What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

Leonardo DiCaprio: Arnie Grape

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Quotes 

• Arnie : I'm having a birthday party, but you're not invited, but you can come if you want.

• Arnie : Match in the gas tank, *boom* *boom*!

• Gilbert : [to Becky]  I don't know what to say.

  Arnie : Say "thank you," Gilbert. "Thank you."

  Gilbert : [whispering]  Thank you.

• Gilbert : [climbing of the water tower]  It's not going to happen again. This is the last time. Right Arnie?

  Arnie : It's the last time.

  Gilbert : Okay. Let's go.

  Arnie : But I want to go back up there again.

• Arnie Grape : Good night to you but not me.

• Gilbert : Why will I take care of it?

  Arnie : Gilbert...

  Gilbert : Hmm?

  Arnie : 'Cause you're Gilbert.

  Gilbert : 'Cause I'm Gilbert.

• [Arnie jumps onto Gilbert's back] 

  Gilbert : God, Arnie, you're getting so big. Pretty soon I ain't gonna be able to carry you no more.

  Arnie Grape : No, you're getting littler, Gilbert. You're getting littler, you're shrinking! You're shrinking, Gilbert, you're shrinking! Shrinking, shrinking, shrinking!

• Gilbert : You know what? You're such a big boy.

  Arnie : Yeah!

  Gilbert : You're such a big boy.

  Arnie : I'm a big boy!

  Gilbert : You know what? I bet you could do this all by yourself if you really wanted to. Could you do this by yourself?

  Arnie : I'm a big boy!

  Gilbert : Yeah, you're a big boy. Now take this...

  Arnie : Take this.

  Gilbert : Wash everything, your towels are there.

  Arnie : Okay!

  Gilbert : And your robe is there.

  Arnie : Okay! The big boy is gonna wash himself!

• Tucker : How's momma?

  Gilbert : She's fat.

  Tucker : Come on, man. She's not all that big, Gilbert.

  Gilbert : What?

  Tucker : Listen, I saw a guy at the state fair who was... a little bit bigger.

  Gilbert : A little bit bigger?

  Tucker : Look, all I'm sayin' is that she's not the biggest I ever seen, okay?

  Gilbert : Tucker, she's a whale!

  Tucker : Well, take her out for a walk once in a while.

  Gilbert : Take her out for a jog!

  Arnie : She's a whale! Tucker, she's a whale!

• Arnie : We're not going anywhere! We're not going anywhere!

  Arnie : [looks at Gilbert in the truck]  Where're you going?

• Becky : It's okay,don worry about it.

  Gilbert : no no I'm really... I'm really sorry

  Becky : It's okay.

  Gilbert : I'm really sorry.

  Becky : Don't be sorry,Are you sorry?... no,I'm not sorry,he's not sorry,we're not sorry,don't be sorry.

  Arnie : I'm not sorry

• Arnie Grape : I could go at any time.

• Arnie Grape : I killed him Gilbert , I killed him!

• Arnie : [In the middle of Mr. Carver's funeral]  Gilbert, it's the Burger Barn! It's the Burger Barn, Gilbert, the Burger Barn!

• [repeated line] 

  Arnie : Dad's dead!

• [about his upcoming birthday party] 

  Arnie : Momma, I want hot dogs!

  Momma : We're gonna have hot dogs, honey. I promise. We're gonna have hot dogs.

  Arnie : Momma, I want hot dogs!

  Momma : We're gonna have hot dogs.

• Man of law : Son, come on down.

  Arnie : [from above]  Fuck you! I'm going higher!

• Arnie : Gilbert, how many more miles 'til they get here?

  Gilbert : Few million, buddy.

  Arnie : Three?

  Gilbert : Yeah.