‘The Shape of Water’ (Zelda): “I found a turtle sitting out in the middle of the road”
“So, I picked it up, took it to a pond way back behind my house…”
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‘The Shape of Water’ (Zelda): “There’s pee freckles on the ceiling!!”
“But if farts were flattery, honey – he would be Shakespeare.”
‘Three Kings’ (Archie Gates): “Do you know anything about gunshot wounds?”
“What makes any gunshot wound bad, provided you survive the bullet, is something called sepsis.”
‘Eight Millimeter’ (Welles): “What you’re talking about is a ‘snuff film'”
“It’s probably something your husband was given as a bad joke.”
‘Up in the Air’ (Ryan): “I’m not the guy you’d normally want to talk to about all this stuff”
A dramatic monologue for men from the movie, ‘Up in the Air’ by Jason Reitman
‘Up in the Air’ (Ryan): “I was a late bloomer”
A dramatic monologue for men from the movie, ‘Up in the Air’ by Jason Reitman
‘Zombieland’ (Tallahassee): “Confession? Patrick Swayze was my hero”
“I modeled my life after Swayze’s. Then just like that, it ended.”
‘Zombieland’ (Tallahassee): “There’s a box of Twinkies down in that Mini-Mart”
“So some day very soon, life’s little Twinkie gauge is gonna hit Empty.”
‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ (Tracy)
“I’m unhappy, Cal. I’ve tried not to be. We’ve been married so long, somewhere we became… stagnant, you know?”
‘Sylvia’ (A Dog)
“Hey! I’m looking around. I gotta get used to things. I’m not ready to sit. I’m too nervous to sit.”
‘Disgraced’ (Amir): “That was the first girl I ever kissed”
“That was the first girl I ever kissed. Rivkah was the first girl I ever got up in the morning thinking about”
‘Disgraced’ (Amir): “You keep saying that like it means something”
“You keep saying that like it means something. You still don’t get it. The Quran is about tribal life in a seventh-century desert, Isaac.”
‘American Pie’ (Jim’s Dad)
“Son, I wanted to talk to you about what I think you were trying to do the other day.”
‘About Schmidt’ (Roberta): “Don’t lie to me”
ROBERTA: Don’t lie to me. Jeannie told us all about your little panic attack last night. And I don’t blame you. It’s a perfectly natural reaction. In the beginning I had my own reservations. After all, as the veteran of two failed marriages, I have learned a lot about what
‘About Schmidt’ (Roberta Talks About Randall)
“Larry is like a little boy. Ever since our divorce, he thinks the only way he can get my attention is to cause a fuss.”
‘The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence’ (Merrick and the Bailout of Wall Street)
“I mean look, we’ve all been lulled into a false sense of security, me included.”
‘The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence’ (Merrick): “I focused all my energy on destroying you”
“I focused all my energy on destroying you so I could free myself from your relentless heartless indifference.”