The Neon Demon (2016) quotes

View Quote Dean: Is there a pharmacy around here?
Hank: Why? She send you out for tampons, too?
Dean: You know, you've got a real attitude problem, you know that?
Hank: I'm just being friendly. I just wanna make sure you're getting something out of this deal. 'Cause if you're not, got plenty of other girls here. Take a peek in room 214 if you get a chance. Rented it this week to a girl from Sandusky, Ohio. Runaway. Thirteen years old. Real lolita shit. Room 214. Gotta be seen.

View Quote Gigi: He calls me the bionic woman.
Jesse: Is that a compliment?

View Quote Gigi: Jesse? What are you doing here?
Jesse: They told me to wait.
Gigi: For what?
Jesse: For makeup.
Gigi: You're in the show?
Jesse: [Smirks] Yeah.
Gigi: This show?
Jesse: ...yes.
Gigi: [Pauses in disbelief] That's my chair.

View Quote Gigi: Well, you certainly move fast.
Jesse: What do you mean?
Gigi: You must be **** him. Sarno doesn't let just anyone walk his collection.
Jesse: [Scoffs] I don't think I'm his type...
Gigi: Why not? You're very masculine.

View Quote Gigi: You wanna know what I had done, don't you? [Jesse stares intently] Well I thought I'd get more work if I went down a cup size. So I'd look like a hanger, ya know? But then my surgeon, Dr. Andrew, he pointed out a lot of other problems with my body. So I had them: shave my jaw, I had a slight eyebrow lift, new nose, cheeks, inner and outer lipo... oh, and they pinned my ears.
Jesse: Why?
Gigi: So I could wear a ponytail?

View Quote Gigi: [While looking at herself and applying lipstick in a bathroom mirror in a club] God, I love this color on me.
Ruby: Red rum.
Gigi: What?
Ruby: That's what it's called. They say women are more likely to buy a lipstick if it's named after food or sex. Just think about it. Black honey, plum passion, peachy keen.
Gigi: [Sucking on her finger and looking at herself in the mirror] Pink pussy.

View Quote Jesse: Didn't it hurt?
Gigi: Anything worth having hurts a little. Besides, nobody likes the way they look.
Jesse: I do. [Gigi scoffs with disgust]

View Quote Jesse: Something's in my room!
Hank: What do you mean something's in your room?
Jesse: I saw something in my room!
Hank: Are you high?

View Quote Jesse: When I was a kid, I would sneak out to the roof at night; I thought the moon looked like a big round eye. And I would look up and I'd say, "Do you see me?". Ya know, I'd stay out there for hours. Sometimes I'd fall asleep, just dreaming.
Dean: About what?
Jesse: What I would be.
Dean: What was that?
Jesse: I could never figure it out.

View Quote Jesse: [After the shoot] You're still here?
Ruby: How did it go?
Jesse: It went good. It was great actually.
Ruby: Did he say anything?
Jesse: My agency said if the pictures turned out good, he might consider them for an editorial. Do you think he would?
Ruby: [Shakes her head] I think he makes a lot of promises to young girls. [Nods]
Jesse: [Looks down, then up again] I should go, before my meter runs out.
Ruby: I don't think you should be alone with him. [Shakes her head]
Jesse: [Shakes her head] He seemed fine to me.
Ruby: [Smiling] That's not what I'm saying, Jesse.
Jesse: [Looks down, then up again] I'm not as helpless as I look.

View Quote Roberto Sarno: Dean, we're having a little debate over here. We need your expertise.
Dean: Okay.
Roberto Sarno: You know Gigi, right?
Dean: Well - I mean, we just met.
Roberto Sarno: [To Gigi] Will you stand up so that he can take a look at you? Go on, stand up. [Gigi stands up] Well...
Dean: Well, what?
Roberto Sarno: What do you think? You think she's beautiful?
Dean: I don't know - I mean, yeah, I guess she's fine.
Roberto Sarno: Yes, yes, that's exactly the word I was looking for. She's fine! Right? [He touches Gigi's right arm] You can sit down now, thanks. Thank you, Dean.

View Quote Roberto Sarno: True beauty is the highest currency we have. Without it, she would be nothing.
Dean: I think you're wrong.
Roberto Sarno: Excuse me?
Dean: I said, I think you're wrong.
Roberto Sarno: So are you gonna tell me that it's what's inside that counts?
Dean: Yeah, that's exactly what I think.
Roberto Sarno: Well I think, that if she wasn't beautiful... you wouldn't have even stopped to look.

View Quote Ruby: Am I staring?
Jesse: A little.
Ruby: Sorry... you just have such beautiful skin. I'm Ruby, by the way. Do you have a name or you want me to guess?
Jesse: Jesse.
Ruby: Jesse. And you just got to LA, Jesse?
Jesse: How'd you know?
Ruby: You've got that look. Oh, don't worry, honey, that whole deer in the headlights thing is exactly what they want.

View Quote Ruby: Hey, you wanna go somewhere?
Jesse: Where?
Ruby: A party.
Jesse: What kind of party?
Ruby: [Beaming smile] The fun kind.

View Quote Sarah: All she really wants to know is, who are you ****?
Jesse: Sorry?