Sid and Nancy (1986)

Chloe Webb: Nancy Spungen

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Quotes 

• [getting off the phone with her parents] 

  Nancy : I fuckin' hate them! I fucking hate them! Fucking motherfuckers! They wouldn't send us any money! They said we'd spend it on drugs!

  Sid : Well, we would!

• Nancy : I'll never look like Barbie. Barbie doesn't have bruises.

• Nancy : I hate my fuckin' life.

  Sid : This is just a rough patch. Things'll be much better when we get to America, I promise.

  Nancy : We're in America. We've been here a week. New York is in America, you fuck.

• [Nancy storms out of their flat in Sid's mother's clothes, then sees herself reflected in a window] 

  Nancy : AAGGHH! I look like fuckin' Stevie Nicks in hippie clothes!

• Nancy : Never trust a junkie.

• Nancy : What are ya doin here? You're in the studio, these places cost like fifty grand a minute. You could be really shining out! But what? You're just wonking off!

  John : Wanking!

  Nancy : What happened to you? Did you try and kiss your mother?

  John : None of your business.

  Brenda Winczor : John got beaten up by facists.

• Nancy : [Pointing]  No! Look, that's the Rollerama. Sid, I won a roller skating trophy there when I was six years old.

  Granma : Nancy, don't fib.

  Nancy : Fuck you, Grandma.

• [as Sid storms out] 

  Nancy : Fuck it, Sid, don't leave! Sid! What about the farewell drugs? Sid! Sid.

• Nancy : Boring, Sidney, Boring!

• Sid : If it weren't for me mum's kindness, we'd be on the fucking streets!

  Nancy : Yeah? And if it weren't for your own stupidity, we'd be living in our own apartment in Paris, France!

• Nancy : If I asked you to kill me, would you?

  Sid : I don't know. How would I do it? I couldn't live without ya.

• Nancy : It's a real waste to smoke that shit. Don't ya have any needles?

• Nancy : Who's Dick Dent?

  Brenda Winczor : He's just some wanky journalist who don't appreciate The Sex Pistols.

• John : There's Dick Dent.

  Nancy : Who's Dick Dent?

  Linda : He's just some wankin' journalist that don't appreciate the Sex Pistols.

  John : Go get him, Sidney. Go!

• Sid : How vile. Sex is boring. Ugly hippie shit.

  Nancy : You're fuckin' insane too. Fuckin' insane.

• John : You're not gettin' anything.

  Nancy : What?

  John : You heard. Fuckin' Americans. That's all you ever think about: sex. None of us fucks, see? Sex is ugly. None of your free hippie love shit here.

• Nancy : Like, I was at CBGB's at this audition, right? So this guy says, "Can you sing like Debbie Harry?" It's a bad deal looking like an established star, let me tell you that. I mean, I like Debbie. We're really good friends, actually.

• Nancy : Why do I have to go? I got a broken heel.

• Phoebe : I know what you're feeling. I know how important your relationship is. But if you two wanna stay together, we'll just have to find another bass player.

  Nancy : Sid Vicious is the Sex Pistols.

  John : Bollocks.

• Malcolm : Four words: no women on the tour.

  Nancy : That's five words. No way, Malcolm. No fucking way.

  Sid : Yeah, right. There's no way.

• Nancy : [on the phone]  Did you buy me any presents yet?

  Sid : Yeah, I bought you loads.

  Nancy : Oh, yeah? What?

  Sid : I bought you a six-pack and a bra in the same shop!

• Nancy : Granma, can I borrow the car? I wanna teach Sid how to drive American.

• Nancy : It seems like all my friends are dead. When I'm dead, will you be sad?

  Sid : I couldn't live without you.

  Nancy : You couldn't?

  Sid : No.

  Nancy : We better go together then.

• Nancy : [on the phone]  I'm here and you're there.

  Sid : Yeah, I know I'm here, but I want it off with ya!

  Nancy : Look, Sidney, what am I supposed to do, put it in a box and send it? You'll just have to have sex with somebody else.

• Nancy : Vito, come on, please. Give us a gig. You want me to fuck you?

  Vito : No. And you shouldn't offer. It's not professional.

• Guitarist : Yeah, we'd sound a lot better if we rehearsed.

  Nancy : Sid doesn't need to rehearse. He's a natural.

• Drummer : Get it together, Sid. You just gotta learn the words.

  Nancy : Words. It's not words. It's just those bridge and tunnel geeks don't appreciate his style.

• Sid : When was the last time we fucked?

  Nancy : I can't remember. You miss it? We can if you want to.

  Sid : No. Just give me a kiss.

• Sid : These people, they 're really lovely. Best fuckin' food I ever ate. So why'd they throw us out?

  Nancy : 'Cause they know me.

• Nancy : I wish I was fuckin' dead.

  Sid : Oh, shut up, please. Quit goin' on about it. I've got more reasons to be depressed than you. You're much better off than I am.

  Nancy : Why? At least you used to be something. I've never been anything.

• Methadone Caseworker : You know about the Golden Triangle?

  Nancy : Yeah.

  Methadone Caseworker : That's where the heroin comes from. Heard about it when I was in the 'Nam. You heard of Vietnam, right?...

  Nancy : Yup.

  Methadone Caseworker : Yeah, while us guys was fightin' and dyin' and gettin' all fucked up, the CIA was flyin' the shit out of there and into here with our planes. You know who paid for that shit? We did. That is, the government. You know why? 'Cause smack is the great controller. Keeps the people stupid when they could be smart.

  Sid : What's he on about?

  Nancy : Some bullshit politics.

• Gretchen : We're being so stupid, Nance. We should just leave 'em.

  Nancy : Yeah, sure. Love kills.

• Sid : Where's the bloody soap?

  Nancy : Up your ass!

• Nancy : We go shopping every day. Sid bought me lots of underwear and it is all French!

• Nancy : My eyes hurt. The TV's so bright it hurts my eyes.

• Nancy : I don't think that Johnny likes me.

  Sid : He doesn't like anybody. He's a fool.

  Nancy : You like me, don't you? Huh? Yeah? Mm-hmm. Kiss my toes.