- I've got one! I've got a special purpose!
- You do?
- Yes, it's fantastic! It's great! It's unbelievable! And I was afraid to tell you about it! Your mother's gonna love me!
— Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin)
16 seconds sound clip from the The Jerk (1979) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:52:42.326 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I really do want to kiss you. But I'm afraid.
- I would've kept my tongue in.
- No, I mean, I'm afraid if I kiss you, I'll fall in love with you.
- My mother sacrificed everything to send me through cosmetology school.
- She did?
- She has this dream for me to be something.
- To marry someone with power, money, vision. Someone with a special purpose.
- I've got one! I've got a special purpose!
- You do?
- You look so beautiful and peaceful, you almost look dead.
- And I'm glad because there's something I wanna say that's always been very difficult, for me to say.
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