James Rado: Jim

Lions Love

Jim

Viva: Even if he is corrupt, at least he does it with style.
Jim: Viva, you're too much.
Viva: Of course, all politics is the same thing. They're just better actors. Much better actors. If you were as good an actor as Bobby Kennedy you'd be where Bobby Kennedy is up on the podium.
Jim: Who wants to be up there? You could get killed.
Viva: Influencing the masses.

Jim: Oh, if we had kids, oh, my God, they could entertain us. They could support us in our old age, they could just - oh.
Viva: Do you think I could go through nine months of it?
Jim: I think it'd be a bit much.
Viva: To only come out with one?
Jerry: Make us feel like adults.
Jim: Maybe you'd have triplets.
Viva: Oh, God. Triplets. Wouldn't you think they'd have it - speeded up by now, the process?
Jim: Someday, and in test tubes. You won't even have to carry it around.

Viva: That Harlow was so vulgar. So disgustingly vulgar. They should've done it on Garbo. She didn't have to have scandals, beatings, uremic poisoning, bellhop screwing. She was the star.
Jerry: One thing - one thing about stars: they have to tell you how they sleep at night.
Jim: Let's go to bed.

Jim: Hey, you sack of meat, let's go to bed!
Viva: You're always calling me a sack of meat. Jesus! You're just jealous of my beauty. You filthy rat. You fucking sadist.

Jim: [singing] I have a guru. But he's not too good, though, He reads the Tarot, And The New York Times

Jim: What kind of movies are you making?
Shirley Clarke: You know how movie people are - superstitious. But, I'm supposed to be making a film using movie stars as if they were real people.
Jerry: You should see me when I'm real.
Viva: You know, she's supposed to be the best. People are fantastic with her!
Shirley Clarke: it's very simple. I just use real people.
Jerry: You making lots of money?
Shirley Clarke: Honey, it'll be something new if I do. None of my films ever made a nickel before. It may change my life. I'm not sure I like that. Anyhow, I'm going to be meeting a lot of movie stars.
Jim: [in drag] Do you want a Harlow?
Viva: Instant Harlow.
Shirley Clarke: I can't use people that are supposed to be dead.

Jerry: Oh, Los Angeles. The angels. The Los Angeles angels are falling into the sea.
Jim: The earthquake is coming. Quick! Get up and make coffee before we die.
Viva: Who cares?