Reality Bites (1994)
Ethan Hawke: Troy Dyer
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Quotes
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Lelaina Pierce : I was really going to be somebody by the time I was 23.
Troy Dyer : Honey, all you have to be by the time you're 23 is yourself.
Lelaina Pierce : I don't know who that is anymore.
Troy Dyer : I do. And we all love her. I love her. She breaks my heart again and again, but I love her.
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Troy Dyer : There's no point to any of this. It's all just a... a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes. So I take pleasure in the details. You know... a Quarter-Pounder with cheese, those are good, the sky about ten minutes before it starts to rain, the moment where your laughter become a cackle... and I, I sit back and I smoke my Camel Straights and I ride my own melt.
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Troy Dyer : [On answering machine] At the beep, please leave your name, number, and a brief justification for the ontological necessity of modern man's existential dilemma, and we'll get back to you
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Michael Grates : Have I stepped over some line in the sands of coolness with you? Because excuse me if somebody doesn't know the secret handshake with you.
Troy Dyer : There's no secret handshake. There's an IQ prerequisite, but there's no secret handshake.
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Troy Dyer : [answering the phone] Hello, you've reached the winter of our discontent.
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Troy Dyer : I am not under any orders to make the world a better place.
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Troy Dyer : You can't navigate me. I may do mean things, and I may hurt you, and I may run away without your permission, and you may hate me forever, and I know that scares the living shit outta you 'cause you know I'm the only real thing you got.
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Troy Dyer : I've wanted you like this for all these years.
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Lelaina Pierce : I'd like to somehow make a difference in people's lives.
Troy Dyer : And I... I would like to buy them all a Coke.
Lelaina Pierce : And you wonder why we never got involved?
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Troy Dyer : Well fuck me for being nice!
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Troy Dyer : He's the reason Cliffs Notes were invented.
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Troy Dyer : I'm picking up some very strange vibes. They're of the I-just-got-laid variety.
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Troy Dyer : You look like a doily.
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Troy Dyer : I'm bursting with fruit flavor.
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Troy Dyer : I was told there'd be no math on this exam.
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Troy Dyer : Did he dazzle you with his extensive knowledge of mineral water, or was it his in-depth analysis of, uh, uh, Marky Mark that finally reeled you in?
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Troy Dyer : This girl is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
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Troy Dyer : Honey, you can just exhale, 'cause it's not gonna happen.