Seven Pounds (2008)

Will Smith: Ben

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• [first lines] 

  911 Operator : 911 emergency...

  Ben Thomas : I need an ambulance.

  911 Operator : I have you at 9212 West Third Street in Los Angeles.

  Ben Thomas : Yes, room number 2.

  911 Operator : What's the emergency?

  Ben Thomas : There's been a suicide.

  911 Operator : Who's the victim?

  Ben Thomas : I am.

• Ben Thomas : The first time I ever saw a box jellyfish, I was twelve. Our father took us to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I never forgot what he said... That it was the most deadly creature on earth. To me it was just the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.

• Ben Thomas : [From trailer]  In seven days, God created the world. And in seven seconds, I shattered mine.

• George Ristuccia : You know, Ben, I keep asking you this but why me?

  Ben Thomas : Because you are a good man.

  George Ristuccia : No, really.

  Ben Thomas : Even when you don't know that people are watching you.

• Larry : Hey, how much longer are you gonna stay in my hotel?

  Ben Thomas : Motel.

  Larry : How much longer?

  Ben Thomas : Actually, I was planning on dying here.

  Larry : Well, then you need to pay in advance.

• Ben Thomas : I lied to you, I think about dying every day.

• Emily Posa : Do you wanna play a game?

  Ben Thomas : What game?

  Emily Posa : The "what if" game.

  Ben Thomas : The "what if" game.

  Emily Posa : What if... my pager goes off... and it's a heart... and... it works? And my body doesn't reject it? And... what if i have time?

  Ben Thomas : [Long pause]  What if? What if we have children? What if we got married?

• Emily Posa : [From trailer]  Why do I get the feeling you're doing me a really big favor?

  Ben Thomas : Because I get the feeling that you really deserve it.

• Ben Thomas : [from trailer]  It is within my power to drastically change his cirumstances, but I don't want to give that man a gift he doesn't deserve.

• [about Duke eating a slice of meat] 

  Ben Thomas : He seemed to be really enjoying it.

  Emily Posa : He eats steamed broccoli and tofu.

  Ben Thomas : Why?

  Emily Posa : He's a vegetarian.

• Ben Thomas : [from trailer]  I haven't treated myself very well.

  Emily Posa : [from trailer]  Start now.

• Ben Thomas : "Unremarkable" would be an upgrade for me, I assure you.

• Ben Thomas : [From trailer]  I did something really bad once and I'm never gonna be the same!

• Emily Posa : Why do I get the feeling you're doing me a really big favor?

  Ben Thomas : Becasue I get the feeling that you really deserve it.

• Ben Thomas : I was planning on dying here.

  Larry : Then you'll have to pay in advance!

• Dan : [Answering his phone]  Hello?

  Ben Thomas : [Ben on the other line]  It's time.

• [repeated line] 

  Ben Thomas : I love you.