The Calcium Kid (2004)

Orlando Bloom: Jimmy 'The Calcium Kid' Connelly

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Quotes 

• Jimmy : I've drunk three pints of milk a day for as long as I can remember, and the benefits have been unbelievable. 'Cause of all the calcium, I've never had a filling or been knocked out. My bones are as hard as rock.

• Pressman : Uh, Jimmy, do you really think that you stand a chance against Jose Mendez?

  [Jimmy is stuck for an answer] 

  Pressman : [to photograher]  Get a shot of him.

  Jimmy : Well, my dad once said, "There's normally a winner in a two-horse race". Obviously neither me or Jose are horses, but I think the moral of the story is anything can happen. I believe that.

• Jimmy : I'm a bit confused about everything that's going on at the moment.

  Clive Connelly : Does it... does it feel like everyone's trying to pull your trousers down, son?

  Jimmy : Yeah. Yeah, that's it exactly.

  Clive Connelly : My advice to you is... start wearing a belt.

• Paddy O'Flannagan : Now Johnny, I want you to close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and visualize yourself sitting in a beautiful field beside a quaint little stream. A lovely breeze blows over your face, and you feel safe and calm. Safe and calm. Safe and calm.

  Jimmy : AAAH! A giant angry Jose shot out of the stream, dragged me out by the ears and dragged me under.

• Jimmy : My old man once said, "Without family, man is alone." He's deep, my dad.

• Jimmy : But what if I don't knock him out? I mean, he is the undefeated World Champion.

• Jimmy : [holding a shirt with 'The Kalcium Kid' on it]  But "calcium" is spelled with a 'C,' not a 'K', Mr. Bush.

  Herbie Bush : It's very important to be original in this game, Jimmy. You've always got to keep your opponent guessing. Calcium C, kalcium K. C? K? He's flummoxed.

• Jimmy : If you're trying to scare me, you'd be better off by saying BOO!

• [Jimmy is venting at his trainer] 

  Jimmy : [talking like Paddy]  "Ah, bejesus! There's a leprechaun in the ring! Punch him, Johnny, punch him!"

  [screaming at Paddy] 

  Jimmy : I'll bleedin' knock you out, you mad old Irish bastard!

• Jimmy : [alone under the bedcover]  Say my name. Mm. Yeah, baby, yeah. Yeah...

  Sebastian Gore-Brown : [clears throat]  Jimmy?

  [Jimmy looks up from underneath the cover] 

  Sebastian Gore-Brown : Morning. Um, we're the documentary team. We'll be filming you 24 hours a day in the run-up to the fight.

  Jimmy : Of course, the fight. Who would have thought it? Jimmy Connelly fighting Jose Mendez for the championship belt.

  Sebastian Gore-Brown : So, tell us, how does Jimmy Connelly start his day?

  Jimmy : Umm... Well, as you probably noticed... I normally start off in the morning with a set of fifty sit-ups... yeah.

• Jimmy : My dad gave me some good advice once: "Speak if you have something to say." I always thought that was pretty clever. I don't think he ever thought I'd be talking to the press though, eh?

• Jimmy : [reads out loud from a newspaper]  "Fascist fighter shames nation"? "Jimmy 'the Calcium Kid' Connelly will be fighting Jose Mendez for the middle-weight championship of the world on Saturday, but he will be doing so without the support of this newspaper. Connelly showed up at pre-fight press conference dressed in full Union Jack attire and lambasted Jose Mendez in the name of Queen and country."... What does lambasted mean?

• Angel : Hello. We haven't properly met. I'm Angel.

  Jimmy : Yeah. Yeah, you are.

  Angel : Can I have my knockers back, please?

• Herbie Bush : Didn't do yourself justice last night, did you, Jimmy? Laid it on a bit thick, didn't you, son? What I gave you was an outline, an idea, a concept for you to take and finesse and make your very own. Let's say I am the map and you are the driver. Whether you turn left or right or do a uey is entirely up to you.

  Jimmy : But before the press conference, you told me to follow your directions EXACTLY so we could "weave a little Bush magic."