A character in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Floyd quotes from The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Brian Libby

Tied for 6th most-quoted character in The Shawshank Redemption (1994): in 3 of its 68 quotes
Most scenes with: Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding (3), Heywood (3), Andy Dufresne (2)

Scenes with Floyd

3 scenes

Was it worth it, two weeks in the hole?

Easiest time I ever did.

Skeet

Bullshit. No such thing as easy time in the hole.

Jigger

A week seems like a year.

Snooze

Damn straight.

I had Mr. Mozart to keep me company.

Floyd

So they let you tote that record player down there, huh?

[points and taps his head.]

It was in here. [gestures over his heart] And in here. That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you. Haven't you ever felt that way about music?

Well, I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it, though. Didn't make too much sense in here.

Well, here's where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don't forget.

Forget?

That there are places in the world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside that they can't get to. that they can't touch. It's yours.

What are you talkin' about?

Hope.

Hope? Let me tell you something, my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. It's got no use on the inside. You'd better get used to that idea.

Like Brooks did?

[sorting through books]

Treasure Island. Robert Louis...

Stevenson. Fiction, "Adventure". What's next?

I got here Auto Repair and Soap Carving.

Trade skills and hobbies. Goes under "Educational", the stack right behind you.

The Count of Monte Crisco.

Floyd

That's Cristo, you dumb shit.

By Alexandree... Dum-ass. Dumbass?

[Ellis chuckles]

Dumbass? [Heywood shows him the book] Dumas. You know what that's about?

Uh-uh.

You'll like it. It's about a prison break.

Well, we ought to file that under "Educational" too. Oughtn't we?

Floyd

A month in the hole. That's longest damn stretch I ever heard of.

It's all my fault.

Oh, bullshit. You didn't pull the trigger, and you certainly didn't convict him.

Ellis, are you saying that Andy is innocent? I mean, for real innocent?

Well, it looks that way.

Sweet Jesus. How long has he been here now?

1947. What is that, nineteen years?

Nineteen years...

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