Bubble Boy (2001)

Jake Gyllenhaal: Jimmy Livingston

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Quotes 

• Jimmy : I saw the sign outside and it said that you had five hundred dollars.

  Emcee : You want five hundred dolla?

  Jimmy : Yes, I would like five hundred dollars.

  Emcee : You want five hundred dolla?

  Jimmy : Yes please, I would like five hundred dollars.

  Emcee : You want five hundred dolla?

  Jimmy : Yes I want five hundred dolla!

  Emcee : Five hundred dolla!

  Jimmy : Five hundred dolla!

  Emcee : Five hundred dolla!

  Jimmy : Five hundred dolla!

• Jimmy : I'd rather spend one minute holding you than the rest of my life knowing that I never could.

• Jimmy : I'm Jimmy.

  Chloe : I'm Chloe.

  Jimmy : Chloe! The whore next door!

  Chloe : What? Where did you hear that?

  Jimmy : My Mom, she teaches me everything.

  Chloe : Well, really, she got it wrong. I'm actually more of a bitch than a whore.

  Jimmy : A bitch. Oh yeah, a bitch. Absolutely a bitch.

• [Addressing a rough-looking Mexican by a broken-down Harley] 

  Jimmy : I might have something that could help your situation here...

  Slim : [threatening him with knife]  What? What you got that's gonna help?

  Jimmy : Patches.

  Slim : Patches? I could use some stinking patches.

• Jimmy : How far will this get me?

  bus stop man : Take a step back.

  [Jimmy steps back] 

  bus stop man : That far.

• Mr. Livingston : tell him.

  Mrs. Livingston : what are you talking about, tell him what.

  Mr. Livingston : He's not dead. Your not dead, Jimmy.

  Mrs. Livingston : He's lying, Jimmy.

  Mr. Livingston : tell him, tell him everything.

  Mrs. Livingston : you're not dead, Jimmy.

  Jimmy : Open his eyes: I'm not?

• Chloe : I should go. How about tomorrow?

  Jimmy : Oh jeez, I don't know. I don't know bitch, I got a lot to do!

• Slim : What are you, some kind of Astronaut?

  Jimmy : No, I'm some kind of bubble boy.

• Jimmy : I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic of which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all...

  [looks down and says faster] 

  Jimmy : I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic of which it stands one nation under God indivisible.

• Jimmy : Pappy told me about Poon

  [bang] 

  Jimmy : , but he never said anything about Poonanny, Pippy.

• Jimmy : [laughing]  You guys aren't a singing group... you're a cult!

• Jimmy : Dog poo this is awesome

• Jimmy : Supper time was the best! Nothing could beat Mom's homemade, vitamin-rich, soy-based, germ-free, fat-free fiber cookies.

• Emcee : [Hands envelope to Chloe]  Here, for your honeymoon!

  Chloe : What is it?

  Emcee : 500 dolla!

  Chloe : 500 dollars?

  Emcee : 500 dolla!

  Jimmy : 500 dollars?

  Emcee : 500 dolla!

  Jimmy : 500 dolla!

  Emcee : 500 dolla!

  Jimmy : 500 dolla!

  Emcee : 500 dolla!

  Jimmy : 500 dolla!

• Jimmy : [narrating]  I had my reading.

  Jimmy, 8 Years Old : [reading a Highlights magazine]  I wish they had more than one magazine in the world, Mom.

  Mrs. Livingston : So do I, dear.

  Jimmy : [narrating]  My favourite T.V. show, "Land Of The Lost".

  Jimmy, 10 Years Old : [while watching television]  I wish T.V.'s had more than one channel, Mom.

  Mrs. Livingston : So do I, dear.

  Jimmy : [narrating]  And I had the best teacher in the whole wide world.

  Jimmy, 10 Years Old : [reading an essay]  "And then, the Indians decided to move to the reservations, where they could open casinos and sell tax-free cigarettes, and stay out of the white man's way.

  Mrs. Livingston : Another A-plus.