Mask
1985
Rusty Dennis: First you told me he was gonna be retarded, then you told me he was gonna be blind AND deaf. If I'd dug his grave every time one of you geniuses told me he was gonna die, I'd be in fuckin' chop suey in China by now!
(To a student staring at her son's face) Rusty Dennis: What's the matter, never seen anyone from the planet Vulcan before?
Rocky Dennis: Don't worry, Mr Simms. I look weird, but I'm real normal otherwise. Everything'll be cool.
Rocky Dennis: What's his problem, Ma? Rusty Dennis: Nothing. He's just another asshole. You let that negative dreck in and it'll put ya away. You can be a chicken shit and die or be a mensch and keep makin' yourself well.
Gar: Rocky, your mom sometimes does the wrong things, but for the right reasons.
Rocky Dennis: (smashes some plates) I hate you going out every night and coming home wasted all the time! Rusty Dennis: It's none of your goddamn business! Rocky Dennis: You're my mother! Rusty Dennis: Well, you're not my warden!
Rocky Dennis: (Poem) These things are good: ice cream and cake, a ride on a harley, seeing monkeys in the trees, the rain on my tongue, and the sun shining on my face. These things are a drag: dust in my hair, holes in my shoes, no money in my pocket, and the sun, shining on my face.