Arthur Laurents

I said, turn it off! Nobody laughs at me! Because I laugh first. At me! Me, from Seattle! Me, with no education. Me, with no talent, as you kept reminding me my whole life! Well, Mama look at me now. I'm a star! Look! Look how I live! Look at my friends! Look where I'm going! I'm not staying in burlesque! I'm moving, mabye up, maybe down! But wherever it is, I'm enjoying it. I'm having the time of my life! Because for the first time, it is my life! And I love it. I love every second of it! And I'll be damned if you're gonna take it away from me! I am Gypsy Rose Lee! And I love her! And if you don't, you can just clear out now!

Let me entertain you, Let me make you smile, Let me do a few tricks, Some old and then some new tricks, I'm very versatile, And if you're real good, I'll make you feel good, I want your spirits to climb, So let me entertain you, And we'll have a real good time; Yes, sir!, We'll have a real good time.

You really would have been something, Mother.

If you had had someone to push you like I had.

Little cat, little cat, why do you look so blue? Did somebody paint you to look like that, or is it your birthday, too? Little lamb, little lamb, I wonder how old I am.

My sister's the actress, mother. And I'm not a cheap stripper. I'm the highest-paid in the business.

No, I'll be dead.

If you go with him, no one will forgive you.

Get your shoes on. I want to dance!

Anita's gonna get her kicks tonight... We'll have our private little mix, tonight! He'll walk in hot and tired, so what? Don't matter if he's tired, as long as he's hot, tonight...

A boy like that, who'd kill your brother? Forget that boy and find another! One of your own kind, stick to your own kind! A boy like that will bring you sorrow - you'll meet another boy tomorrow! One of your own kind, stick to your own kind! A boy who kills cannot love, a boy who kills has no heart! And he's the boy who gets your love, and gets your heart! Very smart, Maria, very smart! A boy like that wants one thing only. And when he's done, he'll leave you lonely! He'll murder your love, he murdered mine! Just wait and see, just wait Maria, just wait and see!

A boy like that, who'd kill your brother? Forget that boy and find another! One of your own kind, stick to your own kind!

A boy who kills cannot love, a boy who kills has no heart! And he's the boy who gets your love, and gets your heart! Very smart, Maria, very smart!

You think I want to stay here? In this city full of ugly little animals like you? No gracias. Yo no soy Americana. Yo soy Puertorriqueña!

Tell Tony… you tell that murderer… Maria ain't coming. Chino, he found out about them. Tony and Maria. He shot her. Maria is dead. You tell him that.

All my life, it's like I'm always just about to fall off the edge of the world's tallest building. I stopped falling the second I saw you.

Maria... I just met a girl named Maria! And suddenly that name will never be the same to me! Maria - I've just kissed a girl named Maria! And suddenly I found, how wonderful a sound can be! Maria! Say it loud and there's music playing! Say it soft, and it's almost like praying... Maria... I'll never stop saying Maria!

Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night - tonight there will be no morning star! Tonight, tonight, I'll see my love tonight, and for us stars will stop where they are!

Could be... Who knows? There's something due any day, I will know right away, soon as it shows... It may come canonballing down through the sky, gleam in its eye, bright as a rose! Who knows? It's only just out of reach, down the block, on a beach, under a tree - I got a feeling there's a miracle due, gonna come through, coming to me! Could it be? Yes it could - Something's coming, Something good! If I can wait... Something's coming, I don't know what it is, but it is gonna be great! With a click, with a shock, phone'll jingle, door'll knock, open the latch... Something's coming, don't know when, but it's soon, catch the moon - one-handed catch! Around the corner... or whistling down the river! Come on, deliver to me! Will it be? Yes it will. Maybe just by holding still, it'll be there... Come on something, come on in, don't be shy, meet a guy, pull up a chair! The air is humming, and something great is coming... Who knows? It's only just out of reach, down the block, on a beach, maybe tonight... Maybe tonight... Maybe tonight...