Sonny Dreams die.
No. No, no, no. Not by themselves. We - we kill them!
Played by Michael Beck 
Xanadu (1980) · 26 quotes
Xanadu (1980) · 26 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Xanadu (1980): in 10 of its 26 quotes
Most scenes with: Kira (6), Danny McGuire (3)
Ah, what the hell. Guys like me should not dream anyway.
Scenes with Sonny Malone
9 scenes Sonny Kid can you imagine it?
Sonny Imagine what?
A bandstand. Right over there in that corner. And a big band, like in the 40's
Sonny Nah, nah, nah. Bandstands went out with running boards. Over there. A great rock 'n' roll band. This is the 80's!
Real smooth dancers... wild trombone... the band decked out in tuxedos.
Sonny Six guys wearing electric orange... synthesizer... heavy percussion... electric guitar.
Lots of glamour. Everybody dressed in elegance and style.
Simpson [Sonny is painting Kira's likeness on the Nine Sisters album cover. His boss Simpson is displeased]
It is supposed to look exactly like the album cover I gave you! Is that too difficult?
Sonny If you want me to work, I'll work. If you want stand there and argue, I can get into that, too.
Simpson Don't be a wiseass, Malone. That painting should be done; what are you wasting all this time on the girl for?
Sonny Because that's how she really looks.
Simpson I don't give a damn how she really looks, just get it FINISHED! Now, when are you gonna have it done?
Sonny Well, I'd say it probably will be done...when it's done, but that's only an approximate guess.
Simpson Five minutes, my office. If it's six, keep walking.
Sonny Hey I've been asking about you all day. You may not believe this but I'm painting an album cover and you're on it.
Why shouldn't I believe it?
Sonny Because before today I never laid eyes on you. Now I've seen you 3 times in one day. That's a little too coincidental.
Sounds like you don't believe it.
Sonny I want to know more about you.
You already know enough about me. Any more and you're going to get a headache.
Sonny Are you living with someone?
Yes. I told you I live with my sisters.
Sonny I know. In an apartment on the second floor. All right, then. What's your last name?
Same as my mother's and father's.
Sonny And what's that?
Which one, my mother's or my father's?
Sonny Either!
The same as mine!
Sonny I get it. No questions.
No questions, no lies.
Sonny No questions, no truth, either.
Have you ever heard the expression "kissed by a muse"? Well, that's what I am. I'm a muse.
Sonny Well, I'm glad someone's having a good time.
Oh, don't make jokes; I'm serious.
Look up "muse" in the dictionary. Go on, page seven twenty-eight. Read it!
Sonny Okay, all right. I'll read it. [reading] "Muse; any one of the nine sister..."
Like the album cover? Mm-hmm?
Sonny [reading]
"Any one of the nine sister goddesses in Greek mythology, presiding over song, and poetry, and the arts and do you believe me now, Sonny?" How'd you do that? What's going on?
Kira, I want you to promise me one thing.
Anything!
On opening night, I get the first dance.
Okay.
Sonny You're gonna dance?
Oh, I've been known to twinkle a toe or two.
Sonny I've come to take you out of here.
It can't be done. No one's ever taken anyone out of here. Not in the whole history of... the whole history!
Sonny I'll make them let you go. Zeus! Zeus, you hear me?
Oh, God.
