Hilary Swank movie quotes

“Life would be a whole lot better if they were all dead. That's how a holocaust happens.
And that's what you all think of each other.”

Hilary Swank - Erin Gruwell

“- Julie Pierce: I wish I had courage like you.
- Miyagi: I wish I had chocolate bar with almonds.”
Hilary Swank - Julie Pierce
Pat Morita - Miyagi

“I saw a picture just like this once, in a museum. Only it wasn't a black man, it was a jewish man. And instead of the big lips he had a really big nose, like a rat's nose. But he wasn't just one particular jewish man. This was a drawing of all jews. And these drawings were put in the newspapers by the most famous gang in history. You think you...” (continue)(continue reading)

Hilary Swank - Erin Gruwell

- Holly: Oh, never mind. I'm just screwed up. I'm trouble... yeah.
- William: I like trouble.
- Holly: Oh no, I don't mean "cool Pulp Fiction" trouble. I mean "mental case wacko" trouble.
Hilary Swank - Holly
Jeffrey Dean Morgan - William

“Just create something... new, and there it is, and it's you, out in the world, outside of you, and you can look at it, or hear it, or read it, or feel it... and you know a little more about... you. A little bit more than anyone else does.”
Hilary Swank - Holly

“Dear Lana, by the time you read this I'll be back home in Lincoln. I'm scared of what's ahead, but when I think of you I know I'll be able to go on. You were right. Memphis isn't far at all. I'll be making a trip out on the highway before too long. I'll be waiting for ya. Love always and forever, Brandon.”
Hilary Swank - Brandon Teena

“Jews and blacks were more like animals. And because they were just like animals it didn't matter if they lived or died.”

Hilary Swank - Erin Gruwell

“- Sheriff: Why do you go hanging out with guys, you being a girl yourself? Why do you go around kissing every girl?
- Brandon: I... don't see what this has to do with what had happened.
- Sheriff: I'm asking you all these so that when I speak to the jury, they're going to want some answers, so I have to know exactly what is going on. Now, are...” (continue)(continue reading)
Lou Perryman - Sheriff
Hilary Swank - Brandon Teena

“We have absolutely no idea what we want.”

Hilary Swank - Holly

“They started out poor and angry and everybody looked down on them. Until one man decided to give them some pride, an identity... and somebody to blame. You take over neighborhoods? That's nothing compared to them. They took over countries. You want to know how? They just wiped out everybody else.”

Hilary Swank - Erin Gruwell

“- Brandon: Lana, you are one cranky girl.
- Lana: Yeah, well, you'd be cranky, too, Mister I'm Going To Memphis Graceland Tennessee, if you were stuck in a town where there's nothing to do but go bumper skiing and chase bats every night of your evil fucking life.”
Hilary Swank - Brandon Teena
Chloë Sevigny - Lana Tisdel

“I'm 32 and I'm here celebrating the fact that I spent another year scraping dishes and waitressing, and according to you, I'll be 37 before I can even throw a decent punch. This the only thing I ever felt good doing. If I'm too old for this, then I got nothing.”
Hilary Swank - Maggie Fitzgerald

“Elizabeth and I made love once. I just did it to see what it would be like with someone who looked like me.”
Hilary Swank - Madeleine Linscott

“- Holly: Gerry, I don't want to go back to work. What should I do?
- Gerry: Quit. Stay here with me.
- Holly: I don't have a plan, Gerry.
- Gerry: That's okay, luv. Your plans never work out, anyway.”
Hilary Swank - Holly
Gerard Butler - Gerry

“I realise now that it is too late, that honor does not live in the name. It comes from what you carry in your heart.”
Hilary Swank - Jeanne St. Remy de Valois

“I've seen the world. People chanted my name. You think I ever dreamed that'd happen? Daddy used to tell me I'd fight my way into this world, and I'd fight my way out. That's all I wanna do. I got what I needed. I got it all.”
Hilary Swank - Maggie Fitzgerald

“- Holly: Maybe we can defy God and go see a Yankees game.
- Daniel: Yeah, we'll be really weird friends joined by self-pity, bitterness and vomit.”
Hilary Swank - Holly
Harry Connick Jr. - Daniel

“I saw your last fight. Spent so much time face down I thought the canvas had titties.”

Hilary Swank - Maggie Fitzgerald

“- Brandon: I'm going to ask her to marry me.
- Lonny: Before or after your sex-change operation? Before or after you tell her you're a girl?
- Brandon: Shut up!”

Hilary Swank - Brandon Teena
Matt McGrath - Lonny

“- Brandon: I really fucked up. I borrowed one of Candace's checks, then I got that speeding ticket, and this fake I.D. I guess, I just need to learn to stay home, huh?
- Lana's Mom: Brandon, I invite you into my home and you expose my daughter to your sickness. D'ever think about Lana in all this?
- Brandon: That's all I've been thinking about.”
Hilary Swank - Brandon Teena
Jeannetta Arnette - Lana's Mom

“I'm so angry I could kill somebody. I'm alone, and it doesn't matter what job I have or what I do or what I don't do or what friends I have, he's not here. I mean, you're alone, no matter what.”

Hilary Swank - Holly

“- Erin Gruwell: I love you.
- Steve Gruwell: You love the idea of me.”
Hilary Swank - Erin Gruwell
Scott Glenn - Steve Gruwell

“- Holly: I left without saying anything. He must think I'm an idiot.
- Denise: Well, you're an American. They expect us to be idiots.”
Hilary Swank - Holly
Lisa Kudrow - Denise

“- Julie Pierce: When do I learn how to break boards and stuff like that?
- Miyagi: Why break boards? What boards do to you? That kind stuff not teach you how to conquer anger, Julie-san. Understand?
- Julie Pierce: Yeah.”
Hilary Swank - Julie Pierce
Pat Morita - Miyagi

“- Nicole: You don't seem like you're from around here.
- Brandon: Where... where do I seem like I'm from?
- Nicole: Someplace... beautiful.”
Cheyenne Rushing - Nicole
Hilary Swank - Brandon Teena