This page contains quotes from the movie American Beauty. You can find more Alphabetized listing of films for which quotations are available in the index page. Thanks to the many celebrated and unheralded screenwriters who have provided these memorable movie quotes and lines of dialogue.




Quotes from the movie American Beauty
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~ This isn't life, it's just stuff. And it's become more important to you than living. Well, honey, that's just nuts.~
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~ My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood; this is my street; this is my life. I am 42 years old; in less than a year I will be dead. Of course I don't know that yet, and in a way, I am dead already.~
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~ Look at me, jerking off in the shower — this will be the high point of my day. It's all downhill from here.~
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~ That's my wife, Carolyn. See the way the handle on her pruning shears matches her gardening clogs? That's not an accident.~
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~ Janie's a pretty typical teenager. Angry, insecure, confused. I wish I could tell her that's all going to pass, but I don't want to lie to her.~
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~ Both my wife and daughter think I'm this gigantic loser and they're right, I have lost something.~
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~ I'm not exactly sure what it is but I know I didn't always feel this... sedated. But you know what?~
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~ It's never too late to get it back.~
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~ You're one to talk, you bloodless, money-grubbing freak.~
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~ 1970 Pontiac Firebird. The car I've always wanted and now I have it. I rule!~
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~ This isn't life, it's just stuff. And it's become more important to you than living. Well, honey, that's just nuts.~
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~ I'm just an ordinary guy with nothing to lose.~
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~ I want to look good naked!~
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~ I didn't lose my job. It's not like 'Whoops! Where did my job go?' I quit.~
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~ It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.~
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