Strictly Ballroom

Barry Fife:
There are no new steps!

Scott:
Look, a beginner has no right to approach an Open Amateur.

Fran:
Yeah, well an Open Amateur has no right to dance non-Federation steps, but you did, didn't you?

Scott:
But that's different.

Fran:
*How* is it different? You're just like the rest of them! You think you're different, but you're not, because you're just, you're just really scared! You're really scared to give someone new a go, because you think, you know, they might just be better than you are! Well, you're just pathetic, and you're gutless. You're a gutless wonder! Vivir con miedo, es como vivir a medias!

Fran:
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

Fran:
What happened to a life lived in fear and all that stuff?

Scott:
Fran...

Fran:
You really are a gutless wonder!

Scott:
There's a reason for this.

Fran:
I don't want to hear!

Scott:
Listen to me!

Fran:
No!

Scott:
It's hard for me too, Fran.

Fran:
*Hard*? Hard? How hard do you think it's been for *me*? To get you to dance with me in the first place? Frangipannidellasqueegymop. Wash the coffee cups, Fran, how's your skin, Fran? Hard?

Scott:
You don't understand.

Fran:
I understand. You've got your Pan Pacifics to win, and I'm back in Beginners, where I belong.

Kylie:
A bit of musicality, please!

Scott:
I have to help Wayne with his bogo pogo.

Liz:
What do I want? I'll tell you what I want! I want Ken Railings to walk in here right now, and say 'Pam Shortt's broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with YOU!'

Ken:
Pam Shortt's broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with you.

Kylie:
That was unexpected.

Wayne:
What's wrong with you?

Scott:
That's what I've been trying to find out for the last three weeks, Wayne! What is wrong with me? What is so wrong with the way I dance?

Doug Hastings:
We had the chance but we were scared. We walked away. WE LIVED OUR LIVES IN FEAR!

Doug Hastings:
Hard to get the films these days... it's all video, video.

Liz:
Where the man goes, the lady must follow...

Scott:
I'm bored with it!

Wayne:
What the hell was that all about?

Wayne:
You know, with Fran?

Tina Sparkle:
Fran? Wasn't she the girl that um...?

Scott:
Where is she?

Scott:
Fran.

Tina Sparkle:
You know, the girl that fell.

Barry Fife:
Where do you think we'd be if everyone went around making up their own steps?

Scott:
Out of a job.

Scott:
We're telling a story. The rumba is the dance of love. Look at me like you're in love.

Scott:
That's it. Good.

Barry Fife:
If you can't dance a step, you can't teach it, and if you can't teach it - we might as well all pack up and go home. With young Liz available again, you've got a chance to get your status quo vadis back... so to speak.

Charm:
No you don't little miss!

Kylie:
Shame on you, Miss Leachman!

Scott:
I'm just asking you what you think of the steps.

Liz:
I don't think! I don't give a sh*t about them, we lost!

Barry Fife:
Well, of course, you can dance any steps you like! But that doesn't mean you'll...

Barry Fife:
...win.

Ya Ya:
Listen to the rhythm. Don't be scared.

Scott:
Liz...

Liz:
Piss off!

Scott:
Liz!

Liz:
I'm not dancing with you, all right? I'm not dancing with you 'til you dance like you're supposed to!

Liz:
I knew you'd come to your senses!

Scott:
Not now, Dad.

I've got my happy face on today

Kylie:
'It's the inconceivable sight of Scott dancing with *Fran*.