“The Parent Trap” quotes

(1998)
Movie The Parent Trap
Nancy Meyers directed this movie in 1998
Title The Parent Trap
Year 1998
Director Nancy Meyers
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance, Adventure, Family
Plot – During summer camp two girls discover that they are twins, separated at birth by their parents' unnatural and egotistical decision to get divorced and split the girls. The girls decide to switch places in order to meet the parent that they have never known and to plan the reunification of the family. Hectic phone calls between London and California will follow, but the unexpected engagement of their father seems to be compromising the plan. Anyway, the twins have more than one card up their sleeves.
All actors – Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter, Simon Kunz, Polly Holliday, Maggie Wheeler, Ronnie Stevens, Joanna Barnes, Hallie Meyers-Shyer, Maggie Emma Thomas, Courtney Woods, Kat Graham, Michael Lohan, Rachel Sullivan, Katie DeShan, Brighton Hertford, Jennifer Lin, Amy Centner, Mia Tramz, Christina Toral, Dana Ponder, Brianne Mercier, Danielle Sherman, Natasha Melnick, Amanda Hampton, Lisa Iverson, Lisa Cloud, Kellie Foster, Heidi Boren, Marissa Leigh, Heather Wayrock, John Atterbury, Hamish McColl, Vendela Kirsebom Thomessen, Alex Cole, J. Patrick McCormack, William Akey, David Doty, Roshanna Baron, Annie Meyers-Shyer, Brian Fenwick, Jonneine Hellerstein, Troy Christian, Denise Holland, Terry Kerr, Bruce A. Block, Chéri Ballinger, Casey Floresca, Beau Holden, Ali Lohan, Dakota Lohan, Dina Lohan, Erin Mackey, Molly Mueller, Gemma Rigg
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  • “- Chessy: You sure there's nothing you want to talk to me about? Like maybe why Sammy never comes near you anymore or why your appetite's suddenly changed or why all of a sudden you're neat as a pin and using expressions like, 'You gave me a fright.
    - Annie: Chessy, I changed a lot over the summer, that's all.
    - Chessy: If I didn't know better,...” (continue)
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    Lisa Ann Walter - Chessy
    Lindsay Lohan - Annie James
  • “- Meredith Blake: Have you seen your father?
    - Hallie: You talking to me?
    - Meredith Blake: Who are you, Robert De Niro? Yes, I am talking to you.”

    Elaine Hendrix - Meredith Blake
    Lindsay Lohan - Hallie Parker
    [Tag:actors, sarcasm, women]
  • “- Meredith: What am I supposed to do for three days, sit home and knit? [Elizabeth exits the house carrying a backpack]
    - Meredith: Excuse me, what is she doing here?
    - Nick: That was the deal - the four of us go together.”

    Elaine Hendrix - Meredith Blake
    Dennis Quaid - Nick Parker
  • “- Meredith Blake: First change I make is to send that two-faced little brat off to boarding school in Timbuktu.
    - Meredith's Assistant: Oof, Ice Woman!
    - Meredith Blake: Proud of it, babe!”

    Elaine Hendrix - Meredith Blake
    Alex Cole - Richard
  • “- Hallie: Whaddya mean, getting married?
    - Annie: I mean black tie, white gown, the whole enchilada. The wedding's in two weeks so, if there's any hope of getting Mom and Dad back together, we've got to do it fast.”

    Lindsay Lohan - Hallie Parker
    Lindsay Lohan - Annie James
  • “- Nick Parker: What's going on?
    - Meredith Blake: Here's what's going on, buddy: the day we get married is the day I ship those brats off to Switzerland, get the picture? It's me, or them. Take your pick.
    - Nick Parker: Them.
    - Meredith Blake: Excuse me?
    - Nick Parker: T-H-E-M. Them.
    - Nick Parker: Get the picture?”

    Dennis Quaid - Nick Parker
    Elaine Hendrix - Meredith Blake
    [Tag:children, choice, love]
  • “- Zoe: [as the girls walk back to their cabin, Hallie is riding on Nicole's back] I swear, I heard that girl sneezing all the way across the mess hall this morning.
    - Hallie: [laughs, and then lets out a yawn] I'm so tired. I'm crawling back into bed, and sleeping until lunchtime.
    - Nicole: [lets Hallie off her back and stares in shock] That is...” (continue)
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    Maggie Emma Thomas - Zoe
    Lindsay Lohan - Hallie Parker
    Courtney Woods - Nicole
    [Tag:enemy]
  • “- Elizabeth James: Annie!
    - Hallie as Annie: That's where I have to go! I have to go see Annie!
    - Elizabeth James: Oh, I see, and where might Annie be?
    - Hallie as Annie: In Napa, with her father Nick Parker.
    - Elizabeth James: You're not Annie?
    - Elizabeth James: That would be correct.
    - Elizabeth James: You're Hallie?
    - Hallie as Annie: I am....” (continue)
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    Natasha Richardson - Elizabeth James
    Lindsay Lohan - Hallie Parker
  • “- Nick Parker: I'm going to take the lead. You two help Meredith.
    - Meredith Blake: [looks at the girls] Sure you'll help me. Right over a cliff you'll help me.
    - Hallie: [whispering to Annie] Not a bad idea.
    - Annie: Yeah, see any cliffs?”

    Dennis Quaid - Nick Parker
    Elaine Hendrix - Meredith Blake
    Lindsay Lohan - Hallie Parker
    Lindsay Lohan - Annie James
  • “- Hallie: I have a brilliant beyond brilliant idea... I'm a genius. Annie, wake up, you're related to a bona fide genius.
    - Annie: What are you raving about?
    - Hallie: You want to know what Dad is like, right?
    - Annie: I was just dreaming I was on your front porch with him.
    - Hallie: And I'm dying to know Mom. So what I'm thinking is ... Oh...” (continue)
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    Lindsay Lohan - Hallie Parker
    Lindsay Lohan - Annie James
  • “- Nick: They're recreating the night we met... the boat... the music...
    - Chessy: [points to herself] The help.
    - Elizabeth: It's incredibly sweet.”

    Dennis Quaid - Nick Parker
    Natasha Richardson - Elizabeth James
  • “- Martin: And remember, if you change your mind and want me to pick you up at the end of camp, I'm only a phone-call away.
    - Annie: I'll be fine. See you in eight weeks, Marty ol’ pal.
    - Martin: Eight weeks it is, Queen of my Heart.”

    Simon Kunz - Martin
    Lindsay Lohan - Annie James
  • “So what if I'm young and beautiful? That's not a crime, you know.”
    Elaine Hendrix - Meredith Blake
  • “- Hallie: Oh my God.
    - Annie: What?
    - Hallie: I have pierced ears.
    - Annie: No, no and no. Not happening. Sorry, wrong number. I won't. I refuse.
    - Hallie: Then cutting your hair was a total waste. There's no way I can go to camp with pierced ears and come home without them. I mean, come on. Get real.”

    Lindsay Lohan - Hallie Parker
    Lindsay Lohan - Annie James
  • “- Annie: This is so scary.
    - Hallie: Honey, you never looked better.”

    Lindsay Lohan - Annie James
    Lindsay Lohan - Hallie Parker
    [Tag:beauty, brothers, hair]
  • “- Martin: Um...other end, madam.
    - Elizabeth: Whoops! That was a great flight, wasn't it? I mean it was so quick.
    - Martin: I've never seen you quite so thirsty, ma'am.
    - Elizabeth: Well would you believe, Martin, that I'd never tasted vodka before this trip?
    - Martin: Could have fooled me, ma'am.
    - Elizabeth: Come on then, let's rock and...” (continue)
    (continue reading)

    Simon Kunz - Martin
    Natasha Richardson - Elizabeth James
    Lindsay Lohan - Hallie Parker
  • “- Meredith: You are unbelievably out of line, young lady. Now you listen and listen good. I'm marrying your father in two weeks whether you like it or not. So I suggest you do not tangle with me anymore. You're in way over your head. is that clear?
    - Annie: Crystal.”

    Elaine Hendrix - Meredith Blake
    Lindsay Lohan - Annie James
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