Say Anything
(1989)
as Lloyd Dobler
Taglines: To know Lloyd Dobler is to love him. Diane Court is about to get to know Lloyd Dobler.
Shes got every thing going for her. Hes going for her with every thing hes got.
Plot: High school senior Lloyd Dobler (John!) wants nothing more than to go out with beautiful and intelligent Diane Court. Lloyd attempts to win her heart over the objections of her over-protective father before Diane leaves for a scholarship in England.
Other Noteworthy Actor: Jeremy Piven
John Quotes: [Lloyd] Why can't you be in a good mood? How hard is it to decide to be in a good mood and be in a good mood once in a while?
[Constance] Gee, it's easy!
[Lloyd] One question: do you need someone or do you need me?
[Diane] I need you.
"Joe, she's written 65 songs about you, and they're all about pain."
[Lloyd] Hey my brother, can I borrow a copy of your "Hey Soul Classics"?
[J-Man] No, my brother, you have to go buy your own.
"She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen."
[Diane] Are you shaking?
[Lloyd] No.
[Diane] You're shaking.
[Lloyd] I don't think so.
[Diane] You're cold.
[Lloyd] I don't think I am.
[Diane] Then why are you shaking?
[Lloyd] I don't know. I think I'm happy.
[Diane] Nobody thinks it will work, do they?
[Lloyd] No. You just described every great success story.
"I am looking for a dare to be great situation."
"The rain on my car is a baptism, the new me, Power Lloyd, my assualt on the world begins now."
[Mike]I don't know you very well, you know, but I wanted to ask you - how'd you get Diane Court to go out with you?
[Lloyd] I called her up.
[Mike] But how come it worked? I mean, like, what are you?
[Lloyd] I'm Lloyd Dobler.
[Mike] This is great. This gives me hope! Thanks!
"I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that."
[Diane] I just can't have any social life right now.
[Lloyd] Don't worry about it. We're just having coffee. We'll be anti-social.
[Diane] Be friends?
[Lloyd] Yeah. With potential.
"I got a question. If you guys know so much about women, how come you're here at like the Gas 'n' Sip on a Saturday night completely alone drinking beers with no women anywhere?"
"You probably got it all figured out, Corey. If you start out depressed everything's kind of a pleasant surprise."
[DC] Lloyd, why do you have to be like this?
[Lloyd] 'Cause I'm a guy! I have pride!
[Corey] You're not a guy.
[Lloyd] I am.
[Corey] No. The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy.
[Jim] You're not a permanent part of her life. You're a distraction.
[Lloyd] I'm the distraction that's going with her to England, sir.
"What I really want to do with my life - what I want to do for a living - is I want to be with your daughter. I'm good at it."
Trivia: When Lloyd (John Cusack) drives along 45th street in Seattle, he passes the Guild 45th Theatre, which is showing Tapeheads (1988), in which Cusack also appeared.
CAMEO(Joan Cusack): Lloyd's sister. Joan and John are real-life siblings