What are some favorite quotes from"Waking Life"?

United States
April 7, 2007 2:16am CST
I love this movie and have seen it more times than I could count, some quotes from it always stick in my mind. One of my favorites is when the main character bumps into this girl, "Hey, could we do that again? I know we haven't met, but I don't want to be an ant. You know? I mean it's like we go through life... with our antennas bouncing off one another, continuously on ant autopilot, with nothing really human required of us. Stop. Go. Walk here. Drive there. All action basically for survival. All communication to simply keep this ant colony buzzing along... in an efficient, polite manner. 'Here's your change.' 'Paper or plastic?' 'Credit or debit?' 'You want ketchup with that?' I don't want a straw. I want real human moments. I want to see you. I want you to see me. I don't want to give that up. I don't want to be an ant, you know?" It seems long written out but it's a great scene.
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@mflo589 (28)
• United States
12 Apr 07
I believe my all time favorite quote in that movie was from Speed Levitchs part "On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion", that movie is so great, I'm glad that other people out there respect how much time and money goes into making a film in rotoscope
• United States
11 Apr 07
I really like the whole conversation with Ethan Hawke where he and the girl are talking about the collective unconscious and the part about life being that instant right before you die.