Where the Wild Things Are (2009) - Quotes

Embracing the Inner Wild Thing

Taglines: There's one in all of us.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Promises of Friendship and Memories

The Bull: Hey, Max?

Max: Yeah?

The Bull: When you go home, will you say good things about us?

Max: Yeah, I will.

The Bull: Thanks, Max.

Judith: You're the first king we haven't eaten.

Alexander: Yeah, that's true.

Judith: See ya.

Alexander: Bye, Max.

Max: Bye.

KW: Don't go. I'll eat you up; I love you so.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Where the Wild Things Are - Dialogue 11

Carol: So, what ever happened with you and the Vikings?

Max: Well, in the end I had to leave.

Carol: Why?

Max: I'm not a Viking or a king, or... or anything.

Carol: So, what are you?

Max: I'm Max.

Carol: [sighs] Well, that's not very much, is it?

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Disagreement Over the Fort's Future

Carol: I can't even look at it.

Douglas: What is it?

Carol: The fort. We gotta tear the fort down.

Douglas: What?

Carol: It wasn't supposed to be like this!

Douglas: No, Carol.

Carol: You said we were all going to sleep together in a real pile, and now you want a secret room. and K.W. is gone for good. And now I have to worry if the sun is gonna die.

Douglas: The sun?

Carol: Look at it. It didn't come up! It's dead.

Judith: What?

Alexander: It's dark.

Ira: Oh, my God!

Judith: Dead?

Max: Carol. Stop!

Carol: It's dead! It's dead.

Max: You're scaring everybody.

Carol: It's morning.

Max: The sun's not dead. It's just nighttime.

Carol: How do you know? I can't trust what you say. Everything keeps changing. Alright, come on, Douglas. We're ripping it down.

Max: Carol, we're NOT rippin the fort down!

Carol: It was supposed to be a place where only things you wanted to have happen would happen. Come on, Douglas, do what I tell you.

Max: No! We all live here, not just you. It's everybody's. It's Judith and Ira and everybody.

Judith: Oh, finally!?

Carol: You were supposed to keep us safe. You were supposed to take care of us, and you didn't.

Douglas: Carol?

Max: I'm sorry!

Carol: That's not (quite) good enough.

Douglas: Carol?

Carol: You're a terrible King!

Douglas: CAROL?!

Carol: What?!

Douglas: He's not our King.

Carol: What? Don't say that. How could you say that? Don't you dare say that.

Douglas: There's no such thing as a king.

Carol: Don't you say that!

Douglas: He's just a boy pretending to be a wolf pretending to be a king.

Carol: That's not true.

Ira: He's just like us.

Judith: Oh. Why don't I listen to myself?

Carol: No! No! That's not true!

Douglas: Look, I just went along with it because I knew you wanted it so much.

Carol: DON'T SAY THAT!

Judith: Carol!

Max: Don't Carol, stop it!

Douglas: Ow!

Alexander: Oh no!

Max: Stop it! What are you doin'?

Douglas: Carol!

Carol: What?!

Douglas: That was my favorite arm!

Carol: Well, I was just holding onto it, you pulled away.

Douglas: What?

Max: Carol, stop it!

Carol: You lied?

Max: YOU'RE OUT OF CONTROL!

Carol: I not out of control! You were supposed to take care of us. You promised. I'LL EAT YOU UP!!!!!

Ira: Go! Go!

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Misunderstandings about the fort's defenses

Carol: Max, what’s wrong with the fort? I thought you said it’d be automatic.

Max: What?

Carol: I thought you said if anybody got in here we didn’t want, the fort would automatically cut their brains out.

KW: Carol...

Max: Oh, well... I thought that then, but... I kinda decided that if we know them, they should keep their brains. Even if we don’t know them that well.

KW: [to Carol] I think you should apologise to Bob and Terry.

Carol: I don’t apologise to owls. Owls are stupid.

Ira: Carol, that’s hateful.

Carol: [leaves] Why did you bring them here? Huh? This place was supposed to be for us. They are not sleeping in our pile.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Exploring Hierarchies Among Friends

Judith: [signals for Max to come over] Psst. Psst. What were you doing with Carol just now?

Max: Just talking.

Judith: Oh, a secret, huh? Let me ask you something. How does it work around here? Are we all the same or are some of us better than others or - ? You like to play favourites, huh, king?

Judith: Ow.

Max: No, I like all you guys equally.

Judith: Don't give me that. I can see how it is. The king has favourites. That's really cute.

Judith: [laughs] Ow! Stop! Do you have a favourite colour? Hey, can I be your favourite colour?

Judith: Ahahaha.

Max: Har har har.

Judith: [more evilly] Ahahahaha!

Max: Har har har!

Judith: Ahahahahaha!

Max: HAR HAR HAR!

Judith: You know what? You can't do that back to me. If we're upset, your job is not to get upset back at us. Our job is to be upset. If I get mad and wanna eat you, then you have to say: "Oh, okay. You can eat me. I love you. Whatever makes you happy, Judith." That's what you're supposed to do!

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

The Fragility of Imagination and Connection

Max: Wow. Did you make this?

Carol: Yeah, yeah.

Max: It's very good.

Carol: We were gonna make a whole world like this, but... Everyone used to come here. But now... You know what it feels like when all your teeth are falling out really slowly, and... you don’t even realize and one day you notice, well, they're really far apart. And then one day... you don’t have any teeth anymore.

Max: Yeah.

Carol: Well, it’s like that.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Max's Kingdom and Its Boundaries

Carol: [Max is waking up as Carol carries him] I didn't wanna wake you up... but I really wanna show you something

Max: [climbs onto Carol's shoulder] Okay.

Carol: And on the way... I can show you your kingdom. This is all yours. You're the owner of this world. Everything you see is yours. Oh, except that hole over there, that's Ira's. The tree's yours, but the hole is Ira's. But everything else is yours. Except for that rock over there, that's not yours. That little rock next to the big rock. But everything else in the kingdom... except for that stick. That little stick right there, that's not yours. I want you to be king forever, Max.

Max: Yeah, definitely.

Carol: This part of your kingdom's not so good.

Max: Why?

Carol: Well, look: this used to be all rock, and now it's sand, and then, one day, it's going to be dust, and then the whole island will be dust, and then... well I don't even know what comes after dust.

Max: Carol, did you know the sun was gonna die?

Carol: What? I never heard that... Oh, come on. That can't happen. I mean you're the king, and look at me, I'm big! how can guys like us worry about a tiny little thing like the sun, hmm?

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Uncertainty About Other Kings

Max: [upon seeing Carol remove his crown from a pile of bones] Are those... other kings?

Carol: Oh, those? I don't know anything about that. Those were like that when we got here.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Confronting Loneliness and Sadness in Leadership

Carol: So you were their king and you made everything right?

Max: Yeah.

Carol: Well uh, you know... what about um... loneliness?

Douglas: What he’s saying is, will you keep out all the sadness?

Max: I have a sadness shield that keeps out all the sadness, and it's big enough for all of us.

Carol: Wow.

Max: And I do this to loneliness.

Carol: I knew it! When he showed up, I saw it. Why don’t you guys ever listen to me?

Douglas: You’re right, Carol, I didn’t see it.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

The Limits of Imagination and Problem-Solving

Max: Small is good. My powers are able to slip right through the cracks.

Judith: But what if the cracks are closed up?

Max: Then I have a re-cracker, which goes right through that.

Judith: But what if they have some sort of material that re-crackers can't get through?

Max: Then I have a double re-cracker, which can get through anything in this whole universe. And that's the end, and there's nothing more powerful after that, ever. Period.

Alexander: He has a double re-cracker.

Ira: He does sound powerful.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

Conflict Among Friends and Misunderstandings

Adrian: Connie, you can't treated like that.

Connie: MAX! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?! You're out of control!!

Max: It's not my... FAUUULT!!

Building an Igloo Together

Max: Hey, Claire. Wanna see something great?

Claire: [on the phone] Who else was there?

Max: It's an igloo! I made it.

Claire: Yeah, my brother.

Max: Hey, Claire!

Claire: I can't. We're supposed to go to my dad's that weekend.

Max: The snowplows left some snow across the street, and I dug a hole into it.

Claire: [to Max] Go and play with your friends.

Connie's Treatment of Others is Unacceptable

Adrian: Connie, you can't treat like that.

Connie's Reaction to Max's Behavior

Connie Pam Richards: [Max bites on the Connie's shoulder; Connie drops Max. Adrian gasps in horror] No...dinner for you, Max! Go to your room! OW!! Max! He bit me! THAT HURTS!

A Warning Against Recklessness

Connie Pam Richards: Max, don't pull that now.

Loss and Attachment in Childhood Play

Douglas "Emile" Boi: ['''Carol''': What?!] Carol! That was my favourite arm!

Preference for Leadership in Wild Things

Douglas "Emile" Boi: I like it better when we have a king. I like Carol better when we have a king.

Questioning Kingship and Identity

Alexander The Great "Goat Boy: You're not really a king, huh? You're just regular.

Team Proposal from the Bad Guys

Alexander The Great "Goat Boy: Hey, KW, you wanna be on my team? We're the BAD guys.

Curiosity About Reputation and Relationships

Alexander The Great "Goat Boy: [Bob and Terry squeak] Oh, this is the famous Bob and Terry? What? K.W. told you about me? What did she say?

Encouragement to Be Social

Judith "Aaron" the Wise: Alexander, get over there and be social!

Self-Reflection on Personal Identity

Judith "Aaron" the Wise: Ah, you don’t really need to know me. I’m kind of a downer.

The Complexity of Happiness

Judith "Aaron" the Wise: Happiness isn't always the best way to be happy.

Embrace Challenges with a Positive Attitude

Judith "Aaron" the Wise: You know what I say. If you got a problem, eat it.

Exploring the Nature of Need and Self

Carol "Moishe" Reaper: Perhaps need is one thing; himself.

Importance of Dependable Companionship

Carol "Moishe" Reaper: That’s Douglas. I count on him for everything. If I was stranded on a desert island and could only take one thing, it'd be Douglas. We can share him if you want.