Cheers (TV Series)

Any Friend of Diane's (1982)

Shelley Long: Diane Chambers

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Quotes 

• Rebecca Prout : I'll never forget those long afternoons in the quad, drinking champagne, eating brioche with strawberry preserves, reading and talking Schopenhauer.

  Diane Chambers : Yeah, well, enough Schope talk.

• Diane Chambers : [about her friend, Rebecca]  Sam. That woman over there is a dear friend of mine. Now she is going through a very difficult period. So whatever she asks you, please, just say no.

  Sam Malone : [confused]  What?

  Diane Chambers : No.

  Rebecca Prout : [approaching Sam and Diane]  Diane?

  Diane Chambers : Yes?

  Rebecca Prout : Would you excuse us a moment?

  Diane Chambers : Fine.

  [as she leaves Sam and Rebecca alone, Diane emphatically mouths the word "no" to Sam] 

  Rebecca Prout : Would you object to joining me in my hotel room for a afternoon of wild animal passion?

  Sam Malone : [loudly so that Diane can hear]  No!

  [Diane nods her approval] 

  Sam Malone : What's your name?

  Rebecca Prout : Does it matter?

  Sam Malone : [loudly so that Diane can hear]  No!

• [Rebecca is telling Diane about how sad she's been since she broke up with her boyfriend] 

  Rebecca Prout : I used to find enormous comfort translating Russian poetry.

  Diane Chambers : I know.

  Rebecca Prout : But no more. Even when I went back over my favorite, Karashnakov's "Another Christmas of Agony," it failed to soothe me.

  Rebecca Prout : [Reciting poem]  Mischa the dog lies dead in the bog. / The children cry over the carcass. / The mist chokes my heart, covers the mourners. / At least this year we eat.

  Diane Chambers : Well, if that didn't pick you up, I'm at a virtual loss.