Holly Hunter movie quotes

“- Kumail: What's my stance on 9/11? Oh um, anti. It was a tragedy, I mean we lost 19 of our best guys.
- Beth: Huh?
- Kumail: That was a joke, obviously. 9/11 was a terrible tragedy. And it's not funny to joke about it.”
Kumail Nanjiani - Kumail
Holly Hunter - Beth

“At night! I think of my piano in its ocean grave, and sometimes of myself floating above it. Down there everything is so still and silent that it lulls me to sleep. It is a weird lullaby and so it is; it is mine.”
Holly Hunter - Ada

“- Helen Parr: Superheroes are illegal, whether it's fair or not, that's the law.
- Bob Parr: The law should be fair. What are we teaching our kids.
- Helen Parr: To respect the law.
- Bob Parr: Even if the law is disrespectful?”
Holly Hunter - Helen Parr
Craig T. Nelson - Bob Parr

“- Helen Parr: Who did I put in jail?
- Evelyn Deavor: Pizza delivery guy. Seemed the right height, build. He gave you a pretty good fight. I should say I gave you a pretty good fight through him.
- Helen Parr: But it doesn't bother you that an innocent man is in jail?
- Evelyn Deavor: Eh, he was surly. And the pizza was cold.”
Holly Hunter - Helen Parr
Catherine Keener - Evelyn Deavor

“- Helen Parr: You know it's crazy, right? To help my family, I gotta leave it to fix the law, I gotta break it.
- Bob Parr: You've got to, so our kids can have that choice.”
Holly Hunter - Helen Parr
Craig T. Nelson - Bob Parr

“- Violet Parr: You mean dad's in trouble, or dad is the trouble?
- Elastigirl: I mean, either he's in trouble, or he's going to be.”

Sarah Vowell - Violet Parr
Holly Hunter - Elastigirl

“- Judith Moore: What is the point of what you're doing?
- Woman with Makeup: Excuse me?
- Judith Moore: Fixing your makeup. He's going to dump you eventually for someone younger, so what is the point? I mean, you're a nice looking woman. Why does everything have to be about men?”
Holly Hunter - Judith Moore
Deborah Geffner - Woman with Makeup

“- Paul Moore: It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you're the smartest person in the room.
- Jane Craig: No. It's awful.”
Peter Hackes - Paul Moore
Holly Hunter - Jane Craig

- Claudia: Didn't you have a girlfriend, or...
- Russell "Sad Sack" Terziak: Yeah, she went and married my best buddy Ray.
Holly Hunter - Claudia
David Strathairn - Russell Terziak

“- Lex Luthor: Can I call you June?
- Senator Finch: You can call me whatever you like. Take a bucket of piss and call it Granny's Peach Tea; take a weapon of assassination and call it deterrence. You won't fool a fly or me. I'm not gonna drink it.”
Jesse Eisenberg - Lex Luthor
Holly Hunter - Senator Finch

“The world has been so caught up with what Superman can do that no one has asked what he should do.”
Holly Hunter - Senator Finch

“It's almost impossible to make one, and most people have to settle for making something less.”

Holly Hunter

“More and more movies have been pressured to allow reporters and TV cameras to come onto the set while you're working, and I find that a real violation.”
Holly Hunter

“The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none.”
Holly Hunter

“I want to feel my life. I want to stop agreeing to things, I don't really want.”
Holly Hunter - Judith Moore

“Something happened Pat, in just a second I saw it. It's like all this time I haven't been paying attention and all of a sudden I could see it. I don't know anything anymore, I don't know how long it will last or if it's right or wrong. Maybe all we have are seconds we see clearly.”
Holly Hunter - Judith Moore

“Put these on. Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it. And if anything goes wrong, use your powers.”

Holly Hunter - Elastigirl

“I'm at the top of my game! I'm right up there with the big dogs! Girls, come on. Leave the saving of the world to the men? I don't think so.”
Holly Hunter - Elastigirl

“The strange thing is, I don't think myself silent. That is because of my piano. I shall miss it on the journey.”

Holly Hunter - Ada

“Nobody means what they say on Thanksgiving, mom. You know that. That's what the day's supposed to be all about, right? Torture.”

Holly Hunter - Claudia

“- Helen Parr: I can't believe you don't want to go to your own son's graduation!
- Bob Parr: It's not a graduation. He is moving from the fourth grade to the fifth grade.
- Helen Parr: It's a ceremony!”
Holly Hunter - Helen Parr
Craig T. Nelson - Bob Parr

“- Al Yackey: I miss him too! I miss him too. I miss him every day. I loved him like I've never loved a guy. And I don't love guys. You don't have an excuse, you quit. You quit, you gave up. He never quit on anything until it killed him, and that was his way, and there's much worse ways, and boy you sure found one.
- Dorinda Durston: I can't live...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Goodman - Al Yackey
Holly Hunter - Dorinda Durston

“- Judith Moore: When you're laying in the gutter, you can see underneath people better than usual.
- Liz Bailey: You don't seem the gutter type.
- Judith Moore: Oh, I'm a native. I just clean up well.”
Holly Hunter - Judith Moore
Queen Latifah - Liz Bailey

“Well, you know, they say we all gonna be dyin' some day. I believe it, too.”
Holly Hunter - Carnelle Scott

“The world just wants us to fit in, and to fit in, we gotta be like everyone else.”

Holly Hunter - Helen Parr