I see you're smoking pot now! I'm so glad. I think using illegal psychotropic substances is a very positive example to set for our daughter.
Lester Burnham
Kevin Spacey · 44 quotes
Buddy King
29 quotes
Ricky Fitts
Wes Bentley · 24 quotes
Jane Burnham
Thora Birch · 22 quotes
Angela Hayes
Mena Suvari · 18 quotes
Carolyn Burnham
Annette Bening · 18 quotes
Colonel Frank Fitts
Chris Cooper · 4 quotes
Most scenes together: Lester Burnham & Buddy King (13), Ricky Fitts & Buddy King (11), Jane Burnham & Buddy King (10)
American Beauty quotes
Page 5 of 7I want to look good naked!
I will sell this house today, I will sell this house today...
I'm just an ordinary guy with nothing to lose.
I'm looking for the least possible amount of responsibility.
I'm not obsessing. I'm just curious.
If people I don't even know look at me and want to **** me, it means I really have a shot at being a model.
In order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times.
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I realized there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in.
It would be nice if I was nearly as important to him as she is...
It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
It's that psycho next door. Jane, what if he worships you? What if he's got a shrine with pictures of you surrounded by dead people's heads and stuff?
Janie's a pretty typical teenager. Angry, insecure, confused. I wish I could tell her that's all going to pass, but I don't want to lie to her.
Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go **** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
Look at me, jerking off in the shower — this will be the high point of my day. It's all downhill from here.