Annette Bening movie quotes

“- Lester Burnham: Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go fuck himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
- Carolyn Burnham: Your father seems to think this kind of behavior is something to be proud of.
- Lester Burnham: And your mother seems to prefer that I go through life like...” (continue)(continue reading)

Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham
Annette Bening - Carolyn Burnham

“There's love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nature of the connection you have with your child, there's nothing like it. It has its own character and it's so serious and so powerful, and so it's a prism through which I see everything.”
Annette Bening

“Impostors who silently infiltrate, then take over on planets.”

Annette Bening - Supreme Intelligence

“You have a mission. Serve well, and with honor.”

Annette Bening - Supreme Intelligence

“I looked and I looked and believe me, brother, I kissed a lot of fucking frogs, and you're my prince!”

Annette Bening - Myra Langtry

“- Carolyn Burnham: Are you trying to look unattractive?
- Jane Burnham: Yes.
- Carolyn Burnham: Well, congratulations. You've succeeded admirably.”
Annette Bening - Carolyn Burnham
Thora Birch - Jane Burnham

“Most people are looking for something to give their life meaning.”
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“I love the luxury of the camera. The camera does so much for you. I like the secrets a camera can tell.”
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“We've been screwing for 21 hours non-stop.”

Annette Bening - Susan Anderson

“- Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: You will go to prison.
- Agent Frank Haddad: You know what happens to women in prison?
- Elise Kraft: Mmmmm... yummm!”
Denzel Washington - Anthony Hubbard
Tony Shalhoub - Frank Haddad
Annette Bening - Elise Kraft

“We're the CIA, something always goes wrong.”
Annette Bening - Sharon Bridger

“- Sydney Ellen Wade: Oh, Andy, a C minus in Women's Studies.
- President Andrew Shepherd: Yeah, well, that class wasn't about what I thought it was about.”

Annette Bening - Sydney Ellen Wade
Michael Douglas - President Andrew Shepherd

“We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find our authentic selves?'”
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“There are so many different kinds of relationships, so it's sort of difficult to define what is considered normal.”
Annette Bening

“Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.”
Annette Bening

“- Bugsy Siegel: Got a light?
- Virginia: The way you were looking at me, I thought you were going to ask for something more interesting.”
Warren Beatty - Bugsy Siegel
Annette Bening - Virginia Hill

“- Barbara Land: Do you have to drink in front of me?
- Art Land: You're an adult. Cope.”

Annette Bening - Barbara Land
Jack Nicholson - Art Land

“- Myra Langtry: I'm Roy's friend.
- Lilly Dillon: Yes. I imagine you're lots of people's friend.
- Myra Langtry: Oh, of course, now that I see you in the light, you're plenty old enough to be Roy's mother.
- Lilly Dillon: Aren't we all?
- Roy Dillon: Play nice. Don't fight.”

Annette Bening - Myra Langtry
Anjelica Huston - Lilly Dillon
John Cusack - Roy Dillon

“- Carolyn Burnham: Uh, whose car is that out front?
- Lester Burnham: Mine. 1970 Pontiac Firebird. The car I've always wanted and now I have it. I rule!”
Annette Bening - Carolyn Burnham
Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham

“- Merteuil: Men are always chasing after visions, my dear. They want us to be angels.
- Baroness: But in bed they want us to be demons, my dear.
- Baron: Yes, indeed, it always comes as a morning surprise when you wake up in the arms of an ordinary woman.”
Annette Bening - Merteuil
Isla Blair - Baroness
T.P. McKenna - Baron

“I guess I'm happy when I don't want to be anywhere else but where I am.”
Annette Bening - Terry McKay

“- Carolyn Burnham: Lester, I refuse to live like this! This is not a marriage!
- Lester Burnham: This hasn't been a marriage for years, but you were happy as long as I kept my mouth shut. Well, guess what, I've changed! And the new me whacks off when he feels horny, 'cause you're obviously not gonna help me out in that department!”
Annette Bening - Carolyn Burnham
Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham

“- Sharon Bridger: Samir! The Koran preaches...
- Samir Nazhde: Do not lecture me on the Qur'an, woman! First you left me in Iraq, like a piece of shit! Then you took our leader, a holy man for preaching the word of God!”
Annette Bening - Sharon Bridger
Sami Bouajila - Samir Nazhde

“My mission is to get to know myself so that I can actually end up focusing less on myself, and more on others.”
Annette Bening - Susan Anderson

“- Merteuil: Valmont, you disappoint me. That's what's keeping you here. Tell me, are you really falling in love?
- Valmont: Does that make you jealous?
- Merteuil: Not really.”
Annette Bening - Merteuil
Colin Firth - Valmont