Film Quotes from West Side Story (1961) (p3) : Classic Movie Hub (CMH)

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Ned Glass
(as Doc)

Lieutenant Schrank: Do you mind?
Doc: I have no mind. I am the village idiot.

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Russ Tamblyn
(as Riff)

Action: [pretending to be a psychiatrist] Juvenile delinquency is purely a social disease.
Riff: Hey! I got a social disease!

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Natalie Wood
(as Maria)

Maria: Te adoro, Antone.

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Richard Beymer
(as Tony)

Tony: I ain't playing anymore, CAN'T ANY OF GET THAT?
Anybodys, Tomboy: BUT THE GANG!
Tony: You're a girl! be a girl and beat it!

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Russ Tamblyn
(as Riff)

Riff: [singing] When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way / From your first cigarette to your last dyin' day. -Russ Tamblyn as Riff in West Side Story

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Russ Tamblyn
(as Riff)

Riff: Boy, am I a victim of disappointment in you.

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Riff: Four-and-a-half years I live wit' a buddy an' his family. I think I'm diggin' a guy's character... Boy, I'm a victim of disappointment in you.
Tony: End ya sufferin', little man. Why dontcha just pack up ya gear an' move out?
Riff: 'Cause ya ma's hot fa me...

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Russ Tamblyn
(as Riff)

Riff: Now I know Tony like I know me and I guarentee you can count him in

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George Chakiris
(as Bernardo)

Anita: You have your big important council. The council,
[kiss]
Anita: or me.
[kiss]
Bernardo: First one,
[kiss]
Bernardo: then the other.
[Tries to kiss her, she pulls away]
Anita: Ah, I'm an American girl now, I don't wait.
Bernardo: Ah, back home women know their place.
Anita: Back home little boys don't have war councils.
Bernardo: Ah, but they do here. You want me to be an American, don't you?

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