Forgotten Movie Quotes of the 00’s

About a year ago I made a post about forgotten movie quotes from the 80’s. This time, I’d like to float a little closer to the present with the 00’s decade. There are a lot of great quotes from this 10 year period, but here are some that don’t often get referenced. And perhaps they should…

“Do you remember when everyone was shouting my name, and I used my strength to rip my blouse.”– Jack Black as Nacho in (2004)

“I take a vitamin every day. It’s called a steak.”– Robert Duvall as Buck Weston in (2005)

“Nothing happens to anyone that he is not fitted by nature to bear”– Russell Crowe as Maximus in (2000)

“Aw, hell’s bells. They even shot the dog!”– Garret Dillahunt as Wendell in

(2007)

“He was the only man I ever killed worth remembering.”– Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill ‘The Butcher’ Cutting in (2002)

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.”– Renée Zellweger as Bridget in (2001)

“Listen, people – do you have any idea who you’re dealing with? This is Jason Bourne. You are nine hours behind the toughest target you have ever tracked. Now I want everyone to sit down, strap in, and turn on all you’ve got. That would mean now.”– Joan Allen as Pam Landy in (2007)

“Well, I think Bill’s got a point. If you look at the whole life of the planet, we, you know, man has only been around for a few blinks of an eye. So, if the infection wipes us all out… that is a return to normality.” – Stuart McQuarrie as Sergeant Farrell in  (2002)

“Next time I ask you to marry me, I’m gonna come up with a different way.”– Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash in

(2005)

“Just remember, inside every girl, there’s a boy. That came out wrong but you know what I mean.”– Jonathan Sadowski as Paul in (2006)

“No nagging, bragging, sweating, fretting, slipping, tripping, slurping, burping, twittering or frittering allowed. Stay present, stay pleasant, stay proud.” – Alessandro Juliani as Julian in  (2004)

“You bought a used Lion?”– Haley Joel Osment as Walter in (2003)

“Don’t think of this as a prison. Think of it as a hotel you never leave because it’s locked from the outside.”– Kiefer Sutherland as W. R. Monger in (2009)

“I was going to be the biggest Austrian superstar since Hitler.”– Sacha Baron Cohen as Brüno in (2009)

“I won’t consider myself to be in trouble until I start weeping blood.”– Daniel Craig as James Bond in

(2006)

“The Furious Five! You’re so much bigger than your action figures! Except you, Mantis. You’re about the same.”– Jack Black as Po in (2008)

“Well, I hope you’re not too busy to hear this. Kiss my ass, Aaron. It’s over.” – Kirsten Dunst as Torrance Shipman in (2000)

“A bullet always tells the truth.”– Denzel Washington as Creasy in (2004)

“He never officially asked me to be his wife but he never asked me to not be his wife either, so things are going pretty good.”– as Angie in (2008)

“It’s the hardest when someone has a notion about you and it’s impossible to convince them otherwise.”– Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote in (2005)

Congratulations . This is your week.

Best Actress:

Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius Beauvier in

Best Actor: Aside from PSH, I have always loved Chris Copper as an actor. So we’ll give it to him for being Alvin Dewey in

Best Quote: “First off, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t throw my name around quite so much, because from time to time I use it myself, and I need it in good condition.” – Tom Hanks as Charlie Wilson in

My top 10 favourite PSH movies:

1. Magnolia (1999)

2. Along Came Polly (2004) — I’m not big on this movie, but freaking love Hoffman as Sandy Lyle

3. Punch Drunk Love (2002)

4. Moneyball (2011)

5. Capote (2005)

6. Doubt (2008)

7. Almost Famous (2000)

8. Mary and Max (2009)

9. Hard Eight (1996)

10. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Honourable Mentions: (1998); (1996); (2003); (2014)