Tobey Maguire Quotes

The Cider House Rules

Family Tensions and Personal Conflicts

Arthur Rose Hey, nothin', man. You just go in the house. This ain't none of your concern.

Homer Wells Just listen to me...

Arthur Rose You are forgettin yourself now. This is my daughter! Now, I believe ya have your own mess ya gotta deal with.

Rose Rose I wanna get...

[Struggling to get free from her father]

Arthur Rose Ain't that right, Homer? Ain't that right, Homer? My daughter done told ya and I done told ya. This ain't your business. This ain't none of your business! Ya even know what your business is, Homer? Do ya! Come on, man! What is your business?

Homer Wells I'm in the doctor business. I can help. That's all I'm saying. I can help.

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The Cider House Rules

The Burden of Responsibility and Ignorance

Buster What did she die of?

[digging grave of botched abortion victim]

Dr. Wilbur Larch She died of secrecy. She died of... ignorance. Homer, did you expect to be responsible for their children, you have to give them the right to decide whether or not to have children. Wouldn't you agree?

Homer Wells I'm not excepting people to be responsible enough to control themselves to begin with.

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The Cider House Rules

Naming and Identity in The Cider House Rules

Homer Wells Uh, nobody's named this one yet.

Dr. Wilbur Larch Oh, it's my turn. Henceforth, you shall be Little Dorrit.

Homer Wells Oh, you don't like that, do you? He's a boy, that's why.

Dr. Wilbur Larch Can't a boy be Dorrit?

Homer Wells I don't think so.

Dr. Wilbur Larch You do it.

Homer Wells OK. Henceforth, you shall be Little Wilbur.

Dr. Wilbur Larch I'm not crazy about the "Little".

Homer Wells OK, just Wilbur then.

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Wonder Boys

Unusual Contents of a Large Trunk

James Leer Now, that is a big trunk. It holds a tuba, a suitcase, a dead dog, and a garment bag almost perfectly.

Grady Tripp That's just what they used to say in the ads.

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The Cider House Rules

Confronting Uncertainty and Desire for Connection

Homer Wells Just tell me. I'll do whatever you wanna do.

Candy Kendall Nothing.

Homer Wells Isn't that like waiting and seeing?

Candy Kendall No. Nothing's nothing. I want Wally to come home. I'm afraid to see him too.

Homer Wells I know.

Candy Kendall Oh, don't do that, Homer.

Candy Kendall I just want to sit here and do nothing.

Homer Wells To do nothing. It's a great idea, really. Maybe if I just wait and see long enough, then I won't have to do anything or decide anything, you know? I mean, maybe if I'm lucky enough, someone else will decide and choose and do things for me.

Candy Kendall What are you talking about?

Homer Wells But then again, maybe I won't be that lucky. And it's not my fault. It's not your fault. And that's just it. Someone's gonna get hurt, and it's no one's fault.

Candy Kendall I don't want to talk about this.

Homer Wells If we just sit here and, we wait and see a little longer, then maybe you won't to choose, and I won't have to do anything!

Candy Kendall What do you want from me? Wally's been shot down. He's paralyzed. What do you want me to do?

Homer Wells Nothing. I'm sorry. You're not the one who has to do anything.

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The Cider House Rules

Value and Belonging in Relationships

Homer Wells They wanted a girl, Curly.

Curly Nobody ever wants me.

Homer Wells Oh, hey. Hey, come on. Come here. You know, you're one of the best, Curly, and we wouldn't let just anyone take you.

Curly Dr. Larch wouldn't let just anyone take any of us.

Homer Wells Well, that's true.

Curly Nobody's asked for me, have they?

Homer Wells Nobody special enough, Curly.

Curly You mean somebody has?

Homer Wells Only the right people can have you. Now what do you say we go unpack your suitcase?

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The Ice Storm

The Paradox of Family and Power

Paul Hood In issue 141 of the Fantastic Four, published in November, 1973, Reed Richards had to use his anti-matter weapon on his own son, who Aannihilus has turn into the Human Atom Bomb. It was a typical predicament for the Fantastic Four, because they weren't like other superheroes. They were more like a family. And the more power they had, the more harm they could do to each other without even knowing it. That was the meaning of the Fantastic Four: that a family is like your own personal anti-matter. Your family is the void you emerge from, and the place you return to when you die. And that's the paradox - the closer you're drawn back in, the deeper into the void you go.

[voiceover]

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Pleasantville

Uncertainty and Curiosity Among Friends

David/Bud What's going on?

Jennifer/Mary Sue I'm not sure. Um… They wanna ask you a question... I didn't know how to handle it. So....

David/Bud Sure. How you doin'? You wanted to ask me something?

[to the others]

Tommy How'd you know about the ]?

[[fire]

David/Bud What?

Tommy How'd you know how to put it out and all?

David/Bud Oh. Well — where I used to live, that's just what firemen did.

Tommy And where's that?

David/Bud Um... Outside of Pleasantville.

Tommy Well, what's outside of Pleasantville?

David/Bud Look it doesn't matter. It's not important.

Tommy What's outside of Pleasantville?

David/Bud It's really not important.

Margaret What's outside of Pleasantville?

David/Bud There are some places … that the road doesn't go in a ]. There are some places where the road keeps going.

[[circle]

Margaret Keeps going?

David/Bud Yeah, yeah — it just keeps going — it all keeps going. Roads and rivers and …

Will Like the "Mighty Mississippi.

David What?

David/Bud I thought the ] were blank?

[to Jennifer/Mary Sue; [books]

Will They were.

Jennifer/Mary Sue Okay, this was NOT my fault. When they asked me what it was about I didn't remember because I read it like back in tenth grade. When I told them what I did remember, thats when the pages filled in.

David/Bud The pages filled in?

Jennifer/Mary Sue But like only up to the part with the raft, because that's as far as I read.

Tommy Do you know how it ends?

David/Bud Yeah… I do.

Margaret So how does it end?

David/Bud Well, um — okay, let's see…. they were running away — Huck and — and the slave.... they … they were going up the river, trying to get ]…. and — in trying to get free … they see that they're sort of free already…. Oh my ].

[[Freedom|free; The pages fill in by themselves, completing the book; [God]

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The Cider House Rules

Confrontation Over Family Secrets

Homer Wells You're having sex with your own daughter.

Arthur Rose Ain't nobody havin sex with my daughter! Let me just tell you that!

Homer Wells You're lying. Aren't you ashamed of yourself? What do you care who hears? I mean, come on. They know already, don't they? They know Mr. Rose.

Arthur Rose And you know what your business is, boy! I know you don't wanna be in no kind of business with me! That's what I know.

Homer Wells Yeah? Go on. Cut my clothes. I've got other clothes.

Arthur Rose You gonna come here talkin to me about lies and shame? Those people took you in, and that boy Wally is away at war!

Homer Wells Yeah, well she's your daughter!

Arthur Rose And I love her! Ain't never gonna do nothin to harm her.

Homer Wells She's pregnant, you know that? She's pregnant.

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The Cider House Rules

Misunderstanding About Heart and War Intentions

Nurse Angela Do you know what this is?

[looking at an X-Ray]

Homer Wells Oh, that's my heart.

Nurse Angela No, actually, it's Fuzzy's. There's nothing wrong with your heart.

Nurse Edna Dr. Larch wanted to keep you out of the war. That's why he told you it was yours.

Nurse Angela He was worried about his own heart. He said it would never stand up to Homer Wells going off to war.

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The Cider House Rules

Farewell to Maine's Royalty

Homer Wells Good night, you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

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The Cider House Rules

Awakening to Emotional Pain in Love

Homer Wells I've looked at so many women. I've seen everything, and felt nothing. But when I look at you, it hurts.

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The Cider House Rules

The Value of Choice and Responsibility

Homer Wells Dear Dr. Larch. Thank you for your doctor's bag, although it seems that I will not have the occasion to use it, barring some emergency, of course. I am not a doctor. With all due respect to your profession, I'm enjoying my life here. I'm enjoying being a lobsterman and orchardman. In fact, I've never enjoyed myself as much. The truth is, I want to stay here. I believe I'm being of some use.

[voiceover]

Dr. Wilbur Larch My Dear Homer: I thought you were over you adolescence - the first time in our lives when we imagine we have something terrible to hide from those who love us. Do you think it's not obvious to us what's happened to you? You've fallen in love, haven't you? By the way, whatever you're up to can't be too good for your heart. Then again, it's the sort of condition that could be made worse by worrying about it, so don't worry about it.

[voiceover]

Homer Wells Dear Dr. Larch, What I'm learning her may not be as important as what I learned from you, but everything is new to me. Yesterday, I learned how to poison mice. Field mice girdle an apple tree; pine mice kill the roots. You use poison oats and poison corn. I know what you have to do. You have to play God. Well, killing mice is as close as I want to come to playing God.

Dr. Wilbur Larch Homer, here in St. Cloud's, I have been given the opportunity of playing God or leaving practically everything up to chance. Men and women of conscience should sieze those moments when it's possible to play God. There won't be many. Do I interfere when absolutely helpless women tell me they simply can't have an abortion - that they simply must go through with having another and yet another orphan? I do not. I do not even recommend. I just give them what they want. You are my work of art, Homer. Everything else has been just a job. I don't know if you have a work of art in you, but I know what your job is: you're a doctor.

Homer Wells I'm not a doctor.

Dr. Wilbur Larch You're going to replace me, Homer. The board of trustees is looking for my replacement.

Homer Wells I can't replace you. I'm sorry.

Dr. Wilbur Larch Sorry"? I'm not sorry. Not for anything I've done. I'm not even sorry that I love you. I think we may have lost him to the world.

[Speaking to the nurse]

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Wonder Boys

Misunderstandings and Regrets in Relationships

James Leer You're mad at me, aren't you? You're mad because I shot your girlfriend's dog.

Grady Tripp It wasn't her dog, it was her husband's... Who said anything about a girlfriend?

[looking at James]

Grady Tripp Okay, James, I wish you hadn't shot my girlfriends dog. Even though Poe and I were not exactly what you'd call simpatico, that's no reason he should've taken two in the chest.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Communication Breakdown in a Chaotic Journey

Duke There's one thing you should probably understand. CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD! I want you to have all the background. This is a very ominous assignment - with overtones of extreme personal danger. I'm a Doctor of Journalism, man! This is important, goddamnit! This is a true story!...

[gets in the backseat]

Gonzo GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY FUCKIN NECK!

Narrator Our vibrations were getting nasty. But why? Was there no communication in this car? Had we deteriorated to the level of dumb beasts?

Duke I want you to understand that this man at the wheel is my attorney. He's not just some dingbat I found on the strip, man. He's a foreigner. I think he's probably Samoan. But doesn't matter though, does it? Are you prejudiced?

Hitchhiker Hell no.

Duke I didn't think so. Because in spite of his race, this man is extremely valuable to me. Oh shit! I forgot about the beer! You want some?

Hitchhiker No.

Duke How bout some ether?

Hitchhiker What?

Duke Nevermind. Alright, let's get right to the heart of this thing.

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Wonder Boys

Superstitions and Their Unusual Forms

James Leer It's just... for good luck. Some people carry rabbits feet...

Grady Tripp ...You carry firearms.

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The Ice Storm

Navigating Life's Transitions and Existential Reflections

Paul Hood When you think about it, it's not easy to keep from just wandering out of life. It's like someone's always leaving the door open to the next world, and if you aren't paying attention you could just walk through it, and then you've died. That's why in your dreams it's like you're standing in that doorway... and the dying people and the newborn people pass by you... and brush up against you as they come in and out of the world during the night. You get spun around, and in the morning... it takes a while to find your way back into the world.

[voiceover]

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The Cider House Rules

Acknowledge Limitations in Medical Knowledge

Homer Wells I'm not a doctor. I haven't been to medical school; I haven't even been to high school.

The Cider House Rules

Understanding One's Condition and Its Implications

Homer Wells I don't need this. I know about my condition.

[giving back an X-ray that Dr. Larch gave to him]

Dr. Wilbur Larch It's your heart. You ought to take it with you.

Wonder Boys

Confrontation Over Codeine Use

Grady Tripp What do we have here? This looks like... that's our old friend Mr. Codeine. That should take the old pinch out of the ankle. Want one?

James Leer No, thanks. I'm fine without them.

Grady Tripp Right. That's why you were standing in the chancellor's backyard spinning that "cap gun" of yours. You're fine. Yeah, you're just as fit as a fuckin fiddle.

Wonder Boys

Confronting Unexpected Consequences and Uncertainty

James Leer Professor Tripp? Can I ask you a question?

Grady Tripp Yeah, James.

James Leer What are we going to do with... it?

Grady Tripp I don't know. I'm still trying to figure out how to tell the Chancellor I murdered her husband's dog.

James Leer You?

Grady Tripp Trust me, James, when the family pet's been assassinated, the owner doesn't want to hear one of her students was the trigger man.

James Leer Does she want to hear it was one of her professors?

Grady Tripp ...I've got tenure.

Seabiscuit

Mutual Healing in Unlikely Relationships

Red Pollard You know, everyone thinks we got this broken down ] and fixed him, but we didn't. He fixed us. Every one of us. And I guess in a way, we fixed each other, too.

[[horse]

The Ice Storm

Conflict Between Ideals and Personal Choices

Paul Hood I've been thinking, Francis. You are one drug-addled, elitist freak. And when the revolution comes I do not want to be lined up with you and shot because you're fucking ripe for political reeducation. You know, like in the fields.

Francis Davenport Let me enlighten you about something here. You and I exist on opposite sides of a great existential divide, that being your pathetic virginity on the one hand and my astonishing number of sexual conquests on the other. You're simply jealous.

The Cider House Rules

Struggles of Love and Waiting

Candy Kendall He volunteered. Jesus. Nobody volunteers for the Burma run. He said so himself. He just leaves me here. What does he want? He wants me to wait for him? Oh, God he knows me. He knows I'm not good at being alone. This was right. I know this was right.

Homer Wells You're right. This was right.

Candy Kendall Yeah.

The Cider House Rules

Experiencing Life's Simple Wonders

Homer Wells I've never actually seen a lobster.

Candy Kendall Are you serious?

Homer Wells I've never seen the ocean either.

Wally Worthington You've never seen the ocean? That's not funny, that's serious.

The Ice Storm

Exploring the Concept of the Negative Zone

Paul Hood To find yourself in the negative zone, as the Fantastic Four often do, means all every day assumptions are inverted. Even the invisible girl herself becomes visible and so she loses the last semblance of her power. It seems to me that everyone exists partially on a negative zone level, some people more than others. In your life, it's kind of like you dip in and out of it, a place where things don't quite work out the way they should. But for some people, the negative zone tempts them. And they end up going in, going in all the way.

[voiceover]

Pleasantville

Perceptions of Reality and Contentment

David's Mom When your father was here, I used to think, "This was it." This is the way it was always going to be. I had the right house. I had the right car. I had the right ].

[[life]

David There is no right house. There is no right car.

David's Mom ], my face must be a mess.

[[God]

David It looks great.

David's Mom Honey, it's really sweet of you, but I'm sure it does not look "great.

David Sure it does. Come here.

David's Mom I'm 40 years old. I mean, it's not supposed to be like this.

David It's not supposed to be anything. Hold still.

David's Mom How'd you get so smart all of a sudden?

David I had a ] ].

[pause; [good; [day]

George Parker So what's going to happen ]?

[[Present|now]

Betty Parker I don't know. Do you know what's going to happen now?

George Parker No ...I don't!

[laughing; scene pans from George's face to Betty's, and then back to where George just was — to reveal Bill Johnson]

Bill Johnson I guess I don't either.

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