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favortie quotes

posted 18 years ago by guitargrl90
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I LOVED this movie! I rented it because im a fan of PSH, but William H Macy, and Alec Baldwin were just hilarious. I love the constant movement between characters. It keeps you interested throughout, and the writing was brilliant. I thought it was absolutely hilarious!!

"how can i write a movie called "the old mill" when we dont have an old mill"
"well first your gonna have to change the title"

"How are you getting along with these nice people?"
"like dykes and dogs"

brilliant! haha

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"the only second chance you get is to make the same mistake twice" -state and main

[–] tommykins-1 18 years ago

"You treat me like a child." Claire Wellesly (Sarah Jessica Parker), as an all purpose excuse in every situation she fumbles.

"Stupidity got us into this mess, why can't it get us out?" - Will Rogers

[–] leboop57 13 years ago

Haha

"I'm not a child. I have feelings!"

Maybe that's NOT my favorite line, but it's the most memorable for me because of how much I hate it. Either the scriptwriter cannot identify with childhood anymore, or Claire cannot. Either way, one of them has advertised a very unreasonable statement.

And, you know, treating her like a child was not the problem. It was an excuse for having no other thing to say. She is a regretful woman who, having physically exposed herself before, is so ignorant of what kinds of reactions that brings about. Does she not know that anything she does in the spotlight will jeopardize any respect she might retain from others? As that one rude guy said, "You started it." So no, he wasn't treating her like a child, but a naive adult.

Besides, how does Claire see adults treating children...

[–] Alanix-1 18 years ago

Hands down, the "have-soda-coming-out-my-nose" line was:

The car crashes, overturns...Hoffman helps Baldwin out of the wreck, and Baldwin simply says, "So, that happened."

[–] nealroba 18 years ago

"So, thaaaat happened."

Great quote. So-so movie.

[–] jazzchicki 17 years ago

Yesssss, that has got to be "the" line in the movie. :)

[–] scb18 17 years ago

I believe that is the best quote out of any movie. Hands down.

I've made a huge mistake

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[–] scottairuza 18 years ago

"We're in Waterford, Vermont. Where is it?! THAT'S where it is!"

"I'm just talking out loud."
"What other way is there to talk?"

"Her tits, her tits, her tits, her tits, her tits."

(and many other great quotes, many of which I can't think of right now. I must respectfully disagree with the last poster who said it was a "so-so movie." If more movies like this were made, I'd be a happier movie fan. : )

[–] JackBluegrass 12 years ago

"We're in Waterford, Vermont. Where is it?! THAT'S where it is!"

"Where is it?" Doesn't the director also yell into his cellphone, "Get a BIGGER map!", which adds so much to the laugh.

[–] barvaz1 18 years ago

"that wasnt nice"
"oh really? so sue me in the world court"

:)

[–] casemon 15 years ago

Yes, and good job spotting yet another Hague reference... The Hague is the city location where the World Court / International Criminal Court is located, and subsequently where the US & its allies were convicted of war crimes against Yugoslavia for their March 24-June 10, 1999 assault (didn't catch that on CNN).

Anyone know the idea behind this particular bit of Mamet alliteration?

[–] bunnywithanaxe 13 years ago

"The Hague is the city location where the World Court / International Criminal Court is located, and subsequently where the US & its allies were convicted of war crimes against Yugoslavia for their March 24-June 10, 1999 assault (didn't catch that on CNN).

Anyone know the idea behind this particular bit of Mamet alliteration?"

I thought the implication was, "Considering what a bastard X is, The Hague is as good a guess as any."

[–] 909 18 years ago

"It's Marty, on the Coast..."

"Of course he's on the Coast; Where do you think he'd be: In the Hague?"

[–] desjr001 18 years ago

Somebody help me on this, please. There was a great line about the electorial college, but I don't remember it exactly. Thanks in advance

[–] DD-931 18 years ago

When the A.D. tells the director he has to leave because his wife is having a baby:

"Where is it on the call sheet? Huh? Where is it on the call sheet?!"

[–] spollspoll 18 years ago

This is most of the end of the scene in Hoffman’s room with Rebecca Pidgeon and a naked Sarah Jessica. After explaining that they were having a “script conference” this is a paraphrase from memory of the conversation snippet that followed;

Hoffman: You Believe That?
Pidgeon: I do.
Hoffman: But it’s absurd.
Pidgeon: So is our electoral process, but I still vote.
Hoffman: Wait. Do you really think the electoral process is absurd?
Pidgeon: I used to date a politician.
Hoffman: You broke up with him?
Pidgeon: It was time for a change

[–] JackBluegrass 12 years ago

The line was about the electoral college, but I forgot what was said.

[–] eoval 7 years ago

Electoral process, not college.

"I do not like mixing up moralities and mathematics."
Churchill

[–] Elastigirl_ 18 years ago

I liked this one:

"How was your flight?"
"We're flyin' over pigs, we're flyin' over sheep..."

Canadian Idiot

[–] blue1200 18 years ago

"Shouldn't you be in school?"
"It's night."

Thank you Gary, that was very touching. Now get off the phucking stage.

[–] pshhhhht 17 years ago

then there's of course "Go you Huskies!"

[–] jess_lyne 17 years ago

Everybody makes their own "fun." If you dont make it yourself, its not "fun," its "entertainment."

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[–] sitdownkid 17 years ago

"You know what you got there? You got a fishhook in your finger. I'm right proud of you."

"Did you see the grosses for Ghandi 2?"

"But here's the kicker...Do you have a cigarette?"

"It takes all kinds."
"Is that what it takes? I always wondered what it took."

"Never trust a man who wears a bowtie. A cravat is supposed to point down to accentuate the genitals. Why would you trust a man who wears a tie that points out to accentuate the ears?"

"Baseball? Chuckie...That's the national sport."

[–] casemon 15 years ago

Haha, you just nailed some of my favorite (and oft overlooked) lines...

Baldwin's delivery was once again awesome!

[–] catleen 17 years ago

Love the "so that happened" line/scene :)

So many good lines -

How about this one...
PSH: "You know, you know, that's a lie. That's a real fault."
WHM: "It's not a lie. It's a gift for fiction."

I adore David Mamet's work...

[–] bunnywithanaxe 15 years ago

This is one of the most quotable films I ahve ever seen. Not surprised this thread was started.

My favorite:

" Who designed these costumes? It looks like Edith Head puked, and that puke designed these costumes."

[–] toddschaferdpm 15 years ago

I liked the way they used the word "spate" several times in the movie as in "a spate of fires."