The Lorax (2012 film)

"[referring to Audrey; to The Once-ler] Hey, she is not some girlǃ She's a woman in high school, and she loves trees. And I'm gonna get her one."

"I am Ted Wiggins, and I speak for the trees. And the fact is, things aren't perfect here in Thneedville! And they're only gonna get worse unless we do something about it! Unless we change our ways, we can start by planting this! [holds up the truffula seed]"

"[Referring to her mural] Those are trees. Real ones. They used to grow all around here. And people said that the touch of their tufts was softer than anything, even silk. And they smelled like butterfly milk."

"I want more than anything in the whole world is to see a real living tree, growing in my backyard."

"[He puts on a pair of work gloves and grabs a large axe] Alright, here we go. About to make a Thneed, about to change the world."

"Check it out, guys. [looks around, noticing all of the animals are gone] Where did everybody go? [shrugs, then grabs the tree by the trunk and drags it away toward his cottage]"

"Little did I know that by chopping down that tree I had just summoned a mystical creature as old as time itself. The legendary, slightly annoying, guardian of the forest. The Lorax."

"[admiring his first thneed] Now that's a thneed! Nothing unmanly about knitting. No sir!"

"Oh, yeah! We're in business, baby! Mom? Hey, it's me! I told you I was going to be a success! You need to bring the whole family here right now. We're going to be rich! [notices the Lorax looking at him] What? I'm going to need all the help I can get. Don't worry."

"[closing How Bad Can I Be] All the customers are buying, and the money's multiplying, and the PR people are lying, [a Thneed is thrown on the Lorax as a picture is taken. A billboard featuring the picture reads "Lorax Approved"] and the lawyers are denying. Who cares if a few trees are dying? This is all so gratifying! How bad, how bad can this possibly be?!"

"[To Ted] Because Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better...It's not."

"[To Ted; referring to the last Truffula seed] Plant the seed in the middle of town where everyone can see! Change the way things are. I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. That's not just a seed...any more than you're just a boy."

"[destroying His window In The Middle Of The Sun, as he Sees the Citizens singing "Let it Grow" And Old Once ler Whited His Eyes Without Tears] Thank you, Ted. [Saying That Whisper Sound] [Closes His Eyes Because The Sun Is Shining]"

"You've got a beautiful town here, lots of fun stuff to occupy your short attention span. I can't think of any reason, you'd ever wanna go outside of town... again. Ever."

"[going after Ted and Audrey and Grammy Norma, who have the Truffula seed, through a megaphone] YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS, BOY! BANG!"

"Nobody beats Aloysius O'Hare! [the elevator shuts in his face and rises] What the-?! "Damn it!""

"Bring it on, Teddy! You don't have the guts!"

"[last words during the "Let It Grow" song] Come on, who's with me, huh?"

"One of the funny things that we discovered was that because they don't look like trees or animals that we understand or relate to directly, you have to create, based on Seuss' illustrations, something that's believable. Because the Truffula trees are beautiful -- they look like cotton candy. But, by the same token, you have to create something that the audience feels something for. So it can't just feel like Candy Land; you have to buy it as a real forest. So we looked at Birch trees and then figured out how to make those wonderful illustrations work in a 3-D movie. It's a real fantasy forest that you could relate to when it's being chopped down."

"We had a design that was very city-like and very dense, which wasn't quite working. But we went back and looked at a little drawing in the upper corner of the page when the little boy is first coming to look at the Lorax. And we sort of used that as our basis: it's got these big, curvy roads and a couple of building shapes. In some ways, the easier choice would've been to create a Blade Runner-like dystopian future with smog. But of course we wanted to create something that was fun and entertaining, but in some way relates a little more about where we are today, with inflatable bushes and plastic flowers and fake nature that still has a sense of fun, much like Disneyland or Las Vegas or Dubai. So, in the movie that felt like a great way to go but also suggesting that you have to be careful to maintain balance with nature so it can be sustained."

"Danny DeVito — The Lorax"

"Edward Helms — The Once-ler"

"Zac Efron — Ted Wiggins"

"Taylor Swift — Audrey"

"Rob Riggle — Aloysius O'Hare"

"Jenny Slate — Mrs. Wiggins (credited as "Ted's Mom")"

"Betty White — Grammy Norma"

"Jeff Glen Bennett — Morty"

"Nasim Pedrad — Isabella (credited as "Once-ler's Mom")"

"Elmarie Wendel — Aunt Grizelda"

"Stephen Tobolowsky — Uncle Ubb"

"Danny Cooksey — Brett & Chet"