The Holiday – Movie Quotes

I came to Hollywood over 60 years ago and immediately fell in love with motion pictures. And it's a love affair that's lasted a lifetime. When I first arrived in Tinseltown, there were no cineplexes or multiplexes. No such thing as a Blockbuster or DVD. I was here before conglomerates owned the studios. Before pictures had special effects teams. And definitely before
box office results were reported like... Like baseball scores on the nightly news.

— It's over. This twisted, toxic thing between us is finally finished! I'm miraculously done being in love with you. Ha! I've got a life to start living. And you're not going to be in it.
— Darling...
— Now I've got somewhere really important to be and you have got to get the hell out. Now!
— What exactly has got into you?
— I don't know. But I think what I've got is something slightly resembling gumption.

And I suppose there's... the possibility I'm afraid of what another person might do to who we are and how we get from one day to the next.

I have no defense, except that until I get to know someone really well, it's easier for me to be a normal, single guy. Because it's way too complicated to be who I really am. I'm a full-time dad. I'm a working parent. I'm a mother and a father. I'm a guy who reads parenting books and cookbooks before I go to sleep. I spend my weekends buying tutus. I'm learning to sew. I'm Mr. Napkin Head. I'm on some kind of constant overload and it helps to compartmentalize my life. Just till I figure this out.

Okay, then. Well.... Utter honesty. Very refreshing.

You know what I really wanna do? I... I wanna eat carbs without wanting to kill myself.

You know, Iris... when you catch your guy with another woman, you're not supposed to stay friends with him.

Jasper, we both know i need to fail out of love with you. Would be great if you would let me try.

From the moment I met you, it's been an adventure.

Groom's best friend spoke for many guests when he said, "Hilary... will open Edward's eyes and round out his life."

— Sex is pretty basic, right? Am I pretty much talking you out of this?
— Strangely, not at all. How do you feel about foreplay?
— I think it's overrated. Significantly overrated.
— You are quickly becoming one of the most interesting girls I've ever met.

I have the classic male problem of no follow-through.