Big Fish Quotes
Young Ed Bloom: There comes a point when any reasonable man will swallow his pride and admit he made a mistake. The truth is... I was never a reasonable man.
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Senior Ed Bloom: I don't know if you're aware of this, Josephine, but African parrots, in their native home of the Congo, they speak only French.
Josephine: Really?
Senior Ed Bloom: You're lucky to get four words out of them in English, but if you were to walk through the jungle, you'd hear them speaking the most elaborate French. Those parrots talk about everything. Politics, movies, fashion. Everything but religion.
Will Bloom: Why not religion, Dad?
Senior Ed Bloom: It's rude to talk about religion. You never know who you're gonna offend.
Will Bloom: Josephine actually went to the Congo last year.
Senior Ed Bloom: Oh, so you know.
Josephine: Really?
Senior Ed Bloom: You're lucky to get four words out of them in English, but if you were to walk through the jungle, you'd hear them speaking the most elaborate French. Those parrots talk about everything. Politics, movies, fashion. Everything but religion.
Will Bloom: Why not religion, Dad?
Senior Ed Bloom: It's rude to talk about religion. You never know who you're gonna offend.
Will Bloom: Josephine actually went to the Congo last year.
Senior Ed Bloom: Oh, so you know.
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Senior Dr. Bennett: Did your father ever tell you about the day you were born?
Will Bloom: A thousand times. He caught an uncatchable fish.
Senior Dr. Bennett: Not that one. The real story. Did he ever tell you that?
Will Bloom: No.
Senior Dr. Bennett: Your mother came in about three in the afternoon. Her neighbor drove her, on account of your father was on business in Wichita. You were born a week early, but there were no complications. It was a perfect delivery. Now, your father was sorry to miss it, but it wasn't the custom for the men to be in the room for deliveries then, so I can't see as it would have been much different had he been there. And that's the real story of how you were born. Not very exciting, is it? And I suppose if I had to choose between the true version and an elaborate one involving a fish and a wedding ring, I might choose the fancy version. But that's just me.
Will Bloom: I kind of liked your version.
Will Bloom: A thousand times. He caught an uncatchable fish.
Senior Dr. Bennett: Not that one. The real story. Did he ever tell you that?
Will Bloom: No.
Senior Dr. Bennett: Your mother came in about three in the afternoon. Her neighbor drove her, on account of your father was on business in Wichita. You were born a week early, but there were no complications. It was a perfect delivery. Now, your father was sorry to miss it, but it wasn't the custom for the men to be in the room for deliveries then, so I can't see as it would have been much different had he been there. And that's the real story of how you were born. Not very exciting, is it? And I suppose if I had to choose between the true version and an elaborate one involving a fish and a wedding ring, I might choose the fancy version. But that's just me.
Will Bloom: I kind of liked your version.
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Senior Ed Bloom : You are in for a surprise.
Will Bloom : Am I?
Senior Ed Bloom : Havin' a kid changes everything. There's burping, the midnight feeding, and the changing.
Will Bloom : You do any of that?
Senior Ed Bloom : No. But I hear it's terrible. Then you spend years trying to corrupt and mislead this child, fill his head with nonsense, and still it turns out perfectly fine.
Will Bloom : You think I'm up for it?
Senior Ed Bloom : You learned from the best.
Will Bloom : Am I?
Senior Ed Bloom : Havin' a kid changes everything. There's burping, the midnight feeding, and the changing.
Will Bloom : You do any of that?
Senior Ed Bloom : No. But I hear it's terrible. Then you spend years trying to corrupt and mislead this child, fill his head with nonsense, and still it turns out perfectly fine.
Will Bloom : You think I'm up for it?
Senior Ed Bloom : You learned from the best.
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Senior Ed Bloom : People needn't worry so much. It's not my time yet. This is not how I go.
Will Bloom : Really?
Senior Ed Bloom : Truly. I saw it in the eye.
Will Bloom : The old lady by the swamp?
Senior Ed Bloom : She was a *witch*.
Will Bloom : No, she was old and probably senile.
Senior Ed Bloom : I saw my death in that eye, and this isn't how it happens.
Will Bloom : So how does it happen?
Senior Ed Bloom : Surprise ending. Wouldn't want to ruin it for you.
Will Bloom : Really?
Senior Ed Bloom : Truly. I saw it in the eye.
Will Bloom : The old lady by the swamp?
Senior Ed Bloom : She was a *witch*.
Will Bloom : No, she was old and probably senile.
Senior Ed Bloom : I saw my death in that eye, and this isn't how it happens.
Will Bloom : So how does it happen?
Senior Ed Bloom : Surprise ending. Wouldn't want to ruin it for you.
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Senior Ed Bloom : I don't know if you're aware of this, Josephine, but African parrots, in their native home of the Congo, they speak only French.
Josephine : Really?
Senior Ed Bloom : You're lucky to get four words out of them in English, but if you were to walk through the jungle, you'd hear them speaking the most elaborate French. Those parrots talk about everything. Politics, movies, fashion. Everything but religion.
Will Bloom : Why not religion, Dad?
Senior Ed Bloom : It's rude to talk about religion. You never know who you're gonna offend.
Will Bloom : Josephine actually went to the Congo last year.
Senior Ed Bloom : Oh, so you know.
Josephine : Really?
Senior Ed Bloom : You're lucky to get four words out of them in English, but if you were to walk through the jungle, you'd hear them speaking the most elaborate French. Those parrots talk about everything. Politics, movies, fashion. Everything but religion.
Will Bloom : Why not religion, Dad?
Senior Ed Bloom : It's rude to talk about religion. You never know who you're gonna offend.
Will Bloom : Josephine actually went to the Congo last year.
Senior Ed Bloom : Oh, so you know.
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Amos Calloway : Tell me, Karl, have you ever heard the term "involuntary servitude"?
Karl : No.
Amos Calloway : "Unconscionable contract"?
Karl : Uh, nope.
Amos Calloway : Great!
Karl : No.
Amos Calloway : "Unconscionable contract"?
Karl : Uh, nope.
Amos Calloway : Great!
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Young Ed Bloom : I just saw the woman I'm going to marry. I know it. But I lost her.
Amos Calloway : Oh, tough break. Well, most men have to get married *before* they lose their wives.
Young Ed Bloom : I'm gonna spend every day for the rest of my life looking for her. That, or die alone!
Amos Calloway : Damn, kid. Lemme guess. Real pretty? Reddish-blondish hair? Blue dress?
Young Ed Bloom : Yeah!
Amos Calloway : I know her uncle. Friends of the family.
Young Ed Bloom : Who is she? Where does she live?
Amos Calloway : Forget it kid, don't waste your time. She's out of your league.
Young Ed Bloom : What do you mean? You don't even know me.
Amos Calloway : Sure I do! You were hot shit back in Hickville, but here in the real world, you got squat! You don't have a plan, you don't have a job, you don't have anything except the clothes on your back.
Amos Calloway : Oh, tough break. Well, most men have to get married *before* they lose their wives.
Young Ed Bloom : I'm gonna spend every day for the rest of my life looking for her. That, or die alone!
Amos Calloway : Damn, kid. Lemme guess. Real pretty? Reddish-blondish hair? Blue dress?
Young Ed Bloom : Yeah!
Amos Calloway : I know her uncle. Friends of the family.
Young Ed Bloom : Who is she? Where does she live?
Amos Calloway : Forget it kid, don't waste your time. She's out of your league.
Young Ed Bloom : What do you mean? You don't even know me.
Amos Calloway : Sure I do! You were hot shit back in Hickville, but here in the real world, you got squat! You don't have a plan, you don't have a job, you don't have anything except the clothes on your back.
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Will Bloom : You know about icebergs, dad?
Senior Ed Bloom : Do I? I saw an iceberg once. They were hauling it down to Texas for drinking water. They didn't count on there being an elephant frozen inside. The wooly kind. A mammoth.
Will Bloom : Dad!
Senior Ed Bloom : What?
Will Bloom : I'm trying to make a metaphor here.
Senior Ed Bloom : Well you shouldn't have started with a question, because most people want to answer questions. You should've started with "the thing about icebergs is."
Senior Ed Bloom : Do I? I saw an iceberg once. They were hauling it down to Texas for drinking water. They didn't count on there being an elephant frozen inside. The wooly kind. A mammoth.
Will Bloom : Dad!
Senior Ed Bloom : What?
Will Bloom : I'm trying to make a metaphor here.
Senior Ed Bloom : Well you shouldn't have started with a question, because most people want to answer questions. You should've started with "the thing about icebergs is."
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Young Ed Bloom : Now I may not have much, but I have more determination then any man you're ever likely to meet.
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Senior Ed Bloom : I've been nothin' but myself since the day I was born, and if you can't see that it's your failin', not mine.
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Will Bloom : We have to take Glenville to avoid the church traffic because the damn church people drive too slow.
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Senior Ed Bloom : There's a time when a man needs to fight, and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny is lost... the ship has sailed and only a fool would continue. Truth is... I've always been a fool.
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Karl : I don't want to eat you. I just get so hungry. I'm just too big.
Young Ed Bloom : Has it ever occurred to you that maybe you're not too big? That maybe this place is just too small?
Young Ed Bloom : Has it ever occurred to you that maybe you're not too big? That maybe this place is just too small?
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Young Ed Bloom : There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they're faster or stronger than other fish. They're just touched by something extra.
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Will Bloom : A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.
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Amos Calloway : Her favorite flower is daffodils
Young Ed Bloom : Daffodils. [ smiles ]
Young Ed Bloom : Daffodils. [ smiles ]
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Will Bloom : In telling the story of my father's life, it's impossible to separate fact from fiction, the man from the myth. The best I can do is to tell it the way he told me. It doesn't always make sense and most of it never happened... but that's what kind of story this is.
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Ping : [ in Cantonese, to Edward who was hiding in the dressing room ] Who are you?
Young Ed Bloom : [ In Cantonese ] Please, I'm not going to hurt you.
Jing : [ In Cantonese ] Damn right you're not! GUARD!
Young Ed Bloom : [ In Cantonese ] Please, I'm not going to hurt you.
Jing : [ In Cantonese ] Damn right you're not! GUARD!
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