Mark Wahlberg as Eddie Adams & Dirk Diggler, Julianne Moore as Amber Waves, Burt Reynolds as Jack Horner, William H. Macy as Little Bill, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Scotty J., John C. Reilly as Reed Rothchild, Don Cheadle as Buck Swope, Luis Guzmán as Maurice TT Rodriguez, and Heather Graham as Rollergirl in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Boogie Nights”

Mark Wahlberg as Eddie Adams & Dirk Diggler, Julianne Moore as Amber Waves, Burt Reynolds as Jack Horner, William H. Macy as Little Bill, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Scotty J., John C. Reilly as Reed Rothchild, Don Cheadle as Buck Swope, Luis Guzmán as Maurice TT Rodriguez, and Heather Graham as Rollergirl in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Boogie Nights”

Demo Tape (from "Boogie Nights")

  • Dirk: Look, man, all we need is the tapes, all right?
  • Record Producer: No, you don't get the tapes until you've paid.
  • Dirk: In our situation, that doesn't make any fucking sense.
  • Reed Rothchild: Look, we can not pay for the tapes, unless we take the tapes to the record company, and get paid.
  • Dirk: Hello? Exactly.
  • Record Producer: That's not an MP, that's a YP, your problem. Come up with the money, or forget it.
  • Reed Rothchild: Okay, now you're talking above my head. I don't know all of this industry jargon, YP, MP. All I know is that I can't get a record contract, we cannot get a record contract unless we take those tapes to the record company. And granted, the tapes themselves are a uh um oh, you own them, all right, but the magic that is on those tapes. That fucking heart and soul that we put onto those tapes, that is ours and you don't own that. Now I need to take that magic and get it over the record company. And they're waiting for us, we were supposed to be there a half hour ago. We look like assholes, man.
  • Dirk: Let me explain to him in simple arithmetic. One, two three! Because you don't fuckin' get it, Burt! You give us the tapes. We get the record contract. We come back and give you your fuckin' money. Have you heard the tapes? Have you even heard them? We're guaranteed a record deal. Our stuff is that good!
  • Record Producer: Now I get it. Now I understand. You want it to happen... but it's not going to happen. Because it's a Catch-22.
  • Dirk: What the fuck does that mean? What is a Catch-22, Burt?
  • Record Producer: Catch-22, gentleman. Think about it.
  • [pause]
  • Dirk: You know what I'm thinking about, man? I'm thinking about kicking some fuckin' ass!
Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman in Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist” Wladyslaw Szpilman: I’m not going anywhere. The closing scene was unforgettable. It literally took my breath away.

Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman in Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist”

Wladyslaw Szpilman: I’m not going anywhere.


The closing scene was unforgettable. It literally took my breath away.

Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank and Ed Harris as Christof in Peter Weir’s “The Truman Show” Truman Burbank: Was anything real? Christof: You were real. That’s what made you so good to watch… Truman lives. Leave him alone.

Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank and Ed Harris as Christof in Peter Weir’s “The Truman Show”

Truman Burbank: Was anything real? 
Christof: You were real. That’s what made you so good to watch…


Truman lives. Leave him alone.

Jack Nicholson as Melvin Udall, Helen Hunt as Carol Connelly, and Greg Kinnear as Simon Bishop in James L. Brooks’ “As Good As It Gets”  Melvin Udall: Don’t be like me. Don’t you be like me! [to Verdell the dog] Melvin is a bastard but you can’t help but falling in love with him. That pretty much sums him up.

Jack Nicholson as Melvin Udall, Helen Hunt as Carol Connelly, and Greg Kinnear as Simon Bishop in James L. Brooks’ “As Good As It Gets” 

Melvin Udall: Don’t be like me. Don’t you be like me! [to Verdell the dog]


Melvin is a bastard but you can’t help but falling in love with him. That pretty much sums him up.

Melvin Complements Carol (from "As Good As It Gets")

  • Melvin Udall: I've got a really great compliment for you, and it's true.
  • Carol Connelly: I'm so afraid you're about to say something awful.
  • Melvin Udall: Don't be pessimistic, it's not your style. Okay, here I go: Clearly, a mistake. I've got this, what - ailment? My doctor, a shrink that I used to go to all the time, he says that in fifty or sixty percent of the cases, a pill really helps. I *hate* pills, very dangerous thing, pills. Hate. I'm using the word "hate" here, about pills. Hate. My compliment is, that night when you came over and told me that you would never... well, you were there, you know what you said. Well, my compliment to you is, the next morning, I started taking the pills.
  • Carol Connelly: I don't quite get how that's a compliment for me.
  • Melvin Udall: You make me want to be a better man.
  • Carol Connelly: ...That's maybe the best compliment of my life.
  • Melvin Udall: Well, maybe I overshot a little, because I was aiming at just enough to keep you from walking out.
Keisha Castle-Hughes as Paikea and Rawiri Paratene as Koro in Niki Caro’s “Whale Rider” Paikea: It’s not Koro’s fault, that I’m a girl.

Keisha Castle-Hughes as Paikea and Rawiri Paratene as Koro in Niki Caro’s “Whale Rider”

Paikea: It’s not Koro’s fault, that I’m a girl.

Carl calls Jerry (from "Fargo")

  • Jerry Lundegaard: [answering the phone] Jerry Lundegaard.
  • Carl Showalter: Alright, Jerry, you got the phone to yourself?
  • Jerry Lundegaard: Well, yeah.
  • Carl Showalter: You know who this is?
  • Jerry Lundegaard: Well, yeah, I got an idea. How's that Ciera working out for ya?
  • Carl Showalter: Circumstances have changed, Jerry.
  • Jerry Lundegaard: Well, what do ya mean?
  • Carl Showalter: Thing have changed, circumstances, Jerry, beyond the... uh, acts of god.
  • Jerry Lundegaard: How's Jean?
  • Carl Showalter: [puzzled] Who's Jean?
  • Jerry Lundegaard: My wife! What the-?
  • Carl Showalter: Oh, she's alright, but there's a few people in Brainerd who aren't so okay, I'll tell you that.
  • Jerry Lundegaard: What the heck are ya talking about? Let's just finish this deal up here.
  • Carl Showalter: Blood has been shed, Jerry.
  • Jerry Lundegaard: What the heck do ya mean?
  • Carl Showalter: Three people, in Brainerd.
  • Jerry Lundegaard: Oh, jeez.
  • Carl Showalter: That's right, we need more money.
  • Jerry Lundegaard: What the heck are ya talking about? What do you fellas have yourself mixed up in?
  • Carl Showalter: We need more money...
  • Jerry Lundegaard: [interrupting] This was supposed to be a no rough stuff type deal!
  • Carl Showalter: [angry] DON'T EVER INTERRUPT ME, JERRY, JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!
  • Jerry Lundegaard: Well, I'm sorry, but I just- I don't...
  • Carl Showalter: I'm not gonna debate you, Jerry! I'm not gonna debate! We now want the entire 80,000!
  • Jerry Lundegaard: Oh, for chris'sake here!
William H. Macy as Jerry Lundegaard and Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson in The Coen Brother’s “Fargo” Jerry Lundegaard: The heck do ya mean? (repeated line) Jerry has no idea what he’s got himself into.

William H. Macy as Jerry Lundegaard and Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson in The Coen Brother’s “Fargo”

Jerry Lundegaard: The heck do ya mean? (repeated line)


Jerry has no idea what he’s got himself into.

Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” Travis Bickle: Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There’s no escape. I’m God’s lonely man. Everyone remembers him. He’s Travis Bickle. Enough said.

Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver”

Travis Bickle: Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There’s no escape. I’m God’s lonely man.


Everyone remembers him. He’s Travis Bickle. Enough said.