Playing by Heart is a 1998 film by Williard Carroll that tells the the interwoven story of a group of couples as they work their way through their various relationships.

Dialogue

Paul: You know, I never knew what love was until I met your mother. And by then it was too late.

Mildred:: I never loved your father. Not for a minute.

Mark:: Wow. You're...good at this.

Mildred: I was so relieved when he died.

Mark: Geez Mom, don't hold anything back.

Trent: Have dinner with me.

Meredith:: Look, I'm not going to sue you or anything.

Trent:: I'm not asking as a pre-emptive strike against litigation, I'm asking--

Meredith:: I'll have dinner with you.

Trent:: What changed your mind?

Meredeith: Anyone who can say 'pre-emptive strike against litigation' with a straight face deserves a dinner companion.

Paul: What are you thinking?.

Hannah Hot liquids and facial burns..

Hannah: And you really didn't sleep with her?.

Paul: No..

Hannah: And you didn't want to sleep with her?.

Paul: Good G-d, yes, I did..

Joan: I said you look like a man in need of a coke..

Paul: If I have to wear a tux, she has to wear a bra..

Meredith: They look so perfect together..

Hannah: They look so perfect together..

Paul: Just like we do..

Meredith: This is gonna sound really weird..

Trent: You're worried about Barley, and you want to go back to your place..

Meredeith:: Oh my G-d, this is way fucking spooky..

Hugh:: I lost my wife and kids..

Allison: Ask the bartender, he can find anything..

Hugh:: I should be alone. Alone in hell. That's where I am..

Joan:: (on the phone) The lad doesn't say much, and when he does, he finds just the right words to crush my soul. Of course I'm crazy about him..

Joan: She's got her eye on you..

Keenan: Yeah, but it's her good one..

Keenan: That is the ugliest cat I've ever seen..

Joan: She's an angel..

Keenan: She only has one eye..

Joan: Yeah, but it's her good one..

Joan: You should write these kiss-offs down. How to crush a woman's soul in ten words or less. That was ten, wasn't it?

(counting) You're-terrific-Sensational-really-but-I'm-not-right-for-you. Yep. Ten..

Gracie: Roger..

Roger: Yeah?.

Gracie: Don't be an angerball..

Taglines

• If romance is a mystery, there's only one way to figure it out.
• The comedy with a twist.
• The sexy comedy with a twist.

Cast

• Gillian Anderson - Meredith
• Ellen Burstyn - Mildred
• Sean Connery - Paul
• Anthony Edwards - Roger
• Angelina Jolie - Joan
• Jay Mohr - Mark
• Ryan Phillippe - Keenan
• Dennis Quaid - Hugh
• Gena Rowlands - Hannah
• Jon Stewart - Trent
• Madeleine Stowe - Gracie

External links

• Playing by Heart quotes at the Internet Movie Database