“What's Eating Gilbert Grape” quotes
(1993)
Lasse Hallström
directed this movie
in 1993
Title What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Year 1993
Director Lasse Hallström
Genre Drama
Year 1993
Director Lasse Hallström
Genre Drama
Plot – Gilbert has no future in the small and boring town of Endora, especially because both his brother and his mother are disabled. Despite all the struggles he has to face, Gilbert is limited, nearly disabled too, but with the help of a wandering traveler he will open up his mind again.
All actors – Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Darlene Cates, Laura Harrington, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Kevin Tighe, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Penelope Branning, Tim Green, Susan Loughran, Robert B. Hedges, Mark Jordan, Cameron Finley, Brady Coleman, Tim Simek, Nicholas Stojanovich, Libby Villari, Kay Bower, Joe Stevens, Mona Lee Fultz, George Haynes, Daniel Gullahorn, David H. Kramer, Drew Ebersole, Paulette Rubinstein, Peter Fernandez, Mary Griffin, Jason Pace, Shelly Latham, Deborah Lee Johnson, Steve Cook, Patrick Welsh, Brent Bratton, Kirk Hunter, Buck Reynolds, David Stanford
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“- Becky: Tell me what you want, as fast as it comes to you.
- Gilbert: Uhh...
- Becky: Okay?
- Gilbert: 'Kay.
- Becky: Okay. What do you want?
- Becky: Faster!
- Gilbert: Okay. I want a new thing. House. I want a new house. And a family.
- Gilbert: I want Momma to take aerobics classes. I want Ellen to grow up. I want a new brain for Arnie. I...” (continue)(continue reading)“- Gilbert: Come on down. Come on! There you go. All right. Thanks a lot. Really sorry. Good. Good boy. Good boy. Now, I'm gonna take him home. I promise it won't happen again.
- Sheriff: Son, we hear this every time. Then after a couple of days he's right back up there again.
- Gilbert: Yeah, but this is the last time. Right, buddy?
- Arnie:...” (continue)(continue reading)“I could go at anytime...anytime.”
“- Gilbert: Arnie, go help Tucker in the basement!
- Arnie:no way no way no way! you!
- Gilbert: Go help Tucker.
- Arnie: Dad's in there wooooooo!”“- Mrs Carver: I chose you.
- Mr Carver: I got you a real pool for God's sake. Look, there's water in here. Come here, come here. Come here. Get inside the pool. Get inside this pool with your brother. Come here.
- Gilbert: Why did you?
- Mr Carver: Get inside the pool. Yeah, look, real water, boys. Okay, so. . . so I don't, don't give...” (continue)(continue reading)“- Gilbert: God, Arnie, you're getting so big. Pretty soon I ain't gonna be able to carry you no more.
- Arnie Grape: No, you're getting littler, Gilbert. You're getting littler, you're shrinking! You're shrinking, Gilbert, you're shrinking! Shrinking, shrinking, shrinking!”“- Arnie: I'm going higher than before. I'm going high!
- Deputy: It's getting dark soon. Come on down.”“- Becky: I love the sky. It's so limitless.
- Gilbert: It is big. It's very big.
- Becky: Big doesn't even sum it up, right? That word big is so small.”“Good night to you but not me.”
“- Momma: Hello.
- Becky: Hi.
- Momma: I haven't always been like this.
- Becky: Well, I haven't always been like this, either.”“Hey, hey. Mike, right? You wanna come to my party tomorrow? I'm gonna be eighteen years old. You wanna come? You can come too, if you want to. I don't know you, but you can come.”
“- Tucker: Look, they use Canola oil, okay? You know what Canola oil is? You probably don't.
- Gilbert: No, no.
- Tucker:They probably don't sell it at Lamson Grocery.
- Gilbert:No.
- Tucker: It's cutting edge. It creates a crispier French fry and. . .
- Bobby: Well, that's...
- Tucker: And, er, a more unique product. And Burger Barn... Forget...” (continue)(continue reading)“- Gilbert: Dad's dead, Ellen.
- Momma: Gilbert!
- Amy: Gilbert.
- Momma: I can't believe you said that.
- Amy: Shut up.
- Arnie: Dad's dead.
- Amy: Arnie.
- Arnie: Dad's dead.
- Amy: Arnie, ssh. Arnie.
- Arnie: Dad's dead.
- Amy: It's okay.
- Arnie: Dad's dead.
- Amy: Stop it now!
- Arnie: Dad's dead.
- Momma: Oh, God.
- Arnie: Dad's dead!
- Amy...” (continue)(continue reading)“I killed him Gilbert, I killed him!”
“- Deputy: Don't make us come get you.
- Arnie: You don't have to come and get me. I'm going up here.
- Gilbert: Arnie.
- Arnie: Whoa. I'm not gonna fall! Whoa!
- Tucker & Bobby: Whoa.
- Arnie: Hey! My shoe done fell off. My shoe done fell off, Gilbert.”“- Momma: You're my knight in shimmering armor. Did you know that?
- Gilbert: I think you mean shining.
- Momma: No shimmering. You shimmer, and you glow. ”“He had the cardiac arrest... his head bent forward, his knees buckled, and then he just... fell ... face forward into the pool. When she found him he was already dead.”
“- Deputy: We've had enough fun for one day. Come on down.
- Arnie: Hey! Hey! Hi! I wanna go up there!
- Deputy: Son?
- Arnie: Yeah?
- Deputy: Come on down.”“Match in the gas tank....Boom boom!”
“- Arnie: Gilbert is shrinking. Shrinking, shrinking, shrinking, shrinking. I'm not tired yet, Gilbert.
- Gilbert: Well, you gotta go to sleep, okay?
- Arnie: Okay. Goodbye.
- Gilbert: No, it's not goodbye. It's good night.
- Arnie: Yeah.
- Gilbert: Goodbye is for when you're going away and we're not going anywhere, are we?
- Arnie: I know...” (continue)(continue reading)“- Gilbert: You know what? You're such a big boy.
- Arnie: Yeah!
- Gilbert: You're such a big boy.
- Arnie: I'm a big boy!
- Gilbert: You know what? I bet you could do this all by yourself if you really wanted to. Could you do this by yourself?
- Arnie: I'm a big boy!
- Gilbert: Yeah, you're a big boy. Now take this...
- Arnie: Take this.
-...” (continue)(continue reading)“We're not going anywhere! We're not going anywhere! [looks at Gilbert in the truck] Where're you going?”
“- Gilbert: Bobby, how's business?
- Bobby: Oh, not good... nobody's dying.”
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