American Beauty quotes

97 total quotes

View Quote Lester: How's Jane?
Angela: What do you mean?
Lester: I mean, how's her life? Is she happy? Is she miserable? I'd really like to know, and she'd die before she'd ever tell me about it.
Angela: She's... she's really happy. She thinks she's in love.
Lester: Good for her.
Angela: How are you?
Lester: God, it's been a long time since anybody asked me that... I'm great.
Angela: I've gotta go to the bathroom.
Lester: I'm great.

View Quote Ricky: It's like God's looking right at you, just for a second, and if you're careful you can look right back.
Jane: And what do you see?
Ricky: Beauty.

View Quote Jane: [referring to Lester] Somebody should just put him out of his misery.
Ricky: Do you want me to kill him?
Jane: Yeah, would you?

View Quote This isn't life, it's just stuff. And it's become more important to you than living. Well, honey, that's just nuts.

View Quote 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.

View Quote 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.

View Quote I want to look good naked!

View Quote I am so sick of people taking their insecurities out on me.

View Quote I know you think my dad's harmless, but you're wrong.

View Quote [To Carolyn] You don't get to tell me what to do ever again.

View Quote Yes you are. And you're boring. And totally ordinary...and you know it.

View Quote Then so am I! And we'll always be freaks and we'll never be like other people and you'll never be a freak because you're just too... perfect.

View Quote Ricky: I was filming this dead bird.
Angela: Why?
Ricky: Because it's beautiful.

View Quote Our marriage is just for show. A commercial for how normal we are when we're anything but.

View Quote Lester: You don't think it's kinda weird & fascist?
Carolyn: Possibly, but you don't want to be unemployed.
Lester: Oh well, alright, let's all sell our souls and work for Satan because it's more convenient that way.