The Runaways Movie Quotes
Kim Fowley
Dog shit! Urine-stained dog shit! Rock 'n' roll is a blood sport, a sport of men. It's for the people in the dark, the death cats, the masturbators, the outcasts who have no voice, no way of saying "I hate this world, my father's a faggot, fuck you, fuck authority - I want an orgasm!" Now, growl! Moan! This ain't women's lib, kiddies - this is women's libido! I wanna see the scratch marks down their fucking backs! Now, do it again. Again. Like your boyfriend just fucked your sister in your parent's bed. Like you want a fucking orgasm!
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Kim Fowley
Joan! This is Joan Jett. And you are?
Cherie Currie
Cherie.
Kim Fowley
Cherie? Cherie what?
Cherie Currie
Currie.
Kim Fowley
Cherie Currie. That's your real name? Tell me, Cherie Currie, can you sing or play a musical instrument?
Cherie Currie
Yeah. Yeah, I can sing. I won a talent show lip-syncing David Bowie. Why?
Kim Fowley
"Why?" ask the maybe-great Cherie Currie. Read my lips. We love your look. We're choosing you to become a part of rock 'n' roll history. Do you want to be in the band?
Cherie Currie
Are you kidding?
Kim Fowley
How old are you?
Cherie Currie
Fifteen.
Kim Fowley
Jail fucking bait. Jack fucking pot!
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Cherie Currie
What is this?
Sandy West
It ain't baby shampoo. I call it the dirty sink. A little bit of everything from my parent's liquor cabinet. Just a little, so they can't tell I'm dipping into their stash.
Cherie Currie
My dad would notice - he likes his booze.
Sandy West
Is he an alcoholic?
Cherie Currie
No, he just likes it. He says that's the difference. He likes to drink, he doesn't need to drink.
Sandy West
I like to drink.
Joan Jett
The dirty sink is where we're gonna be puking that shit up tomorrow.
Sandy West
Hey, Salt 'n' Pepper - race you down the hill.
Joan Jett
You're fucking on.
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Cherie Currie
What's your problem?
Lita Ford
What's your fucking problem?
Joan Jett
Lita, that is cool.
Lita Ford
It's not cool! Did you know about this?
Cherie Currie
Kim sent them over. They just showed up at my house with cameras. What was I supposed to say?
Joan Jett
Well, you could say no. You could say "I'm a singer in a band, not Linda fucking Lovelace." Look at this! When did you do this? This is exactly what Kim wants. He's gonna be really happy! But this is all they're gonna say about us! Do you think anybody's gonna take us seriously?
Cherie Currie
Son of a bitch, it's just publicity. It helps everyone.
Joan Jett
Well, what were you thinking? Publicize the music! Not your crotch!
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Joan Jett
Hey, what kinda amps do you guys got?
Guitar Teacher
Um, I think for now we'll remain... unplugged.
Joan Jett
No man, I wanna play, like Chuck Berry. "Johnny B. Goode", you know?
Guitar Teacher
We'll get there. We'll get to Johnny. But for now... 'On top of Old Smoky. All covered with snow. I lost my true sweetheart. From a-courtin' too slow... '
Joan Jett
"Old Smoky"? That's goofy, man. How 'bout "Smoke on the Water"? Come on, I know you know that one.
Guitar Teacher
Finger the E chord, like so. 'On top of Old Smoky... '
Joan Jett
'All covered in blow... I dumped my poor sweetheart... for screwin' too slow.'
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Kim Fowley
Cherie Currie. Cherry bomb. Sex kitten. Brigitte Bardot in a trailer park. Joan Jett. The rock 'n' roll heart, street tough brunette. Sandy West. Miss California with a joint in her mouth and a chip on her shoulder. Lita Ford. The love child of Sophia Loren and Ritchie Blackmore. You do not wanna fuck with Lita.
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Kim Fowley
You hear that? That's the sound of hormones raging.
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Joan Jett
What the hell are you wearing?
Cherie Currie
I'm thinking with my cock.
Joan Jett
More like, a boner, man.
Cherie Currie
I think I'm gonna wear it.
Joan Jett
Where? To the strip club?
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Cashier
[Cherie tries to purchase a handle of vodka]
Um, I can't sell you this.
Cherie Currie
I have my ID.
Grocery Store Manager
Yes, what can I do? Uh, I'm sorry, but, we won't be able to sell you that.
Cherie Currie
I'll have you fired. Replaced. Just like that.
Grocery Store Manager
I'm gonna have to ask you to leave, please. Right now.
Cherie Currie
You're nothing but dog shit, Mister. And you. You're just a filthy... pussy.
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Kim Fowley
Joan, come here. Bring your guitar. We have to do it for her, I guess. Cherie? Cherie.
[listens to Joan's guitar]
Kim Fowley
She's a wild child. She's a wild girl.
Joan Jett
Yeah.
Kim Fowley
She's a wild girl. She's a, oh she's a firecracker. Give me something else. Something else. Firecracker, rocket, bomb, bomb. Cherry bomb! Cherry bomb.
[Joan changes guitar riff]
Kim Fowley
Do it again. She's a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb! Ahh!
Kim Fowley
Yeah. Cherry bomb, right. Hello daddy.
Joan Jett
Hello mom? I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb! That's good!
Kim Fowley
Right? Yeah!
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Joan Jett
Hey kid, wake up, we got some bad news.
Joan Jett
Fuckin' Kim, man. He snaked us.
Cherie Currie
What?
Joan Jett
Remember how he was all, you gotta pay your dues, that's how we're gonna get a record deal, blah-fucking-blah? Well, he was right. We fucking did it!
Cherie Currie
What?
Joan Jett
That Frankenstein-looking, crazy motherfucker did it! Mercury fucking Records! Mercury fucking Records!
Cherie Currie
We got signed?
Joan Jett
Yep! We're going to Hollywood in like an hour, we're gonna tell the rest of the girls. Get your little ass ready!
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Scottie
[to Cherie]
Wake up, we're almost there. Hey, if you're holding any drugs, get rid of them... Now.
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Scottie
[to Cherie]
Don't worry about them... You're the one they want. You're voice. It's your face on the T-shirts.
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Cherie Currie
I think I just need a break... From the band.
Joan Jett
If you haven't noticed, Cherie, we're in the middle of cutting a record.
Cherie Currie
I just gotta spend time with my family, you know?
Joan Jett
Who? Your mom in Indonesia? Your drunk dad? Are we not your fucked up family now?
Cherie Currie
I can't do this anymore. I need my life back, you know?
Joan Jett
This is my life.
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Kim Fowley
The Runaways were... a conceptual rock project that failed. Do I regret that they turned on me? No, I'm glad they turned on me. It shows spirit. If I'm training a wild dog, and it bites my hand, I know I've trained it well... My hand is made of iron... That's all it took, that's all it took. 16 years old and she's already a creep. Am I worried about them? No, they will be fine. In a few years, they will all be living in a trailer park in the valley. Fat, pregnant and happy as fleas on a dog. But me, poor me, I'm on my way to becoming Rock and Roll Legend.
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Kim Fowley
Cherie Currie! Welcome. You look great. What song are you going to sing for us today?
Cherie Currie
Um, "Fever".
Kim Fowley
"Fever"?
Lita Ford
A Peggy Lee song?
Sandy West
Who's Peggy Lee?
Joan Jett
My mom likes Peggy Lee.
Lita Ford
Kim, you should have told her. We don't play that shit.
Cherie Currie
Suzi Quatro covered "Fever".
Lita Ford
It's a slow song. We don't play slow songs.
Joan Jett
Well, can you do a different song?
Cherie Currie
Yeah, it's just the only one I learned for today.
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Kim Fowley
[to Sandy and Joan while rehearsing]
Halt! I know what we're missing. I know what we need.
[He shows them a picture of Brigitte Bardot on a motorcycle]
Kim Fowley
Huh?
Joan Jett
Yeah.
Sandy West
Bitchin!
Kim Fowley
Vroom Vroom!
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Joan Jett
[singing]
Acting tough with looks that kill. You got me going and I can't stand still. My arms are dying to hold ya tight. You're my little dark dynamite, you know. I love playing with fire, and I don't wanna get burned. I love playing with fire, and I don't think I'll ever learn.
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Joan Jett
Uh, are you Kim Fowley?
Kim Fowley
Lemme guess. You sing in a band. And it's the greatest fucking band in the world. And I'm the luckiest dogfucker because I get to hear it first.
Joan Jett
I'm, uh... I'm Joan Jett. I play guitar. Electric guitar.
Kim Fowley
Joan Jett, that's a cool name. You guys got a demo?
Joan Jett
No... No guys, man. I want to start an all-girl rock band.
Kim Fowley
Really. Well, maybe I am the luckiest dogfucker after all... Hey, Sandy! Sandy West is a drummer. Joan Jett claims to be some sort of guitar goddess.
Joan Jett
Well, I didn't say that... that "goddess" thing.
Sandy West
It's cool.
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Marie Currie
You took Mom's black heels?
Cherie Currie
Like, she's ever worn anything twice? Anyway, you should be more worried about her finding out about how old your skanky boyfriend is.
Marie Currie
I'm sorry. Does your boyfriend have a car? I'm sorry, do you even have a boyfriend?
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Marie Currie
Mom's gonna kill you. It really looks terrible.
Cherie Currie
Good.
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Cherie's Mom
Places everybody! Places! Come quickly, I have the most wonderful news!
Marie Currie
What's all the commotion about?
Cherie's Mom
Well, we're moving to Indonesia!
Marie Currie
What? What do you mean?
Cherie Currie
What do you mean, "we"?
Marie Currie
You're leaving? You're leaving us?
Cherie's Mom
No. No. Nobody's leaving anybody! We're a family. We'll always be a family. This is just something that we have to do right now.
Cherie Currie
Why?
Cherie's Mom
Wolfgang and I are getting married and, and he lives in Indonesia. You girls are welcome to come along. I've spoken to your father and he says you're more than welcome to stay with him at Aunt Evie's.
Cherie Currie
Well, where exactly are we gonna sleep at Aunt Evie's?
Cherie's Mom
He bought you a brand new sleeper sofa. Top of the line! It's really not that bad.
Cherie Currie
Why can't we at least just stay here?
Cherie's Mom
Because you're 15 years old. Just calm down. This is a transition, not a tragedy. We're all gonna be fine!
Cherie Currie
Stop saying "we". There's obviously no "we" there's a "you". There hasn't been a "we" since you kicked Dad out for leaving water rings on the furniture!
Cherie's Mom
Don't be so dramatic, Cherie.
Cherie Currie
Oh, coming from the actress. Places, places everyone!
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Kim Fowley
Pig stink! They will eat you alive out there! Rock 'n' roll is tough music played in tough venues! Men don't like to seem women anywhere but in their kitchens or on their knees - let alone on stage with guitars. Now, buckle up and get ready for boot camp, babies - you're gonna be trained like the Viet fucking Cong.
[shouts outside]
Kim Fowley
Bring it in!
[Guys filter in carrying crates filled with junk]
Kim Fowley
Okay, filthy pussies, today is heckler's drill. These degenerates here are not your fans. They're not here to tell you how pretty you look, they don't want your fucking autographs. They want to hurt you. They want you to retreat. Do not.
[the girls look at each other wearily]
Kim Fowley
Now, move it, move it - I wanna see you bitches to the death dance. Play!
[Guys start throwing bottles and bricks and garbage]
Kim Fowley
Incoming!
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Joan Jett
Hey, fuckin' heckler's drill really worked. This girl threw a bottle at my face... smashed it right back at her!
Kim Fowley
You girls did the death dance in there. Showed those little punks how to cock fight.
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Cherie Currie
I love you.
Marie Currie
I love you, too. Don't forget about the little people.
Cherie Currie
You're taller.
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Marie Currie
I can't, I'm at work. I have to go.
[hangs up]
Cherie Currie
Places everyone! Places! Places! Places...
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Sandy West
It's still not working. Dicks aren't even hard.
Joan Jett
Are you rubbing?
Sandy West
Yeah. I think I'm doing it wrong.
Joan Jett
Try using the shower head. Now, think about someone you really have a crush on.
Sandy West
Still not working.
Joan Jett
How about Farrah Fawcett? Do you like her?
Sandy West
Yeah, who doesn't? Oh. Wait, I think I feel something!
[moaning with pleasure]
Sandy West
Oh shit! Oh God!
[Joan listens and smiles pleased]
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Tammy
I wish I could play. I'd be in a band with you.
Joan Jett
Yeah, well you can't.
Tammy
I hear Cherie's trying the acting thing. You don't need her. You should go solo. Like Bowie. Bowie's just Bowie, he doesn't need any band.
Joan Jett
They were my songs. I wrote them. She just sang them.
Tammy
Yeah, but people always remember the singer.
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Cherie Currie
What the fuck is this?
Sandy West
That was pretty nasty, Kim.
Kim Fowley
That - is what we call controversy. That - is what we call publicity. That - is what we call a juicy story. And you're welcome. Because of me, that piece is twice as long and half of it is about you! This is press, my budding young starlet - not prestige. Get used to it. Now get in the booth and finish the song. I got this place on lock-out and I'm paying through the fucking nose. So let's go, let's go. Sing. Sing!
Cherie Currie
No.
Kim Fowley
No?
Joan Jett
Come on, Cherie, let's just finish and go home.
Lita Ford
Yeah, get in the booth, Cherie.
Joan Jett
Shut the fuck up, Lita. Shut the fuck up!
Lita Ford
You shut up.
Cherie Currie
I'm not singing.
Kim Fowley
Of course you're singing. You're a singer, Cherie! That's what you do. You sing and you strut around in your underwear. You do what I tell you to do. And right now, I'm telling you to get in the booth. So get in the booth.
Cherie Currie
No.
Kim Fowley
Mm. Get in the booth, Cherie.
Cherie Currie
No.
Kim Fowley
Get in the booth.
Cherie Currie
No.
Kim Fowley
Get in the booth before I lose my patience and send you back where I rescued you from.
Cherie Currie
Good! Send me back, I don't give a shit! I wanna go back!
Kim Fowley
Careful... Get in the booth.
Cherie Currie
No!
Kim Fowley
Get in the booth!
Cherie Currie
No! I'm not gonna be your little lap dog anymore! You've been speaking for me this whole time! You get in the fucking booth! I'm done!
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Joan Jett
Hey, what the fuck? Plug me back in!
Band Member
Watch your mouth, kid, or we'll have to turn you over to child services.
Joan Jett
Fuck you, old man!
Joan Jett
Hey man, I wouldn't. It's a lose-lose situation.
Band Member
How's that?
Joan Jett
Well, if you win, you beat up a girl. If you lose, you get beat up by two.
Sandy West
Teenage ones.
Band Member
All right, sound check is canceled. Maybe if you ever headline, you'll get one. Now why don't you go to your rooms, and do your fucking homework or something?
Joan Jett
Like, we need a sound check.
Sandy West
Pretty soon, you'll be opening for us!
Band Member
Opening your legs, maybe.
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Kim Fowley
Yeah, I was gonna form a band of dwarves, you know, but their hands were too small. They couldn't hold their instruments.
Record Executive
Well, these girls can certainly hold their instruments.
Kim Fowley
And their liquor.
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Marie Currie
Well, if it isn't Mary, mother of God. What, no disciples? No cameras?
Cherie Currie
Just me. So, uh... Do I have to actually say all the things I want to say or do we still have the, you know - sister thing?
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Joan Jett
It's too perfect!
[breaks into dressing room]
Sandy West
Hey! These jerk-offs had better food than we did. Well, you gotta pee right? Pee in this shit.
[holds out a cup]
Sandy West
Hey, what are you doing man? You can't pee on their guitars!
Joan Jett
I don't give a fuck. No, I do actually. It will probably add to their sound.
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Joan Jett
There's an all-girl rock band in Korea now.
Cherie Currie
Yeah?
Joan Jett
Yeah, the singer thinks she's you. They're shit.
Cherie Currie
Did Marie call?
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Lita Ford
What's the matter? No flash bulbs? No one to fall over, while you sing?
Joan Jett
That's enough! Cherie, come on, we need to finish. Just bring the bottle. Cherie!
Lita Ford
Cherie? Hey, Cherie! I gotta take a piss. Would that be okay with you? 'Cause if not, I could just hold it in!
Cherie Currie
You can piss your fucking pants for all I care!
Lita Ford
I am gonna piss down your fucking throat!
Joan Jett
Lita! Calm down! That's enough! Calm down!
Lita Ford
Why? Why are you always defending her, Joan?
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Kim Fowley
What in the fuck have you girls been doing over there?
Joan Jett
We've been practicing, man! Like you said.
Kim Fowley
Well, get back to it. You bitches are gonna be bigger than the fucking Beatles!
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Joan Jett
You fucking, filthy dogs.
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Tammy
My brother says guys don't like girls who are tough. He says guys like girls to be soft and flirty.
Joan Jett
He would say that, he's a pussy.
Tammy
He does spend a lot of time doing his bangs.
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Kim Fowley
Repeat after me: 'I'll give ya something to live for. Have ya, grab ya until you're sore.'
Cherie Currie
I can't say that.
Kim Fowley
What? Oh, Okay. Goodbye. Go sell girl scout cookies. Who's next?
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Kim Fowley
[to Cherie]
I like your style. A little Bowie, a little Bardot, and a look on your face that says "I could kick the shit out of a truck driver."
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Joan Jett
No man, I like "Airplane" better. "Jefferson Starship" sounds like a fucking Disney ride or something.
Cherie Currie
My mother's gonna kill me. She's gonna take a gun and kill me. Don't you guys have any kind of curfew?
Joan Jett
Nah, my dad split. He was the strict one.
Cherie Currie
Yeah? Mine left, too. Well, he didn't really leave, ah, he was kicked out and replaced.
Joan Jett
Do you take the garbage out now?
Cherie Currie
Yeah. Well, me and my sister.
Joan Jett
Yeah, me too.
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Marie Currie
You know how many new bands think they're gonna make it?
Cherie Currie
Kim thinks we got a real shot.
Marie Currie
Kim Fowley? That guy's a total creep. Seriously, I heard he has a coat made out of dog fur.
Cherie Currie
Well, excuse me if I don't wanna work at the Pup 'n' Fries for the rest of my life.
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Kim Fowley
[to the girls]
You dog cunts will be lucky getting your next gig singing in the fucking shower.
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Marie Currie
Hello? Cherie, can you hear me?
Cherie Currie
What?
Marie Currie
It's me! Marie. Dad's sick. You gotta come home.
Cherie Currie
Who?
Marie Currie
Dad. He's sick. You gotta come home, okay? Turn the music down.
Cherie Currie
Who? I don't have a home. Do you have a home?
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Cherie Currie
Hi, Daddy.
Cherie's Dad
Hi, Kitten.
Cherie Currie
We have money, okay? You have money. We're gonna be fine.
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Cherie Currie
Hey Derek, did Marie tell you she's not wearing any underwear?
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Sandy West
What the fuck?
Cherie Currie
What, we're supposed to all share one bed?
Lita Ford
Fuckin' Kim, man!
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Kim Fowley
Girls nowadays, they don't have any role models. This band is self-empowerment, man - Aphrodite, Cleopatra, Eurydice! No more second-class status, sitting at concerts with asshole boyfriends who worship bands from a Popular Mechanics evalutation of amplifiers. The Runaways have the most chance of any group I've seen... To do with the Beatles did. To tear this world apart.
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Cherie Currie
[singing]
Turn up that radio, hear that rock and roll. Malibu shines like summer gold. Wild beaches in the salty wind. California summer never ends. The kids are ripping up the streets in their super cars. All night parties and loud guitars. Hot hot neighborhoods with the silver sound. Wicked Hollywood goes round and round. California, you're so nice. California, you're paradise!
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Kim Fowley
I need you to keep it together there for me, Joanie.
Joan Jett
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
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Cherie Currie
I'm taking a break.
Lita Ford
Again?
Kim Fowley
No, you're not. You dogs wanna stay up all night, eating pussy, sucking cock, chewing Quaaludes, that's fine. But not until you get this song down. Now, do it again: One! Two! Three!
[the girls start playing]
Kim Fowley
Horse shit! Horse shit!
[Cherie laughs over this]
Kim Fowley
What are you laughing at? You think you can sing like that in front of people? In front of customers? You bitches need to start thinking like men. No snips, no snails, no puppy dog tails - men wanna fuck! Men want this! Filthy pussy! And you're gonna give it to them. You're gonna put it in their faces and then take it away, just to break their fucking hearts. What's wrong, Cherie, are you tired?
Cherie Currie
Yeah.
Kim Fowley
Yeah, are you bored?
Cherie Currie
Yeah, I am actually.
Kim Fowley
Well, guess what? You're not allowed to be tired, you're not permitted to be bored. You're an employee. You are my property, and you will do as I say or you can go flip tacos with your better-looking sister.
Cherie Currie
Fuck you, Kim. I'm losing my voice. I'm taking a break.
Kim Fowley
Hey! News flash, diva: This ain't the opera. They're not coming to hear your chops. They're not coming to hear you bang on your drum. We are in the music business. You wanna be artists, cut off your fucking ears and mail them to your boyfriends. You wanna be rock stars, listen up. Now, Cherie's lack of greatness - her lack of rock 'n' roll authority 0 is getting in the way of our product. What is that product? Sex! Violence! Revolt!
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Kim Fowley
Are you becoming one with Japan?
Joan Jett
Well, I dunno - I learned how to use chop sticks.
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