Michael Stuhlbarg movie quotes

38 quotes from 3 movies

Men in Black 3 (2012) as Griffin

View Quote 'When that ball is pitched to Davey Johnson- who only became a baseball player because his father couldn't find him a football to give him for his eighth birthday- it hits his bat two micrometers too high, causing him to pop out to Cleon Jones- who would have been born Clara- a statistical typest, if his parents didn't have an extra glass of wine that night before going to bed.'

View Quote A miracle is what seems impossible but happens anyway.

View Quote I lost my planet. I don't want you to lose yours. It'll take a miracle, but if you pull this off, you'll be my new favorite moment in human history.

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A Serious Man (2009) as Larry Gopnik

View Quote The Uncertainty Principle. It proves we can't ever really know... what's going on. So it shouldn't bother you. Not being able to figure anything out. Although you will be responsible for this on the mid-term.

View Quote Mere sir my sir?

View Quote Larry Gopnik: Well, you know, the way I look at it, it's an opportunity for me to really sit down and figure things out and look at the world afresh instead of just, you know, settling for the routine, tired old way of looking at things.
Divorce Lawyer: Really?
Larry Gopnik: I don't know. Maybe not.

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Call Me by Your Name (2017) as Mr. Perlman

View Quote In my place, most parents would hope the whole thing goes away, pray their sons land on their feet, but... I am not such a parent.

View Quote We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new, but to make yourself feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste.

View Quote When you least expect it, nature has cunning ways of finding our weakest spot.

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