The Beach

2000

Françoise: Richard, this is just the kind of pretentious bullshit that Americans always say to French girls so they can sleep with them.

Richard: No offence an' all, but, you're fucked in the head right?

Richard: My name is Richard. So what else do you need to know? Stuff about my family, or where I'm from? None of that matters. Not once you cross the ocean and cut yourself loose, looking for something more beautiful, something more exciting and yes I admit, something more dangerous. So after eighteen hours in the back of an airplane, three dumb movies, two plastic meals, six beers and absolutely no sleep, I finally touch down; In Bangkok.

Hustler: Hey! Do you need somewhere to stay? Richard: Well, I'll be fine. I'll find my own place thanks! Hustler: Good time boy! Girl! Fucking! No problem. Hustler: You wanna drink snake blood? Richard: Wait a minute, did you say snake blood? Hustler: Oh yeah! Richard: No thanks. Hustler: What is wrong with snake blood? Richard: I just dont like the idea. Hustler: Or maybe your scared, afraid of something new! Richard: No I just dont like the idea, thats all. Hustler: Ah-ha! Just like every tourist, you are all the same, just like America!

Richard: And me, I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know its not some place you can look for, cause its not where you go. Its how you feel for a moment in your life when your apart of something, and if you find that moment... it lasts forever...

Richard: Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. From mine it's a generation that's circles the globe and searches something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.

Etienne: One kilometer. Françoise: Two. Etienne: Richard? Richard: I dunno; I'm American. Etienne: So? Richard: I think in miles, not kilometers. Etienne: Okay, so how many miles do you think it is? Richard: I dunno, but it looks like a long way away.

Richard: I had nothing left to offer but pure reflex. Pure reflex and mankinds basic drive for survival, that somehow shouts, "NO - I WILL NOT DIE TODAY!"

Richard: The only downer is, everyones got the same idea. We all travel thousands of miles just to watch TV and check in to somewhere with all the comforts of home, and you gotta ask yourself, what is the point of that?

Richard: I just feel like everyone tries to do something different, but you always wind up doing the same damn thing.

Richard: I told myself spreading news was part of a travellers nature, but if I was being completely honest, I was just like everybody else: Shit-scared of the great unknown. Desperate to take a little piece of home with me.

Richard: When you develop an infatuation for someone, you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn't need to be a good reason...

Sal: Now get some sleep, I may wish to have sex again before we eat breakfast.

Sal: Okay, it's like this. Bugs is my boyfriend, my partner. Okay? And you are someone I just had sex with. All right? Richard: Oh, tha - that's fine. That's absolutely fine. Sal: Good. Now get some sleep. I may wish to have sex again before we eat breakfast.

Richard: Oh, God! Etienne: Putain de merde! Etienne: Well? Richard: Well, what? Etienne: How do we get down? Richard: How do we get down? How am I supposed to know? Do I have to decide everything now? Françoise: We'll jump. Etienne: Fuck! You wanted to be in command, Richard. Richard: I only took command, because you lost your nerve, French boy!

Sten: We like fishing. Karl: Fishing, hehe. Sten: And in the Winter we like skiing. Christo: Yeah! Sten: Of course, in Thailand there is no skiing.

Richard: (voiceover) Our resident chef was known as Unhygienix. Unhygienix: Lets cook! Richard: (voiceover) On account of his obession with soap. Unhygienix: Fish, fish, fish! (Scrubs hands and sniffs them) Still I smell of fish!

Françoise: What are you talking about? Richard: Just making conversation. Françoise: Do you have a girlfriend? Richard: Here? Françoise: Anywhere. Richard: No, why? Françoise: Just making conversation.

Daffy: Pay them in dollars and fuck their daughters.

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