American Beauty quotes

97 total quotes

View Quote [To Lester] What do you expect? You can't just suddenly become my best friend because you've had a bad day! I mean, come on...you've barely spoken to me for months.

View Quote 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.

View Quote It would be nice if I was nearly as important to him as she is...

View Quote [To Ricky Fitts] I think you just became my personal hero!

View Quote [Answering Ricky's question if she wants him to kill Lester] Yeah. Would you?

View Quote My dad thinks I paid for all this with catering jobs. Never underestimate the power of denial.

View Quote Well then, I guess I'm not a very nice girl then, am I?

View Quote 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?

View Quote We have a very healthy relationship.

View Quote Look mom, I really don't feel like having a Kodak moment here, okay?

View Quote Ricky: Mom, I don't eat bacon.
Barbara: I'm sorry, I must have forgotten...

View Quote Dad! You stare at her all the time! Like you're drunk! It's disgusting!

View Quote Smile! You're at Mr. Smiley's.

View Quote I quit. So you don't have to pay me. Now leave me alone.

View Quote Ricky: You know, that's not a very nice thing to do. Hiring somone to kill your dad.
Jane: Well then I guess I'm not a very nice girl then, am I?