The Black Balloon (2008) - Quotes

Russell: No. Russell doesn't like monkeys.

Russell's Mum: Oh...

Russell: Russell doesn't like monkeys.

Russell's Mum: You want...

Russell: [Charlie spits at him again, screaming, and wails. Russell’s dad holds him to calm down] Russell doesn't like Charlie.

Simon Mollison: Charlie, that’s enough! Settle down, all right? Settle down. Charlie, just...

Russell: Bad, Charlie! Bad!

Russell's Mum: Shh! Sweetie, Sweetie, It's OK. It's OK. You don't have to...

Russell: Bad, Charlie! Bad!

Teacher: Charlie, you'll just have to go on stage by yourself.

Charlie Mollison: No.

Teacher: No, you can do it. You're a big boy. Come on, Charlie.

Charlie Mollison: No, no.

Teacher: Come on. Be a good boy. Come on. On stage.

Jackie Masters: Close your eyes, what do you see?

Thomas Mollison: Black.

Jackie Masters: Look harder.

Thomas Mollison: Dad, do you ever wish Charlie was normal?

Simon Mollison: All I know is he's my own, and you're weak as piss if you don't look after your own.

Russell: [sitting next to Thomas, who does not have autism but has been forced to get a ride to his school by riding in the special-education school bus with his brother Charlie who has autism; Russell has autism and is Charlie's friend] Are you riding the bus? Are you coming to our school?

Thomas Mollison: No, no!

Russell: Oh, yes you are! Thomas is coming to our school! Thomas is riding the bus with Charlie! Thomas is riding the bus with Russell! Do you like buses, Thomas? Do you like buses?

Russell: [loudly, with the semi-musical inflection of reciting a nursery rhyme; laughing loudly] Thomas doesn't like buses! Thomas doesn't like buses!

Maggie Mollison: Simon the underwear goes on the inside.

Simon Mollison: Maggie please you don't have to worry about it.

Maggie Mollison: It's very embarrassing.

Boy: Why's your brother a spastic?

Thomas Mollison: He's not a spastic. He's autistic.

Boy: Same diff.

Thomas Mollison: No, not really.

Boy: He doesn't talk and shit.

Thomas Mollison: Yes, he doesn't talk.

Boy: Then why does he make all that fuckin noise?

Maggie Mollison: Hello, boys. Where do you live?

Russell: Bad, Charlie! Bad!

Russell: No. Russell doesn't like monkeys. Russell doesn't like monkeys. Russell doesn't like Charlie.

Russell: Thomas doesn't like buses! Thomas doesn't like buses!

Jackie Masters: Close your eyes, what do you see?

Jackie Masters: [in her bathroom and sees Charlie and Thomas inside the houses and screaming] Dad, what’s going on?!

Simon: All I know is he's my own, and you're weak as piss if you don't look after your own.

Maggie: [grabs a star] No, Bad, Charlie! Running away is bad! and how many time have I told you? You don’t go into other peoples houses! Done!

Maggie: Charlie, I’m gonna take away a star.

Maggie: Cheeky Monkey.

Maggie: Your brother will never be able to do the things you can Thomas, He will live with us for the rest of his life.

Thomas: You just pissed on my leg, didn't you?

Thomas: But you won't.

Thomas: I've hated being your brother. Every night I used to close my eyes and wish that when I woke up you'd be normal.

Thomas: You remember when we were little? We used to have baths with dad, and we'd rub soap into his legs and they were so hairy they'd always go white? Then he'd fart and we'd start clapping and you'd go, poo-poo noises', poo-poo noises'.

Thomas: Does Russell like dancing? Charlie likes dancing. Thomas likes dancing.

Thomas: Does Russell like monkeys? Charlie likes monkeys. Thomas likes monkeys.

Thomas: He's not a spastic, he's autistic.