The Fighter (2010) quotes
Director
David O. Russell.
Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.
Are you like me? Huh? Was this good enough to fight Sugar Ray? Never had to win, did I? You gotta do more in there. You gotta win a title. For you, for me, for Lowell. This is your time, all right? You take it. I had my time and I blew it. You don’t have to. All right? You fuckin’ get out there, and use all the shit that you’ve been through, all that fuckin’ hell, all the shit we’ve gone through over the fuckin’ years, and you put it in that ring right now. This is yours. This is fuckin’ yours.
– Dickie Eklund
What are you doing, running in here like a silverback fucking gorilla?
– Mickey Ward
Alice, this is Charlene.
– Mickey Ward
Hi.
– Charlene Fleming
I’ve heard a lot about you.
– Alice Ward
Really? I’ve heard a lot about you, too.
– Charlene Fleming
What’s that supposed to mean?
– Alice Ward
Same thing you meant.
– Charlene Fleming
You didn’t give a fuck if I got killed by Mungin; now, all of a sudden, you’re worried Sanchez is gonna hurt me? Why? I mean, come on, Dick. ‘Cause you’re stuck in here and can’t be the center of attention no more?
– Mickey Ward
Oh, stop callin’ me an MTV girl, whatever the fuck that means.
– Charlene Fleming
It’s not fuckin’ ladylike to be shoutin’ in the street like this, all right?
– Dickie Eklund
That’s the movie you wanted to see? There wasn’t even any good sex in it. Had to read the whole fuckin’ movie. Fuckin’ subtitled. Some guy from a road crew recommended it to you, a fuckin’ subtitled movie?
– Charlene Fleming
This ain’t any anti-Cambodian thing. White people do this to other white people, which is what makes the world go around.
– Wolfie
All we ever wanted for you was to be world champion.
– Alice Ward
Hey, Mick, you think I knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard?
– Dickie Eklund
You went ten rounds. One of the best to ever do it. He couldn’t hurt you. You were my hero.
– Mickey Ward
I was. I was.
– Dickie Eklund
I’m the one fighting, okay? Not you, not you, and not you.
– Mickey Ward
Why can’t you just shut up and be happy for me? I spent the last ten years of my life in bad fights set up by you and Alice. I finally got a good thing going for me and you can’t be fuckin’ happy for me? Why?
– Mickey Ward
Don’t call me a skank. I’ll rip the nasty hair right outta ya fuckin head!
– Charlene Fleming
He did not just get off the fuckin’ couch. If he did, I’m gonna buy a couch like that.
– Mickey Ward
I’m sorry. I don’t know who you are. Why are you talking?
– Alice Ward
I’m Charlene. We just met. We’re together. Do we need to do this again? Hi, I’m Charlene.
– Charlene Fleming