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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Quotes

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a television show that appeared on TV in 1970 . Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind completed its run in 1970.

It features Steve Golin, and Anthony Bregman as producer, Jon Brion in charge of musical score, and Ellen Kuras as head of cinematography.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is 108 minutes long. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is distributed by Focus Features.

The cast includes: Debbon Ayer as Joel, Kirsten Dunst as Mary, Elijah Wood as Patrick, Debbon Ayer as Joel Barish, Tom Wilkinson as Howard, Mark Ruffalo as Stan, Jane Adams as Carrie, David Cross as Rob, Deirdre O'Connell as Hollis, and Thomas Jay Ryan as Frank.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Quotes

Debbon Ayer as Joel

  • (Debbon Ayer) "Hi."
  • (Clementine) "Hi. Didn't figure you'd show your face around me again. I guess I thought you were -- humiliated. You did run away, after all."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I just needed to see you."
  • (Clementine) "Yeah?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I'd like to, um -- take you out, or something."
  • (Clementine) "You're married."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Not yet, not married. No, I'm not married."
  • (Clementine) "Look man, I'm telling you right off the bat, I'm high-maintainance, so -- I'm not gonna tip-toe around your marriage, or whatever it is you've got goin' there. If you wanna be with me, you're with me."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Okay."
  • (Clementine) "Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a f***ed-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I remember that speech really well."
  • (Clementine) "I had you pegged, didn't I?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "You had the whole human race pegged."
  • (Clementine) "Hmm. Probably."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I still thought you were gonna save my life -- even after that."
  • (Clementine) "Ohhh -- I know."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "It would be different, if we could just give it another go-round."
  • (Clementine) "Remember me. Try your best; maybe we can."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Look at it out here, it's all falling apart. I'm erasing you and I'm happy."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Is there any risk of brain damage?"
  • (Tom Wilkinson) "Well, technically speaking, the operation is brain damage, but it's on a par with a night of heavy drinking. Nothing you'll miss."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I could die right now, Clem. I'm just -- happy. I've never felt that before. I'm just exactly where I want to be."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Are we like those bored couples you feel sorry for in restaurants? Are we the dining dead? I can't stand the idea of us being a couple people think that about."
  • (Clementine) "Look man, I'm telling you right off the bat I'm high maintenance. So I'm not gonna tip-toe around your marriage or whatever it is ya got goin' on there. If you wanna be with me, you're with me."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Okay."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "What a loss to spend that much time with someone, only to find out that she's a stranger."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Can you hear me? I don't want this any more. I want to call it off."
  • (Clementine) "I'm gonna marry you -- I know it."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Ummm -- okay --"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I have to go. I have to catch my ride."
  • (Clementine) "So go."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I did. I thought maybe you were a nut -- but you were exciting."
  • (Clementine) "I wish you had stayed."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I wish I had stayed too. NOW I wish I had stayed. I wish I had done a lot of things. I wish I had -- I wish I had stayed. I do."
  • (Clementine) "Well I came back downstairs and you were gone."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I walked out, I walked out the door."
  • (Clementine) "Why?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I don't know. I felt like a scared little kid, I was like -- it was above my head, I don't know."
  • (Clementine) "You were scared?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Yeah. I thought you knew that about me. I ran back to the bonfire, trying to outrun my humiliation, I think."
  • (Clementine) "Was it something I said?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Yeah -- you said "so go." With such disdain, you know?"
  • (Clementine) "Oh, I'm sorry."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "It's okay."
  • (Clementine) "Joely? What if you stayed this time?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I walked out the door. There's no memory left."
  • (Clementine) "Come back and make up a good-bye at least. Let's pretend we had one."
  • (Clementine) "Bye Joel."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I love you."
  • (Clementine) "Meet me -- in Montauk --"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "It's 3 o'clock."
  • (Clementine) "I kinda sorta wrecked your car."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "You were driving drunk. It's pathetic."
  • (Clementine) "I was a little tipsy. Don't call me pathetic."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Well, it is pathetic. And it's f***ing irresponsible. You could've killed somebody. I don't know, maybe you did kill somebody. Should we turn on the news and see? Should I check the grille to see if there's children or small animals?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I don't see anything I don't like about you."
  • (Clementine) "But you will. But you will, and I'll get bored with you and feel trapped, because that's what happens with me."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Okay."
  • (Clementine) "Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a f***ed-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I remember that speech really well."
  • (Clementine) "I had you pegged, didn't I?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "You had the whole human race pegged."
  • (Clementine) "Hmm. Probably."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I still thought you were gonna save my life -- even after that."
  • (Clementine) "Ohhh -- I know."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "It would be different, if we could just give it another go-round."
  • (Clementine) "Remember me. Try your best; maybe we can."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who shows me the least bit of attention?"
  • (Clementine) "This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I know."
  • (Clementine) "What do we do?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Enjoy it."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I think we should go."
  • (Clementine) "No, it's our house. Just for tonight --"
  • (Clementine) "-- we are David and Ruth Laskin. Which one do you want to be? I prefer to be Ruth, but I'm flexible."
  • (Clementine) "You're not a stalker, or anything, right?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I'm not a stalker. YOU'RE the one that talked to me, remember?"
  • (Clementine) "That is the oldest trick in the stalker book."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Really? There's a stalker book? Great, I gotta read that one."
  • (Clementine) "My crotch is still here, just as you remembered it."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Yuck."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "By morning, you'll be gone."
  • (Clementine) "You know me, I'm impulsive."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "That's what I love about you."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Sorry, I'm just -- trying to be nice."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I can't see anything I don't like about you."
  • (Clementine) "But you will, you will think of things and I'll get bored with you and feel trapped because that's what happens with me."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Okay."
  • (Clementine) "Okay."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Yes?"
  • (Elijah Wood) "Can I help you?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "What do you mean?"
  • (Elijah Wood) "Can I help you with something?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "No."
  • (Elijah Wood) "What are you doing here?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I'm not really sure what you're asking."
  • (Elijah Wood) "Oh, thanks --"
  • (Clementine) "You don't tell me things, Joel. I'm an open book. I tell you everything -- every damn embarrassing thing. You don't trust me."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating."
  • (Clementine) "I don't do that. I want to know you."
  • (Clementine) "I don't constantly talk. Jesus. People have to share things, Joel --"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Mmmhhmmm --"
  • (Clementine) "That's what intimacy is. I'm really pissed that you said that to me."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I'm sorry -- I just, my life isn't that interesting."
  • (Clementine) "I want to read some of those journals you're constantly scribbling in. What do you write in there if you don't have any thoughts or passions or -- love?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "It's god**** freezing on this beach. Montauk in February, brilliant, Joel."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "random thoughts for Valentine's day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Wait."
  • (Clementine) "-- What? -- What do you want Joel?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I don't know. I want you wait for just a -- a while."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I'm so ashamed."
  • (Clementine) "It's okay, you're a little kid."
  • (Clementine) "And in your wormy little brain. You try to figure out, "Did she f*** someone tonight?""
  • (Debbon Ayer) "No, see Clem. I assume you f***ed someone tonight. Isn't that how you get people to like you?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I had a really nice time last night."
  • (Clementine) "Nice?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I had the best f***ing night of my entire f***ing life, last night."
  • (Clementine) "Thaaaat's better."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I love being bathed in the sink; such a feeling of security."
  • (Clementine) "I've never seen you happier, baby Joel."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I can't see anything that I don't like about you."
  • (Clementine) "But you will. But you will. You know, you will think of things. And I'll get bored with you and feel trapped because that's what happens with me."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Okay."
  • (Clementine) "Okay."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "And the whole thing with the hair; it's all bulls***."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I really like your hair."
  • (Clementine) "Thank you."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I don't know. What if it breaks?"
  • (Clementine) "What if? Do you really care right now?"
  • (Clementine) "You like? To match my sweatshirt, exactly."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Ahaaahhhhh. Ohhhhhh. I like it."
  • (Clementine) "You do?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "You look like a tangerine."
  • (Clementine) "Hmmm, Clementine the tangerine."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Juicy -- 'n seedless."
  • (Clementine) "I like that."
  • (Clementine) "What took you so long?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I just walked in."
  • (Clementine) "Do you miss me?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Oddly enough, I do."
  • (Clementine) "You said "I do"; I guess that means we're married."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I guess so."
  • (Clementine) "I wish you'd stayed."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I wish I'd stayed, too. NOW I wish I'd stayed. I wish I'd done a lot of things. I wish I'd -- I wish I'd stayed -- I do."
  • (Clementine) "Joely?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Yeah Tangerine?"
  • (Clementine) "Am I ugly?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Uh-uh."
  • (Clementine) "When I was a kid, I thought I was. I can't believe I'm crying already. Sometimes I think people don't understand how lonely it is to be a kid, like you don't matter. So, I'm eight, and I have these toys, these dolls. My favorite is this ugly girl doll who I call Clementine, and I keep yelling at her, "You can't be ugly. Be pretty." It's weird, like if I can transform her, I would magically change, too."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "You're pretty."
  • (Clementine) "Joely, don't ever leave me."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "You're pretty -- you're pretty -- pretty --"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "If only I could meet someone new. I guess my chances of that happening are somewhat diminished, seeing that I'm incapable of making eye contact with a woman I don't know."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Sand is overrated. It's just tiny, little rocks."
  • (Clementine) "Look, I'm sorry if I came off a little nutso, I'm not really."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "That's okay, I really didn't think you were."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Mierzwiak. Please let me keep this memory, just this one."
  • (Clementine) "You married?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "No."
  • (Clementine) "Let's move into this neighborhood."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I do sorta live with someone though."
  • (Clementine) "Male or female?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "What? Female -- female --"
  • (Clementine) "At least I'm not barking up the wrong tree."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I can't remember anything without you."
  • (Clementine) "Aw, that's -- very sweet, but try."
  • (Clementine) "What are you, NUTS?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "It's been suggested."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "I think your name is magical."
  • (Debbon Ayer) "Pages ripped out. Don't remember doing that. It appears this is my first entry in two years."

Jane Adams as Carrie

  • (Jane Adams) "She decided to erase you almost as a lark."
  • (Jane Adams) "You're stoned and you're driving."
  • (David Cross) "Pot balances me out. Pot brings me up. That's I smoke it if I'm going to be drinking."
  • (Jane Adams) "I saw you talking to someone pretty."
  • (David Cross) "Yeah, man, who was that?"
  • (Debbon Ayer) "She was -- just a girl."

David Cross as Rob

  • (David Cross) "It's not about us, it's about Joel, who's an adult, okay, not "Momma Carrie's kid"."
  • (David Cross) "The plane crashed. I didn't crash the plane."

Kirsten Dunst as Mary

  • (Kirsten Dunst) "How happy is the blameless vestal's lot. / The world forgetting, by the world forgot / Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. / Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd."
  • (Kirsten Dunst) "Adults are, like, this mess of sadness and phobias."
  • (Kirsten Dunst) "He could wake up all half-baked and, gooey and, and half-baked -- mmm, that sounds sooo good. I'm hungry."
  • (Kirsten Dunst) "I wanted to understand as much as I could about the procedure as possible -- I think it's important for my job to understand the inner workings of the work that we do, well not that I do, but the work that is done by people where I also work, the work of my colleagues."

Elijah Wood as Patrick

  • (Clementine) "Patrick, get the f*** awa --"
  • (Elijah Wood) "-What's wrong?"
  • (Clementine) "Get the f*** away from me."
  • (Elijah Wood) "Do you wanna talk about it?"
  • (Clementine) "NO. Get the f*** away."
  • (Elijah Wood) "You know that girl we did last week? The one with the potatoes."
  • (Mark Ruffalo) "That girl? Yeah, that's this guy's girl."
  • (Elijah Wood) "Yeah."
  • (Mark Ruffalo) "Right -- Was. Took care of that."
  • (Elijah Wood) "Well uh, I kind of fell in love with her that night."
  • (Mark Ruffalo) "What? You little f***."
  • (Elijah Wood) "What?"
  • (Mark Ruffalo) "She was unconscious, man."
  • (Elijah Wood) "Well, she was beautiful and -- I stole a pair of her panties as well."
  • (Mark Ruffalo) "Jesus."
  • (Elijah Wood) "What? It's not like; I mean they were clean and all."
  • (Mark Ruffalo) "Don't tell me this stuff. I don't wanna hear this s***."
  • (Clementine) "HEY. Lets go out dancing. You want to go out to Montauk with me?"
  • (Elijah Wood) "Montauk?"
  • (Clementine) "Yeah, NO. Come out to Boston with me."
  • (Elijah Wood) "Sure, we can go next weekend."
  • (Clementine) "NO. Now. Now. I have to go see the frozen Charles NOW."
  • (Elijah Wood) "Mary hates me. I've never been popular with the ladies."
  • (Mark Ruffalo) "Maybe if you stopped stealing their panties."

Tom Wilkinson as Howard

  • (Tom Wilkinson) "We'll dispose of these mementos when we're done here, that way you won't be confused by their unexplainable presence in your home."

Thomas Jay Ryan as Frank

  • (Thomas Jay Ryan) "McRomance. Want some fries with that shake?"

Mark Ruffalo as Stan

  • (Mark Ruffalo) "You looked happy. Happy with a secret."
  • (Mark Ruffalo) "He's off the map. He's off the map."

Deirdre O'Connell as Hollis

  • (Deirdre O'Connell) "Don't be a monster, Howard. Tell the poor girl. You can have him, sweetie. You did."

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