Juliette Lewis Quotes

The Other Sister

Questioning the Origins of Sex

Carla Tate I wonder who thought up sex?

Daniel McMann I think it was Madonna.

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Cape Fear

Reflections on Cape Fear's Enchantment

Danielle Bowden My reminiscence: I always thought that for such a lovely river, the name was mystifying - Cape Fear - when the only thing to fear on those enchanted summer nights was that the magic would end, and real life would come crashing in.

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Cape Fear

Letting Go of the Past to Live

Danielle Bowden We never spoke about what happened, at least not to each other. Fear, I suppose, that to remember his name and what he did would mean letting him into our dreams. And me, I hardly dream about him anymore. Still, things won't ever be the way they were before he came. But that's all right, because if you hang onto the past, you die a little every day. And for myself, I know I'd rather live. The end.

[whispers]

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Cape Fear

Unexpected Revelations About a Troubling Past

Danielle Bowden You're not the drama teacher, are you?

Max Cady Maybe I'm the ].

[smiling; [w:Big Bad Wolf|big bad wolf]

Danielle Bowden Um... so you're that guy that's been hanging around the house? You're the one that killed my mom's dog?

Max Cady Your mom's dog was killed?

[feigning surprise]

Danielle Bowden Yeah.

Max Cady I didn't even know anything about that. That's a shame. That's a damn shame.

Danielle Bowden Yes, it was.

Max Cady What kind of dog was it?

Danielle Bowden Um... I don't know. He was just... he was, um, fluffy and...

Max Cady Fluffy?

Danielle Bowden Mm-hmm. So you didn't do that?

Max Cady Of course I didn't do that.

Danielle Bowden Okay...

[sighing]

Max Cady I wouldn't do that.

Danielle Bowden So why... what are you doing here then?

Max Cady Well, I came to meet you, to be honest with you.

Danielle Bowden W-Why? I mean--

Max Cady Cause... I wanted to meet you, see what you were like. I see you're a nice person. That's all.

Danielle Bowden Just... you're not gonna hurt me, are you?

Max Cady No, I'm not gonna hurt you at all. There's no hurtin here, Danielle. Tween us, there's no anger, nothin'. Just a search for truth. I mean, did you judge me, did you get angry at me when you caught me smokin the grass? Hmm?

Danielle Bowden No.

Max Cady But your parents, they judged you. They got plenty angry at you, didn't they?

Danielle Bowden Yeah.

Max Cady Mm-hmm. They punished you for their sins. What did they do?

Danielle Bowden They, uh... My dad... They just yelled a whole lot and, um... My mom cried... and, and my dad said I couldn't drive the Cherokee.

Max Cady I'd say they punished you for their sins, and you resent that, and you should resent it. But Professor Do-Right has a little advice for you. You shouldn't damn em. Don't judge em. Just forgive em, for they know not what they do.

Danielle Bowden Well, um, why do you hate my father?

Max Cady I don't hate him at all. Oh, no, I pray for him. I'm here to help him. I mean, we all make mistakes, Danielle. You and I have. At least we try to admit it. Don't we?

Danielle Bowden Yeah...

Max Cady Mm-hmm. But your daddy, he don't. Every man carries a circle of hell around his head like a halo. Your daddy, too. Every man, every man has to go through hell to reach his paradise. You know what paradise is?

Danielle Bowden No.

Max Cady Salvation. Cause your daddy's not happy. Your mommy's not happy. And you know what? You're not happy. Are you?

Danielle Bowden No, I'm not.

Max Cady You thought about me last night, didn't you?

Danielle Bowden Um... yes, I did.

[chuckles slightly]

Max Cady I know. You know, I think I might have found a companion. A companion for that long walk to the light.

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Starsky & Hutch

Winning Attitudes in High-Stakes Situations

Kitty Don't stress. Just relax.

Reese I don't understand man, I don't understand. You can lose keys, ya know, you can lose your wallet. How... how do you lose a plane?

Drug Dealer Reese, come on. What do you want me to do? You got three out of four planes in. That's still a lot of coke.

Reese Now, see that? That's the kind of winning attitude that's gonna take this enterprise straight to the top.

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Kalifornia

The Concept of Karma Explored in Dialogue

Adele Corners Know what, Brian? One night when we was stayin up late we was talkin bout how much bad luck he must have comin from all those mirrors he broke, and I swear we came to 449 years it would take for him to work it all off, and he'd have to - after he died - he's gonna have to keep comin back to earth over and over and over again.

Carrie Laughlin ].

[[Karma]

Adele Corners What?

Carrie Laughlin Karma. You know, when you do something bad to someone and fate pays you back by something bad happening to you.

Adele Corners Is that French?

[blowing a bubble]

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From Dusk Till Dawn

A Request for Intimacy

Kate Fuller Richie, would you do me a favor and eat my pussy for me... please?

Richie Gecko Uhh... sure.

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Kalifornia

Perceptions of California Living

Adele Corners Will you tell me more about California?

Early Grayce Yeah, I guess so. Let's see. One thing, people think faster out there on the account of all that warm weather. Cold weather makes people stupid. That's a fact.

Adele Corners I guess that explains why there's so many stupid people around here.

Early Grayce It sure does. You know what else? You never have to buy no fruit on account it's all on the trees everywhere you turn. And they ain't got no speed limits. I hear your first month's rent is free, state law. So I'm thinking till we get settled we'll just move around from month to month. How will that be with you, momma?

Adele Corners What are we going to do out there, Early?

Early Grayce By God the first thing we're going to do is get us a couple of six-packs of Lucky Lager and we're going to climb up to that famous Hollywood sign. We're going to howl at the moon, goddamn it. Yeah, just like that.

[howls]

Adele Corners I heard once that there ain't nothing on that old moon except some little golf balls the astronauts left behind.

Early Grayce Nah, that ain't right. That's bullshit. The government be sending people there all the time. Just don't want us to know about it.

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Strange Days

The Definitive End of Movies

Faith Justin You know one of the ways that movies are still better than playback? cause the music comes up, there's credits, and you always know when it's over. It's over!

[Turns to Lenny]

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The Other Sister

Navigating Awkward First Experiences

Carla Tate Have you ever done it before?

Daniel McMann Well, yeah, kind of. You see, the guys at work, they chipped in and they found this girl, and she had a reputation. There was a lot of kissing and hugging and a lot of rubbing, and I kind of finished before I was supposed to. You have to be a guy to understand that.

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Jem and the Holograms

Identity and Perception in Jem and the Holograms

Jerrica Benton   This is us?

Erica Raymond   No, it's ].

[[Photoshop]

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Kalifornia

Tension Among Characters in a Critical Moment

Early Grayce Got them both on the dead run.

[after shooting two cops]

Adele Corners No! No, no, no Early!

Early Grayce Come on, momma. Tell me that don't hurt. Here.

[Walks over to Brian who is standing over the wounded cop; Hands Brian a gun while pointing another one at his head]

Brian Kessler What?

Early Grayce Gotta put that crippled dog out of his misery. You wanna know about it, you gotta do it, son. Shoot him. Come on, lay it on in there. Come on, mean boy. Come on, mean boy. Do it! Shoot him! Shoot the dog! Time to live, boy. Shoot him. Come on. Go! Go, mean boy.

Early Grayce You faggot.

Brian Kessler Look at his face! It's not your father. Look at him!

Early Grayce I know that, you idiot. That's police in a world of hurting. This here's a mercy killing.

Carrie Laughlin Oh God!

Early Grayce Let's hit the road.

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Kalifornia

Uncertainty in Gratitude Among Characters

Early Grayce You haven't even said thank you.

Adele Corners Thank you.

Early Grayce Thank you for what, Adele?

Adele Corners I don't know, Early.

Early Grayce Well, Adele, it's for saving your fucking life back there! Goddamn! You were this close, momma, from spending the night in the county morgue.

Carrie Laughlin He wasn't going to shoot her, you murdering son of a bitch!

Brian Kessler Stop it, Carrie.

Carrie Laughlin What are you fucking insane?

Brian Kessler Shut up!

Carrie Laughlin God, why are you so fucking blind, Brian? He's a murderer for crying out loud.

Brian Kessler Just shut up!

Early Grayce Goddamn bunch of loons.

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Kalifornia

Understanding Abuse and Perceived Safety in Relationships

Adele Corners My God, Carrie. If Early ever saw me in a picture like that I'd be black-and-blue for a week.

Carrie Laughlin You shouldn't let him do that to you.

Adele Corners You think Early's mean to me? Well, he's not. He may punish me once in a while, but he's not mean. Um, when I was 13 there was these three boys and they raped me in the back of this truck. They hurt me so bad that I was in the hospital for, like, four months. And I feel safe with Early cause most of the time he treats me really nice. I know that he'd never. He would never let anything like that ever happen to me again.

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From Dusk Till Dawn

Journey to Mexico and Its Inhabitants

Kate Fuller Where are you taking us?

Richie Gecko Mexico.

Kate What's in Mexico?

Richie Mexicans.

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The Way of the Gun

Love and Choices in Parenthood

Parker Do you love this baby?

[A gun to Robin's stomach]

Robin Yes!

[Shaken]

Parker Then you walk.

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Kalifornia

Adele's Decision Against Climbing the Sign

Early Grayce Momma? What are you crying for? I'm the one who got hit.

Adele Corners Cos I decided, Early, I'm not gonna climb up that Hollywood sign with you.

Early Grayce And why not?

Adele Corners Cos you're mean, Early.

Early Grayce No, I'm not.

Adele Corners You hurt those people, Early. I don't wanna do it with you. I loved you, Early. You just be quiet. You are mean.

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Cape Fear

Courtroom Tension and Family Dynamics

Max Cady The people call Samuel J. Bowden! Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?!

[holding Sam at gunpoint]

Sam Bowden Cady, somebody's got to man the boat. We're heading into unprotected water!

Max Cady Do you swear?!

Danielle Bowden I'll do it, Dad--

Max Cady You sit, Danielle! Don't you make light of your civic duty, darling! You're the jury!

[pointing her the gun]

Sam Bowden All right, all right, okay! I swear to tell the truth. What do you wanna know?

Max Cady Was a prior sexual history ever prepared in connection with my defence? Was a prior sexual history ever prepared in connection with my defence?!

Sam Bowden It's...

[Cady hits him in the face and Danielle is screaming]

Max Cady I'm sorry, Your Honor. I agree. That was argumentative. An investigator did prepare a prior sexual history on the alleged victim, true? I can ask leading questions, Your Honor, he is a hostile witness! And would you care to tell the court what the gist was of this report?

[looking in the camera behind him; addressing again to Sam; looking again behind him; to Sam]

Sam Bowden Cady, it was fourteen years ago. I can't remember that--

[Cady hits him again]

Leigh Bowden How can he answer when you're hitting him like that?!

[screams]

Max Cady Because he's perjuring himself, Your Honor. He knows damn well exactly what it said! Don't you?!

[to the camera behind him; turns to Sam]

Sam Bowden It said that she was promiscuous. It said that she had three different lovers in one month--

Max Cady At least three! At least three! And did you show this report to the D. A.?!

Sam Bowden No, no...

Max Cady No, huh?! I only discovered it after I petitioned to represent myself, six years into my sentence! But there it was in the court file! But back in 77, you buried it, Counselor! Would you care to tell the jury why?! Would you care to tell the court why?!

Sam Bowden Because I know he brutally raped her and he beat her--

[looking at Leigh and Danielle]

Max Cady TALK TO ME! I'M STANDIN HERE!

[hits Sam again]

Sam Bowden Just because she was promiscuous didn't give you the right to rape her! You bragged to me that you beat two prior aggravated rapes! You were a menace!

Max Cady YOU WERE MY LAWYER! YOU WERE MY LAWYER! That report could've saved me FOURTEEN YEARS!

[screaming]

Sam Bowden You're probably right.

[begrudgingly]

Max Cady YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS FUCK! I'm ], Counselor, and I'm ] We are now in the Ninth Circle, the Circle of Traitors! Traitors to country! Traitors to fellow man! Traitors to God! You, sir, are charged with betrayin the principles of all three! Can you please quote to me the American Bar Association's Rules of Professional Conduct, Canon Seven?!

[disgusted; [Virgil; [w:Inferno (Dante)|guidin' you through the gates of Hell!]

Sam Bowden A lawyer should represent his client...

[saddened]

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The Other Sister

Perceptions of Normalcy in Relationships

Carla Tate (After watching a couple do a body shot at the bar) Normal couples don't do that. They're from college.

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The Way of the Gun

Tension Builds in a Hostile Encounter

Parker All right guys I want this to go down nice and quiet. So put the guns down.

Parker Come on, guys, this is no good.

Longbaugh Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Parker What?

Longbaugh People, man! There's people!

Parker Can't you people see there are guns here?

Parker ...Get. The fuck. OUT! GET OUT!

Parker All right guys, come on. We've got you dead to it. Now I am gonna count to three.

Longbaugh Ah, fuck.

Parker What the fuck are you doing?! You're supposed to be protecting her!

Longbuagh Ah, fuck. Man, what'd I tell you?

Robin Walk away. Walk away. They don't care about dying, just losing. You're not gonna make it out of here alive. Someone could've called the cops by now, you know they're gonna come! Just walk away.

Cape Fear

Confronting Isolation and Reality

Danielle Bowden This isn't... gonna work, you know.

[lying on her bed in a shirt and underwear]

Sam Bowden What isn't going to work?

Danielle Bowden Locking us in, hiding us from the world.

Sam Bowden Oh, don't be so dramatic, Danny.

Danielle Bowden Making me stay outta school...

Sam Bowden Well, you're going back to school tomorrow. And put some clothes on, you're not a little kid anymore.

Danielle Bowden Yeah, and why am I going back to school tomorrow? What are you gonna do?

Sam Bowden That's none of your concern, Danny.

Danielle Bowden Dad... he didn't force himself on me, you know. I know you'd like to think that he did. But I think he was... I think he was just trying to make a connection with me, y'know?

Sam Bowden Now, Danny, I want you to listen to me, all right? No. You understand? No. There will never be any connection between you and Max Cady. You understand that?

[pointing in her face as she tries to look away]

Sam Bowden Did he touch you?

Danielle Bowden What?

[laughing slightly]

Sam Bowden What are you laughing about? Why are you smiling? I'm asking you a question - did he touch you?

Sam Bowden Danny, wipe that smile off your face! I'm asking you, did he touch you?! C'mon! Oh, n-no, wait, Danny, I'm sorry.

[shaking her; realizing that he has scared her]

Danielle Bowden No...!

Sam Bowden No, I'm sorry. Wait, honey, I'm sorry--

[trying to comfort her]

Danielle Bowden GET OUT OF HERE! GET OUT OF HERE!

[pushing him away]

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

The Limitless Nature of the Sky

Becky I love the sky. It's so limitless.

Gilbert It is big. It's very big.

Becky Big doesn't even sum it up, right? That word big is so small.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Communication in Uncertainty

Becky Tell me what you want, as fast as it comes to you.

Gilbert Uhh...

Becky Okay?

Gilbert Kay.

Becky Okay. What do you want?

Becky Faster!

Gilbert Okay. I want a new thing. House. I want a new house. And a family.

Gilbert I want Momma to take aerobics classes. I want Ellen to grow up. I want a new brain for Arnie. I want...

Becky What do you want for you? Just for you?

Gilbert I want to be a good person.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Family Tensions During Christmas Gathering

Audrey Griswold Would it be indecent to ask the grandparents to stay at a hotel?

Ellen Griswold I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas and we're all in misery.

Ellen Griswold Welcome to our home - what's left of it.

Art Hurry up, Clark. I'm freezing my baguettes off.

Mr. Shirley Get me somebody. Anybody. And get me somebody while I'm waiting.

[picks up the phone receiver]

Clark W. Griswold, Sr. SQUIRREL!!!

[extreme close-up]

Kalifornia

Tension in a Stormy Road Trip

Brian Kessler What was that?

[at the sound of a gunshot]

Adele Corners Nothing, Brian. It was just the thunder. Oh my God.

[nervously]

Brian Kessler Hey, Early, what the fuck are you doing? We talked about this.

[to Early who's dragging Carrie along]

Early Grayce Oh, Brian. You gonna like this one. Get in. Big fella you riding shotgun. Adele, you drive.

[throws Carrie into backseat with him]

Brian Kessler What's going on? What are you doing?

Early Grayce Come on bud, let's go. Get us out of here momma.

Brian Kessler What happened back there?

Carrie Laughlin Oh my God. He shot him. He shot him in the head.

[crying]

Brian Kessler Who shot who in the head?

Adele Corners No, he didn't Carrie.

Early Grayce Everybody just shut up! Goddamn, bitch, quit squawking. Nothing's changed. I'm gonna get you there, safe, to California. That is, if Adele don't kill us with her driving first.

[chuckles]

Memorable Quotes from Juliette Lewis