Great Movie Character Quotes




So many screenplays, so many character quotes. Inspirational, funny, dramatic. Always unique.

Many of them contributed to make their characters memorable and avoid one of the Top 7 Deadly Flaws of a Bad Screenplay: uninteresting characters.

If you're committed to get your screenplay read, not tossed, study these film quotes and their skillful use of dialogue techniques.
And check this page regularly as we keep updating it with our daily character quotes.

             Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Whip - Flight

Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Polexia Aphrodisia - Almost Famous

Forgive me father

Polexia Aphrodisia: Forgive me father, for I may sin tonight.




Almost Famous | Anna Paquin | Screenplay: Cameron Crowe


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Lefty  - Donnie Brasco

Best Friend

Lefty : In our thing, you get sent for, you go in alive, you come out dead. And it's your best friend that does it.



Donnie Brasco | Al Pacino | Screenplay: Paul Attanasio


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Yoda  - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

the path to the dark side

Yoda: Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.



Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Frank Oz | George Lucas


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Jack Gittes - Chinatown

You're right

Jake Gittes: What can I tell you, kid? You're right. When you're right, you're right, and you're right.



Chinatown | Jack Nicholson | Screenplay: Robert Towne


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Gus - Basic Instinct

Everyone

Gus: Everyone that she plays with dies.




Basic Instinct | George Dzundza | Screenplay: Joe Eszterhas


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Joel - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

talking

Joel: Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.




Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Jim Carrey | Charlie Kaufman


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Calvin Candie - Gandhi

Curiosity

Calvin Candie: Gentlemen, you had my curiosity. But now you have my attention.



Django Unchained | Leonardo DiCaprio | Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Leonard - Memento

I'm not gonna remember

Leonard: If we talk for too long, I'll forget how we started. Next time I see you, I'm not gonna remember this conversation. I don't even know if I've met you before..


Memento | Guy Pearce | Screenplay: Christopher Nolan


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Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - John Tuld - Margin Call

three ways

John Tuld: There are three ways to make a living in this business: be first, be smarter, or cheat.



Margin Call | Jeremy Irons | Screenplay: J.C. Chandor


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Frank T.J. Mackey - Magnolia

Seduce and Destroy

Frank T.J. Mackey: In this big game that we play, life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve, it's what you take. I'm Frank T.J. Mackey, a master of the muffin and author of the Seduce and Destroy system now available to you on video and audio cassette.

Magnolia | Tom Cruise | Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Mike Waters - My Own Private Idaho

This road will never end

Mike Waters: I'm a connoisseur of roads. I've been tasting roads my whole life. This road will never end. It probably goes all around the world.


My own private Idaho | River Phoenix | Screenplay: Gus Van Sant


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Harvey Milk - Milk

Equal

Harvey Milk: All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words.



Milk | Sean Penn | Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Forrester - Finding Forrester

key to writing

Forrester: No thinking - that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!


Finding Forrester | Sean Connery | Screenplay: Mike Rich


Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Galadriel - The Lord of the Rings

Smallest person

Galadriel: Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.


The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Cate Blanchett | Screenplay: Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson


 Whatascript! compilation of movie character quotes - Whip - Flight

I'm free

Whip: This is going to sound real stupid coming from a man in prison. But for the first time in my life, I'm free.



Flight | Denzel Washington | Screenplay: John Gatins



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