Johanna: Talk to me some more Jacques: It's hard, you know. I don't know what else to say. You're so far away. Johanna: Tell me a story. Jacques: A story? Do you now how it is- do you know what you're supposed to do, to meet a mermaid? Johanna: No. J...
Johanna: What's it feel like when you dive? Jacques: It's a feeling of slipping without falling. The hardest thing is when you're at the bottom. Johanna: Why? Jacques: 'Cause you have to find a good reason to come back up... and I have a hard time fi...
[after getting 10.000 dollars] Roberto: Enzo, what are you going to do with the money? Enzo: Have the car painted. Roberto: Guiseppe will do that for 25 dollars. Enzo: Then tell him to wax it too.
Enzo: Don't look at Jaques as if he was a human being, he comes from another planet.
[after receiving $10,000] Roberto: Enzo, really, whatcha going to do with the money? Enzo: A rosary for mama, a dress for Angelica and you , get yourself a suit that fits. But most important. Roberto: Yes Enzo: Find me the Frenchman. Find me Jacques ...
Jacques: I know you. Johanna: We just met, a few minutes ago. Jacques: In the lake. Johanna: No in the hut. Jacques: Then it must have been someone who looked like a lot like you.
Enzo: Ah, I was 17! I was so in love with her, I tried to die for her. Two years later I can't even remember her name. Time, erases everything.
[Enzo pulls out a cigarette inside of a diving bell] Noireuter: Smoking is absolutely forbidden. Enzo: It isn't lit yet. Noireuter: You shouldn't even carry cigarettes on board. Enzo: Listen, we're not supposed to piss either, but it doesn't stop you...
Enzo: You were right. Jacques: About what? Enzo: It's much better down there... It's a better place... Jacques: no... Enzo: Push me back in the water... Jacques: No, I couldn't... Enzo: Jacques... Take me back down... Please...
Jacques: I don't understand. Please explain to me. Enzo: What do you want to know? Jacques: Everything! Enzo: About what? Jacques: About everything! Enzo: Mama mia.
Enzo: A thousand commanders, and we get the Belgian from Alcoholics Anonymous!
Johanna: You really send him under the ice? He isn't a slave or convict or anything, is he? Dr. Laurence: My dear, science is a cruel mistress. Johanna: How is he going to breathe? Dr. Laurence: He isn't.
[Enzo pulls out a whiskey flask in a diving bell] Noireuter: Is that alcohol? That's *really* forbidden! Enzo: Hey, do you have any more complaints? Just make a list and we'll stick it on the porthole, OK?
[Waiting for Enzo] Roberto: It's not like him to be late. Of course, sometimes he doesn't show up at all.
[after a drunken breath holding contest] Jacques: Who won? Johanna: Who won what? The asshole award? Let me tell you, it was a tie!
Enzo: ...So, between Mamma, Roberto and Alfredo, we yell and scream at each other all day long. Except for Angelica, she just cries. And then finally, we all end up kissing. Can you explain that to me? Because *that's* what love is all about. It's a ...
Enzo: Dont think of Jacques as a human being, he's from another world. Johanna: Oh yeah? And what world are you from Enzo? Enzo: Italia!
