 | Movie Title:
Legally Blonde
(2001)
Character name:
Elle Woods |
"Hi. I'm Elle Woods and this is Bruiser Woods. We're both Gemini vegetarians."
"I just don't think that Brooke could've done this. Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don't shoot their husbands, they just don't."
"I feel comfortable using legal jargon in everyday life. [someone whistles at her] I object!"
"Oh, I like your outfit too, except when I dress up as a frigid bitch, I try not to look so constipated."
"No more boring suits or pantyhose, I'm trying to be somebody I'm not."
"All people see when they look at me is blonde hair and big boobs."
"Bend and snap!"
[at sorority meeting] "It has come to my attention that the maintenance staff is switching our toilet paper from Charmin... to generic. All those opposed to chafing, please say "Aye"."
"Isn't it the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance that you are forbidden to wet your hair for at least 24 hours after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating the ammonium thioglycolate?"
"Because I'm not a Vanderbilt, suddenly I'm white trash? I grew up in Bel Air, Warner. Across the street from Aaron Spelling. I think most people would agree that's a lot better than some stinky old Vanderbilt."
"She could use some mascara and some serious highlights, but she's not completely unfortunate looking."
Elle: "Excuse me. [turns around and slaps David] Why didn't you call me? We spent a beautiful night together and I haven't heard from you since."
David: [pauses] "I'm sorry?"
Elle: "Sorry for what? For breaking my heart, or for giving me the greatest pleasure I've ever known and just taking it away?"
David: "Both?"
Elle: "Well, forget it. I've spent too much time crying over you." [walks off]
Girl: "So, when did you wanna go out?"
"The rules of hair care are simple and finite. Any Cosmo girl would have known."
"And last week I saw Cameron Diaz at Fred Segal, and I talked her out of buying this truly heinous angora sweater. Whoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed."
Elle: "Here it is!"
Prof. Callahan: "It’s pink... "
Elle: "Oh! And it's scented! I think it gives it a little something extra, don't you think? Ok, well, see you next class!"
Elle: "Is that low-viscosity rayon? With a half-loop top stitching on the hem?"
Boutique Saleswoman: "Of course. It's one of a kind."
Elle: "It's impossible to use a half-loop stitching on low-viscosity rayon. It would snag the fabric. And you didn't just get it in - I saw it in the June Vogue a year ago. So if you're trying to sell it to me for full price, you've picked the wrong girl." |
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 | Movie Title:
Walk the Line
(2005)
Character name:
June Carter Cash |
"So y'all sit down, squat down or lie down but make yourselves at home 'cause here's the one and only, Mr. Johnny Cash"
[to Johnny] "You got a hitch in your giddy-up?"
"Ya'll can't walk no line."
Johnny: "Tell me you don't love me."
June: "I don't love you."
Johnny: [grinning] "You're a liar."
June: "I guess you ain't go no problems then."
June: [after an argument] "You are not allowed to speak to me. After that stunt you pulled on the bus, the only place you are allowed to speak to me is on stage. Do you understand?"
Johnny: "What'd I do?"
June: "Gee, I don't know. Why don't you ask your big, fat shadow?"
June: "I gotta tell you, I can't sing tonight. I got the laryngitis. [crowd laughs] Y'all laughin', but I do."
Billy: "We just heard you hollerin up a storm back there."
June: "Well, I didn't have it then, Billy."
Johnny: "I want to marry you and I am telling you it's the time."
June: "Well I'm telling you with 100 percent certainty that it is not the time. It's not about time, it's not the right time, it's not even quarter to the right time."
Five and Dime Manager: "Divorce is an abomination. Marriage is for life."
June: "I'm sorry I let you down, ma'am."
Johnny: "It's all right, it just happened."
June: "Just happened?"
Johnny: "Yeah."
June: "You wear black 'cause you can't find anything else to wear? You found your sound 'cause you can't play no better? You just tried to kiss me because "it just happened?" You should try take credit for something every once in a while, John."
Johnny: "Aw, June, love's more important than the tour."
June: "Is that right?"
Johnny: "Yes, it is."
June: "Well, then start loving yourself, so we can go back to work."
Johnny: "You know what your problem is, June Carter? You are afraid to be in love, you are afraid of losing control, And you know what June Carter, I think you are afraid of livin' in my big fat shadow."
June: "Oh really? Is that what my problem is?"
Johnny: "Yes."
June: "My problem is that it's 2 A.M. My problem is I'm asleep. I'm on a tour bus with eight stinkin' men. Rule number one: Don't propose to a girl on a bus, you got that? Rule number two: Don't tell her it's because you had a bad dream."
Johnny: "June."
June: "What?"
Johnny: "Marry me. [June glares at him] Ok... Ok fine... but that's the last time I'm asking... "
June: "Well, good. I hate reruns."
Johnny: "You're an angel."
June: "No, I'm not."
Johnny: "You've been there with me."
June: "I had a friend who needed help. You're my friend."
Johnny: "But I've done so many bad things."
June: "You've done a few, that's true."
Johnny: "My Daddy's right. It should have been me on that saw. Jack was so good. He would have done so many good things. What have I done? Just hurt everybody I know. I know I've hurt you. I'm nothin'."
June: "You're not nothin'. You are not nothin'. You're a good man, and God has given you a second chance to make things right, John. This is your chance, honey." |
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 | Movie Title:
American Psycho
(2000)
Character name: |
[to Patrick] "What does Mr. Grinch want for Christmas? And don't say breast implants again"
*deleted scene* [to Patrick] "What do you want me to do with that, floss with it?"
Evelyn: "You're inhuman."
Patrick: "No... I'm in touch with humanity."
Patrick: "I don't think we should see each other."
Evelyn: "But your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends. I don't think it would work. You have a little something... "
Patrick: "I know that your friends are my friends and, uh... I thought about that. You can have 'em."
Evelyn: "Thousands of roses and lots of chocolate truffles. Godiva, and oysters in the half-shell."
Patrick: [narrating] "I'm trying to listen to the new Robert Palmer tape, but Evelyn, my supposed fiancée, keeps buzzing in my ear."
Evelyn: "Annie Leibovitz. We'll get Annie Leibovitz. And we'll have to get someone to videotape. Patrick, we should do it."
Patrick: "Do what?"
Evelyn: "Get married. Have a wedding."
Patrick: "No, I can't take the time off work."
Evelyn: "Your father practically owns the company. You can do anything you like, silly."
Patrick: "I don't want to talk about it."
Evelyn: "You hate that job anyway. I don't see why you just don't quit."
Patrick: "Because I want to fit in." |
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ELLE Magazine April 2009
- [on her divorce] "Very humiliating and very isolating... but, by the way, if it's not painful, maybe it wasn't the right decision to marry to begin with. Those are the appropriate emotions. When people get in your face and say, 'This will pass', you think, are they crazy? I'm never gonna feel any better than I feel right this minute and nothing's ever gonna make sense again. And I still have moments where I'm like, nothing's ever gonna make sense again."
- [on dealing with the pain stemming from divorce] "You see a lot of people play this blame game. Blame, blame, blame. You know? And it's a really easy thing to do, and I'm certainly guilty of it. You have to look at yourself and go, 'What part of this do I need to own? Which part of this is my responsibility?' And that's the painful work that you have to go through to hopefully get some real life knowledge out of it."
- [on boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal] "He's fabulous. He really is a fantastic guy. Unfortunately, he's not in the movie, so we can't really talk about him."
- [on being a young mother] "When I first had Ava, I couldn't afford help. And it was so hard. I was out in Los Angeles, living away from my family. I really didn't have any friends. And I had a baby. No one else who was 22 had a baby. i couldn't go out."
- [on her Type A personality] "I don't think I'm a control freak. I think I'm just fearful. I operate from a lot of fear, like, of things being lost or forgotten or neglected. Losing the spiritual rather than the physical. It's so funny to me that somehow I've been portrayed as a very, like, closed off or uptight person. I'm very open."
- [on the paparazzi] "Fascination is gonna die off. I honestly know it. But it's just like i keep waiting and waiting, and then it's just more tabloid magazines, and it keeps going. I don't take a shower everyday. I don't put on makeup everyday. I wear a lot of sunglasses, in case you noticed."
- [on not being diet obsessed] "I'm made of cookies after the holidays. Everything inside me is made of sugar and flour and a little red wine... a lot of red wine."
Marie Claire February 2008
- [on what inspired her to join the Avon Foundation] "I have someone very close to me who is a breast cancer survivor, and I know how important early detection is, along with the research that may one day lead to a cure. The Avon Foundation has been hugely active in the fight against breast cancer, and also in the areas of domestic violence and disaster relief. I went to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and it was devastating to see how under-served those communities are. I'm looking forward to raising money and awareness for these causes. In fact, over the years, I've been approached by many companies to support their brands or products, but I've never felt as inspired as when i met the people from Avon. I feel like they have given me an opportunity to connect to women in a very personal way."
- [on what she will be doing and hopes to achieve with Avon] "We're just getting started with all the ways I can help. I'm excited about speaking at the Global Summit for a Better Tomorrow. As an actress and producer, I've always tried to make choices that promote the strength and ability I find inherent in every woman, my hope now is that the quality of women's lives can be tangibly improved."
- [on her guilty pleasures] "Gameshows like the new 'Crosswords' and 'Deal or No Deal'. And 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' is very popular in my house."
- [on what drew her to the story of 'Penelope'] "The ability of this young women to supersede social expectations of what she should look like and learn to love herself for who she is, including her pig nose. This is a film that lets people know that it's OK to be unique. It's OK to be different, it's actually better! I felt it could really speak to people, particularly young women, about self-acceptance. 'Penelope' is original and funny and romantic, and I can't believe it's finally coming out!"
- [on how she got Christina Ricci to wear the pig nose] "Christina is such a trooper, she was enthusiastic about wearing it. All vanity went out the window. I think she has always valued how unique she is and has used that in her performances. I admire her tremendously. As for Penelope's pig nose, it took quite a while to develop. We worked with makeup artists to make it look as authentic as possible."
- [on James McAvoy] "Yes, James is the heart of the film, his caring and compassion for Penelope is just palpable. He's a really soulful actor, incredibly intelligent and kind. He was a real get for us."
- [when asked if it's hard to find time to juggle work and family] "I think, like every working parent, I sometimes feel that there are not enough hours in the day. But overall, I'm very fortunate that my job has a lot of flexibility. I spend a lot of time with the kids, just around the house. They're still pretty young, so I feel like what I can mostly do is listen to them and be there for them."
- [what worries her most as a mother] "I worry about my kids growing up and how the world might hurt them. But at the same time, I absolutely do not worry about them growing up, because they have great values and a great sense of self."
- [on how her family has been a help to her] "I had parents who believed i could do anything, and I know how that made me feel. I think both my parents, having careers in the medical profession, feel they are helping people on a daily basis, and that was inculcated in me as a value. i had to struggle with giving up the idea of becoming a doctor myself."
- [is she actually Type A] "I have to admit I was dismayed when i found out "Type A" refers to a category of risk for heart disease, I thought it was just a nickname my mom gave me!"
People Magazine May 26 2008
- [does she have a personal connection to breast cancer] "My friend Nancy is a breast cancer survivor. I don't know a man, woman or child who hasn't had it touch their lives."
- [does she nag her mom about mammograms] "My mom is a nurse, so she's pretty good about it. Even Ava has cupcake stands outside my house for breast cancer. She raised over $100 last year. It's sweet."
Harper's Bazaar April 2007
- "If I have to say anything about myself, I'm a really good girlfriend. And i give away a lot of shoes. It's really nice to be me. And it's really nice to be my friend who has the same shoe size."
- [on her first neighbour in LA] "I met her when I moved into my first apartment here. She lived across the hallway. I walked over and knocked on her door because i didn't know anybody here and said, 'Will you please come have coffee with me? i don't have any friends.' She said, 'i don't have any friends either.' We have Sunday-night dinners together. We cook all the time. I literally do not know what i would do without my girlfriends."
- "I guess at this time in my life, I'm just sort of living day by day, i don't know. You can have ideas of what you think things are going to be, and what your life is going to be, and sometimes it changes. You can't plan everything. Life just tells you that. The universe constantly reminds you that you're not in control. You're not in charge of the whole world. What a revelation!"
- "I'm a very open person, but I don't think there's one sentence that can sum up an experience. I think any life changing experience sort of demands evaluation, really looking at yourself and your life. And it's still a situation that's not that far away."
- "I recently put a big pile of clothes on the floor in my closet, and I looked at a lot of the stuff and thought, 'That's not me at all! What was I thinking?' For Legally Blonde I went through a pink phase like you wouldn't belieeeve. Then there was a Marni phase when I was doing Sweet Home Alabama that was out of control."
- "I look forward to my work. I love my children. At this time in my life, it's about spending time with my kids, really connecting with my friends. I'm very lucky. I have a really great life."
ELLE Magazine October 2007
- "The fact that you're drinking is making me very, very happy. I think it's great to drink in the middle of the day. I would join you, but I gotta drive to pick up the kids. You're taking taxis everywhere. You could get drunk! [laughing] You could go from appointment to appointment highly, highly smashed."
- [telling a favourite joke of hers and her mothers] "Why do Southern women make bad prostitutes? Cuz we have to write so many thank you notes! And so true!"
- [on the tabloids] "Everybody is hung out to dry now. It's one thing if you're up for it and you want it, and you go out without your panties on. But if you're wearing your panties, gosh darn it, leave me alone!" [laughs]
- [on her being described as 'always in control' and 'having it all'] "Oh, come on, man! I wouldn't be able to do what I do if i were all those things. I wouldn't be able to have the empathy or the capacity to understand different lives."
- [on Olivier Theyskens designing her Golden Globe dress] "I don't go in too much for the fashion stuff, because I got other stuff to do. But I do appreciate people who love what they do and work hard on it. He came to my house with tons of yellow fabric and he started sketching me, and it was so fun! It was so great! I never had that experience before, to have someone so artistic and you mutually inspire each other."
- [on her Oscar] "It's real purty on my bookcase. Everybody that comes to my house, I say, 'You can touch it, but you have to give a speech'."
Marie Claire UK January 2006
- "It's not like there's any grand plan. I just look at whether the material appeals to me or not. I like to do my job, go home and play with my kids."
- "What gets me is how many women, young women, give up their power and their sense of self. Thinking they're going to get more out of life if they take off their clothes, instead of functioning on the principle that you can be an actress and not be on the cover of men's magazines. I'm flabbergasted by how many legitimate actresses do that. It blows my mind."
- "Certain people are systematically ripping feminism down because of their lack of regard and their ignorance about what the women before us had to go through. I don't think these women are stupid. I think they're selling a personality that's very marketable: 'Wouldn't it be fun if we were all gorgeous and didn't have a care?' But creating a cultural icon out of someone who goes, 'I'm stupid, isn't it cute?' makes me want to throw daggers at them! I want to say to them, 'My grandma and mother did not fight for what they fought for so you can start telling women it's fun to be stupid.' Saying that to young women, little girls, my daughter? It's not okay."
- "There's a new type of magazine out there, which has an insatiable need for photographs of about 20 people, most of whom happen to be women. There's illegal behaviour going on, the way they procure the photographs, the way they drive, the verbal harassment, preventing you from getting away - and I feel good about going on the record about it."
- "My kids are not just getting my values and morals, but are affected by outside influences. I feel like there's a race being run in Los Angeles for some unattainable goal - to be the best, the skinniest, the most beautiful. I just admit that that's what I'll never be."
- "I look at extremely skinny people and say, 'Okay, my body will never be what it was before I had two children, and I have a little extra weight around my middle, but who cares?' I'm healthy enough to give birth to two beautiful children."
- "There's nothing extraordinary about me. I have an extraordinary job, but I'm quite a regular person."
W Magazine February 2006
- "I'm not a spring chicken anymore. I have these young girls come up to me and say, 'I've watched your career since I was little!'"
- [on not having a problem watching herself on the big screen] "At that point, there's nothing I can do to change the film. You only have control over it while you're making it and once it's out I pretty much relinquish any sort of torment I have about it. And I don't read reviews."
- "I have a couple of [Hollywood] people I feel I have a connection with, and I'll talk to them occasionally for support. But most of my friends are moms, and these are the people I relate to."
- "I think it's really good for people to talk about parenting. Kids nowadays are getting less and less respectful. Parents are too afraid of the screaming and the public temper tantrums to say no."
- "Yeah I'm pretty conservative, or old fashioned, I should say. It's how I grew up. I think you have to let your children be individuals but you have to set boundaries. I don't want my daughter shopping for clothes. That would just set her into a tailspin of wanting. And in my house you're not allowed to wear two-piece swimsuits. Other little girls come over in them, and that's fine, but I tell Ava, those are our family's rules. It helps that Ryan and I have similar ideas about all of it. You have to really support your partner in the things that are important to them and hold the line together."
- "When I was 12, I was writing my own checks from my own checking account because I wanted to be like a little grown up. You know, I'd go to the Hello Kitty store and I'd write a check. Weird, right?"
- "There is something in the zeitgeist right now about women wanting to portray themselves as stupid. I don't know if these women are actresses or singers or whatever they are, but I know they're not stupid."
- "The thing that worries me most is that this generation of young women hasn't been fully taught about the strides made by the women's movement in the not so distant past - the struggle for votes or to be recognised for legitimate opinions. It irritates me that the sort of fad that 'stupidity is cute' might really be doing some serious damage. It's the cheap answer, and let's hope that their moment fades. Sorry, but I have a little girl!"
- "Obviously I have a set of political beliefs. I just don't believe in talking about them publicly. I'll vote, and I'll talk to my friends. Truthfully, my opinion is not more important than anyone else's. I'm just an actor, and if I had some really strong political conviction I'd run for office. We all have the right to have a voice, but it's mixed messages when you're selling movies and politics."
- [would she ever really consider running for office] "Yeah, I would. I just think there's not enough strong political female figures. Hillary Clinton is the closest to representing the things I believe in, though I don't align with her on every issue. I'm just saying that i wish there was someone out there who represented more of my ideas."
OK Magazine Australia February 2006
- [how does she choose a script, is it her 'inner voice'] "Oh! I should never have said that inner voice thing, God that haunts me! Cause people think I'm schizophrenic or something. I think it's intuition. I just try to follow my gut reaction to things. I have to find a connection somehow... it's hard to pick depressing movies cause I don't really think people want to go and watch films that bring them down. People have hard enough lives anyway. I enjoy my comedies. Every once in a while I'll mix it up and throw in a Johnny Cash biopic!"
- [how does she keep the romance alive in everyday life] "It's all about cooking, honey! No, I just try to be conscious of what he (Ryan) needs, you know. And he's really sweet and buys me little presents and gets me my favourite chocolates. Just taking care of each other and having compassion for one another I think is important."
- [does having kids help her stay grounded in this business] "Yeah, absolutely. You know, there is no thinking you are fabulous when... one is on one leg and the other is screaming, 'Mummy pick me up!' I think it's a very grounding element in my life and Ryan's life. There's nothing better than a day when you're sitting at home with the kids and having them laugh.. it's very fulfilling."
- [what are her dreams for this year] "I really want to travel more. There are a lot of places I've never been. I've never been to Japan, Korea, different parts of India. I'd like to become more of a global citizen."
- [what's the greatest challenge she's had to overcome] "I think everyone has their own set of problems, and sometimes I feel I'm in the middle of the biggest challenge of my life just trying to maintain normalcy in a kind of crazy lifestyle. But you know, there's been a lot of things, personal struggles, family stuff. Maybe it's yet to come. I think it was definately hard being 22 and having a child, and not having any family around then. Not knowing what to expect and being completely overwhelmed. That was a very formative experience for me."
- [does the attention of the paparazzi get in the way] "It does, but it's just part of our life so we try to treat it as calmly as we can. Sometimes illegal stuff can happen, which is not cool, and that's when we have to take it a little more seriously and start calling local law enforcement. But for the most part we try to just deal with it the best we can... And the worst thing that can happen is they are going to take our picture."
- [is she a control freak] "Oh honey, you don't know half of it! it depends on the day, if I've been on vacation or not. But if I've been working and working I'm pretty bad. I just like things done and I like people to be really professional, because I work really hard, too, and I try to be really professional myself."
- "I have a production company called Type A Films and we're at Universal Studios. We work on developing different projects, mainly projects that involve young women. We're producing our second film called Penelope, starring Christina Ricci, so I'm really excited about that. I read a lot of scripts, meet with a lot of directors and writers and we choose material and take it to the studios and beg them to buy it. Then we just work on the endlessly frustrating process of getting films made... and it happens once in a while!"
Marie Claire Australia July 2006
- [where will she put her Oscar] "Wherever it fits. My kids will play with it first. My daughter thinks I've been winning prizes for good mothering. She enjoys collecting movie trophies and playing with them. When I won the Screen Actors Guild Award I said, 'Mummy won an award last night,' and she said, 'That's because you're the best mummy in the world'."
- "I don't know if people believe me, but the money is just the icing on the cake for me. It's really nice to be in this place. But if it all went away tomorrow, I'd still be happy. I'm thrilled with my family. I love my husband. I have great children. Literally, this is just a job."
- [does she believe in fate] "I honestly believe I was fated to have a career in acting and I was definately destined to meet Ryan. There's something out there working for me. I'm one of the luckiest people I know. I met my soul mate when I was very young. Ryan is still my greatest friend and, despite every kind of bump in the road on our journey together, we still like and love each other. We make each other laugh and we have two beautiful children. It's a great friendship and i feel really blessed to have a great friend as my love."
- [about telling Ryan 'I think you're my present' when they first met at her 21st birthday party] "I don't know what came over me. It just came out that way! I meant to say, 'it's nice to meet you.' He thought it was so flattering, and now that I think about it... how embarassing! But I guess it was the right thing to say. I've always believed you just know your life partner when you meet. I knew with Ryan. He seemed so sincere and not into himself. We were just so well matched."
- [was she nervous flying to see him one weekend] "Yes! I suddenly thought, 'What am I doing here? He could be a serial killer!' We had just three days to get to know each other, and it turned out really well. I fell madly, deeply in love. Ryan is the sweetest, gushiest, most romantic man in the world."
- "Parenthood puts your life into perspective. It's given me harmony and security. I could lose my job and still raise a child and feel fulfilled."
- [does she spoil her children] "Ryan grew up in Delaware and I grew up in Tennessee so we don't have a lot of tolerance for children who want their way. We're raising our children the way we were raised. They won't get their own credit cards and fancy clothes any time soon!"
- [what keeps her feet on the ground] "My mother, my husband and my children. I don't need to hear glossy, syrupy opinions. I'm only interested in the truth. As for the celebrity thing, it's really not something that occurs to me very often. I have a job. This is something I do for a living, and pretty much the rest of the time I'm a mum and a wife. I just loathe preciousness about acting. It's something that some people are good at, but in no way does it make you any better or more interesting than anybody else."
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