Fame (1980 film)

"Graduating from PA is no Academy Award, if you know what I mean. Look, it is better than real school. Like, its free and you don't get raped in the hallways; but, its still small change. I'm just killin' time here. Waitin' for my opportunity. Might be in a movie or a Broadway musical. But, it's comin'! I keep my eyes open. I read "Backstage", "Show Business" and "Variety". You see, I do the whole thing. Dancing's just the tip of this iceberg. A friend of my sister's, she tells fortunes and stuff. She says I'm doing my last dance on this dark little planet. So, its gotta be spectacular, you know. How bright our spirits go shooting out into space, depends on how much we contributed to the earthly brilliance of this world. And I mean to be a major contributor!"

"I'm about as flamboyant as a bagel."

"I HATE Ralph Garci! I must remember this feeling and use it in my acting!"

"I'm always worried maybe people aren't going to like me when I go to a party. Isn't that crazy? Do you ever get a kind of a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach when you dread things? Gee, I wouldn't want to miss a party for anything, but, every time I go to one, I keep feeling like the whole world's against me."

"Never being happy isn't the same as being unhappy. Is it?"

"I's young, I's single, and I loves to mingle!"

"Shirley: It's just not fair. I didn't wanna come here, anyway. This school sucks. You done me a favour, shithead. You saved me four fuckin' years from this ass-lickin' school. You're lookin' at one happy lady. Who wants to go to a fuckin' school to learn to dance, anyway?"

"Mr. Farrell: There are 50,000 people walking around calling themselves actors and maybe 500 are making a living at it. Most of those do commercials to pay the rent. The rest wait tables, clean other people's apartments, living on welfare and hope. And don't think talent's enough to get you through. You've gotta have a strong technique, a good agent, and, most of all, a thick skin; because, now you're part of an underprivileged minority and you're going to suffer."

"Fame! I'm gonna live forever/ I'm gonna learn how to fly (high!)/ I feel it coming together/ People will see me and cry!"

"Remember. Remember. Remember my name."

"If they've really got what it takes, it's going to take everything they've got."

"Remember my name..."

"Study, drill and technique do not stifle the talent, they free it."

"Irene Cara - Coco Hernandez – Drama, Music and Dance"

"Lee Curreri - Bruno Martelli – Music"

"Laura Dean - Lisa Monroe – Dance"

"Antonia Franceschi - Hilary Van Doren – Dance"

"Paul McCrane - Montgomery MacNeil – Drama"

"Barry Miller - Ralph Garci/Raul Garcia – Drama"

"Gene Anthony Ray - Leroy Johnson – Dance"

"Maureen Teefy - Doris Finsecker – Drama"

"Albert Hague - Mr. Shorofsky – Music"

"Anne Meara - Mrs. Sherwood – English"

"Joanna Merlin - Ms. Berg – Dance"

"Jim Moody - Mr. Farrell – Drama"

"Debbie Allen - Lydia – Dance"

"Eddie Barth - Angelo Martelli, Bruno's father"

"Boyd Gaines - Michael"

"Tresa Hughes - Naomi Finsecker, Doris's mother"

"Steve Inwood - François Lafete"

"Richard Belzer - Catch a Rising Star M.C."

"Bill Britten - Mr. England"

"Isaac Mizrahi - Touchstone"

"Sal Piro - Rocky Horror M.C."

"Michael DeLorenzo - Principal dancer"

"Meg Tilly - Principal dancer"