What's your favorite line from "The Birdcage" ?

[CTyankee]

Mine: The important thing to remember is not to go to pieces when that happens. You have to react like a man, calmly. You have to say to yourself, "Albert, you pierced the toast, so what? It's not the end of your life."

[Roon]

1. Gene Hackman in drag

"I don't want anyone to see me not dancing!"

Forget the character's name.

[CTyankee]

2. "Does this dress make me look fat?"

Another great line by the Hackman character (last line in the movie).

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. The punch line...

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
The parrot said, "the same kind of people who would name their pit bull Jesus".
.
.
.

[Mendocino]

4. "It looks like young men playing leapfog"

or "You're going to the cemetery with nothing but a toothbrush...how Egyptian"

[CTyankee]

6. Another favorite! That's wonderful!

I also like "Twyilla, Twylla, Twylla..."

[david13]

5. Which version? I say which version? The original or french version

was the one I favored.
I've seen bits of the Robin Williams one on tv. I don't like it.
What I liked about the french (?) version, was the set, or house.
The nightclub was on one side of the block, and out to the back, the other side of the block, was the house. I believe there was a walk thru' and he could walk to work without even going outside.
I have to envy a commute like that.
dc

[CTyankee]

7. The American version.It has a more contemporary (to us) feel, I think.

I loved it....

[david13]

10. That's what I liked about the french version, if it is french. It was

something different. Something more exotic.
dc

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. "No, I just never realized John Wayne walked like that..." is one I love.

But pretty much every line in the movie is perfect. Very well written, and excellently acted.

[GoCubsGo]

9. "Armand, why don't you let me be in the show?

Are you afraid of my Guatemalan-ness?"--Agador Spartacus

[carlyhippy]

11. why I'm packing light. Oh I see you are going to the cemetary with your toothbrush, how Egyptian

My Guatemalan-ness, my natural heat. You're afraid I'm too primitive to be on the stage with your little estrogen rockettes, right?


I just love that show

[CTyankee]

14. that toothbrush line is just hysterical!

That movie is pure fun...

[flvegan]

12. Armand, why don't you let me be in the show? Are you afraid of my Guatemalan-ness?

My Guatemalan-ness, my natural heat. You're afraid I'm too primitive to be on the stage with your little estrogen rockettes, right?

[grasswire]

13. I love that character

I love the whole movie!

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. I also love the line when they introduce Hank azaria's character to Hackman's family

I can't remember what they call him, though - but Spartacus comes into play, if memory serves.