Notting Hill (1999) · 57 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Notting Hill (1999): in 29 of its 57 quotes
Most scenes with: William Thacker (20), Max (2), Honey (2)
"For June who loved this garden from Joseph who always sat beside her." Some people do spend their whole lives together.
Anna Scott Hi. I'd just like to apologize for my friend, he's really sensitive. Don't worry about it! I'm sure it was harmless. I'm sure it just friendly banter. I'm sure you guys have dicks the size of peanuts! Enjoy your dinner, the tuna's really good.
Anna Scott Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her?
Anna Scott Well happiness wouldn't be happiness without a violin playing goat!
Anna Scott Rita Hayworth used to say: "They go to bed with Gilda, they wake up with me"
I enjoyed the movie very much. I was just wondering, did you ever consider having more horses in it?
Anna Well, we would have liked to. But it was difficult, obviously, being set in space.
Sorry about the "surreal but nice" comment.
Anna Don't worry, I thought the whole apricot honey thing was the real low point.
Would you like a cup of tea before you go?
Anna No.
Orange juice? No, probably not... something else cold? Coke? Water? Some disgusting sugary drink pretending to have something to do with fruits of the forest?
Anna No.
Do you... always say no to everything?
Anna No.
Calm down, have a cup of tea.
Anna Scott No! I don't want any goddamn tea!
Anna You know what they say about men with big feet.
No, I don't, actually. What's that?
Anna Scott Big feet... large shoes.
Anna What is it about men and nudity? Particularly breasts? How can you be so interested in them?
Well...
Anna I mean seriously: they're just breasts. Every second person has them. They're odd looking, they're for milk from your mother. What's all the fuss about?
Anna What's so annoying is now I'm so totally fierce when it comes to nudity clauses.
You have clauses in your contract?
Anna Yeah. "you may show the dent at the top of the artist's buttocks, but neither cheek or if a stunt bottom is being used, artists must have full consultation".
You have a stunt bottom?
Anna I could have a stunt bottom, yes.
Are people tempted to go for better bottoms than their own?
Anna Well yeah, I would. This is important stuff.
Hell of a thing to put on your passport, Occupation "Mel Gibson's bottom".
Anna Actually Mel does his own ass work. Well, why wouldn't he.
Anna What do you think?
Gripping. It's not Jane Austen, it's not Henry James but it's gripping.
Anna You think I should do Henry James?
I think you'd be wonderful in Henry James but this writer - writers, they're pretty good too.
Anna You never get anyone in Wings of a Dove saying "inform the Pentagon we need Black Star cover."
And for me the book is the poorer for it.
Anna Wait, what about me?
Sorry, you think you deserve the brownie?
Anna Well a shot at it at least huh?
Well, you'll have to fight me for it, this is a very good brownie.
Anna I've been on a diet every day since I was nineteen, which basically means I've been hungry for a decade. I've had a series of not nice boyfriends, one of whom hit me. Ah, and every time I get my heart broken, the newspapers splash it about as though it's entertainment. And it's taken two rather painful operations to get me looking like this.
Really?
Anna Really. (indicates nose and chin) And, one day not long from now, my looks will go, they will discover I can't act and I will become some sad middle-aged woman who looks a bit like someone who was famous for a while.
Pathetic effort to hog the brownie.
What's the pay like in movies? I mean. Last movie. How much did you get paid?
Anna 15 million dollars.
Whoopsidaisies!
Anna What did you say?
Nothing.
Anna Yes you did.
No I didn't.
Anna You said "whoopsidaisies".
I don't think so. No one says "whoopsidaisies" do they? Unless they're...
Anna There is no "unless." No one has said "whoopsidaisies" for fifty years and even then it was only little girls with blonde ringlets.
Exactly. Here we go again.
Whoopsidaisies. It's a disease I've got. It's a clinical thing. I'm taking pills and having injections. It won't last long.
Anna I can't believe you have that picture on your wall.
You like Chagall?
Anna I do. It feels like how being in love should be. Floating through a dark blue sky.
With a goat playing the violin.
Anna Yes - happiness isn't happiness without a violin-playing goat.
Anna Rita Hayworth used to say, "They go to bed with Gilda; they wake up with me."
Who's Gilda?
Anna Her most famous part. Men went to bed with the dream; they didn't like it when they would wake up with the reality. Do you feel that way?
You are lovelier this morning than you have ever been.
Anna Oh really. So the entire British press got up this morning and said, I know where Anna Scott is, she's in that house with the blue door, in Notting Hill. And then you go out, in your god damn underwear.
Anna's Co-Star God that's an enormous arse.
Anna I'm not listening.
Anna's Co-Star Not honestly, it's so sad, all those anorexic girls. She has enough to share around and still be big bottomed.
Anna I would think looking at something that nice, you and your bony little excuse for an arse would be well advised to keep quiet.
Please, sod off.
Anna Ok.
No, no, no! I thought you were someone else. I mean I thought you were Spike, but I'm thrilled you're not.
Anna Busy tomorrow?
I thought you were leaving tomorrow?
Anna I was.
I live in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are, my mother has trouble remembering my name.
Anna I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.
P.R. Chief Dominic... if you'd like to ask your question again?
Yes. Anna, how long are you intending to stay here in Britain?
Anna Indefinitely.
Anna Can I stay for a while?
You can stay forever.
Hi. [Shows off her dress.]
Ah yes, Happy Birthday.
Thank you.
Look, your brother's brought this girl ...
Hi guys! [Walks into the house and turns a corner.] Oh, holy ****!
Hon, this is Anna. Anna, this is Honey. She is my baby sister.
Anna Oh, hi.
Oh God! This is one of those key moments in life when it's possible you can be really genuinely cool and I ... I'm going to fail just a 100%. I ... I absolutely, totally, and utterly adore you, and I just think ... you are the most beautiful woman in the world. And more importantly, I genuinely believe, and I've believed for some time now, that ... that we could be best friends. So what do you think?
Anna Oh ... ha ha, uh, lucky me! [Offers present.] Um ah well, Happy Birthday.
Oh, you gave me a present. We're best friends already then. ... Marry Will! He's a really nice guy. Then we can be sisters.
Anna Well, I'll think about it.
Anna No, I love that you tried. Time was I'd have done the same thing. In fact...[turns back and walks up to the loud table] Hi.
Oh. My. God.
Anna I just wanted to apologize for my friend - he's very sensitive.
No, I mean...
Anna No, leave it. I'm sure you didn't mean any harm, I'm sure it was just friendly banter, I'm sure you guys have dicks the size of peanuts. Enjoy your dinner, the tuna's really good.
Anna, look. I’m a fairly level-headed bloke, not often in and out of love. But, uh… can I just say no to your kind request and leave it at that?
Anna Yes, fine. Of course, I, of course. Oh, well I’ll just be going then. It was nice seeing you.
The thing is, with you I'm in real danger. It seems like a perfect situation, apart from that foul temper of yours, but my relatively inexperienced heart would I fear not recover uh if I was, once again, cast aside as I would absolutely expect to be. There's just too many pictures of you, too many films. You know, you'd go and I'd be... uh, well buggered basically.
Anna That really is a real no, is it?
I live in Notting Hill, you live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are; my mother has trouble remembering my name.
Anna Fine. Fine. Good decision. [Nods her head] Good decision. [After a pause] The fame thing isn't really real you know? And don't forget I'm... I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.
P.R. Chief Right. Yes. The gentleman in the pink shirt.
Yes. Miss Scott, are there any circumstances in which the two of you might be more than just good friends?
Anna I hoped there would be but no, I've been assured that there aren't.
But what would you say...
P.R. Chief I'm sorry. Just the one question.
Anna No. It's alright. You were saying?
I was just wondering if uh it turned out that this person...
Thacker. His name is Thacker.
Right. Thanks. Just wondered if Mr. Thacker realised he'd been a daft prick and got down on his knees and begged you to reconsider whether you would in fact... then reconsider.
Anna Yes. I believe I would.
That's very good news. Um, the readers of Horse and Hound will be absolutely delighted.
P.R. Chief Right, uh...Dominic... if you'd like to ask your question again?
Yeah? Anna, how long are you intending to stay here in Britain?
Anna Indefinitely. [Elvis Costello's "She" begins to play as the camera pans between Will and Anna]
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