Moonlight Quotes
Mick: Sixty years is a long time to deny yourself the touch of another, but you do it because you can't stand the thought of seeing yourself as a monster in someone else's eyes.
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Beth: Very nice, is that your party personality?
Mick: I didn't do anything.
Beth: I'd hate to see what you call something.
Mick: I didn't do anything.
Beth: I'd hate to see what you call something.
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Josef: [As a blonde and a red head approach Josef and Mick in a club] Red or white?
Mick: I will take the red. [Mick bites the red head as Josef stands to do the same to the blonde as he's tapped on the shoulder]
Josef: I've told you, not while I'm eating!
Mick: I will take the red. [Mick bites the red head as Josef stands to do the same to the blonde as he's tapped on the shoulder]
Josef: I've told you, not while I'm eating!
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Beth: Why did you run? Why didn't you stay there and tell the police what happened?
Mick: [Reciting in his head] Because I'm a vampire. Because I'm a vampire. Because I'm...there's no good way to say it. [Finally out loud] I guess I panicked.
Mick: [Reciting in his head] Because I'm a vampire. Because I'm a vampire. Because I'm...there's no good way to say it. [Finally out loud] I guess I panicked.
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Mick: Holding her in my arms it almost seems like it could work between us, but monsters don't get happily ever after.
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Josef: Look, humans don't properly know how to deal with their bad guys. What else is new? You want to take matters into your own hands. Come on [Josef smiles] I got a few hours to kill.
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Josef: You absolutely gotta waste this guy.
Mick: It's not that simple.
Josef: Yeah it is..And what if decides to go all Van Helsing and come after you?
Mick: It's not that simple.
Josef: Yeah it is..And what if decides to go all Van Helsing and come after you?
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Beth: Do you have any idea how hard it is to come up with a gift that says "thanks"for saving me from a psycho serial killer"?
Mick: Miss Manners doesn't cover that?
Beth: Surprisingly, no.
Mick: Miss Manners doesn't cover that?
Beth: Surprisingly, no.
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Mick: When you live forever, it's disappointing how little humans change. Technology, though, that always gets better. If I hadn't become a vampire I would have missed out on the Internet, TIVO, World of Warcraft and GPS.
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Josef: Vampire solidarity. Rah rah rah.
Mick: And, don't forget, I'm the only friend you got that doesn't like you for your money.
Josef: That's true, sad, but true.
Mick: And, don't forget, I'm the only friend you got that doesn't like you for your money.
Josef: That's true, sad, but true.
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Mick: The last time I held her in my arms she was only a child. Over the years I tried to stay close just of sight in case she needed me and tonight she did.
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Interviewer: So, what's it like being a vampire.
Mick: Being a vampire sucks. It's a bad joke, I know, but it's the truth.
Mick: Being a vampire sucks. It's a bad joke, I know, but it's the truth.
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Mick: And while we're on the subject. Garlic - is tasty on pizza.
Interviewer: Does it repel you?
Mick: It repels my dates - sometimes. Toss holy water on me I get wet. Crucifixes? Okay - if you like that kind of a thing. Oh and I definitely can't turn into a bat - that'd be cool though, wouldn't it?
Interviewer: What about daylight?
Mick: Daylight's not good. Daylight's not good. The longer I'm in the sun the worse I feel.
Interviewer: But you don't burst into flames?
Mick: Not if I can help it.
Interviewer: How do you kill a vampire. Wooden stake I'm guessing?
Mick: No, a wooden stake won't kill a vampire - flame thrower will kill a vampire or we can lose our head - I mean literally - other than that we heal.
Interviewer: You seem like a very nice guy. [Mick smiles] But don't vampires kill people?
Mick: Well, most vampires don't have bounderies or rules, but I do. I don't hunt women, I don't hunt children, I don't hunt innocents, but there're predators out there that need to be dealt with.
Interviewer: Is that why you became a private investigator?
Mick: [nods slightly] It's a way to use my special abilities.
Interviewer: Any advice for the vampire wannabes out there?
Mick: Yeah, stay out of my way.
Interviewer: Does it repel you?
Mick: It repels my dates - sometimes. Toss holy water on me I get wet. Crucifixes? Okay - if you like that kind of a thing. Oh and I definitely can't turn into a bat - that'd be cool though, wouldn't it?
Interviewer: What about daylight?
Mick: Daylight's not good. Daylight's not good. The longer I'm in the sun the worse I feel.
Interviewer: But you don't burst into flames?
Mick: Not if I can help it.
Interviewer: How do you kill a vampire. Wooden stake I'm guessing?
Mick: No, a wooden stake won't kill a vampire - flame thrower will kill a vampire or we can lose our head - I mean literally - other than that we heal.
Interviewer: You seem like a very nice guy. [Mick smiles] But don't vampires kill people?
Mick: Well, most vampires don't have bounderies or rules, but I do. I don't hunt women, I don't hunt children, I don't hunt innocents, but there're predators out there that need to be dealt with.
Interviewer: Is that why you became a private investigator?
Mick: [nods slightly] It's a way to use my special abilities.
Interviewer: Any advice for the vampire wannabes out there?
Mick: Yeah, stay out of my way.
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Beth: [to herself, as she walks barefoot] Murder on Melrose.... no. Southland Student Slaying. Ehh. Vampire... something with vampire in it. [sees Mick, walks to him] Do.. do I know you?
Mick: [shrugs] You tell me.
Beth: You're a cop, right?
Mick: No.
Beth: Reporter?
Mick: Nope.
Beth: We've met before, you look very familiar.
Mick: Well, maybe I've just got one of those faces.
Beth: Okay... so tell me. Which do you like better: "Vampire Slaying Rocks L.A."...
Mick: There's no such thing as vampires.
Beth: I don't think the woman in the fountain would agree. [turns to look at body] I mean... [Turns back, but Mick has vanished]
Mick: [shrugs] You tell me.
Beth: You're a cop, right?
Mick: No.
Beth: Reporter?
Mick: Nope.
Beth: We've met before, you look very familiar.
Mick: Well, maybe I've just got one of those faces.
Beth: Okay... so tell me. Which do you like better: "Vampire Slaying Rocks L.A."...
Mick: There's no such thing as vampires.
Beth: I don't think the woman in the fountain would agree. [turns to look at body] I mean... [Turns back, but Mick has vanished]
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Steve: What are we still doing here?
Beth: Looking for her car.
Steve: Right, and how do we know she didn't just walk?
Beth: Nobody walks in L.A.
Beth: Looking for her car.
Steve: Right, and how do we know she didn't just walk?
Beth: Nobody walks in L.A.
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Mick: [narrating] My buddy, Josef. One of the oldest vampires in L.A. 400, going on thirty. Living, well, un-living proof that paranoia never goes out of style.
Josef: Ahh, you look good. Been working out? [nodding to himself] yeah, you look good. Uhh, have you seen the news? This terrible thing in West Hollywood? It's everywhere, "Vampire Slaying Rocks L.A."
Mick: Yeah, I know, it doesn't look good for us.
Josef: It's a threat to our secrecy, what is this the 1720's?
...
Josef: You're only 90 - you've never been chased by a torch-bearing mob. We're discreet, we don't leave bodies lying around! We have to be extra-vigilent, we live in the age of fingerprint scans, DNA tests, genome mapping.
Mick: Josef! Relax.
Josef: I am relaxed. This is relaxed [tugging at his tie] You're only ninety, you've never been chased by a torch-bearing mob, hungry!
Josef: Ahh, you look good. Been working out? [nodding to himself] yeah, you look good. Uhh, have you seen the news? This terrible thing in West Hollywood? It's everywhere, "Vampire Slaying Rocks L.A."
Mick: Yeah, I know, it doesn't look good for us.
Josef: It's a threat to our secrecy, what is this the 1720's?
...
Josef: You're only 90 - you've never been chased by a torch-bearing mob. We're discreet, we don't leave bodies lying around! We have to be extra-vigilent, we live in the age of fingerprint scans, DNA tests, genome mapping.
Mick: Josef! Relax.
Josef: I am relaxed. This is relaxed [tugging at his tie] You're only ninety, you've never been chased by a torch-bearing mob, hungry!
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Josef: [A young woman approaches Josef] She's delicious. '82 was a good year.
Mick: Oh, we went to the Super Bowl in '82, right? Lost a million bucks on Cincinnati that year, right?
Josef: Except for that, yeah.
Mick: Oh, we went to the Super Bowl in '82, right? Lost a million bucks on Cincinnati that year, right?
Josef: Except for that, yeah.
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[Mick surprises Beth as she searches the dead girl's apartment and she hits him over the head with a bottle which shatters]
Mick: Ouch. [Beth pulls out her Mace]
Beth: You were at the crime scene.
Mick: Easy with the Mace, okay?
Beth: Stay back.
Mick: I'm not going to hurt you.
Beth: You're not going to hurt me? How do I know you're not the killer?
Mick: Well, because I'm not killing you.
Beth: Okay, if you not the killer - and let's go with that - cause that's comforting. What are you doing here?
Mick: Ouch. [Beth pulls out her Mace]
Beth: You were at the crime scene.
Mick: Easy with the Mace, okay?
Beth: Stay back.
Mick: I'm not going to hurt you.
Beth: You're not going to hurt me? How do I know you're not the killer?
Mick: Well, because I'm not killing you.
Beth: Okay, if you not the killer - and let's go with that - cause that's comforting. What are you doing here?
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Beth: A girl's dead, I'm not letting this go.
Mick: You're kinda pushy, aren't you?
Beth: You'll get used to it.
Mick: You're kinda pushy, aren't you?
Beth: You'll get used to it.
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Professor: I am a vampire.
Mick: Really?
Professor: Well, not in the way most commonly portrayed in dime store novels. When most people hear the word vampire, they immediately conjour up an image of some undead monstrosity running round at night trying to drink human blood.
Mick: Hate that.
Mick: Really?
Professor: Well, not in the way most commonly portrayed in dime store novels. When most people hear the word vampire, they immediately conjour up an image of some undead monstrosity running round at night trying to drink human blood.
Mick: Hate that.
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Josef: It's about time you got back.
Mick: Make yourself at home.
Josef: Already did. Poured myself a drink. [waves a glass of blood] You seriously drink this stuff? What is it, like non-fat soy Vegan blood?
Mick: If you don't like it... [reaches to take glass]
Josef: [holding glass closer] I didn't say that.
Mick: Are you sure?
Josef: Get out of here. I assume you don't have any freshies around. Nah, of course not.
Mick: Am I supposed to know why you're here, Josef?
Josef: [clicks on tv]
Expert on TV: It is possible that there is some truth behind the vampire myth. Perhaps there are some individuals with genetic dispositions that could consume and digest, blood.
Josef: Vampire experts. Beautiful - now we have the food mouthing off about the farmer. The whole city is talking. Wanna know what they're talking about? Us.
Mick: So it's a slow newsday.
Josef: No, that's not it. It's this reporter from Buzzwire, Beth somebody. She started the whole thing.
Mick: Beth Turner.
Josef: Oh, you know her?
Mick: We did some breaking and entering together.
Josef: Then you, my friend, must get her to stop.
Mick: Like what, she's driving along, and suddenly, her car explodes?
Josef: I was thinking you ask her nicely, but, fielder's choice.
Mick: Killer's not a vampire.
Josef: There were bite-marks.
Mick: [angry] Two stab-wounds.
Josef: And the blood?
Mick: Well, you hit an artery, you're bound to get some of that.
Josef: So you're telling me some poser wanna-be drinking blood out of a Snoop Dog chalice is behind this?
Mick: Yeah, something like that.
Josef: Why haven't you killed him?
Mick: Make yourself at home.
Josef: Already did. Poured myself a drink. [waves a glass of blood] You seriously drink this stuff? What is it, like non-fat soy Vegan blood?
Mick: If you don't like it... [reaches to take glass]
Josef: [holding glass closer] I didn't say that.
Mick: Are you sure?
Josef: Get out of here. I assume you don't have any freshies around. Nah, of course not.
Mick: Am I supposed to know why you're here, Josef?
Josef: [clicks on tv]
Expert on TV: It is possible that there is some truth behind the vampire myth. Perhaps there are some individuals with genetic dispositions that could consume and digest, blood.
Josef: Vampire experts. Beautiful - now we have the food mouthing off about the farmer. The whole city is talking. Wanna know what they're talking about? Us.
Mick: So it's a slow newsday.
Josef: No, that's not it. It's this reporter from Buzzwire, Beth somebody. She started the whole thing.
Mick: Beth Turner.
Josef: Oh, you know her?
Mick: We did some breaking and entering together.
Josef: Then you, my friend, must get her to stop.
Mick: Like what, she's driving along, and suddenly, her car explodes?
Josef: I was thinking you ask her nicely, but, fielder's choice.
Mick: Killer's not a vampire.
Josef: There were bite-marks.
Mick: [angry] Two stab-wounds.
Josef: And the blood?
Mick: Well, you hit an artery, you're bound to get some of that.
Josef: So you're telling me some poser wanna-be drinking blood out of a Snoop Dog chalice is behind this?
Mick: Yeah, something like that.
Josef: Why haven't you killed him?
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Beth: What did he mean, "I know what you are"? Mick, what did he mean?
Mick: I don't know.
Beth: I don't believe you.
Mick: How 'bout we get Julia first?
Beth: How 'bout you finally answer a question without evading or disappearing?
Mick: Hours almost up.
Beth: Like that.
Mick: We all have secrets, Beth and that's not evading.
Mick: I don't know.
Beth: I don't believe you.
Mick: How 'bout we get Julia first?
Beth: How 'bout you finally answer a question without evading or disappearing?
Mick: Hours almost up.
Beth: Like that.
Mick: We all have secrets, Beth and that's not evading.
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[Mick drinks blood to try and recover from the fight with Lee Jay]
Beth: Mick? You ran off again. One second you were there and then you were gone. Are you okay?
Mick: Please leave.
Beth: Not without answers. [She walks in] I keep dreaming about you. Why?
Mick: Please don't look at me. [Beth sees Mick's vampiric state]
Beth: Oh my god. What are you?
Mick: I'm a vampire.
Beth: Mick? You ran off again. One second you were there and then you were gone. Are you okay?
Mick: Please leave.
Beth: Not without answers. [She walks in] I keep dreaming about you. Why?
Mick: Please don't look at me. [Beth sees Mick's vampiric state]
Beth: Oh my god. What are you?
Mick: I'm a vampire.
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[Beth is knocking on Mick's door]
Mick: Beth.
Beth: Okay, I'm here to talk to you about...ehm.. you.
Mick: Maybe you should come in.
Mick: Beth.
Beth: Okay, I'm here to talk to you about...ehm.. you.
Mick: Maybe you should come in.
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Beth: I really need you to tell me that I didn't see what I saw or what I think I saw the other night. The blood, the fangs. I heard what you said.
Mick: That I'm a vampire.
Beth: How am I supposed... Are you the only one or are there other vampires?
Mick: A few hundred here in L.A.
Beth: How can people not know you exist?
Mick: We're extremely careful. Sometimes people see things but they dismissed.
Beth: How can they?
Mick: No one believes them. [Mick gets up] People have been hunting us for thousands of years. So, it's extremely important that no one knows we exist. You understand?
[Beth nods to show she understand]
Beth: So, do you bite people's necks and suck the blood out?
Mick: Actually I.. I get most of my blood from the blood bank.
Beth: Oh. The red cross does not mention that in their literature.
Mick: I don't think they know.
Beth: Do you know how crazy this is? I trying really hard to wrap my mind around what you just said and what I saw.
Mick: Hey, I get it. It's a lot to get.
Beth: So, how does a person even become a vampire? How did you become a vampire?
Mick: That I'm a vampire.
Beth: How am I supposed... Are you the only one or are there other vampires?
Mick: A few hundred here in L.A.
Beth: How can people not know you exist?
Mick: We're extremely careful. Sometimes people see things but they dismissed.
Beth: How can they?
Mick: No one believes them. [Mick gets up] People have been hunting us for thousands of years. So, it's extremely important that no one knows we exist. You understand?
[Beth nods to show she understand]
Beth: So, do you bite people's necks and suck the blood out?
Mick: Actually I.. I get most of my blood from the blood bank.
Beth: Oh. The red cross does not mention that in their literature.
Mick: I don't think they know.
Beth: Do you know how crazy this is? I trying really hard to wrap my mind around what you just said and what I saw.
Mick: Hey, I get it. It's a lot to get.
Beth: So, how does a person even become a vampire? How did you become a vampire?
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