Annette Bening movie quotes

“- Sydney Ellen Wade: Oh, Andy, a C minus in Women's Studies.
- President Andrew Shepherd: Yeah, well, that class wasn't about what I thought it was about.”

Annette Bening - Sydney Ellen Wade
Michael Douglas - President Andrew Shepherd

“We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find our authentic selves?'”
Annette Bening

“There are so many different kinds of relationships, so it's sort of difficult to define what is considered normal.”
Annette Bening

“Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.”
Annette Bening

“- Bugsy Siegel: Got a light?
- Virginia: The way you were looking at me, I thought you were going to ask for something more interesting.”
Warren Beatty - Bugsy Siegel
Annette Bening - Virginia Hill

“- Barbara Land: Do you have to drink in front of me?
- Art Land: You're an adult. Cope.”

Annette Bening - Barbara Land
Jack Nicholson - Art Land

“- Myra Langtry: I'm Roy's friend.
- Lilly Dillon: Yes. I imagine you're lots of people's friend.
- Myra Langtry: Oh, of course, now that I see you in the light, you're plenty old enough to be Roy's mother.
- Lilly Dillon: Aren't we all?
- Roy Dillon: Play nice. Don't fight.”

Annette Bening - Myra Langtry
Anjelica Huston - Lilly Dillon
John Cusack - Roy Dillon

“- Carolyn Burnham: Uh, whose car is that out front?
- Lester Burnham: Mine. 1970 Pontiac Firebird. The car I've always wanted and now I have it. I rule!”
Annette Bening - Carolyn Burnham
Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham

“- Merteuil: Men are always chasing after visions, my dear. They want us to be angels.
- Baroness: But in bed they want us to be demons, my dear.
- Baron: Yes, indeed, it always comes as a morning surprise when you wake up in the arms of an ordinary woman.”
Annette Bening - Merteuil
Isla Blair - Baroness
T.P. McKenna - Baron

“I guess I'm happy when I don't want to be anywhere else but where I am.”
Annette Bening - Terry McKay

“- Carolyn Burnham: Lester, I refuse to live like this! This is not a marriage!
- Lester Burnham: This hasn't been a marriage for years, but you were happy as long as I kept my mouth shut. Well, guess what, I've changed! And the new me whacks off when he feels horny, 'cause you're obviously not gonna help me out in that department!”
Annette Bening - Carolyn Burnham
Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham

“- Sharon Bridger: Samir! The Koran preaches...
- Samir Nazhde: Do not lecture me on the Qur'an, woman! First you left me in Iraq, like a piece of shit! Then you took our leader, a holy man for preaching the word of God!”
Annette Bening - Sharon Bridger
Sami Bouajila - Samir Nazhde

“My mission is to get to know myself so that I can actually end up focusing less on myself, and more on others.”
Annette Bening - Susan Anderson

“- Merteuil: Valmont, you disappoint me. That's what's keeping you here. Tell me, are you really falling in love?
- Valmont: Does that make you jealous?
- Merteuil: Not really.”
Annette Bening - Merteuil
Colin Firth - Valmont

“- Carolyn Burnham: Don't you mess with me, mister, or I'll divorce you so fast it'll make your head spin!
- Lester Burnham: On what grounds? I'm not a drunk, I don't fuck other women, I don't mistreat you, I've never hit you... I don't even try to touch you since you've made it so abundantly clear just how unnecessary you consider me to be! But...” (continue)(continue reading)
Annette Bening - Carolyn Burnham
Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham

- Neil Bookman: "The Angry Nun" by Neil Bookman: "Bitch! Whore of Jesus! Dressed in black, you do not bleed, like a woman should bleed between the legs! But with your ruler, your crucifix of hatred, you strike my tender flesh! I bleed for you! Oh, mother".
- Deirdre Burroughs: Good anger! It ended exactly at the right moment.
Joseph Fiennes - Neil Bookman
Annette Bening - Deirdre Burroughs

“It's never the question that's indiscreet, just the answer.”
Annette Bening - Elise Kraft

“I tend to be suspicious of all true believers. Present company included.”

Annette Bening - Elise Kraft

“- Merteuil: Why do you want to be a husband, when you can be a lover?
- Danceny: Keep writing.
- Merteuil: Why don't you leave all the boredom of marriage to Gercourt, and keep the excitement of love for yourself?”
Annette Bening - Merteuil
Henry Thomas - Danceny

“- Sue Barlow: So is it marriage that scares you two, or puttin' down roots?
- Boss Spearman: No. Who'd have him? All rangy and mangy like a rough old dog.”
Annette Bening - Sue Barlow
Robert Duvall - Boss Spearman

“- Norman Burroughs: I haven't had a drink in four years.
- Deirdre Burroughs: Excuse me, can you get him a medal?”
Alec Baldwin - Norman Burroughs
Annette Bening - Deirdre Burroughs

“- Merteuil: You're the only one who can help me.
- Valmont: You want me to challenge him to a duel?
- Merteuil: Visconte, for I what I have in mind I need you very much alive.”
Annette Bening - Merteuil
Colin Firth - Valmont

“I have $7.35. I'd like to put some of it in a T-bill, some of it into the stock market - and the rest I'd just like to save for a rainy day.”
Annette Bening - Susan Anderson

“- Ruth Merrill: I'm seeing Dorothy tonight. Paulie's gonna stay at his friends. I thought I'd take her to one of those places out by Malibu.
- David Merrill: Malibu, can you afford that?
- Ruth Merrill: Can you believe you said that?
- David Merrill: No, I'd never say anything like that.”
Annette Bening - Ruth Merrill
Robert De Niro - David Merrill

“- Sydney Ellen Wade: Oh. Your father's on the phone with his dentist?
- Lucy Shepherd: No, he told me to tell you he's on the phone with his dentist. He wants you to think he's a regular guy.
- Sydney Ellen Wade: Oh. Well, who's he on the phone with?
- Lucy Shepherd: The prime minister of Israel.”

Annette Bening - Sydney Ellen Wade
Shawna Waldron - Lucy Shepherd