Memorable Quotes from Javier Bardem
21 quotesRedefining the Need for a Partner
Liz Gilbert
I'm sick of people telling me that I need a man.
Felipe
You don't need a man, Liz. You need a champion.
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Opportunity in Formula One Racing
Ruben Cervantes
I'm offering you an open seat in Formula One. The only place you could say if you win, you are the absolute best in the world.
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Listening to Your Voice Matters
King Triton
You shouldn't have had to give up your voice to be heard, but now I am listening.
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King Triton's Reflection on Parenting Choices
King Triton
Was I too hard on her?
[to Sebastian]
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A Father's Regret and Reflection
King Triton
What have I done?
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A Statement on His Wife's Social Preferences
Him
My wife loves having company.
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Introducing Lyle, the Extraordinary Crocodile
Hector P. Valenti
You must be the new tenants. I see that you've met my crocodile. He's an extraordinary talent. His name is Lyle.
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Authority and Obedience in the Ocean
King Triton
As long as you live in my ocean, you'll obey my rules.
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King Triton on Obsession with Humans
King Triton
This obsession with humans has to stop.
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Value of Things vs. Emotional Attachment
mother
Stop, they're ruining everything!
Him
These are just things. They can be replaced.
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Confrontation Over Money and Loss
Carla Jean Moss
I knew this wasn't done with.
Anton Chigurh
No.
Carla Jean
I ain't got the money. What little I had is long gone and there's bills a-plenty to pay yet. I buried my mother today. I ain't paid for that neither.
Chigurh
I wouldn't worry about it.
Carla Jean
I need to sit down. You got no cause to hurt me.
Chigurh
No, but I gave my word.
Carla Jean
You gave your word?
Chigurh
To your husband.
Carla Jean
That don't make sense. You gave your word to my husband to kill me?
Chigurh
Your husband had the opportunity to save you. Instead, he used you to try to save himself.
Carla Jean
Not like that. Not like you say. You don't have to do this.
Chigurh
People always say the same thing.
Carla Jean
What do they say?
Chigurh
They say, "You don't have to do this.
Carla Jean
You don't.
Chigurh
Okay. This is the best I can do. Call it.
[sighs; tosses a coin]
Carla Jean
I knowed you was crazy when I saw you sittin there. I knowed exactly what was in store for me.
Chigurh
Call it.
Carla Jean
No, I ain't gonna call it.
Chigurh
Call it.
Carla Jean
The coin don't have no say. It's just you.
Chigurh
Well, I got here the same way the coin did.
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A Strained Expression of Love and Sacrifice
Him
Stop, stop, don't, don't, don't, please don't. I love you.
mother
You never loved me. You just loved how much I loved you. I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING. You gave it all away.
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A Father's Sacrifice for His Daughter
King Triton
You gave your life for me. And you fought to get my life back.
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Embrace Uniqueness Despite Others' Opinions
Hector P. Valenti
Nothing could be of less importance than what other people think. Let people stare! For once in their dreary lives, they have something wonderful to look at; Look! Look!
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Embracing Life's Risks Over Safety
Hector P. Valenti
Who wants to be safe? No-no-no safe is a repellent little word, exponge it from your mind! We are here to live, yes? And living is a dangerous business, my friend!
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Parental Identity Affirmation in Conflict
Him
I'm his father.
mother
And I'm his mother!
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A Simple Transaction in Uncertain Times
Anton Chigurh
How much?
Proprietor
$0.69.
Chigurh
And the gas.
Proprietor
Y'all gettin any rain up your way?
[trying to make conversation]
Chigurh
...what way would that be?
[starts eating the peanuts]
Proprietor
I seen you was from Dallas.
Chigurh
What business is it of yours, where I'm from... "friendo"?
Proprietor
I didn't mean nothing by it.
[confused]
Chigurh
Didn't mean nothing.
Proprietor
Just passing the time. If you don't wanna accept that, I don't know what else I can do for you. Will there be something else?
Chigurh
I don't know, will there?
Proprietor
Is something wrong?
[minor pause. He clears his throat]
Chigurh
With what?
[confused]
Proprietor
With anything.
Chigurh
Is that what you're asking me? "Is there something wrong with anything"?
[mildly amused, though hardly showing it]
Proprietor
Will there be anything else?
Chigurh
You already asked me that.
Proprietor
Well, I need to see about closing now.
[pause]
Chigurh
See about closing?
Proprietor
Yes, sir.
Chigurh
What time do you close?
Proprietor
Now, we close now.
Chigurh
Now" is not a time, what time do you close?
Proprietor
Generally around dark. At dark.
[gestures vaguely outside, which is still mildly daytime]
Chigurh
You don't know what you're talking about, do you?
[deep inhale, short exhale]
Proprietor
Sir?
Chigurh
I said, you don't know what you're talking about. What time do you go to bed?
[pause]
Proprietor
Sir?
[getting more uncomfortable]
Chigurh
You're a bit deaf, aren't ya? I said "What time do you go to bed"?
Proprietor
Um... usually somewhere around 9:30? I-I'd say around 9:30.
Chigurh
I could come back then.
[ominously]
Proprietor
Why would you be coming back? We'd be closed.
[confused]
Chigurh
Yeah, you said that.
Proprietor
Well, I got to close now.
Chigurh
You live in that house out back?
[noticing the house in the back]
Proprietor
Yes, I do...
[a bit disturbed]
Chigurh
You lived here all your life?
Proprietor
This is my wife's father's place, uh, originally.
Chigurh
...you married into it?
[stifles a cough in disgust before resuming]
Proprietor
We lived in Temple, Texas, for many years. Raised a family there, in Temple. We come out here about four years ago.
Chigurh
You married into it.
[still focused on the man's last statement]
Proprietor
If that's the way you wanna put it.
[slight chuckle]
Chigurh
I don't have some way to put it. That's the way it is. What's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss?
[he exhales before placing the crumpled peanut wrapper on the counter top and pulling out a quarter]
Proprietor
Sir?
Chigurh
The most you ever lost on a coin toss.
Proprietor
I don't know. I couldn't say.
Chigurh
Call it.
Proprietor
Call it?
Chigurh
Yes.
[sighs]
Proprietor
For what?
Chigurh
Just call it.
Proprietor
Well, we need to know what we're callin for here.
Chigurh
You need to call it. I can't call it for you. It wouldn't be fair.
Proprietor
I didn't put nothin up.
Chigurh
Yes, you did. You've been "putting it up" your whole life, you just didn't know it. You know what date is on this coin?
Proprietor
No.
Chigurh
1958. It's been traveling 22 years to get here, and now it's here and it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it.
Proprietor
Well look, I need to know what I stand to win.
Chigurh
Everything.
Proprietor
How's that?
Chigurh
You stand to win everything. Call it.
[annoyed]
Proprietor
All right. Heads, then.
Chigurh
Well done. Don't put it in your pocket.
[deadpan; flicks the quarter to the proprietor]
Proprietor
Sir?
Chigurh
Don't put it in your pocket, it's your lucky quarter.
Proprietor
Well, where do you want me to put it?
Chigurh
Anywhere not in your pocket. Or it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin... which it is.
[gives a glance]
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A Heartfelt Expression of Longing
Hector P. Valenti
I miss you, too!
[as Lyle is licking him]
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Journey to the Beginning and Beyond
mother
What are you?
Him
Me? ]. You? You were home.
[[w:I Am that I Am|I, am I]
mother
Where are you taking me?
Him
The Beginning. You won't hurt much longer.
[pause]
mother
What hurts me the most is that I wasn't enough.
Him
It's not your fault. Nothing is ever enough. I couldn't create if it was. And I have to. That's what I do. That's... what I am. Now I must try it all again.
mother
No... just let me go.
Him
I need one last thing.
mother
I have nothing left to give.
Him
Your love. It's still there, isn't it?
mother
Go ahead. Take it.
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A Visitor's Arrival
Him
They've come to see me.
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A Proposal for Mercy and Money
Carson Wells
You don't have to do this. I'm a day trader. I could just go home.
Anton Chigurh
You could?
Wells
I could make it worth your while. I could take you to an ATM with 14 grand in it, and everyone just walks away.
Chigurh
An ATM.
[amused]
Wells
I know where the satchel is.
Chigurh
If you knew, you would have it with you.
Wells
I can find it from the riverbank. I know where it is.
Chigurh
I know something better. I know where it's going to be.
Wells
Where's that?
Chigurh
It will be brought to me and placed at my feet.
Wells
You don't know to a certainty. Twenty minutes, it could be here.
Chigurh
I do know to a certainty, and you know what's going to happen now, Carson. You should admit your situation. There would be more dignity in it.
Wells
You go to hell.
Chigurh
All right. Let me ask you something. If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?
Wells
Do you have any idea how crazy you are?
Chigurh
You mean the nature of this conversation?
Wells
I mean the nature of you. You...You can have the money, Anton.
[The phone rings. Wells looks at it briefly before looking back to Chigurh, who shoots him dead. He picks up the phone.]
Llewelyn Moss
Hello?
Anton Chigurh
Yes?
Moss
Is, uh, Carson Wells there?
Chigurh
Not in the sense that you mean. You need to come and see me.
[glances at Wells' corpse]
Moss
Who is this?
Chigurh
You know who it is.
Moss
Yeah, I know who it is.
[sighs]
Chigurh
You need to talk to me.
Moss
I don't need to talk to you.
Chigurh
I think you do. Do you know where I'm going?
Moss
Why would I care where you're going?
Chigurh
I know where you are.
Moss
Yeah? Where am I?
Chigurh
You're in the hospital across the river. But that's not where I'm going. Do you know where I'm going?
Moss
Yeah, I know where you're going. She's not gonna be there.
[quietly]
Chigurh
It won't make a difference if she's there.
Moss
So what are you going up there for?
Chigurh
You know how this is going to turn out, don't you?
Moss
No. Do you?
Chigurh
I think you do, so this is what I'll offer: you bring me the money and I'll let her go. Otherwise she's accountable, the same as you. That's the best deal you're going to get. I won't tell you you can save yourself, because you can't.
Moss
Yeah, I'm goin to bring you somethin', all right. I've decided to make you a special project of mine. You ain't goin to have to look for me at all.
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