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About a Boy Quotes (2002)
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Famous About a Boy Quotations
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A box-office smash in England, About a Boy went on to charm the world as another fine adaptation (following High Fidelity) of a popular Nick Hornby novel. While High Fidelity transplanted its London charm to Chicago, this irresistible comedy was directed by Americans Chris and Paul Weitz (American Pie) with its British pedigree intact. Better yet, Hugh Grant is perfectly cast as Will, a self-absorbed trust-fund slacker who tries to improve his romantic odds by preying on desperate single mothers. His cynical strategy backfires when he recruits the misfit son (Nicholas Hoult) of a suicidal mother (Toni Collette) to pose as his own son, thus proving his parental prowess to his latest single-mom target (Rachel Weisz). The kid has a warming effect on this ultimate cad, and what could have been a sappy tearjerker turns into a subtle, frequently hilarious portrait of familial quirks and elevated self-esteem. From start to finish, it's a genuine treat. --Jeff Shannon
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- Ali: If your dad goes out with my mum, you're gonna be dead, really dead.
Marcus: I don't think it's really up to me, now is it?
Ali: Well it better be... or you're gonna die. »
- Christine: Oh, no... it's just I thought you had hidden depths.
Will: No, no, you've always had that wrong about me. I really am this shallow. »
- Christine: You will end up childless and alone.
Will: Well, fingers crossed, yeah. »
- Fiona: He's expressing himself!
Will: No, he's not! He's expressing YOU! »
- Fiona: I can understand why you're angry, Marcus. But I don't feel the same as I did yesterday, if it's any help.
Marcus: What? It's all gone away? All that?
Fiona: No, but, for the moment, I feel better.
Marcus: The moment's no good for me. I can see you feel better at the moment. You just put the kettle on. What happens when you finish your tea? What happens when I go back to school? I can't be here to watch you all the time! »
- Fiona: I mean, he's a special - very, very special boy and he's got a special soul, and I've wounded it.
Will: Oh, please, just shut up. You're wounding my soul. »
- Fiona: When you sing it brings sunshine and happiness into my heart »
- Fiona: Will, am I a bad mother?
Will: No. No, you're not a bad mother. You're just a barking lunatic. »
- Fiona: You selfish bastard! »
- Lindsey's Mum: 'Shake your Ass'... is he Moroccan? »
- Lindsey's Mum: Are we having duck? Delicious! »
- Marcus: A little. It's by black people mostly. And they're pretty angry most of the time. But sometimes they just want to have sex. »
- Marcus: He fancies you. he told me. »
- Marcus: I got the letter. Thanks.
Fiona: Oh my God. I'd forgotten.
Marcus: You forgot? You forgot a suicide letter?
Fiona: Well I didn't think I'd have to remember it, did I? Did you read the part where I said I'd always love you?
Marcus: It's a bit hard for you to love me when you're dead, isn't it? »
- Marcus: I think I killed a duck! »
- Marcus: I used to want Will to marry my mom.
Ali: You serious?
Marcus: Yeah, but that was when she was depressed and I was desperate.
Will: Thanks, mate. »
- Marcus: I wanna be with her more, I wanna be with her all the time, and I wanna tell her things I don't even tell you or mum. And I don't want her to have another boyfriend. I suppose if I could have all those things, I wouldn't really mind if I touched her or not. »
- Marcus: I'll come if you take my mom, too. She hasn't got any money, so either we'll have to go somewhere cheap, or you'll have to treat us.
Will: Well, listen, don't beat about the bush, Marcus.
Marcus: Why should I? We're poor, you're rich, you pay. You can bring your little boy if you like. I don't mind.
Will: That's really big of you. »
- Marcus: Suddenly I realized - two people isn't enough. You need backup. If you're only two people, and someone drops off the edge, then you're on your own. Two isn't a large enough number. You need three at least. »
- Marcus: You don't give a shit about anyone and no one gives a shit about you! »
- Will: And there I was killing them softly with my song. Or rather being killed. And not so softly either. »
- Will: I am an island. I am bloody Ibiza! »
- Will: I find the key is to think of a day as units of time, each unit consisting of no more than thirty minutes. Full hours can be a little bit intimidating and most activities take about half an hour. Taking a bath: one unit, watching countdown: one unit, web-based research: two units, exercising: three units, having my hair carefully disheveled: four units. It's amazing how the day fills up, and I often wonder, to be absolutely honest, if I'd ever have time for a job; how do people cram them in? »
- Will: I want to go out with her, OK. I'd like her to be my girlfriend, here I said it.
Marcus: How brilliant! »
- Will: I was in some strange territory. Was I frightened? I was petrified. »
- Will: I'd be the worst possible Godfather. I'd probably drop her on her head at her christening. I'd forget all her birthdays until she was 18. Then I'd take her out and get her drunk. And, let's face it, quite possibly try and shag her. »
- Will: I'll tell you one thing. Men are bastards. After about ten minutes I wanted to cut my *own* penis off with a kitchen knife. »
- Will: In my opinion, all men are islands. And what's more, now's the time to be one. This is an island age. »
- Will: It was terrible! Terrible! But driving really fast behind the ambulance was fantastic! »
- Will: Me, I didn't mean anything. About anything, to anyone. And I knew that guaranteed me a long, depression-free life. »
- Will: My life is made up of units of time. Buying CDs - two units. Eating lunch - three units. Exercising - two units. All in all, I had a very full life. It's just that it didn't mean anything. »
- Will: Oh no! November the sodding 19th... Six weeks before bloody Christmas and they were already playing that song. »
- Will: Once you open your door to one person anyone can come in. »
- Will: The thing is, a person's life is like a TV show. I was the star of The Will Show. And The Will Show wasn't an ensemble drama. Guests came and went, but I was the regular. It came down to me and me alone. If Marcus' mum couldn't manage her own show, if her ratings were falling, it was sad, but that was her problem. Ultimately, the whole single mum plotline was a bit complicated for me. »
- Will: This crying in the morning thing, this depression, let's get that fixed. »
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