, um, policeman without his stick, and a, uh, bugler without his horn, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Well, I think I'm making it worse. Maybe we ought to take a little nap and see what happens.
I ain't sleepy.
Shirley Oh! I know, scribbage.
