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Tobey Maguire's Famous Lines
flixster.actor.standard.02.162660340 - flixsterMovie/TV title:
Spider-Man

Character name:
Spider-Man / Peter Parker

Quote(s):
[first lines]
Peter Parker: Who am I? You sure you want to know? The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale, if somebody told you I was just your average ordinary guy, not a care in the world, somebody lied.

[last lines]
Peter Parker: Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-man.

Uncle Ben: I don't mean to lecture and I don't mean to preach. And I know I'm not your father.
Peter Parker: Then stop pretending to be!

Peter Parker: Hey, it's me again!
Mary Jane: Hey!
Peter Parker: How was your audition?
Mary Jane: How'd you know?
Peter Parker: The hotline. Your mom, told my aunt, told me.
Mary Jane: So you just came by?
Peter Parker: I was in the neighborhood, needed to see a friendly face. I took three buses and a cab to get in the neighborhood, but. So how'd it go?
Mary Jane: Oh. They said I needed acting lessons. A soap opera told me I needed acting lessons.
Peter Parker: Lemme buy you a cheeseburger. The sky's the limit, up to seven dollars and eighty-four cents.
Mary Jane: I'd like a cheeseburger. Oh, but I'm going out to dinner with Harry.
Mary Jane: Come with us.
Peter Parker: No thanks. How's it going with...
Peter Parker: Never mind, it's none of my business.
Mary Jane: It's not? Why so interested?
Peter Parker: I'm not.
Mary Jane: You're not?
Peter Parker: Well. Why would I be?
Mary Jane: I dunno. Why would you be?
Peter Parker: I dunno.
Mary Jane: Sorry you won't come with us. I better run, Tiger.

Mary Jane: Has he mentioned me?
Peter Parker: Yea.
Mary Jane: What'd he say?
Peter Parker: Uh. I said he asked me what I thought about you.
Mary Jane: And what did you say?
Peter Parker: I said, uh? Spiderman", I said uh...?The great thing about MJ is when you look in her eyes and she's looking back in yours everything feels. not quite normal. Because you feel stronger and weaker at the same time. You feel excited and at the same time, terrified. The truth is you don't know what you feel except you know what kind of man you want to be. It's as if you've reached the unreachable and you weren't ready for it."
Mary Jane: You said that?
Peter Parker: Well, something like that.
Peter Parker: [Harry walks in while they're holding hands] Hi...

Spider-Man: You have a knack for getting in trouble.
Mary Jane: You have a knack for saving my life. I think I have a superhero stalker.
Spider-Man: I was in the neighborhood.

Green Goblin: You're an amazing creature, Spider-Man. You and I are not so different.
Spider-Man: I'm not like you. You're a murderer.
Green Goblin: Well, to each his own. I chose my path, you chose the way of the hero. And they found you amusing for a while, the people of this city. But the one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you. Why bother?
Spider-Man: Because it's right.

Mary Jane: Who are you?
Spider-Man: You know who I am.
Mary Jane: I do?
Spider-Man: Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

Peter Parker: Not everyone is meant to make a difference. But for me, the choice to lead an ordinary life is no longer an option.

Peter Parker: A hundred bucks? The ad said three thousand.
Wrestling Promoter: Well, check it again, web head. The ad said three grand, for three minutes, and you pinned him in two. For that I give you a hundred, and you're lucky to get that.
Peter Parker: I need that money.
Wrestling Promoter: I missed the part where that's my problem.

[trying to learn how to shoot a web]
Spider-Man: Go web! Fly! Up, up, and away web! Shazaam! Go! Go! Go web go! Tally ho.

Peter Parker: Some spiders change colors to blend into their environment. It's a defense mechanism.
Harry Osborn: Peter, what makes you think I would want to know that?
Peter Parker: Who wouldn't?

Ring Announcer: What's your name kid?
Peter Parker: The Human Spider.
Ring Announcer: The Human Spider? That's it? That's the best you've got?
Peter Parker: Yeah.
Ring Announcer: Oh that sucks.

Mary Jane: What do you see coming for you?
Peter Parker: I don't know. Whatever it is, it's something I never felt before.
Mary Jane: And, what for me?
Peter Parker: For you? You're gonna light up Broadway.

Peter Parker: No matter what I do, no matter how hard I try, the ones I love will always be the ones who pay.

Bonesaw McGraw: What're ya doin' up there?
Spider-Man: Staying away from you. That's a cute outfit. Did your husband give it to you?

Peter Parker: I want you to know, that I will always be there for you; I will always be there to take care of you. I promise you that. I will always be your friend.
Mary Jane: Only a friend, Peter Parker?
Peter Parker: That's all I have to give.

[returning for Thanksgiving dinner]
Peter Parker: Sorry I'm late, it's a jungle out there; I had to beat an old lady with a stick to get these cranberries.

Peter Parker: How was your audition?
Mary Jane: How did you know?
Peter Parker: Hotline... your mom, told my aunt, told me...

Peter Parker: Mr. Osborn!
Norman Osborn: Peter! Thank God for you!
Peter Parker: You killed those people on that balcony.
Norman Osborn: The Goblin killed them! I had nothing to do with it!
Peter Parker: You tried to kill Aunt May. You tried to kill Mary Jane.
Norman Osborn: But not you.

Mary Jane: I wanna act. On stage.
Peter Parker: Really? Well that's perfect. You were awesome in all the school plays.
Mary Jane: Really?
Peter Parker: Yeah. I cried like a baby when you played Cinderella.
Mary Jane: Peter, that was first grade.
Peter Parker: Well, even so.

Mary Jane: You're amazing.
Spider-Man: Some people don't think so.
Mary Jane: But you are.
Spider-Man: Nice to have a fan.

flixster.actor.standard.02.162660340 - flixsterMovie/TV title:
Spider-Man 2

Character name:
Spider-Man / Peter Parker

Quote(s):
[first lines]
Peter Parker: She looks at me everyday. Mary Jane Watson. Oh boy! If she only knew how I felt about her. But she can never know. I made a choice once to live a life of responsibility. A life she can never be a part of. Who am I? I'm Spider-Man, given a job to do. And I'm Peter Parker, and I too have a job.

Peter Parker: [speaks to MJ through a dead phone line] I wanna tell you the truth... here it is: I'm Spider-Man. Weird, huh? Now you know why I can't be with you. If my enemies found out about you... if you got hurt, I could never forgive myself. I wish I could tell you how I feel about you...

Mary Jane Watson: [on the giant spider web] I think I always knew all this time who you really were.
Peter Parker: Then you know why we can't be together. Spider-Man will always have enemies. I can't let you take that risk. I will always be Spider-Man. You and I can never be.

Peter Parker: I'm responsible...
May Parker: For what?
Peter Parker: For what happened to Uncle Ben...
May Parker: But, you were at the library, you were doing your homework.
Peter Parker: He drove me to the library, but I never went in.
May Parker: What do you mean?
Peter Parker: [sobbing] I went someplace else, someplace where I thought I could win some money, to buy a car, because I wanted to impress Mary Jane. It happened so fast... I won the money, the guy wouldn't pay me, then he got robbed... the thief was running towards me... I could have stopped him, but I wanted to take revenge... I let him go, I let him get away. He wanted a car, he tried to take Uncle Ben's. Uncle Ben said no... and then he shot him. Uncle Ben was killed that night for being the only one who did the right thing. I held his hand when he died. I've tried to tell you so many times.

Peter Parker: Um, I don't have time for girls right now.
Harry Osborn: What are you - dead?

Amazed Kid: [after two kids see Peter use his "spider" reflexes] How'd you do that?
Peter Parker: Uh... Work out, plenty of rest. You know, eat your green vegetables.
Amazed Kid: That's what my mom is always saying. I just actually never believed her.

Spider-Man: [in argument with Mary Jane] You don't understand! I'm not an empty seat anymore. I'm different! Punch me I bleed.

Elevator Passenger: Cool Spidey outfit.
Spider-Man: Thanks.
Elevator Passenger: Where did you get it?
Spider-Man: I made it.
Elevator Passenger: Looks uncomfortable...
Spider-Man: Yeah, it's kind of itchy...
Spider-Man: And it rides up in the crotch a little bit, too.

Spider-Man: [unmasked, holding up the collapsing wall] Hi!
Mary Jane Watson: Hi!
Spider-Man: This is really heavy MJ, in case we die.
Mary Jane Watson: You do love me.
Spider-Man: I do.
Mary Jane Watson: Even though you said you didn't.
Spider-Man: [nods]

Peter Parker: [realizes he may have recovered his super-powers] I'm back! I'm back!
Peter Parker: [falls down on a car, moans] My back. My back.

flixster.actor.standard.02.162660340 - flixsterMovie/TV title:
Spider-Man 3

Character name:
Spider-Man / Peter Parker

Quote(s):
[first lines]
Peter Parker: [Narrating] It's me! Peter Parker! Your friendly neighborhood. You know. I've come a long way from becoming the boy who was bitten by a spider. Back then, nothing seemed to go right for me, and now...
Kid in Times Square: [pointing at a giant screen in Times Square] Hey look, it's Spider-Man!
Peter Parker: [Narrating] People really like me.

[last lines]
Peter Parker: Whatever comes our way, whatever battle we have raging inside us, we always have a choice. My friend Harry taught me that. He chose to be the best of himself. It's the choices that make us who we are, and we can always choose to do what's right.

Spider-Man: Flint Marko.
Spider-Man: Remember Ben Parker? The old man you shot down in cold blood?
Flint Marko: What does it matter to you, anyway?
Spider-Man: Everything!

Peter Parker: This suit, where'd this come from? The power, feels good. But you lose yourself to it.

Flint Marko: I don't want to hurt you. Leave now.
Spider-Man: I guess you haven't heard. I'm the sheriff around these parts!

Peter Parker: It's me, Peter Parker. Your friendly neighborhood - you know. I've come a long way since I was the boy bit by a spider. Back then nothing seemed to go right for me. Now people really like me. The city is safe and sound. Guess I had a little something to do with that. My uncle Ben would be proud. I still go to school. Top of my class. And I'm in love. With the girl of my dreams.

Mary Jane Watson: Tell me you love me?
Peter Parker: I love you. I love you so much. I always have.

Spider-Man: Shazam!

Peter Parker: Now dig on this.

Peter Parker: You want forgiveness? Get Religion.

Peter Parker: Eddie, the suit you've got to take it off.
Eddie Brock: Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you?
Peter Parker: I know what it feels like. It feels good. The power. Everything. But you'll lose yourself. It'll destroy you. Let it go.
Venom: I like being bad. It makes me happy.

Mary Jane Watson: Do you want to push me away?
Peter Parker: Push you away? Why would I want to push you away. I love you!

flixster.actor.standard.02.162660340 - flixsterMovie/TV title:
Seabiscuit

Character name:
Red Pollard

Quote(s):
Red Pollard: How far do you want me to take him?
Tom Smith: Till he stops.
Red Pollard: Okay... Sounds like a pretty good ride.
Tom Smith: Hope so.

Red Pollard: A dream come true, walkin' you around. Hook you up to a plow, pull me around for a little while. Come on. You ever run in the money? Huh? Hey. Hey. You ever run in the money?
[Horse Whinnies ]
Red Pollard: I don't think so. Couldn't beat a human being, let alone another horse.
Red Pollard: You goddamn sack-of-crap old plater. Probably the fastest you're gonna run in your entire life, you piece-of-shit old glue-pot. That's right.

Red Pollard: You know, everybody thinks we found this broken-down horse and fixed him. But we didn't. He fixed us; every one of us. And I guess in a way, we kinda fixed each other too.

Red Pollard: Brick by brick my citizens. Brick by brick.

[Upon entering Samuel Riddle's stables]
Red Pollard: Jesus Christ. I want to be a horse.
Tom Smith: You're almost big enough.

Charles Howard: Go ahead, eat.
Red Pollard: I'm not that hungry.
Charles Howard: Sure, you're not.
Red Pollard: It's just a lot of food.
Charles Howard: I'd rather have you strong than thin.

Sam: You sure that leg'll hold you?
Red Pollard: He's a 1200 pound horse, Sam. I'm an afterthought.
Sam: No, I meant your leg.

Riddle: [On Radio talking about a match race with Seabiscuit] It wouldn't be fair to us. It wouldn't be fair to them either. You wouldn't put Jack Dempsey in the ring with a middle-weight would you?
Red Pollard: Middle-weight? I'll kill him. I'll knock his goddamn block off. He's chicken, that's what it is. I mean, middle-weight?

George Woolf: You know, if you did more riding and less talking you might start winning some races.
Red Pollard: I got two bucks says I beat you in this one.
George Woolf: I'm not sure you do but I got five bucks says that you don't.

flixster.actor.standard.02.162660340 - flixsterMovie/TV title:
The Cider House Rules

Character name:
Homer Wells

Quote(s):
Homer Wells: You're having sex with your own daughter.
Arthur Rose: Ain't nobody havin' sex with my daughter! Let me just tell you that!
Homer Wells: You're lying. Aren't you ashamed of yourself? What do you care who hears? I mean, come on. They know already, don't they? They know Mr. Rose.
Arthur Rose: And you know what your business is, boy! I know you don't wanna be in no kind of business with me! That's what I know.
Homer Wells: Yeah? Go on. Cut my clothes. I've got other clothes.
Arthur Rose: You gonna come here talkin' to me about lies and shame? Those people took you in, and that boy Wally is away at war!
Homer Wells: Yeah, well she's your daughter!
Arthur Rose: And I love her! Ain't never gonna do nothin' to harm her.
Homer Wells: She's pregnant, you know that? She's pregnant.

Homer Wells: I've never actually seen a lobster.
Candy Kendall: Are you serious?
Homer Wells: I've never seen the ocean either.
Wally Worthington: You've never seen the ocean? That's not funny, that's serious.

Homer Wells: I was wondering if you could give me a ride.
Wally Worthington: Sure. I'd be glad to. A ride where?
Homer Wells: Where you going?
Wally Worthington: We're heading back to Cape Kenneth.
Homer Wells: Cape Kenneth? That sounds fine.

Homer Wells: They wanted a girl, Curly.
Curly: Nobody ever wants me.
Homer Wells: Oh, hey. Hey, come on. Come here. You know, you're one of the best, Curly, and we wouldn't let just anyone take you.
Curly: Dr. Larch wouldn't let just anyone take *any* of us.
Homer Wells: Well, that's true.
Curly: Nobody's asked for me, have they?
Homer Wells: Nobody special enough, Curly.
Curly: You mean somebody has?
Homer Wells: Only the right people can have you. Now what do you say we go unpack your suitcase?

Homer Wells: I'm not a doctor. I haven't been to medical school. I haven't even been to high school.

Homer Wells: I've looked at so many women. I've seen everything, and felt nothing. But when I look at you, it hurts.

Homer: Goodnight, you princes of Maine. You kings of New England.


Tobey Maguire Quotes
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I was pretty ambitious. I felt like I had a good imagination and vision for my life. And I had people telling me `You are driving the vehicle of your life here. You are the master of your own destiny in a sense. Do whatever you want to do.`

Every actor has to establish a presence that not only fits the overall needs of the story but allows him to interact with other actors in a credible and meaningful way. Every actor wants to work under conditions and with material that enables them to create and use their craft.

[On ending the Spider-Man film series with the third installment] "To me it seems like this is a natural point for the team to break up because we have a lot of story conclusions that were going along for the main characters for the first two movies and we kind of tie almost everything up for the third movie. It feels like a trilogy to me and it feels like the end."

All the people throughout my life who were naysayers pissed me off. But they`ve all given me a fervor; an angry ambition that cannot be stopped - and I look forward to finding a therapist and working on that.

I`m close to being a vegan, but I`m not one, technically. I don`t eat eggs, or nearly any dairy - no cheese or milk. I do eat honey, and a piece of milk chocolate here and there. It`s never really been that hard for me. I`ve never had any desire to eat meat. In fact, when I was a kid I would have a really difficult time eating meat at all. It had to be the perfect bite, with no fat or gristle or bone or anything like that. I don`t judge people who eat meat - that`s not for me to say - but the whole thing just sort of bums me out.

I think fame is a really complicated thing. It can be a great challenge to handle the difficult parts of it and strengthen your character so you don`t get affected in a negative way by it. And I`m scared and excited and hesitant and anxious. I`m conflicted about it, truly.

You live for those really great scenes where you almost feel that the film has gone beyond what was printed on the script pages and been raised to another level.

To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, `cause some strange things happen. I`ve seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life.

There`s so many things I want to do. I want to work with great filmmakers, great actors, great scripts. And there`s no reason for me to do anything short of that, because I`m 24, I don`t have a family, I don`t need to make tons of money, and I`m not dying to get famous.

The most attention I get is in a book store or video shop when I go to the foreign film section. Sometimes that can be fun, but usually those women want to talk about philosophy or something very dense. It`s not like they`re tearing off my shirt, you know.

People, photographers, people in the press can sometimes be inappropriate.

If you`re sitting in the audience, you probably can`t see the preparation and work that goes into creating a great scene or a great part, but I can assure you that a good film depends on lot of different things falling perfectly into place.

If I`m in a social situation sometimes I`ll hang back and observe people but I feel very much a part of things most of the time and feel very comfortable socializing and have for most of my life.

If I wanted to go be social I would. I don`t have any fear of that. I don`t feel like I`m a shy person at all.

I`ve been curious about certain things, but didn`t let them get in the way of my life. I don`t know how people becoem successful with some kind of habit.

I`m so critical of my own work that it`s difficult for me to disassociate myself and watch it as an audience.

I`ll go do films for three or four months and then I can`t wait to go home to LA. And I complain about LA left and right, but then I always end up wanting to go home, you know?

I think the greatest way to learn is to learn by someone`s example.

I started working around eigth grade. I remember doing a Doritos commercial where there were four days in a row of eating them, and I will tell you, I have not eaten many Doritos since.

I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That`s because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life.

I just try to try to keep an attitude that I don`t know what I`m doing. Not to the point where I`m beating myself up, but I just go in thinking that I have a lot to learn. And I hope I still have that attitude 30 years from now.

I have no illusions at all about being a sex symbol. None of my former girlfriends ever thought of me that way, and I don`t have any packs of women chasing me down the street like a Brad Pitt or someone like that.

I didn`t read comics, didn`t watch them on television. I was aware of the characters, probably ran around and pretended I was them.

I believe in a higher force that is within me.

I am a blank slate - therefore I can create anything I want.


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