He was like "She's gorgeous!"

Quotative Like

The gorgeous Alice Eve speaks to the quotative like, and stumbles endearingly in the process:

Like is sometimes used colloquially as a quotative to introduce a quotation or impersonation. This is also known as "quotation through simile." The word is often used to express that what follows is not an exact quotation but instead gives a general feel for what was said. In this usage, like functions in conjunction with a verb, generally be (but also say, think, etc.), as in the following examples:

He was like, "I'll be there in five minutes."
She was like, "You need to leave the room right now!"

Like can also be used to paraphrase an implicitly unspoken idea or sentiment:

I was like, "Who do they think they are?"

The marking of past tense is often omitted (compare historical present):

They told me all sorts of terrible things, and I'm like "Forget it then."

It is also sometimes used to introduce non-verbal mimetic performances, e.g., facial expressions, hand gestures, body movement, as well as sounds and noises:

I was like [speaker rolls eyes].
The car was like, "vroom!"

Reference: As a colloquial quotative.