Movie Info
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Corey Stoll, Ken Stott, Paul Schneider, Jeannie Berlin
Story: Romantic comedy written and directed by Woody Allen. Set in the 1930’s, Café Society (2016) centers on, Bobby (Jesse Eisenberg), a young man who arrives in Hollywood hoping to work in the film industry. Whilst there, he falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.
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Top Café Society Quotes
Phil Stern: I’m expecting a call from Ginger Rogers. She’s not happy with her representation. So, who knows.
Rose: [on the phone] Phil, it’s Rose.
Phil Stern: Rose?
Rose: Your sister. My son, he’s coming to Hollywood.
Rose: The man eats with Fred Astaire and Gary Cooper.
Marty: I’m impressed.
Phil Stern: You can’t believe the last couple of weeks. Oh, Christ, man. It’s all about ego. This whole town runs on ego.
Bobby: Yeah, I’m Bobby. Ben is my brother though, so it’s understandable.
Phil Stern: Two time Academy Award winner.
Bobby: Wow, congratulations.
Hollywood Writer: Thank you. You’ve never heard of me. I’m a writer.
Bobby: Life is a comedy written by a sadistic comedy writer.
Ben: Hey, pal, you bored already?
Bobby: I’m kind of half bored, half fascinated.
Bobby: [to Vonnie] My brother Ben owns a nightclub. He’s asked me to help him run it.
Ben: [takes out a wad of cash] Here, good pancakes. Buy yourself a hat.
Rose: What’s this? Fifteen hundred dollars?
Ben: Well, I’ve been in a Florida a few days.
Rose: I don’t want this money if it came from anything fishy.
Ben: My partner and I may be buying a nightclub. Would it make you feel better if I was in the nightclub business?
Rose: As long as all above board.
Marty: When will you know?
Ben: Well we have to see if the owner’s going to sell. We’re trying to persuade him.
Ben: If you ask politely, people listen.
Bobby: Are there more beautiful girls in Hollywood or New York?
Rad: Why, is that how you’ll decide where you’ll live?
Bobby: You’re very beautiful.
Vonnie: I don’t think that’s a very good idea actually.
Bobby: Oh.
Vonnie: I’m seeing someone.
Vonnie: I really like spending my time with you. I hope that’s okay. You know, you’re very sweet. Have you ever heard that before? You have this deer in the headlights quality.
Bobby: Thank you. Well, if I was your boyfriend I would not travel, or if I did I would take you with me. I hope he knows how to kiss you and all the rest.
Vonnie: That’s between us.
Party Guest: [to Bobby] Unrequired love kills more people in the year than tuberculosis.
Leonard: The unexamined life is not worth living. But the examined one is no bargain.
Candy: Don’t you want to try me?
Bobby: Listen, I’m so lonely I would have been happy just to talk. But now I’m even too tired for that.
Bobby: You like jazz music?
Veronica: I do in the morning.
Bobby: At anytime in the morning.
Party Guest: Love is not rational. You fall in love, you lose control.
Rose: [to her husband] No answer is also an answer!