Memorable quotes for
Jack (1996)

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Eric: When I grow up, I want to be a gynecologist.
Miss Marquez: You need to give a reason.
Eric: You're the reason, Miss Marquez.

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Jack: What do I want to be when I grow up? Alive.

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Lawrence Woodruff: Do you know why I teach, Jack?
Jack: No.
Lawrence Woodruff: Well, I teach, not to pass on knowledge, not to produce great people, but because I enjoy meeting young people and being around them. And, Jack, you were my most exceptional pupil. Because even being what you are, you still had a desire to learn. Now, tell me, have you ever seen a shooting star, Jack?
[Jack shakes his head]
Lawrence Woodruff: No?... Well, they're very rare. They're seen in the sky for only a very brief time. But when they appear, they are so bright, and so brilliant, that all the other normal stars just stand still, and watch that star as it passes among them.
Jack: I just... want to be a regular star.
Lawrence Woodruff: You will never be a regular star, Jack. You are spectacular.

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[it is decided Jack is to go to school]
Karen Powell: You sure he'll be alright?
Brian: Honey, he'll be fine.
[they kiss Jack and go to bed]
Brian: [to himself] It's the rest of the world I'm worried about...

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[Jack, with the appearance of a 68-year old but only 17 years old, arrives at his graduation ceremony]
Lawrence Woodruff: [addressing the audience] I would like to present, to read the graduation speech, this year's Valedictorian: Mr Jack Charles Powell...
[a round of applause approves of this choice]
Jack: [taking the stand] Thank you... Aristotle. dDue to his aged condition he has to take out spectacles to read the speech]
Eric's Brother: Go Jack! Go get them!
Jack: I got it, Eric, I'm cool... As we come to the end of our school years, we find ourselves remembering the good times, and trying to forget the bad ties. And as we start to look ahead, we start to worry. We think "What am I going to do? Where am I going to be in ten years?" But I say to you, "Hey, look at me!" Please, don't worry so much. Because when you get right down to it, none of us have very long on this earth. Life is fleeting, like a shooting star in the sky. Whenever you see a shooting star light up the sky with its brilliance, think of me, and try to make each and every moment of our lives as spectacular as possible. I know I did. I made it, Mom. I'm a grown-up.

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Angry Man: I'm a loser? You're a son of a bitch!
Jack: I can't believe you said that! You cussed! You said the B-Word! Oh, you're gonna be in so much trouble!

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[in a bar]
Jack: I'll have a Shirley Temple and some merecino cherries.
Paulie: Get him a Madonna.
[to Jack]
Paulie: Know who Madonna is right?
Jack: Who?
Paulie: Shirley Temple without the cherry.

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Miss Marquez: When's your birthday?
Jack: September 12.
Classmate: [snickering] 1902.

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Dolores: Since when is being bad, bad?

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Jack: I'm not a freak, you're a freak, four eyes!
Jane: He's ten.

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Louis: Hey, you, you shoot hoops?
Jack: Who, me?
Louis: No, the 40-year-old kid behind you.

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Brian: I remember when you first learned to ride a bike. You were so determined to ride, even though you kept wipin' out and you almost took out some of the neighbors, but eventually you got it and now you're riding like a pro.

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Miss Marquez: We're gonna have to change your name from Jack to Shaq.

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Jack: He had the sqirts. He had Diarrhea.
Dolores: Oh boy. Well, that was more than I needed to know.

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Principal McGee: Would you like to see your classroom?
Jack: [quietly] Yes.
Principal McGee: A little louder.
Jack: [even more quietly] Yes.
Principal McGee: A little louder, Jack.
Jack: [shouts loudly] YES!

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Jack: Mom, am I a giant?

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John-John: [in the boy's tree-house looking at an adult magazine] Jack, have you got an erection?
Jack: No I was hoping to get one for Christmas though.

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