My Own Private Idaho (1991) - Quotes

Embracing Positivity in Any Situation

Taglines: Wherever, whatever, have a nice day.

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The Journey Matters More Than the Destination

Taglines: It's not where you go, it's how you get there.

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Heart, Shoes, and the Journey Home

Taglines: Some people take your heart, others take your shoes, and still others take you home.

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A Son's Revelation of Paternity

Richard Waters: That guy. He was your real dad, Mike.

Mike Waters: Don't fuck me in the head anymore man! I know the fucking truth! I know who my fucking real dad is!

Richard Waters: Who?... Who?

Mike Waters: Dick, you. Richard, you're my dad. I know that.

Richard Waters: You know too much.

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Defining Normalcy in Family Relationships

Mike Waters: If I had a normal family, and a good upbringing, then I would have been a well-adjusted person.

Scott Favor: [Laughs] Depends on what you call normal.

Mike Waters: Yeah, it does. Well, you know, normal, like, like a mom and a dad and a dog and shit like that. Normal...normal.

Scott Favor: So you didn't have a normal dog?

Mike Waters: No, I didn't have a dog.

Scott Favor: Didn't have a... a normal dad?

Mike Waters: Didn't have a dog or a, or a, or a normal dad. anyway, that's alright. I don't feel sorry for myself, I mean, I feel like I'm, I feel like I'm, you know, well-adjusted.

Scott Favor: [Laughs] What's a normal dad?

Mike Waters: [pauses] I don't know. I'd like to talk with you. I mean I'd like to, uh, really talk with you. I mean we're talking right now, but, you know. I don't know. I don't feel like I can be... I don't feel like I can be close to you. I mean we're close, you know, right now we're close, but, I mean, you know...

Scott Favor: How close, I mean...

Mike Waters: I don't know, whatever.

Scott Favor: What?

Mike Waters: [pause] What do I mean to you?

Scott Favor: What do you mean to me? Mike, you're my best friend.

Mike Waters: I know, man, I know... I know... I know I'm your friend. We're good friends, and it's good to be, you know, good friends. That's a good thing.

Scott Favor: So...?

Mike Waters: So I just...

Mike Waters: That's okay. We can be friends.

Scott Favor: [flustered] I only have sex with a guy for money.

Mike Waters: Yeah, I know...

Scott Favor: And two guys can't love each other.

Scott Favor: Mike....

Mike Waters: I really wanna kiss you man.

Mike Waters: Well goodnight man.

Mike Waters: [pause] I love you, though. You know that. I do love you.

Scott Favor: Alright, come here, Mike.

Scott Favor: Let's just see. come on, man. I Just wanna see, come on.

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Unexpected Ride Home with a Stranger

Mike Waters: How'd we get home?

Scott Favor: That German guy. Hans. He brought you downtown, you were passed out. He said he was heading to Portland, so I asked him for a ride.

Mike Waters: For some reason I'm forgetting a German guy named Hans.

Scott Favor: Well. You were sleeping.

Mike Waters: How much do you make off me while I'm sleeping?

Scott Favor: Just a ride, Mike. I don't make anything. What, you think that I sell your body while you are asleep?

Mike Waters: Yeah.

Scott Favor: No, Mike. I'm on your side.

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The Significance of Numbers and Luck

Daddy Carroll: I am so lucky, i was born on April 4th 1944, that's 4.4.44, if you add that up it comes to 16: 1-6, one plus six is seven: luckiest number of all.

Mike Waters: You know your math.

Daddy Carroll: It's more than math, Mike, it's... immaculate perfection!

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The Transformation of Self Through Generosity

Scott Favor: It's when you start doing things for free, that you start to grow wings. Isn't that right, Mike.

Mike Waters: What?

Scott Favor: Wings, Michael. You grow wings, and become a fairy.

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Planning a Heist Outside the Bar

Gary: Dude, if we can't steal from them going into the bar, Dude, we can get them coming out! See, Bob-dude?

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The Concept of Timelessness in Life

Scott Favor: Why, you wouldn't even look at a clock unless hours were lines of coke, dials looked like the signs of gay bars, or time itself was a fair hustler in black leather. There is no reason to know the time. We are timeless.

Embrace Each Day with Fresh Resolve

Scott Favor: When you wake up, wipe the slugs off your face. Be ready for a new day.

Struggles of Identity and Expectation

Scott Favor: Hey Mike, stay here and when you wake up come back into town and I'll be waiting for you. You'll be safer here in this comfy neighbourhood than in a city. I grew up in a neighborhood like this. With my dad. He has more fucking righteous gall than all the property and people he lords over. And those he also created. like me his son, but I almost get sick thinking that I am a son to him. You know you have to be as good as him to keep up, you have to be able to lift as big a weight, you have to be able to throw that weight as far. Or make as much money. Or be as heartless. To hold your ground. My dad doesn't realize I'm just a kid. He thinks I'm a threat.

The Complexities of Modeling and Professionalism

Scott Favor: I never thought I could make it as a real model, you know fashion-orientated modelling, cause I'm better at full body poses. It's alright so long as the photographer doesn't come on to you and expect something for nothing. I'm trying to make a living. I like to have a professional attitude. Course if the guy wants to pay me, then hell - yeah. Here I am for him. I'll sell my ass, I do it on the street occasionally for cash. Or I'll be on the cover of a book. It's when you start doing things for free that you start to grow wings. Isn't that right, Mike?

A Turning Point in Life's Journey

Scott Favor: When I turn 21, I don't want any more of this life. My mother and father will be surprised at the incredible change. It will impress them more when such a fuck-up like me turns good than if I had been a good son all along. All my bad behavior I'm going to throw away to pay my debt. I will change when everybody expects it the least.

Embracing Uncertainty and Freedom in Departure

Scott Favor: When I left home the maid asked me where I was off to, I said Wherever, whatever, have a nice day.

Life Reflected in Material Possessions

Mike Waters: This chick's living in a new car ad.

A Reflection on Home and Belonging

Mike Waters: This is a nice home. Do you live here?... I don't blame you.

Unique Paths and Uncommon Faces

Mike Waters: There's not another road anywhere that looks like this road, I mean exactly like this road. It's one kind of place, one of a kind. Like someone's face. Like a fucked-up face.

Familiarity with Places and Personal Experience

Mike Waters: I always know where I am by the way the road looks. Like, I just know that I've been here before, I just know that I've been stuck here like this one fucking time before, you know that? yeah.