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Ed Wood: [reading a review] Look, he's got some nice things to say here. "The soldiers' costumes are very realistic." That's positive!

Ed Wood: I like to dress in women's clothing.
Georgie Weiss: You're a fruit?
Ed Wood: No, not at all. I love women. Wearing their clothes makes me feel closer to them.
Georgie Weiss: You're not a fruit?
Ed Wood: No, I'm all man. I even fought in W.W.2. Of course, I was wearing women's undergarments under my uniform.

Ed Wood: My girlfriend still doesn't know why her sweaters are always stretched out.

Ed Wood: We don't have a permit. Run!

Ed Wood: Listen, hit the bars, work some parties, and get me transvestites. I need transvestites. All right. Bye.

Ed Wood: [on phone with Mr. Feldman] Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.

Ed Wood: Listen, I was wondering if you'd like to go out sometime, grab some dinner, maybe?
Vampira: You mean a date? I thought you were a fag.
Ed Wood: No, no, I'm just a transvestite.

Ed Wood: What are you drinking, Bela?
Bela Lugosi: Formaldehyde.
Ed Wood: Straight up or on the rocks?

Ed Wood: Kathy... I'm about to tell you something that I never told any girl on a first date. But I think it's important that you know... I like to wear women's clothes.
Kathy O'Hara: Huh?
Ed Wood: I like to wear women's clothes. Panties, brassieres, sweaters, pumps. It's just something I do. And I can't believe I'm telling you this, but I really like you, and I don't want it getting in the way down the road.
Kathy O'Hara: Does this mean... you don't like sex with girls?
Ed Wood: No, I love sex with girls.
[long pause]
Kathy O'Hara: Okay.

Ed Wood: [after Thor Johnson bumps into a scenery wall while walking through a door making the wall shudder] Ok, and CUT! PERFECT! PRINT IT!
Cameraman Bill: Don't you wanna do another take Ed? Seems like big baldy had some problems gettin' through that door.
Ed Wood: No, it's fine. It's real. You know, in actuality, Lobo would have to struggle with this problem every day.

Ed Wood: And cut! Print. We're moving on. That was perfect.
Ed Reynolds: Perfect? Mr. Wood, do you know anything about the art of film production?
Ed Wood: Well, I like to think so.
Ed Reynolds: That cardboard headstone tipped over. This graveyard is obviously phony.
Ed Wood: Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.
Ed Reynolds: The big picture?
Ed Wood: Yes.
Ed Reynolds: Then how 'bout when the policemen arrived in daylight, but now it's suddenly night?
Ed Wood: What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?

Ed Wood: This is the one. 'This' is the one I'll be remembered for.