Rain Man (1988) quotes

Director
Barry Levinson.

Cast
Dustin Hoffman.
Tom Cruise.
Valeria Golino.

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt’s father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.

82, 82, 82.
– Raymond
82 what?
– Charlie
Toothpicks.
– Raymond
There’s a lot more than 82 toothpicks, Ray.
– Charlie
246 total.
– Raymond
How many?
– Charlie
250.
– Sally Dibbs
Pretty close.
– Charlie
There’s four left in the box.
– Sally Dibbs

Who took this picture?
– Charlie
D-A-D.
– Raymond
And you lived with us?
– Charlie
Yeah, 10962 Beachcrest Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
– Raymond
When did you leave?
– Charlie
January 12, 1965. Very snowy that day. 7.2 inches of snow that day.
– Raymond
Just after Mom died.
– Charlie
Yeah Mom died January 5, 1965.
– Raymond
You remember that day. Was I there? Where was I?
– Charlie
You were in the window. You waved to me, “Bye bye Rain Man”, “Bye bye.”
– Raymond

What you have to understand is, four days ago he was only my brother in name. And this morning we had pancakes.
– Charlie

Listen… Ray, I don’t know if I’m gonna have a chance to talk to you again. Because you see, these… Dr. Bruner really likes you a lot, and he’s probably gonna take you back. You know?
– Charlie
Yeah.
– Raymond
What I said about being on the road with you I meant. Connecting. I like having you for my brother.
– Charlie
I’m an excellent driver.
– Raymond
Yes, you are. I like having you for my big brother.
– Charlie
C-H-A-R-L-I-E. C-H-A-R-L-I-E. Main man.
– Raymond

Well, Raymond? Aren’t you more comfortable in your favorite K-Mart clothes?
– Dr. Bruner
Tell him, Ray.
– Charlie
K-Mart sucks.
– Raymond
Oh, I see.
– Dr. Bruner
Hey, Ray: you just made a joke.
– Charlie
Yeah, a joke. Ha ha ha… ha.
– Raymond

When I was a little kid and I got scared, the Rain Man would come and sing to me.
– Charlie
Rain what?
– Susanna
Oh you know, one of those imaginary childhood friends.
– Charlie
What happened to him?
– Susanna
Nothing, I just grew up.
– Charlie
Not so much.
– Susanna

You use me, you use Raymond, you use everybody.
– Susanna
Using Raymond? Hey Raymond, am I using you? Am I using you Raymond?
– Charlie
Yeah.
– Raymond
Shut up! He is answering a question from a half hour ago!
– Charlie

I’m an excellent driver.
– Raymond

I’m gonna let ya’ in on a little secret, Ray. K-Mart sucks.
– Charlie

Raymond, do you know what autistic is?
– Doctor
Yeah.
– Raymond
You know that word?
– Doctor
Yeah.
– Raymond
Are you autistic?
– Doctor
I don’t think so. No. Definitely not.
– Raymond

I just realized I’m not pissed off anymore. My father cut me out of his will. You probably knew he tried to contact me over the years. I never called him back. I was a prick. If he was my son and didn’t return my calls, I’d have written him out. But it’s not about the money anymore. You know, I just don’t understand. Why didn’t he tell me I had a brother? Why didn’t anyone ever tell me that I had a brother? Because it’d have been nice to know him for more than just the past six days.
– Charlie

Raymond’s unable to make decisions.
– Dr. Bruner
You’re wrong.
– Charlie
He can’t decide for himself.
– Dr. Bruner
He’s capable of a lot more than you know!
– Charlie

C-H-A-R-L-I-E, my main man.
– Raymond

Ray, do you want to stay and live with Charlie?
– Doctor
Yeah.
– Raymond
Or do you want to go back to Walbrook?
– Doctor
Yeah.
– Raymond
Which is it? Go back to Walbrook or stay with Charlie Babbitt?
– Doctor
Go back to Walbrook, stay with Charlie Babbitt.
– Raymond

Uh oh. Underwear on the highway. Uh oh.
– Raymond

Very shiny train.
– Raymond
Yeah, sure is.
– Charlie