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that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to extreme lengths to land a job. The movie stars Dustin Hoffman
and Jessica Lange
, with a supporting cast that includes Teri Garr
, Dabney Coleman
, Charles Durning
, Bill Murray
, and producer/director Sydney Pollack
. Tootsie was adapted by Larry Gelbart
, Barry Levinson
(uncredited), Elaine May
(uncredited) and Murray Schisgal
from the story by Gelbart.
In 1998 the United States Library of Congress
deemed the film “culturally significant” and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry
.
I don't believe in hell. I believe in unemployment, but not hell.
You know, I could lay a big line on you and we could do a lot of role playing, but the simple truth is, is that I find you very interesting and I'd really like to make love to you.
[in her audition] Oh I know what y'all really want is some gross, caricature of a woman to prove some idiotic point that power makes a woman masculine, or masculine women are ugly. Well shame on you for letting a man do that, or any man that does that. That means you, dear. Miss Marshall. Shame on you, you macho shit head.
[to April, dressed only in bra and panties] What kind of mother would I be if I didn't give my girls tits... tips?
[waking up and seeing Michael as Dorothy] Mom?
I'm just afraid that you're going to burn in Hell for all this.
I don't like when somebody comes up to me the next day and says, "Hey, man, I saw your play. It touched me; I cried." I like it when a guy comes up to me a week later and says, "Hey, man, I saw your play... what happened?"
I think we're getting into a weird area here.
You slut.
That is one nutty hospital.