"I could've wound up having sex back there. And what better way to exorcise rejection demons than to screw the person who rejected you, right? But you wouldn't be sleeping with a person, you'd be sleeping with the whole sad, single-person culture. It'd be like sleeping with Talia Shire in Rocky if you weren't Rocky."

"I can see now I never really committed to Laura. I always had one foot out the door, and that prevented me from doing a lot of things, like thinking about my future and... I guess it made more sense to commit to nothing, keep my options open. And that's suicide. By tiny, tiny increments."

"Should I bolt every time I get that feeling in my gut when I meet someone new? Well, I've been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I've come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains."

"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"

"I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you are like... Books, records, films—these things matter. Call me shallow but it's the fuckin' truth, and by this measure I was having one of the best dates of my life."

"I'm like Cat, here. We're a couple of no-name slobs."

"[to Holly Golightly] And I always heard people in New York never get to know their neighbors."

"[to Holly Golightly] I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before, before."

"[to Holly Golightly] You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing", and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself."

"[singing] Moon River, wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style some day Oh, dream maker, my heart breaker Wherever you're going, I'm going your way …"

"[to Paul "Fred" Varjak] Ahh . . . Do I detect a look of disapproval in your eye? Tough beans buddy, 'cause that's the way it's gonna be."

"[to Paul "Fred" Varjak] It's useful being top banana in the shock department!"

"[to Paul "Fred" Varjak] I've got to do something about the way I look. I mean a girl just can't go to Sing Sing with a green face."

"But oh golly! Gee damn!"

"[to Paul "Fred" Varjak] There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion."

"[to Paul "Fred" Varjak] You could always tell what kind of a person a man thinks you are by the earrings he gives you. I must say, the mind reels."

"[to Paul "Fred" Varjak] But I am mad about Jose. I honestly think I'd give up smoking if he asked me."

"[to Paul "Fred" Varjak] It should take you exactly four seconds to cross from here to that door. I'll give you two."

"When I look back on my little life and all the women I’ve known. I can’t help to think about all that they’ve done for me, I hadn’t left up for them, how they looked after me, and cared for me, and I would pay them by never returning the favor. Yeah, I used to think I had the best end of the deal. What have I got… really… some money in my pocket, some nice threads, a fancy car at my disposal, and I am single… unattached, free as a bird. I don’t depend on nobody. Nobody depends on me. My life’s my own. But I don’t have peace of mind. And if you don’t have that, you have nothing. So.. so what’s the answer, I keep asking myself. What’s it all about. You know what I mean."

"I warned them all from the beginning. I always said something along the lines of… I must advise you, I am stamped with an invisible warning: “will not commit”, “will never marry”."

"What happens with me is – I don’t know – I get… when it gets too… not close, but something like that, I start to feel… not stifled… not trapped… but, but… something like that and I – you know, you know what I mean."

"In every doomed relationship there comes what I like to call the "oh oooh"-moment. And a certain little something happens and you know you've just witnessed the beginning of the end. Suddenly you stop and you think: "oh oooh"... iceberg ahead."

"The problem is, she doesn't have enough of the superficial things that really matter."

"It seems to me the problems you worry yourself sick about never seem to materialize. It's the ones that catch you unexpectedly on a Wednesday afternoon that knock you sideways."

"Anyone in the mood for a little Alfie, straight-up?"

"Whenever you meet a beautiful woman, just remember somewhere there's a man who's sick of shagging her."

"I myself subscribe more to the European philosophy of life, my priorities leaning towards wine, women and... well that's about it."

"For us boys its all about FBB, Face-Boobs,Bum"

"I give her my highest grade: A minus. Look at her - legs like racehorse, perfect yoga bum"

"Well, no, I've never done it. But it might be worth a try."

"Kris Marshall – Colin Frissell"

"Rodrigo Santoro – Karl"

"Laura Linney – Sarah"

"Nina Sosanya – Annie"

"Keira Knightley – Juliet"

"Andrew Lincoln – Mark"

"Chiwetel Ejiofor – Peter"

"Heike Makatsch – Mia"

"Alan Rickman – Harry"

"Emma Thompson – Karen"

"Thomas Sangster – Sam"

"Liam Neeson – Daniel"

"Lúcia Moniz – Aurelia"

"Colin Firth – Jamie Bennett"

"Gregor Fisher – Joe"

"Bill Nighy – Billy Mack"

"Martine McCutcheon – Natalie"

"Hugh Grant – The Prime Minister"

"It's All About Love... Actually."

"All You Need Is Love"