A Star Is Born (2018) quotes

Ally

Tell me something, boy. Aren't you tired trying to fill that void? Or do you need more? Ain't it hard keeping it so hardcore?

Is that me?

Ally

That's you.

Did you just write that now?

Ally

Yeah.

Pretty good. [pause] Can I tell you a secret?

I think you might be a songwriter. And don't worry, I won't tell anybody. But I'm not very good at keeping secrets.

Ally

I don't feel this way about everybody.

Well, good, we're on the same page.

Ally

You know, what I'd like is for my boyfriend to love me. Actually, for my husband to love me.

Yeah, who's your **** boyfriend? You got a boyfriend?

Ally

Yeah, I've got a boyfriend.

That hurts, calling me your **** boyfriend.

Ally

You're my boyfriend if you don't treat me like your wife.

Bobby

If I was no good, why did you steal my **** voice? Huh?

Cause you had nothing to **** say.

How long have you been here now?

Two months.

Can it be fixed?

Well, you would know that, don't you? Once it's gone, it's gone.

I don't know what you have.

Oh, well the tinnitus, they say, once you...

Oh, tinnitus can't be fixed.

Right. Well, I just hear that tone, that's all. The tone, yeah. The ringing.

I have hearing aids on, as you...

No, I know. That's why I asked you. You know, I'm convinced that it happened when I was younger, I used to... My dad had a Victrola, you know an old record player. My head was just about the size of it when I was a kid, and I used to love to just put my whole head in there. He was big into the blues, so... 'Cause you gotta figure it's just me and him all day long. My brother's out there tryin' to make something of himself. So I took one of his belts. I put it around the ceiling fan and uhh, tried to do the deed.[pause] The whole **** fan came out of the ceiling.

Had a big cut on my **** forehead. I was more mad about that than it not working. And he didn't even notice. He didn't even **** notice.

'Cause he was drunk?

Yeah. That **** fan stayed on the floor for about half a year.

How old were you then?

I was just shy of 13.

Could I ask you a personal question?

Ally

Okay.

Do you write songs or anything?

Ally

I don't sing my own songs.

Why?

Ally

I just don't feel comfortable.

Why wouldn't you feel comfortable?

Ally

Because like almost every single person that I've come in contact with in the music industry has told me that my nose is too big and that I won't make it.

That your nose is too big?

Ally

Yeah.

Your nose is beautiful. Are you showing me your nose right now? You don't have to show it to me. I've been looking at it all night.

Ally

Oh, come on. No, you're not.

Oh, I'm going to be thinking about your nose for a very long time.

Ally

You're full of shit.

I'm not full of shit.

Ally

Yeah, you are.

I'm telling you the truth.

Ally

Yeah, you're full of shit.

Hey!

Ally

What?

I just wanted to take another look at you.

If I don't say this then I'll never forgive myself.

Ally

What...

If you don't dig deep into your ****in' soul you won't have legs. I'm just telling you that. If you don't tell the truth out there you're ****. All you got is you and what you have to say to people and they are listening right now and they are not going to be listening forever. Trust me. So you gotta grab it and you don't apologize or worry about why they're listening or how long they're gonna be listening for. You just tell them what you want to say.

Look, talent comes everywhere. Everybody's talented, **** everyone in this bar is talented at one thing or another. But having something to say and a way to say it so that people listen to it, that's a whole other bag. And unless you get out and you try to do it, you'll never know. That's just the truth. And there's one reason we're supposed to be here is to say something so people want to hear. Don't you understand what I'm trying to tell you?

Ally

Yeah, I do. I don't like it, but I understand it.

Oh, I think you like it a little bit.

Thank you, by the way.

Ally

Thank you for what?

For giving me a home. This place never felt like home before.

Jackson Maine

Look at me. All you got to do is trust me. That's all you got to do.

Rez Gavron

What you have right now goes way beyond just this. There's people who need to hear what you have to say musically. It's not normal stuff. It's really amazing what you're doing. I think you have it all, I do. The question to you is, what do you want?

Rez Gavron

We're not exactly friends here. While you've been away we've been back here in serious triage trying to clean up your **** mess. Barely finding our way through it. You almost single-handedly derailed her whole career, do you understand that? She's never going to say this to you. She loves you too much.

Bobby Maine

Ain't no gettin' back what we've lost, we're just trying to keep what we still have.

Ally Campana-Maine

I hope it's okay, if I love you forever, Jack.