La La Land (2016) quotes

Director
Damien Chazelle.

Cast
Ryan Gosling.
Emma Stone.
Rosemarie DeWitt.

While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.

People love what other people are passionate about.
Mia

Alright, I remember you. And I’ll admit I was a little curt that night.
– Sebastian
“Curt?”
– Mia
Okay, I was an asshole. I can admit that. But requesting “I Ran” from a serious musician, it’s just, it’s too far.
– Sebastian
My Lord, did you just say “a serious musician?”
– Mia
I don’t think so.
– Sebastian
Can I borrow what you’re wearing?
– Mia
Why?
– Sebastian
Because I have an audition next week. I’m playing a serious firefighter.
– Mia
So you’re an actress? I thought you looked familiar. Have I seen you in anything?
– Sebastian
Uhh, the coffee shop on the Warner Brothers lot, that’s a classic.
– Mia
Oh I see.
– Sebastian
Yeah.
– Mia
So you’re a barista? And I can see how you could then look down on me from all the way up there.
– Sebastian

I guess I’ll see you in the movies.
– Sebastian

[singing] And here’s to the fools who dream / Crazy as they may seem. / Here’s to the hearts that break. / Here’s to the mess we make.
– Mia

They worship everything and they value nothing.
– Sebastian

I’m letting life hit me until it gets tired. Then I’ll hit back. It’s a classic rope-a-dope.
– Sebastian

It’s pretty strange that we keep running into each other.
– Mia
Maybe it means something.
– Sebastian
I doubt it.
– Mia
Yeah, I didn’t think so.
– Sebastian

I’m always gonna love you.
– Mia
I’m always gonna love you, too.
– Sebastian

How are you gonna be a revolutionary if you’re such a traditionalist? You hold onto the past, but jazz is about the future.
– Keith

Fuck them!
– Sebastian
[mildly amused] That’s what you always say.
– Mia

You’re fired.
– Bill
It’s Christmas.
– Sebastian
Yeah, I see the decorations. Good luck in the New Year.
– Bill

You’re a barista? I can see how you can look down on me from all the way up there.
– Sebastian

What do you mean you don’t like jazz?
– Sebastian
It just means that when I listen to it, I don’t like it.
– Mia

George Michael!
– Mia

You could just write your own rules. You know, write something that’s as interesting as you are.
– Sebastian
What are you gonna do?
– Mia
Have my own club.
– Sebastian

Jazz is about the future.
– Keith

I think you should call it Seb’s because no one will come to a place called Chicken on a Stick.
– Mia

[passing by the piano] Welcome back, Seb.
– Karen (Waitress)
[to himself] There’s a nice way to say that, Karen.
– Sebastian

[after Sebastian honks car horn outside Mia’s apartment] Is that gonna happen every time?
– Tracy
[smiling] I think so.
– Mia

 You should come.
– Sebastian
To Boise?
– Mia
You can knock it off your bucket list.
– Sebastian

No, Jamal. You be trippin’.
– Mia

I’m always gonna love you.
– Sebastian
I’m always gonna love you, too.
– Mia

Maybe I’m not good enough!
– Mia
Yes, you are.
– Sebastian
Maybe I’m not! It’s like a pipe dream.
– Mia
This is the dream! It’s conflict and it’s compromise, and it’s very, very exciting!
– Sebastian