Mozart and the Whale - Advice on Belonging and Self-Perception
Gregory:
Can I give you some advice?
Donald Morton:
Can I humanly stop you?
Gregory:
Stick with the group. Compared to us, you're a god. And, uh, next to Isabelle, which you will *never* be again, you don't come off so hot.
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Mozart and the Whale - Career Choices and Missed Opportunities
Wallace:
After everything she told me, and checking on your excellent record in college, I'm wondering why you choose to drive a taxi for a living.
Donald Morton:
At my interview with IBM after I graduated college, they asked me what my plans were, and I said, "Probably go to McDonalds for a 12-piece McNugget and two cheeseburgers, and then do my laundry.
Wallace:
Did they laugh, at least?
Donald Morton:
They smiled and said they'd call me. They didn't.
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Mozart and the Whale - Ironic Timing of Early Preparation
Donald Morton:
I'm late, which is ironic, because I started out 9 hours and 23 minutes early.
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later - Tension Between Mother and Son Unfolds
Laurie Strode: [after catching John and Charlie out of school]
What the fuck do you think you're doing?
John Tate:
Mom, I'm real uncomfortable with you saying that word.
Laurie Strode:
Then don't put me in the position, John! Do you know what day it is? Of all the days for you to pull this shit, just what do you think you can do? Just wander around town? I don't ask you for very much, just give me one day!
John Tate:
Mom, I've given 17 years!
Laurie Strode:
And I need you to be responsible! Do you know what that means?
John Tate:
Responsible?
Laurie Strode:
Responsible!
John Tate:
Don't talk to me about responsibility, Mom!
Laurie Strode:
I just need this one thing!
John Tate:
Mom, I am not responsible for you. That's it; I've had enough. I can't take it anymore, Mom. He's dead. Michael Myers is dead!
Laurie Strode:
What do you want me to say?
John Tate:
That it's over, that we should try to make some attempt at a happy existence, Mom, cause all the shit that's going on inside of your head is leaking out on me, and I can't take it anymore. You told me, yourself, you watched him burn.
Laurie Strode:
I didn't exactly stay to see his ashes, John.
John Tate: [''Laurie doesn't respond''; ''Starts to walk away'']
Mom, 20 years. 20 years. Don't you think he would've shown up by now? What's he waiting for, huh? Mom, I can't live like this
Laurie Strode:
What...What does that mean, John?
John Tate:
If you wanna stay handcuffed to your dead brother, that's fine, but you're not dragging me along, not anymore!
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later - A Family's Dark History Ruins Halloween Celebrations
John Tate:
It just occurred to me today that I've never celebrated Halloween before.
Molly Cartwell:
And why's that?
John Tate:
Oh, we've got a psychotic serial killer in the family who loves to butcher people on Halloween, and I just thought it in bad taste to celebrate.
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later - Confronting Past Relationships and Their Impact
John Tate: [''His mother won't let him go away on an overnight school camping trip'']
Dad would let me go.
Laurie Strode:
Well, Dad is an abusive, chain-smoking methadone addict.
John Tate:
Who would attract someone like that?
Laurie Strode:
Ouch.
John Tate:
And to think he left you.
Laurie Strode:
John! I know you get your smart mouth from my side of the family. So I'll cut you a break. But point check, you're going too far!
John Tate:
No, I'm going to Yosemite.
Laurie Strode:
No, you're not!
John Tate:
Look, Mom, help me out here. I need a little more open air, I've earned it. Look, I know that today is the day...
Laurie Strode:
Oh, really? What day is that, John?
John Tate:
Halloween.
Laurie Strode: [''Creeped out'']
Oh, I hadn't noticed.
John Tate:
Look, Mom, we're through will all that. We really are.
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later - A Teen's Desire for Independence and Growth
John Tate:
Because today is the day. I can feel it. Today is the day you are going to realize that I am seventeen years old and your overprotection and paranoia is inhibiting my growing process.
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Lucky Number Slevin - Curiosity in Uncertain Conversations
Slevin:
Anything else you want to tell me?
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Lucky Number Slevin - Moral Dilemmas in Life and Death
The Rabbi:
There are three things one may not do to save a life including his own. He may not: idol-worship, commit adultery, or perform an act of premeditated murder. Killing you before you killed me would be...
Slevin:
Kosher?
The Rabbi: [scathing noise]
Acceptable.
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Lucky Number Slevin - A Deadly Misunderstanding Unfolds
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Lucky Number Slevin - Assassin's Insight into Discovery
Slevin:
How did you find out about us?
Mr. Goodkat:
I'm a world-class assassin, fuckhead. How do you think I found out?
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Lucky Number Slevin - Confrontation Over Orders and Identity
Elvis:
Wait, wait, wait. Look Nick, Slevin, Clark Kent, whatever the fuck your name is. The Virgin Mary herself could come waltzin in here right now with her fine ass titties hangin out and everything and if she told me your name was Jesus Christ, I still got to take you to see the Boss. You know why?
Slevin:
No.
Elvis:
Orders. And you do know what orders is right?
Slevin:
I think I understand the concept of-
Elvis:
Orders is "Orders" (but is said in an Ebonics for to really say all there is "Or-der-is".
Slevin:
I guess no one ever taught you not to use the word you're defining in the definition.
Elvis:
Say somethin else. I will break your motherfucking nose. I ain't playin with you.
Slevin:
My nose is already broken.
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Lucky Number Slevin - Identity and Expectations in Dialogue
Brikowski:
Who are you?
Slevin:
Philosophically speaking?
Slevin:
Rank, serial number?
Dumbrowski:
You should really play ball kid.
Slevin:
Really? You think I'm tall enough?
Brikowski:
What is your name?
Slevin: [''gasping for breath'']
Oh yeah, now I remember, Slevin Kelevra.
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Lucky Number Slevin - A Conversation About Identity and Obligation
The Rabbi:
You must be Mr. Fisher.
Slevin:
Must I be? Because it hasn't been working out for me lately.
The Rabbi:
But I'm afraid you must.
Slevin:
Well, if I must.
The Rabbi:
Do you know why you've been brought here, Mr. Fisher?
Slevin:
For starters, I'm unlucky.
The Rabbi:
The unlucky are nothing more than a frame of reference for the lucky, Mr. Fisher. You are unlucky so that I may know that I am not. Unfortunately, the lucky never realize they are lucky until it's too late. Consider yourself for instance; yesterday you were better off than you were today, but it took today for you to realize it. But, today has arrived, and it's too late, you see? People are never happy with what they have. They always want what they had...what someone else has...
Slevin:
Kind of like a rabbi who'd rather be a gangster or a gangster who'd rather be a rabbi? I mean, what is that, some kind of grass is greener on the other side of the fence'...thing? I mean, how do you justify being a rabbi and a gangster?
The Rabbi: [pauses, slides tea tray aside]
I don't. I am a bad man who doesn't waste time wondering what could have been when I am what could have been and could not have been. I live on both sides of the fence; the grass is always green. Consider, Mr. Fisher, there are two men sitting before you; and one of them you should be very afraid of. Where is my money?
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Lucky Number Slevin - The Nature of Sense and Choice
The Boss: [''after Slevin has just told him he'll take the job killing the Rabbi's son'']
I knew you had sense.
Slevin:
Sense is something you have when you have a choice.
The Boss:
Sometimes, and sometimes it's when you know you don't.
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Lucky Number Slevin - Loss and Its Harsh Realities
The Boss: [''Showing a picture'']
This was my son. Notice how I said was? That's because he's dead. Relegated to the past tense. Went from an is to a was before he had his breakfast.
Slevin:
Bummer.
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Lucky Number Slevin - Uncertainty Surrounds Authority Figure's Identity
Sloe:
The Boss wants to see you.
Slevin:
Who?
Sloe:
The Boss.
Slevin:
Who's the Boss?
Sloe:
The guy we work for. Sit
Slevin:
Look. I'm not the guy you're looking for. I don't live here.
Sloe:
Yeah well you look like the guy who lives here.
Slevin:
Man, you don't know what the guy who lives here looks like.
Elvis:
What he means to say is that you look like you live here.
Sloe:
Yeah, that's what I mean to say.
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Lucky Number Slevin - Ironic Family Dynamics in Organized Crime
Lindsey:
How ironic.
Slevin:
I know, I don't even gamble.
Lindsey:
No. A mobster with a gay son. Now that's ironic.
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Lucky Number Slevin - Misunderstandings in Unexpected Situations
Slevin's Girlfriend: [''after Slevin walks in on her cheating on him'']
This is an accident.
Slevin:
What, like... He tripped, you fell?
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Lucky Number Slevin - Confusion Over Identity and Authority
Slevin:
Who are you?
The Boss:
I'm The Boss.
Slevin:
I thought he was The Boss.
The Boss:
Why? Do we look alike?
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Lucky Number Slevin - Identifying the Target in Conversation
Sloe:
The guy we lookin for. His name is uh, his name is-
Elvis:
His name is Nick, man.
Sloe:
Nick, yeah. The cat's name is Nick. Now who, who are you?
Slevin:
I'm Slevin.(Sloe mutters the name confused for a minute)
Sloe:
You got some ID?(Short pause)
Slevin:
You see the funny thing about that is I got mugged this morning-
Sloe:
Hey! Tell it to the one-legged man, so he can bump it off down the road.
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Lucky Number Slevin - The Origin of the Nickname "the Fairy
The Boss:
They call him "the Fairy"...
Slevin:
Why do they call him "the Fairy"?
The Boss: [impatiently]
Because he's a fairy.
Slevin:
What, he's got wings, he can fly, he sprinkles magic dust all over the place?
The Boss: [angrily]
He's a homosexual.
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Trap - Suspicion Amidst Increased Police Presence
Cooper:
Psst! Cooper.
Jamie:
Jamie.
Cooper:
What's with all the police trucks outside and the cameras everywhere, Jamie? Something happening?
Jamie:
I'm not supposed to tell. Don't rat me out.
Cooper:
I won't.
Jamie:
You know the Butcher? Hmm? That freakin nutjob that goes around just chopping people up?
Cooper:
Yeah.
Jamie:
Well, the feds or whatever heard that he's gonna be here today, so they set up a trap for him. This whole concert? It's a trap.
Cooper:
Wow! Here?
Jamie: [they both chuckle]
Yeah. Yeah, they're watching all the exits, they're checking everyone that leaves. There's no way to get out of here, except backstage, I guess. But no one can get backstage. Yeah. See? It's kinda dope, right?
Cooper:
Yeah.
Jamie:
Yeah. Don't tell anyone. I'll get… I'll get in deep crap.
Cooper:
No.
Jamie:
Okay… Uh, I gotta get back, but come see me for that t-shirt.
Cooper:
For sure, Jamie.
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Trap - Enjoying the Concert Experience
Cooper:
Enjoy the rest of the concert.
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Trap - Maintaining Control Over Two Separate Lives
Cooper:
I'm in control. Never let the two lives touch.
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Trap - Seeking Attention in Uncertainty
Cooper:
I think you're looking for me.
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Trap - Struggling with an inescapable cycle
Cooper:
I can't get away. I can't stop. I'll just do this one last one.
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Trap - Experiencing Unfamiliar Emotions of Instability
Cooper:
I've never felt this before. I feel... out-of-control.
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Wicker Park - Confrontation of Love and Truth
Matthew:
You knew she was here the whole time?
Alex: [reaches into her bag and grabs the envelop she was suppose to give to Matthew two years earlier]
This belongs to you. It's from her.
Lisa: [in the letter]
Matt, please don't think that I'm running away from you. I was so overwhelmed when you asked me to move in, I couldn't speak. My answer, of course, is yes. I love you, and can't wait to come home.
Alex: [in tears]
I'm not going to apologize for what I've done. This is for me to live with now. Now you see me for who I am.
Matthew:
Yes, I do.
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Wicker Park - Self-Deception in Relationships
Matthew:
I'm going to China tonight, I'm practically engaged-- do I need to remind you?
Luke:
The lies we tell ourselves.
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Wicker Park - Coffee Conversation Amidst Broken Cups
Alex:
You want a cup of coffee?
Matthew:
Yeah, sure. Thanks.
Alex: [rummages around in the kitchen; comes back with coffee in two flutes of champagne glasses]
No. No. No. No. He broke all my cups.
Matthew:
That's original.
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Wicker Park - A Conversation About Heartbreak and Understanding
Matthew:
I needed you to know.
Rebecca:
Know what? Know what, Matthew? That I'm not the girl who can break your heart?
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Wicker Park - Judgment and Hypocrisy in Relationships
Matthew:
What do you think, Alex? I mean you know the whole story.
Alex:
It's easy to stand back and judge. You don't now anything about this woman.
Matthew:
I know that she has no conscience, and no regard for anyone but herself. I mean, what else do I need to know?
Alex:
You make yourself into such a victim. Nobody made you be with her. You can't even see what a hypocrite you're being.
Matthew:
I'm being a hypocrite? How am I being a hypocrite?
Alex:
Yes, you are!
Luke:
Whoa, whoa, whoa. You, guys. Hey, relax.
Matthew:
No, Luke. Hey, hold on. Alex, I'd like for you to explain to me on how I'm being a hypocrite.
Alex:
Who's to say, this woman hasn't been in love with you for a really long time? And now that she found you again, she wasn't about to let you go twice.
Matthew:
What?
Alex:
Maybe... The first time she saw you, maybe she felt the way you did the first time you saw Lisa. You remember that. Love makes you do crazy things. Insane things. Things in a million years you never thought you'd see yourself do. But here you are doin it. Can't help it.
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Wicker Park - Confrontation Over Surveillance and Interests
Lisa:
Do you normally spy on people?
Matthew:
What?
Lisa:
Are you really gonna tell me that you're a huge fan of modern dance?
Matthew:
Look, I've never done anything like that before. Honestly, could you let me take you out for a cup of coffee and explain.
Lisa: [chuckles]
I don't think so.
Matthew:
I'll stay on my side of the table. I promise.
Lisa:
Just call me when the shoes come in, okay?
Matthew:
Listen, I'm not what you think I am, okay?
Matthew:
Shit.
Lisa: [Matthew notices that she wrote a message on the shoebox instead of leaving her phone number for the shoes]
Tomorrow night. 6:00. Cafe Tangiers on Kinzie. Now you won't have to follow me.
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Wicker Park - The Temptation of Decision-Making
Matthew:
You're right. This doesn't make any sense. One minute I'm here looking at rings, and the next I'm here, doing this.
Luke:
Whoa. Whoa, looking at rings? I didn't realize you were that serious.
Matthew:
Apparently, I'm not.
Luke:
See, that is how the universe works. The minute you make a decision, you decide on anything, along comes temptation.
Matthew:
What would you do?
Luke:
I'd keep both of them and hope they don't find out about each other.
Matthew: [laughs]
That's perfect. Asshole! I have to find out why she left.
Luke:
She got scared. Everyone gets scared.
Matthew:
No, not Lisa. She wouldn't have left without an explanation. Without some sort of letter or a call or something. She's not like that. I mean, something must've happened, and whatever it was...
Luke:
Screwed you up big time.
Matthew: [pause]
I know she loved me.
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Wicker Park - The Essence of Decision-Making in Beauty
Jeweller: [holding a diamond ring]
Magnificent, aren't they? "God's tears".
Matthew:
Yeah. It's beautiful. So are the others, I... I guess I just have to make the right decision.
Jeweller:
In the end it's not your eye that must decide.
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Wicker Park - Beauty in the Ordinary
Matthew:
Things don't have to be extraordinary to be beautiful. Even the ordinary can be beautiful.
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Wicker Park - The Illusion of Distance and Reality
Matthew:
When you see something from afar, you develop a fantasy. But when you see it up close, 9 times out of 10, you wish you hadn't.
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The Virgin Suicides - Complimenting Beauty and Charm
Trip Fontaine:
You're a stone fox.
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