John Laroche Who's gonna play me? I think I should play me.
Played by Chris Cooper 
Adaptation. (2002) · 35 quotes
Adaptation. (2002) · 35 quotes
5th most-quoted character in Adaptation. (2002): in 7 of its 35 quotes
Most scenes with: Amelia Kavan (3), Susan Orlean (3)
I'm probably the smartest person I know.
More lines from John Laroche
3 quotes John Laroche John Laroche Darkness descends, bad things happen.
John Laroche By simply doing what they are designed to do something large and magnificient happens. In this sense they show us how to live. How the only barometer you have is your heart. How when you spot your flower, you can't let anything get in your way.
Scenes with John Laroche
3 scenes John Laroche Then one morning, I woke up and said, "**** fish." I renounce fish, I will never set foot in that ocean again. And there hasn't been a time where I have stuck so much as a toe back in that ocean.
But why?
John Laroche Done with fish.
John Laroche You know why I like plants?
Nuh uh.
John Laroche Because they're so mutable. Adaptation is a profound process. Means you figure out how to thrive in the world.
[pause]
Yeah but it's easier for plants. I mean they have no memory. They just move on to whatever's next. With a person though, adapting almost shameful. It's like running away.
John Laroche Darling, I don't know what's come over you.
You came all over me.
John Laroche My goodness.
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