Lost in Translation (2003) quotes

Director
Sofia Coppola.

Cast
Bill Murray.
Scarlett Johansson.
Giovanni Ribisi.

A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.

Let’s never come here again because it would never be as much fun.
– Charlotte

For relaxing times, make it Suntory time.
– Bob

I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be.
– Charlotte
You’ll figure that out. The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.
– Bob

I don’t want to leave.
– Bob
So don’t. Stay here with me. We’ll start a jazz band.
– Charlotte

25 years. That’s uh, well it’s impressive.
– Charlotte
Well you figure, you sleep one-third of your life, that knocks out eight years of marriage right there. So you’re, y’know, down to 16 in change. You know you’re just a teenager, at marriage, you can drive it but there’s still the occasional accident.
– Bob

You want more mysterious? I’ll just try and think, “Where the hell’s the whiskey?”
– Bob

I’m stuck. Does it get easier?
– Charlotte
No. – Yes, it gets easier.
– Bob
Oh yeah? Look at you.
– Charlotte
Thanks.
– Bob

It gets a whole lot more complicated when you have kids.
– Bob
It’s scary.
– Charlotte
The most terrifying day of your life is the day the first one is born.
– Bob
Nobody ever tells you that.
– Charlotte
Your life, as you know it… is gone. Never to return. But they learn how to walk, and they learn how to talk… and you want to be with them. And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life.
– Bob
That’s nice.
– Charlotte

I tried taking pictures, but they were so mediocre. I guess every girl goes through a photography phase. You know, horses… taking pictures of your feet.
– Charlotte

Enjoy your fright.
– Bob

I just feel so alone, even when I’m surrounded by other people.
– Charlotte

He want you to turn and look in camera. Okay?
– Ms. Kawasaki
Is that all he said?
– Bob

Can you keep a secret? I’m trying to organize a prison break. I’m looking for, like, an accomplice. We have to first get out of this bar, then the hotel, then the city, and then the country. Are you in or you out?
– Bob
I’m in. I’ll go pack my stuff.
– Charlotte
I hope that you’ve had enough to drink. It’s going to take courage.
– Bob

What are you doing?
– Bob
My husband’s a photographer, so he’s here working. I wasn’t doing anything so I came along.
– Charlotte
What do you do?
– Bob
I’m not sure yet, actually.
– Charlotte

You’re not hopeless.
– Bob

You know double-O-7?
– Stills Photographer
He drinks martinis, but all right.
– Bob

That was the worst lunch.
– Charlotte
So bad. What kind of restaurant makes you cook your own food?
– Bob

Why do you have to point out how stupid everyone is all the time?
– John

I don’t get that close to the glass until I’m on the floor.
– Bob

So, what are you doing here?
– Charlotte
Uh, a couple of things. Taking a break from my wife, forgetting my son’s birthday. And, uh, getting paid two million dollars to endorse a whiskey when I could be doing a play somewhere.
– Bob
Oh.
– Charlotte
But the good news is, the whiskey works.
– Bob

Enjoy my jacket, which you stole from me.
– Bob

Well, not everyone went to Yale.
– John
I thought it was funny.
– Charlotte