Rebel Without a Cause Movie Quotes
Jim Stark
You're tearing me apart!
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Jim Stark
I woke up this morning, you know... and the sun was shining, and it was nice, and all that type of stuff. And the first thing, I saw you, and, uh, I said, "Boy, this is gonna be one terrific day, so you better live it up, because tomorrow you'll be nothing." You see? And I almost was.
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Jim Stark
I've got the bullets!
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Buzz Gunderson
You know something? I like you.
Jim Stark
Why do we do this?
Buzz Gunderson
You've gotta do something. Don't you?
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Jim Stark
You can wake up now, the universe has ended.
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Jim Stark
I don't know what to do anymore. Except maybe die.
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Jim Stark
If I had one day when I didn't have to be all confused and I didn't have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
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Judy
I love somebody. All the time I've been... I've been looking for someone to love me. And now I love somebody. And it's so easy. Why is it easy now?
Jim Stark
I don't know; it is for me, too.
Judy
I love you, Jim. I really mean it.
Jim Stark
Well, I'm glad.
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Plato Crawford
Do you think the end of the world will come at nighttime?
Jim Stark
Uh-uh, at dawn.
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Buzz Gunderson
Oh he's real abstract. He's hm, he's different.
Jim Stark
That's right. That's right. I'm cute too.
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Buzz Gunderson
You ever been in a chickie-run?
Jim Stark
Yeah, that's all I ever do.
[Buzz leaves]
Jim Stark
Plato, what's a chickie-run?
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Jim Stark
[looking up at stars in a planetarium]
Once you been up there you know you've been someplace.
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Frank Stark
We give you love and affection, don't we? Well, then, what is it? Was it because we went to that party? Well, you know what kind of drunken brawls those kind of parties turn into. It's not a place for kids.
Carol Stark
A minute ago, you said you didn't care if he drinks.
Mrs. Stark
He said a little drink.
Jim Stark
You're tearing me apart!
Carol Stark
[shocked]
What?
Jim Stark
You, you say one thing, he says another, and everybody changes back again!
Carol Stark
That's a fine way to behave!
Mrs. Stark
Well, you know who he takes after.
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Jim Stark
You know something? You read too many comic books.
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Frank Stark
Look, Jim. You can depend on me. Trust me. Whatever comes, we'll, we'll fix it together. I swear it. Now Jim, stand up. I'll stand up with you. I'll try and be as strong as you want me to be. Come on.
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Frank Stark
You'll learn. When you're older, Jim.
Jim Stark
Well, I don't think that I want to learn that way.
Carol Stark
Well, it doesn't matter anyway, because we're moving.
Frank Stark
Well, this is news to me! Just why are we moving?
Carol Stark
Oh, do I have to spell it out.
Jim Stark
You are not going to use me as an excuse again!
Carol Stark
I don't.
Jim Stark
Everytime you can't face yourself, you blame it on me!
Carol Stark
That is not true!
Jim Stark
You say it's because of me, you say it's because of the neighborhood! You use every other phony excuse! Mom, I just... Once I want to do something right! And I don't want you to run away from me again! Dad.
Frank Stark
This is all going too fast for me, son.
Jim Stark
You better give me something. You better give me something fast.
Carol Stark
Jimmy, you're very young. A foolish decision now could wreck you're whole life. In ten years, you'll never know this happened.
Jim Stark
Dad, answer her. Tell her. Ten years. Dad, let me hear you answer her. Dad.
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Jim Stark
I'll bet you'd go to a hanging.
Plato Crawford
I guess it's just my morbid personality.
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[Plato shakes his head]
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Jim Stark
Did you make my sandwiches?
Carol Stark
There's meatloaf and, peanut butter.
[Jim laughs]
Mrs. Stark
[condescendingly]
What did I tell you? Peanut butter.
Carol Stark
Well there's a thermos of orange juice and apple sauce cake to go with it.
Mrs. Stark
[to Jim]
And *I* made that.
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Jim Stark
[pretending he and Judy are husband and wife]
Now, would you like to rent or are you more in the mood to buy, dear?
Judy
You decide, darling. Remember, our budget.
Plato Crawford
[pretending to be the real estate agent]
Oh, don't give it a second thought, it's, uh, only three million dollars a month.
Jim Stark
What?
Judy
Oh, we can afford it. I'll scrimp and I'll save and I'll work my fingers to the bone. You see, we're newlyweds... oh, there's just one more thing... what about...
Plato Crawford
Children?
Judy
Yes.
Plato Crawford
Right this way, mind you, though, we don't encourage them. They're such a bother.
Judy
Oh I quite agree, I just can't stand it when they cry. What do you do with them when they cry?
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[last lines]
Jim Stark
Mom. Dad. This is Judy. She's my friend.
Carol Stark
He's...
[Frank speaks, overlapping so their words become unintelligible]
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Plato Crawford
I used to lay awake in my crib at night and listen to them fight.
Jim Stark
Can you really remember back that far? I can't even remember what happened yesterday.
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Ray Fremick
Do you go by another name?
Plato Crawford
They call me Plato.
Crawford Family Maid
He was a Greek philosopher. They...
[Plato turns away]
Crawford Family Maid
You talk nice to the man, John, he's going to help you.
Plato Crawford
Nobody can help me.
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Jim Stark
Hey they forgot to wind the sundial.
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Jim Stark
I didn't chicken. You saw where I jumped. What did I have to do, kill myself?
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Jim Stark
I don't want any trouble.
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Plato Crawford
If only you coulda been my dad. We could have breakfast in the morning.
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Police Chief
You know if the boy ever talked to a psychiatrist?
Plato Crawford
You mean a head-shrinker?
Crawford Family Maid
Oh, Mrs. Crawford don't believe in them, sir.
Police Chief
Well, maybe she better start.
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Crawford Family Maid
[to Plato]
You're shivering, John. Are you cold?
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Jim Stark
You're not listening to me!
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Jim Stark
If he had guts to knock Mom cold once, then maybe she'd be happy and then she'd stop picking on him. Because they make mush out of him! Just mush!
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Plato Crawford
What does he know about man alone?
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[first lines]
First police officer
[to Jim at the police station] Get up, get up. Mixed up in that beating on Twelfth Street, huh?
Second police officer
No. Plain drunkenness.
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Jim Stark
What are you hanging around such rank company for?
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Frank Stark
I wouldn't make a hasty decision. Nobody can make a snap decision. We've got to consider the pros and cons, make a list, get advice... Have I ever stopped you from doing anything?
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Police Chief
Why did you shoot those puppies, John?
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Buzz Gunderson
What's that?
Judy
That's a new disease.
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Jim Stark
[referring to his parents]
They think I can make friends if we move. Just move, everything will be roses and sunshine.
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Jim Stark
Turn out the light!
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Jim Stark
I don't think I want anything, I'm nervous.
Frank Stark
My first day of school, I was so nervous, Mother made me eat so much, I couldn't swallow until recess.
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