Chance quotes

“I think the world has been run long enough by well-meaning professionals. We might give the amateurs a chance now.”
Laraine Day - Carol Fisher

“- Skylar: Maybe we could go out for coffee sometime?
- Will Hunting: Great, or maybe we could get together and just eat a bunch of caramels.
- Skylar: What?
- Will Hunting: When you think about it, it's just as arbitrary as drinking coffee.”
Minnie Driver - Skylar
Matt Damon - Will Hunting

“This is your chance. Your chance to do what no man has ever done.”

Linus Roache - Purifier

“I've given you every chance to make something of yourself. I gave up my own job when you asked me. I gave up the best years of my life, and what have you done? You flopped!”

Virginia Mayo - Marie Derry

“I'm simply suggesting that should be given him a second chance. I'm sure he's going to learn a valuable lesson.”

Timothy Dalton - Simon Skinner

“Claire, I don't know how to apologize to you for what I've done. But if you give me another chance, I promise you, I'll spend the rest of my life making you glad that you did. Please.”
Harrison Ford - Norman Spencer

“- Louison: One must always forgive.
- Julie Clapet: Depends. It's not always possible.”
Dominique Pinon - Louison
Marie-Laure Dougnac - Julie Clapet

“- Steve Brooks: It's kinda hard for me to believe that there aren't at least a couple of woman...
- God: Right now, I'll settle for one. So I've decided that you should go back and try to find one female who truly likes Steve Brooks. If you find her, you go to Heaven. If you don't, you will spend eternity in Hell.”

Perry King - Steve Brooks
Richard Provost - God

“Only second chance I know, is the chance to make the same mistake twice.”
Alec Baldwin - Bob Barrenger

“- Tanya Rammus: Do you think that someone who can't speak, could sing?
- Dr. Urquhart: I once saw a woman who couldn't walk, but she could dance.”
Rachel Griffiths - Tanya Rammus
Frank Gallacher - Dr Urquhart

“- John R. Cash: It should have been me on that saw. Jack was so good. He would have done so many good things. What have I done? Just hurt everybody I know. I know I've hurt you. I'm nothin'.
- June Carter: You're not nothin'. You are not nothin'. You're a good man, and God has given you a second chance to make things right, John.”

Joaquin Phoenix - John R. Cash
Reese Witherspoon - June Carter

- Josh: Take The Tortoise and the Hare. Okay, the tortoise won one race. Do you think that hare is really going to lose any more races to turtles? Not on your life.
- Alice: I like that tortoise.
- Josh: So do I. But if you were a betting person, would you say, "That tortoise won against the hare; in future races I'm backing him"? No. That race... (continue)(continue reading)
Matt Keeslar - Josh
Chloë Sevigny - Alice

“Moscow rules. No second chances, no mistakes.”
Ralph Brown - Jeremy Collins

“Well believe me, Mike, I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid... and I went ahead anyway.”

Trace Beaulieu - Crow T. Robot

“- Panic: He's not gonna be happy when he gets out of there.
- Pain: You mean, if he gets outta there.
- Panic: If... If is good.”

Matt Frewer - Panic
Bobcat Goldthwait - Pain

“- Bunty: Face the facts, ducks. The chances of us getting out of here are a million to one.
- Ginger: Then there's still a chance.”
Imelda Staunton - Bunty
Julia Sawalha - Ginger

“My little Amélie, you don't have bones of glass. You can take life's knocks. If you let this chance pass, eventually, your heart will become as dry and brittle as my skeleton.”
Serge Merlin - Raymond Dufayel

“You spend your life pulling rabbits out of hats and sawing people in half, anything seems possible.”

Andy Garcia - Stanley Locke

“- Marlene: Alright, 'Bama, why don't you get up there and show me what you got.
- Ray Charles: Well, I, I'm not really prepared to do my thing, I mean, right now, tonight.
- Marlene: Well, this is the only audition you're gonna get, Puddin', so either get on up there or you and Gossie can haul your asses back down south.”

Denise Dowse - Marlene
Jamie Foxx - Ray Charles

“- Victoria Grant: I'll sleep with you for a meatball.
- Manager of Victoria's hotel: You would?
- Victoria Grant: Oh, missed your chance.”
Julie Andrews - Victoria Grant
Michael Robbins - Manager of Victoria's Hotel

“- Charlie Conway: We're up to it, Coach.
- Coach Ted Orion: I know you are, but you deserve to win. Not careless, but not too careful either. If you see your shot, take it. Make sure it counts.”

Joshua Carter Jackson - Charlie Conway
Jeffrey Nordling - Coach Ted Orion

“I believe there's a place where the restless souls wander. Burdened by the weight of their own sadness, they wait for a chance to set the wrong things right. Only then can they be reunited with the ones they love.”
Mia Kirshner - Sarah

“Let me tell you something kid: everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either because they're too scared, or they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes.”
Art LaFleur - The Babe

“- Nicole Sims: Just listen to my demo. Don't you remember when you first started? Well everybody got to start somewhere. Why not here?
- Bobby Speed: You honest, lady, don't you understand? This is going on live. There are millions of people listening to my golden tones. I ain't gonna blow it! This ain't amateur night!
- Nicole Sims: Listen, Mr....” (continue)(continue reading)
Donna Summer - Nicole Sims
Ray Vitte - Bobby Speed

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Marc Smith - Off-World Tourism Ad