The Talented Mr. Ripley (film) Quotes

The Talented Mr. Ripley (film) is a television program that first aired in 1970 . The Talented Mr. Ripley completed its run in 1970.

It features William Horberg as producer, Gabriel Yared in charge of musical score, and John Seale as head of cinematography.

The Talented Mr. Ripley (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Talented Mr. Ripley (film) is 139 minutes long. The Talented Mr. Ripley (film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood, Jack Davenport as Peter, Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf, James Rebhorn as Herbert Greenleaf, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Freddie Miles, Cate Blanchett as Meredith, and Philip Baker Hall as Alvin MacCarron.

The Talented Mr. Ripley (film) Quotes

Cate Blanchett as Meredith

• (Cate Blanchett) "I'm sorry, I wouldn't have made a joke if --"
• (Matt Damon) "Don't be sorry. I've never been happier. I feel like I've been handed a new life."

Jack Davenport as Peter

• (Jack Davenport) "Good things about Mr. Ripley? Could take some time. Tom is talented. Tom is tender -- Tom is beautiful -- Tom is a mystery. Tom is not a nobody. Tom has secrets he doesn't want to tell me, and I wish he would. Tom has nightmares. That's not a good thing. Tom has someone to love him. That is a good thing. Tom is crushing me. Tom is crushing me -- Tom, you're crushing me."

• (Jack Davenport) "Officially, there are no Italian homosexuals. It makes Michelangelo and Leonardo very inconvenient."

• (Jack Davenport) "Are you a homosexual?"
• (Jack Davenport) "Interesting non sequitur --"
• (Matt Damon) "No."
• (Jack Davenport) "No."

• (Jack Davenport) "Sorry, I'm completely lost."
• (Matt Damon) "I know. I'm lost, too. I'm going to be stuck in the basement, aren't I, that's my, that's my -- terrible, and alone, and dark, and I've lied about who I am, and where I am, and now no-one will ever find me."
• (Jack Davenport) "What do you mean -- lied about who you are?"
• (Matt Damon) "I always thought it'd be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody."
• (Jack Davenport) "What are you talking about? You're not a nobody. That's the last thing you are."

• (Jack Davenport) "Can you imagine, though, if he did kill Freddie, what that must be like? Just to wake up every morning. I mean, how can you? Just wake up and be a person? Drink your coffee?"
• (Matt Damon) "Well, whatever you do, however terrible, however hurtful, it all makes sense, doesn't it, in your head? You never meet anybody who thinks they're a bad person"
• (Jack Davenport) "Well maybe, but you're still tormented. You must be. You've killed someone."
• (Matt Damon) "Don't you just take the past and put it in a room in the basement, and lock the door and never go in there? That's what I do."
• (Jack Davenport) "God, Yes. But, of course, in my case, it's probably a whole building."
• (Matt Damon) "And then you meet someone special and all you want to do is toss them the key. Say "Open up. Step inside." But you can't, because it's dark, and there are demons. And if anybody saw how ugly it is --"
• (Jack Davenport) "Now that's the music talking."
• (Matt Damon) "I keep wanting to do that, Fling the door open. Just let the light in, clean everything out. If I could take a giant eraser and rub out everything, starting with myself. The thing is, Peter, if -- if -- , No."
• (Jack Davenport) "No key, huh?"

Matt Damon as Tom Ripley

• (Matt Damon) "You're the brother I never had. I'm the brother you never had. I would do anything for you, Dickie."

• (Matt Damon) "Nothing is more naked than your handwriting. See how nothing's quite touching the line? That's vanity."
• (Jude Law) "Well, we certainly know that that's true."

• (Matt Damon) "That ring is superb."
• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Oh, Tom, I love you. See?"
• (Jude Law) "I had to promise, capital p, to never take it off. Otherwise I'd give it to you."
• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Isn't it great? I found it in Naples. I had to bargain for it for about two weeks."
• (Jude Law) "Uh, I hope it wasn't cheap, Marge?"
• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Oh, it was."

• (Matt Damon) "I suggest you ask Dickie that yourself. Otello's is on delle Croce, just off the Corso."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Is it on "delle Croce, just off the Corso"? You're a quick study, aren't you? Last time you didn't know your ass from your elbow, now you're giving me directions. That's not fair, you probably do know your ass from your elbow. I'll see you."

• (Matt Damon) "Don't you just take the past, and put it in a room in the basement, and lock the door and never go in there? That's what I do."
• (Jack Davenport) "God, yes. Though in my case, it's probably a whole building."

• (Matt Damon) ""Oh yes, Jazz -- it's just insolent noise.""
• (Jude Law) "I feel like he's here. Horrible. Like the old bastard is here right now."
• (Jude Law) "Brilliant. How do you know him ?"

• (Matt Damon) "What are you trying to say?"
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "I think I'm saying it."

• (Matt Damon) "I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody."

• (Matt Damon) "Well, whatever you do, however terrible, however hurtful, it all makes sense, doesn't it? In your head. You never meet anybody that thinks they're a bad person."

• (Matt Damon) "No matter what you do, no matter how awful, no-one ever thinks that they're a bad person."

• (Matt Damon) "Don't you just take the past and put it in a room in a basement and lock the door and never go in there? That's what I do. And then you meet someone special and all you want to do is to toss them the key and say, "Open up, step inside," but you can't because it's dark. There's demons, and if anybody saw how ugly it is -- I keep wanting to do that: fling the door open, just let light in and clean everything out."

Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf

• (Jude Law) "We're all only children. What does that mean?"
• (Matt Damon) "It means we've never shared a bath. I'm cold, can I get in?"
• (Jude Law) "No."
• (Matt Damon) "I didn't mean with you in it."
• (Jude Law) "Okay, get in. I'm like a prune anyway."

• (Jude Law) "You're so white. Have you ever seen a guy so white, Marge? Grey, actually."
• (Matt Damon) "It's just an undercoat."
• (Jude Law) "Say again?"
• (Matt Damon) "You know a primer."
• (Jude Law) "That's funny. Margie likes that 'cause she's so white too."
• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Yes, I do and you're not funny."

• (Jude Law) "I could f*** this ice box, I love it so much."

• (Jude Law) "You can be a leech."

• (Jude Law) "How could it take an hour to find an ambulance?"
• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "She was already dead, darling."
• (Jude Law) "I don't know why people say this country is civilised. It isn't. It's f***ing primitive."

• (Jude Law) ""See Venice and die," is what they say? Or is it Rome?"

Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood

• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Why is it when men play they always play at killing each other?"

• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I don't believe a single word you've said."
• (Matt Damon) "You're shivering, Marge. Look at you, Marge. Can I hold you? Will you let me hold you?"

• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I like him."
• (Jude Law) "Marge, you like everybody."

• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Why do I think there's never been a Ripley rainy day?"
• (Matt Damon) "What?"
• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I know it was you."

• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Tom was telling me about his journey over. Made me laugh so hard I almost got a nosebleed."
• (Jude Law) "Is that good?"
• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Shut up."
• (Jude Law) "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm despicable. But I love you. Do you love me?"

• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "The thing with Dickie -- it's like the sun shines on you, and it's glorious. And then he forgets you and it's very, very cold."
• (Matt Damon) "So I'm learning."
• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "When you have his attention, you feel like you're the only person in the world, that's why everybody loves him so much."

• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "You killed Dickie. I know it was YOU."

• (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I like him."
• (Jude Law) "Marge, you like everybody."
• (Matt Damon) "I like him."
• (Matt Damon) "Marge, you like everybody."

James Rebhorn as Herbert Greenleaf

• (James Rebhorn) "You know, people always say that you can't choose your parents, but you can't choose your children --"

Philip Seymour Hoffman as Freddie Miles

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Oh God. Don't you want to f*** every woman you see just once?"
• (Jude Law) "Just once?"
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Just once. Ciao."
• (Jude Law) "Tom Ripley. Freddie Miles."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "I mean, hey, if I'm late think what her husband's saying."
• (Jude Law) "You look gorgeous."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "As always."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "In fact the only thing that looks like Dickie is you."
• (Matt Damon) "Hardly."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Have you done something to your hair?"
• (Matt Damon) "Freddie, do you have something you'd like to say?"
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "What? I think I'm saying it. Something's going on. He's either converted to Christianity -- or to something else."
• (Matt Damon) "I suggest you ask Dickie that yourself. Otello's is on delle Croce, just off the Corso."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Is it on "delle Croce, just off the Corso?" You're a quick study, aren't you? Last time you didn't know your ass from your elbow, now you're giving me directions. That's not fair, you probably do know your ass from your elbow. I'll see you."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "In fact the only thing which looks like Dickie is you."

Philip Baker Hall as Alvin MacCarron

• (Philip Baker Hall) "I don't care for BS. I don't care to hear it, I don't care to speak it."

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