Tony [singing]
I'll see my love tonight and for us stars will stop where they are.
Played by Richard Beymer 
West Side Story (1961) · 58 quotes
West Side Story (1961) · 58 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in West Side Story (1961): in 15 of its 58 quotes
Most scenes with: Maria (9), Bernardo (2), Riff (2)
I just met a girl named Maria, and suddenly that name
Will never be the same to me.
Maria - I just kissed a girl named Maria
And suddenly I found how wonderful a sound can be
Maria - say it loud and there's music playing
Say it soft and it's almost like praying.
More lines from Tony
2 quotes Tony Tony Come and get me too, Chino. Come on Chino, get me too...There's nobody here but me...I'm waitin' for ya!
Scenes with Tony
12 scenes Tony Every single night for the last month, I wake up. And I'm reachin' out.
For what?
Tony I don't know.
A dame?
Tony It's right outside the door. Just around the corner. But it's comin'.
What is?
Tony I don't know. It's like the kick I used to get from bein' a Jet, you know?
Oh, well now you're talkin'. Oh man, without a gang, you're an orphan. With a gang, you walk in twos, threes, fours. And when your crew is the best, when you're a Jet, you're out in the sun, buddy-boy. You're home free home.
Tony Riff, I've had it.
Tony, Tony, look at me, will ya? Come on, look at me...Now, I never asked the time of day from a clock, did I? I never asked nothin' from nobody. But I'm askin' you: 'Come to the dance tonight.'
Tony I promised Doc I'd clean up the store tonight.
Then do it after the dance. Tony, I already told the guys you'd be there. If you don't show up, I'll be marked lousy.
Tony What time'd ya tell 'em?
Ten. For me Tony, for Riff!
Tony Ten it is.
Womb to tomb!
Tony Birth to Earth. And I'll live to regret this.
Who knows? Maybe what you're waitin' for will be twitchin' at the dance tonight?
Tony I'm thinkin' I'm someone else.
I know you are not.
Tony Have we met before?
I know we have not.
Tony I felt - I knew something never before was gonna happen, had to happen. But this is so much more.
My hands are cold. Yours too. [She touches his cheek] So warm.
Tony [He touches her face]
So beautiful.
Beautiful.
Tony So much to believe. You're not makin' a joke.
I have not yet learned how to joke that way. I think now I never will.
Get your hands off, American...Stay away from my sister.
Tony Sister?
Couldn't you see he's one of them?
No. I saw only him.
There's only one thing they want from a Puerto Rican girl.
Tony That's a lie!
Later, Tony.
Get away.
Tony Stay out of this, Chino. [To Maria] Don't listen.
She will listen to her brother before she listens to you.
If Bernardo knew.
Tony We'll let him know. I'm not one of 'em, Maria.
But you are not one of us. And I am not one of you.
[singing]
Tonight, tonight, it all began tonight, I saw you and the world went away.
Tonight, tonight, there's only you tonight, what you are, what you do, what you say.
Tony Today, all day I had the feeling a miracle would happen, I know now I was right.
Tony and Maria
For here you are and what was just a world is a star tonight.
Tony Bottles, knives, guns. What a coop full of chickens?
Who are you calling chicken?
Every dog knows his own.
Tony I'm calling you all chicken. Big tough buddy-boys gotta throw bricks, huh? Afraid you're getting close? Afraid to slug it out? Afraid to use plain skin? How about a fair fight if you've got the guts to risk that? Best man from each gang will slug it out.
You must go and stop it.
Tony I have stopped it. It's only gonna be a fist fight now between two of 'em...
Any fight is no good for us.
Tony Maria, everything is good for us. We got magic.
Listen and hear me. You must go and stop it.
Tony It means that much to you?
Yes.
Tony All right, I will then.
I believe you. You do have magic.
Tony Of course, I've got you.
Tony [singing]
Make of our hands one hand, Make of our hearts one heart
Make of our vows one last vow, Only death will part us now.
Make of our lives one life, Day after day one life
Tony and Maria
Now it begins, now we start
One hand, one heart, even death won't part us now.
Stay with me. Don't leave me...Hold me...Tighter.
Tony It'll be all right, I know it. We're really together now.
But it's not us. It's everything around us.
Tony Then I'll take you away where nothing can get to us - not anyone or anything.
Tony [singing]
There's a place for us, Somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air wait for us, Somewhere.
There's a time for us, Some day a time for us
Time together with time to spare, time to look, time to care, Someday.
Tony Somewhere we'll find a new way of living.
We'll find a way of forgiving, Somewhere.
Tony Do you know what we're going to do in the country, Maria and me? We're gonna have lots of kids. And we're gonna name 'em all after ya.
Tony I didn't believe hard enough.
Loving is enough.
Tony Not here. They won't let us be.
Then we'll get away.
Tony Yeah. We can?
Yes.
Tony We will?
Yes. [singing] Hold my hand and we're halfway there. Hold my hand and I'll take you there. Somehow, someday, some...
