Top 30 Quotes From Holly Hunter

Melanie: I want you here with me. You're my heart. I'll make it right.

Tracy: Mom, I have to go to the bathroom now!
Melanie: Can't you hold it a minute?
Tracy: That's how you get a bladder infection, you child abuser.
Melanie: That's dramatic.

Mr. Incredible: I should have told you I was fired, I admit it. But I didn't want you to worry.
Elastigirl: You didn't want me to *worry*? And now we're running for our lives through some godforsaken jungle?
Mr. Incredible: [grinning happily] You keep trying to pick a fight, but I'm still just happy you're alive.

Penny: I've spoken my piece and counted to three.
Ulysses: She counted to three. Goddamit! She counted to three. Sonofabitch!

[Helen emerges from the restroom after changing into her superhero costume, and tosses her bag onto an apparantley empty seat]
Violet: Ow!
Elastigirl: Violet!
Violet: [becomes visible] It's not my fault! Dash ran away and I knew I'd get blamed for it...
Dash: [pops up] THAT'S NOT TRUE!
Elastigirl: Dash!
Violet: [over him] And I thought he'd try to sneak on the plane so I came in...
Dash: [over her] You said, "Something's up with Mom, we have to find out what!"
Violet: ...And then you closed the doors before I could find him...
Dash: ...It was YOUR idea, YOUR idea-!
Violet: ...AND IT'S NOT MY FAULT!
Dash: ...100 percent, all yours, all the time IDEA!
Elastigirl: Wait a minute, wait a minute! You left Jack-Jack ALONE?
Violet: Yes Mom, I'm completely stupid - OF COURSE we got a sitter...
Dash: [over her] No, we got someone, Mom! Somebody great! We wouldn't do that!
Violet: [over him] Do you think I'm totally irresponsible? Thanks a lot!

Melanie: [tearing up the floor in her kitchen] Goddamn dollar-fifty-a-square-foot floor!

Flora: [speaking to Aunt Morag] My mother met my father when she was an opera singer in Luxembourg.
Ada: [signing] That's enough.
Flora: Why?
[pos]

Helen: Now it's perfectly normal...
Violet: [interrupting] Normal? What do *you* know about normal? What does *anyone* in *this* family know about normal?
Helen: Now wait a minute, young lady...
Violet: We act normal, mom! I want to *be* normal! The only normal one is Jack-Jack, and he's not even toilet trained!
[Jack-Jack blows a raspberry and bursts out laughing]
Dash: Lucky...
[Violet and Helen look askance at him]
Dash: Uh, I meant about being normal.

Melanie: [to Tracy] How do you explain $860 in your purse?
Tracy: What do you expect me to say, Mom? We jacked it, okay? It's not like your broke ass ever has any money to give me. Mom, when Brady went to the halfway house, what happened to our phone, our cable? You didn't even know how to pay the bills. It's no wonder Dad didn't want to be with you! You didn't even finish high school!
Melanie: We don't have extra stuff, but we're doing okay. You know we're doing okay. You don't have to steal.
Tracy: Mom, you knew what was going on! You're not that dumb, are you?
Melanie: [shouts] I didn't know it went that far!

Melanie: [When Evie walks on Melanie having a cigarette in her bedroom] Don't ever start smoking.
Evie: Is everything okay, Mel?
Melanie: Yeah.
[pauses]
Melanie: No. Evie, I'm sorry, but I think it's time for you to go home.
Evie: I can't go home. Brooke had a convention in Bakersfield. She said she sent you an e-mail.
Melanie: I guess I didn't check my E-mail.
[laughs nervously]
Evie: I'm sorry, Mel. I hope it's okay that I'm here.
Melanie: Well, I guess it's gonna have to be, isn't it?
Evie: Her boyfriend hits me, Mel.
[sits down on Melanie's bed and pulls her hair back to reveal a bruise on her neck]
Evie: He grabbed my throat and he threw me against his van.
Melanie: [gasps softly] Oh, Jesus.
[sits down beside Evie on the bed]
Melanie: Where's your mother, baby?
Evie: [sniffles] She - she passed away.
Melanie: I didn't have a mother when I was your age either. I know how hard it is. I do.
[she and Evie hug each other]

[after seeing Jack-Jack's superhero outfit]
Helen: What on earth do you think the baby will be doing?
Edna: Well, I am sure I don't know, darling. Luck favors the prepared.

Melanie: [to Tracy] Have you been drinking?
Tracy: No!
Mason: She's always fucking drinking!
Brady: Oh, like you never have!
Melanie: Hey, hey, hey. Come on. You guys!
Brady: Hey, Kayla. What's going on?
[Kayla starts crying]

Melanie: [to Tracy] What the hell is that?
[Tracy doesn't answer her]
Melanie: I'm talking to you!
Tracy: [whispers] It's a belly-button ring.
Melanie: Speak up. I can't hear you.
Tracy: It's a belly button ring! How else can I say it? I don't speak no other languages! Oh. And do you want to know what that is?
[sticks her tongue out]
Tracy: That is a tongue ring.

Elastigirl: [on Jack-Jack] All right, well, who'd you get?
[scene switch to the Parr home]
Kari: You don't have to worry about one single thing, Mrs. Parr. I've got this baby-sitting thing wired. I've taken courses and learned CPR, and I've got excellent marks and certificates I can produce on demand.
Elastigirl: Kari?
Kari: I also brought Mozart to play while he sleeps to make him smarter because leading experts say Mozart makes babies smarter.
Elastigirl: Kari...
Kari: ...And the beauty part is the babies don't even have to listen 'cause they're asleep! You know, I wish my parents played Mozart when I slept because half the time I don't even know what the heck anyone's talking about!
Elastigirl: Kari, I really don't feel comfortable with this. I'll pay you for your trouble but I'd really rather call a service.
Kari: Oh, there's really no need, Mrs. Parr. I can totally handle anything this baby can dish out.
[to Jack-Jack]
Kari: Can't I, little baby? Who can handle it? Who can handle it?

[Helen hands the kids two masks]
Elastigirl: Put these on. Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it. And if anything goes wrong, use your powers.
Violet: But you said never to use...
Elastigirl: [snaps at her] I know what I said!
[sighing]
Elastigirl: Remember the bad guys on the shows you used to watch on Saturday mornings? Well, these guys aren't like those guys. They won't exercise restraint because you are children. They *will* kill you if they get the chance. Do *not* give them that chance.

- But when we're out on the other side of this all... it's you.
Rhea: I'm telling you now.
- It's always been you.
- Well... thank you.
- I don't know about that, but thank you.

Brooke: We'll be moving up to Ojai so you won't be seeing Evie again. Ever. You're really cruel, Tracy. I mean, I'm sure you can be a sweet kid when you want to, but right now, you're a really bad influence. I mean, you cheat, you lie, you steal...
Tracy: [shouting in disbelief] Oh, my God! Are you kidding me? Where do you think I learned all this shit from?
[walks off into the kitchen]
Melanie: Tracy was playing Barbies before she met Evie.
[Melanie, Evie and Brooke follow Tracy into the kitchen]
Brooke: Did she teach you how to beat the crap out of her as well? I've seen the bruises.
Tracy: What the hell did you tell her, Evie?
Brooke: [turns to Evie] Come here. What about this?
[shows the scrape by Evie's hairline that Tracy accidentally made while the two girls were play-fighting]
Tracy: [shouts] What the fuck? We were just goofing.
Melanie: Tracy didn't hit her.
Evie: [starting to cry] Yes, she did.
Tracy: I don't believe this! She hit me too!
Brooke: [grabs Tracy's arm and struggles with her to pull back her sleeve] And look at this, Mel.
Tracy: Don't you dare! No! Please!
Melanie: Get your hands off her.
[Tracy starts to cry as the cuts on her arm are revealed when Brooke pulls down her sleeve]
Brooke: She cuts.
[Melanie looks stunned and horrified at the cuts on Tracy's arm]
Tracy: [crying] It's none of your business, you fucking Frankenstein!
Brooke: Oh, no, this child is my business, you little cunt.
Melanie: That's enough. You need to get out.
Brooke: [to Evie] Honey, come on.
[she and Evie slowly start to leave the house]
Melanie: [yelling] Get out!
Evie: [crying] Who would want to be in this shit hole anyway? It fucking stinks in here, Mel!

Elastigirl: This is the right hangar, but I don't see any jets.
Mr. Incredible: A jet's not fast enough.
Elastigirl: What's faster than a jet?
Dash: Hey, how about a rocket?
Elastigirl: Great. I can't fly a rocket.
Violet: You don't have to. Use the coordinates from the last launch.
Mr. Incredible: Oh, wait. I bet Syndrome's changed the password by now. How do I get into the computer?
Mirage: [Over PA system] Say please.

Penny: The only good thing you ever did for the gals was get hit by that train!

[after dying Cynthia's hair]
Melanie: If this gets you laid, you owe me double.

Ada: George has fashioned me a metal finger tip, I am quite the town freak which satisfies!

Edna: I didn't know the baby's powers so I covered the basics.
Helen: Jack-Jack doesn't have any powers.
Edna: No? Well, he'll look fabulous anyway.

Helen: [sobbing] Now I'm losing him! What'll I do? What'll I do?
Edna: What are you talking about?
Helen: [stops crying] Huh?
Edna: [shouts] You are Elastigirl! My God...
[swatting Helen with a newspaper]
Edna: Pull-yourself-together! "What will you do?" Is this a question? You will show him you remember that he is Mr. Incredible, and you will remind him who *you* are. Well, you know where he is. Go, confront the problem. Fight! Win!
[normal voice]
Edna: And call me when you get back, darling. I enjoy our visits.

Ada: I have told you the story of your father many many times.
Flora: Oh, tell me again! Was he a teacher?
Ada: Yes.
Flora: How did you speak to him?
Ada: I didn't need to speak. I could lay thoughts out in his mind like they were a sheet.
Flora: Why didn't you get married?
Ada: He became frightened and stopped listening.

Mr. Incredible: Wait here and stay hidden. I'm going in.
Elastigirl: While what? I watch helplessly from the sidelines? I don't think so.
Mr. Incredible: I'm asking you to wait with the kids.
Elastigirl: And I'm telling you, not a chance. You're my husband, I'm with you - for better or worse.
Mr. Incredible: I have to do this alone.
Elastigirl: What is this to you? Playtime?
Mr. Incredible: No.
Elastigirl: So you can be Mr. Incredible again?
Mr. Incredible: No!
Elastigirl: Then what? What is it?
Mr. Incredible: I'm not...
Elastigirl: Not what?
Mr. Incredible: Not... I'm not strong enough.
Elastigirl: Strong enough? And this will make you stronger?
Mr. Incredible: Yes. No!
Elastigirl: That's what this is? Some sort of work out?
Mr. Incredible: [shouts] I can't lose you again!
[calms down]
Mr. Incredible: I can't. Not again. I'm not s-strong enough.
Elastigirl: [kisses him] If we work together, you won't have to be.
Mr. Incredible: I don't know what will happen...
Elastigirl: Hey, c'mon. We're superheroes. What could happen?

Melanie: [to Tracy] I love you and your brother more than anything in the world. I would die for you, but I won't leave you alone right now.

Penny: Vernon here's got a job. Vernon's got prospects. He's bona fide. What are you?

James: You had sex with all those men in cars? Only in cars?
Helen: Yes. I didn't plan it that way.
James: Did you fantasize that Vaughan was photographing all these sex acts as though they were traffic accidents?
Helen: Yes. They felt like traffic accidents.

[last lines]
Penny: Well, we need that ring.
Ulysses: Well that ring is at the bottom of a pretty durn big lake.
Penny: Uh-uh.
Ulysses: A 9,000 hectare lake.
Penny: I don't care if it's 90,000...
Ulysses: But honey...
Penny: that lake was not my doing.
Ulysses: Of course not honey...
Penny: I counted to three, honey.
Ulysses: No, wait, honey! Finding one little ring in the middle of all that water is one hell of a heroic task!

Senator: The world has been so caught up with what Superman can do that no one has asked what he should do.