Mysterious Skin (2004)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Neil
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[last lines]
Neil : [narration voice-over] And as we sat there listening to the carolers, I wanted to tell Brian it was over now and everything would be okay. But that was a lie, plus, I couldn't speak anyway. I wish there was some way for us to go back and undo the past. But there wasn't. There was nothing we could do. So I just stayed silent and trying to telepathically communicate how sorry I was about what had happened. And I thought of all the grief and sadness and fucked up suffering in the world, and it made me want to escape. I wished with all my heart that we could just leave this world behind. Rise like two angels in the night and magically... disappear.
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Neil : You called me your fucking... angel.
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Neil : I met Wendy Peterson when I was ten. She was eleven, one grade ahead of me in school. If I wasn't queer we would have ended up having sloppy teenage sex and getting pregnant, contributing more fucked-up unwanted kids to society. But instead, she became my soulmate. And... one true partner in crime.
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Neil : I hate it when they look like Tarzan but sound like Jane.
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Neil : As we sat there listening to the carolers, I wanted to tell Brian that it was over now and that everything would be okay. But that was a lie, plus I couldn't speak anyway. I wish there was some way to go back and undo the past. But there wasn't. There was nothing we could do. So I just stayed silent and tried to telepathically communicate how sorry I was about what happened. And I thought of all the grief and suffering and fucked up stuff in the world, and it made me want to escape. I wished with all my heart we could just leave this world behind. Rise like two angels in the night and magically disappear.
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Neil : You're the only one I ever told.
Wendy : I know.
Neil : I never told Eric or my Mom. And I know some people might think it's f_____d up, or whatever? But what happened that summer... is a huge part of me. No one ever made me feel that way, before or since. Like I was special.
Wendy : Neil, you were eight years old.
Neil : Yeah, but he really loved me. I mean, there were other kids sometimes, but... I was his prize. I was his one true love.
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Neil : I am so sick of this stinkin' little buttcrack of a town!
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Neil : Different folks, different strokes.
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Neil : I stay in control.
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Neil : [narrating] I've been masturbating for years but it was until that summer that jizz actually squirted out of my dick when I came.