Babylon (2022) - Quotes

A Reminder of Loneliness and Despair

Otto: Okay, remember, you're a sad lonely man and no one will ever love you!

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Defiance in the Face of Adversity

Nellie LaRoy: I ain't a fucking pussy!

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Frustration with Time Wasted

Nellie LaRoy: Well, that was a waste of time!

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Confrontation with Señor Avocado

Nellie LaRoy: Suck a dick, Señor Avocado.

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Nellie LaRoy's Confident Introduction

Nellie LaRoy: Hey, you two with the camera! Do you know who I am? I'm Nellie LaRoy, bitches.

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Transformation and Defiance in Self-Perception

Nellie LaRoy: Oh, if they could see me now! All the cunts in Lafayette called me the ugliest mutt in the neighborhood. Well, let them see me now!

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Nellie LaRoy's Thoughts on Hollywood and Broadway

Nellie LaRoy: [[w:Charlie Chaplin|Chaplin; [w:Gary Cooper|Gary Cooper] ] is hung for sure, but ]. Gary Cooper is a fucking horse! He's also a fucking pussy. All that cock, no balls. A shame. What are the schlongs like on Broadway?

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Struggling with Self-Worth and Relationships

Nellie LaRoy: Oh, I'm no good for you!

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Nellie LaRoy's Impression of Jack Conrad

Nellie LaRoy: Hot damn! Jack Conrad? You are even more fuckable in person.

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A Promised Unforgettable Experience

Nellie LaRoy: It'll be like nothing they've ever seen!

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Acceptance of an Inevitable Conclusion

Nellie LaRoy: Manny... this is the end of the road for me.

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A Brief Resignation to the Powder Room

Nellie LaRoy: Now I do apologize, but I must resign briefly to the powder room. I shan't be long. Ta-ta!

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Curiosity About a Man's Relationship Status

Nellie LaRoy: What a nice man. I wonder if he's single.

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Celebration and Extravagance in Babylon

Nellie LaRoy: Party time, sparkle cocks!

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Desperation and Threat in Financial Crisis

Nellie LaRoy: They said if I don't have the money in a week, they'll pour acid on my pussy!

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Nellie LaRoy's Defiant Rejection of Nickname

Nellie LaRoy: Don't "Nellie baby" me, you six foot fucking vagina!

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Nellie's Playful Claim of Royalty

Nellie LaRoy: You know, "Roy," actually, in French, means "king." And I added the "La," so it's "Nellie the King." I made that up.

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Nellie LaRoy's Excitement for College

Nellie LaRoy: Hello, college!

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Embracing Authenticity Amidst Criticism and Disappointment

Nellie LaRoy: I hate when people put fucking toppings on ice cream. Doesn't need it. It messes up a good thing. You know what I mean? I fucking hate that. God, I've never done nothing except disappoint people my whole life. Teachers told me I was no good. Boys told me I was no good. Every fucking casting director in the city told me I was too short or I was too fat. Usually I was too fat. You know, my mama actually had some fat years too. You wouldn't know it now, looking at her, but she did. They fucked up with me, Manny. They really fucked up with me. Cause I make em squirm. And I like making em squirm. Let em know that I got here on my terms, not theirs. And when I'm done, I'm gonna dance my ass off into the night. And they'll know - everyone will fucking know that they could never control one goddamn fucking thing. Do you like ice cream?

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Destined for Stardom

Nellie LaRoy: It's written in the stars. I am a star.

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The Essence of Stardom

Nellie LaRoy: Honey, you don't become a star. Either you are one or you ain't. I am.

The Absence of Reason Explained

Elinor St. John: [''Yoda!''] There is no why.

The Complexity of Ordinary Magic

Elinor St. John: Ordinary and uncool as she may be, there's something about her that speaks to us in a language as vital and as pressing as life itself. Never have I seen such a mess of a bad taste and sheer magic. Your humble servant bares witness... just killed our grandmothers, and we thank her for it.

A Clash of Bad Taste and Magic

Elinor St. John: Never have I seen such a maelstrom of bad taste and sheer magic.

Elinor's Observation on Don's Activities

Elinor St. John: So, upstairs is where Don keeps his underage girls, then?

Acceptance of Inevitable Reality

Elinor St. John: There is no why. It wasn't your voice. It wasn't a conspiracy. And it certainly wasn't anything I wrote. There's nothing you could have done differently. There's nothing you can do. Your time has run out. There is no why. Stop questioning it.

A Perspective on Uncertainty

Elinor St. John: [[w:French language|say something in French] When in doubt, ].

Connection Across Generations

Elinor St. John: And this boy, who breathed his first decades after you breathed your last, will look at your image and think he's found a friend.

Reflections on Art and Observation in Cinema

Elinor St. John: Marbled meadows metamorphose into the medieval plains of Iberia. Soldiers swarm the fields like flecks of paint from a madman's brush as your humble servant bears witness to the latest of the moving picture's magic tricks. - - Oh, why do I bother? Look at these idiots! I knew Proust, you know.

The Eternal Legacy of Film

Elinor St. John: In a hundred years, when you and I are both long gone, any time someone threads a frame of yours through a sprocket, you will be alive again. You see what that means? One day, every person on every film shot this year will be dead. And one day, all those films will be pulled from the vaults, and all their ghosts will dine together, and adventure together, go to the jungle, to war together. A child born in 50 years will stumble across your image flickering on a screen and feel he knows you, like... like a friend, though you breathed your last before he breathed his first. You've been given a gift. Be grateful. Your time today is through, but you'll spend eternity with angels and ghosts.