Garden State (film) Quotes

Garden State (film) is a television program that first aired in 1970 . Garden State completed its run in 1970.

It features Gary Gilbert as producer, Alexi Murdoch in charge of musical score, and Lawrence Sher as head of cinematography.

Garden State (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Garden State (film) is 102 minutes long. Garden State (film) is distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

The cast includes: Geoffrey Arend as Karl Benson, Armando Riesco as Jesse, Jean Smart as Carol, Ato Essandoh as Tim, Ron Leibman as Dr. Cohen, Ian Holm as Gideon Largeman, Method Man as Diego, Ann Dowd as Olivia, and Ato Essandoh as Titembay.

Garden State (film) Quotes

Ian Holm as Gideon Largeman

• (Ian Holm) "Saying goodbye is important. I'm glad you could fit it in."

• (Ian Holm) "Andrew, this is your father. Hello? Look, you don't call me back, so I don't know how to do this. If you're not gonna return my calls then there's no way for us to communicate --"
• (Ian Holm) "Look, I don't know how to do this but you're gonna need to come home now. Last night -- Your mother died last night, Andrew. She drowned. Last night she drowned in the bath."

• (Andrew Largeman) "Place looks good."
• (Ian Holm) "Oh, that's nice. Yeah, we've been doing a lot of work on it."
• (Andrew Largeman) "Really?"
• (Ian Holm) "Actually, no. I don't know why I just said that."

• (Ian Holm) "And besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?"

• (Andrew Largeman) "I was a little boy and somebody made a s***ty latch. That's what I think. That's what I think about the whole thing, OK? And I'm not gonna take those drugs anymore, because they have left me completely f***ing numb. I have felt so f***ing numb to everything I have experienced in my life, OK? And for that -- for that I'm here to forgive you. You've always said that all you wanted was for us to have whatever it is we wanted, right? Well, maybe, what Mom wanted more then anything is for it to all be over, and for me, what I want more then anything in the world, is for it to be OK with you for me to feel something again, even if it's pain."
• (Ian Holm) "Well, you're going against your doctor's recommendation, that a pretty weighty experiment to take on, don't you think?"
• (Andrew Largeman) "This is my life, Dad, this is it. I spent 26 years waiting for something else to start, so, no, I don't think it's too much to take on, because it's everything there is. I see now it's all of it. You and I are gonna be OK, you know that, right? We may not be as happy as you always dreamed we would be, but for the first time let's just allow ourselves to be whatever it is we are and that will be better. OK? I think that will be better."

Ann Dowd as Olivia

• (Ann Dowd) "Alright. Everybody down. Who wants to eat? Do you want to eat? Then get the f*** off him."
• (Ann Dowd) "I'm so sorry. We just don't have the time to train them. Who's got the time to train them?"

• (Ann Dowd) "Andrew, would you like to see Sam's ice skating tape?"
• (Sam) "Mom, no."
• (Andrew Largeman) "Absolutely."
• (Ann Dowd) "She was so ahead of her time. She could have gone to the Olympics."
• (Sam) "No. No, no, no. I couldn't have."
• (Ann Dowd) "Yes you could have. Don't blame it on the Epilepsy. You had a gift."
• (Andrew Largeman) "Come on, let me see it."
• (Ann Dowd) "Let's just show him the Florida Stars of the Ice opening. The gator costume."
• (Sam) "Mom. I'm asking you seriously."
• (Andrew Largeman) "Come on, don't be shy. Let me see it."
• (Ann Dowd) "Oh she wants you to see it. How could you not want him to see how talented you are?"
• (Sam) "Were."

• (Ann Dowd) "Honey, I asked you to get the metal wheel out of the hamster cage."
• (Sam) "I forgot."
• (Ann Dowd) "Well, you forgot and now Jelly's dead. Luckily I got Peanut Butter out in time."
• (Ann Dowd) "We have to get the only hamsters on planet Earth who can't figure out a stupid hamster wheel."
• (Ann Dowd) "There is a tin box on the kitchen counter. You can do the honors."

Geoffrey Arend as Karl Benson

• (Geoffrey Arend) "Hey man, I thought you killed yourself."
• (Andrew Largeman) "What?"
• (Geoffrey Arend) "I thought you killed yourself. That wasn't you?"
• (Andrew Largeman) "No, no, tha-that wasn't me."

• (Geoffrey Arend) "I should get your number."

Armando Riesco as Jesse

• (Mark) "Hey, vagina."
• (Andrew Largeman) "Hey, what's up, guys? Uh, Sam, it's Mark, Dave, and you remember Jesse."
• (Armando Riesco) "Hey."
• (Sam) "Hey."
• (Dave) "What's up?"
• (Mark) "Hey, nice to meet you. I'm sorry I said vagina just now. I didn't know you were here."
• (Sam) "Oh, that's okay."
• (Mark) "Nice. Let's get f***ed up."

• (Kelly) "Well, we just ate all this f***ing 'X', so what the hell else are we supposed to do?"
• (Armando Riesco) "The woman has a point."

• (Armando Riesco) "Dude, maybe you should stay over by the steps. I don't know CPR."
• (Mark) "You look like a wet beaver."

• (Mark) "How about some f***ing furniture, man?"
• (Armando Riesco) "I bought a chair, but I didn't like it."
• (Sam) "Where is it?"
• (Armando Riesco) "It's keeping us warm."

• (Andrew Largeman) "They sent me to boarding school because they thought I might be dangerous."
• (Andrew Largeman) "Oh, are you freaked out? You're like so freaked out. You're like running for the door. You can go, it's okay, don't feel bad."
• (Sam) "That's really funny."
• (Sam) "It's really funny. Why would they think you'd be dangerous?"
• (Armando Riesco) "You're like a little detective."
• (Andrew Largeman) "Want to know?"
• (Sam) "Yeah."
• (Mark) "You're gay."

• (Andrew Largeman) "We're not playing Spin the Bottle; how old are we? More importantly, how old are they?"
• (Armando Riesco) "Oh, they're all legal. I think --"

Method Man as Diego

• (Method Man) "Does it come with balloons?"
• (Mark) "What am I, a birthday clown? NO. It doesn't come with balloons. Suck it off the tap."

• (Method Man) "Who just saw some titties?"
• (Method Man) "Ok. Now everybody calm the f*** down."

Ron Leibman as Dr. Cohen

• (Ron Leibman) "Of course you're all right. You're alive."

• (Ron Leibman) "Mister -- Andrew Largeman?"
• (Andrew Largeman) "Yes?"
• (Ron Leibman) "There's absolutely nothing wrong with you"
• (Andrew Largeman) "Really?"
• (Ron Leibman) "Just kidding; how the hell would I know?"

• (Ron Leibman) "You know, our bodies are capable of doing some very funny things when they're consumed by stress and anxiety. Uh, I found my ex-best friend's cufflinks in my wife's purse. I couldn't get an erection for a year and a half. For example."
• (Andrew Largeman) "Wow. Um, but I don't really think that's it --"

Jean Smart as Carol

• (Jean Smart) "Oh -- guys? Don't stay in here all day. I had to take the batteries out of the carbon monoxide detector; it was beeping all night."

Ato Essandoh as Tim

• (Ato Essandoh) "By the way, it says 'balls' on your face."
• (Andrew Largeman) "Asshole."
• (Mark) "What? My mum did it."

• (Ato Essandoh) "qIrq HoH."
• (Jean Smart) "It means I like to mate after battle."
• (Ato Essandoh) "That's not what I said."
• (Jean Smart) "Yeah --"
• (Ato Essandoh) "No, no. That wasn't the one I said. This one means Kill Kirk -- And also, hallelujah -- Depending on the context."

• (Ato Essandoh) "Peace out, playa."

• (Ato Essandoh) "Someone has been pissing on my Gamecube and I'm about to close the case."

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