The Forger Quotes

Will Cutter: I just never see you guys hug, or say you love each other.
Joseph Cutter: Yeah, well I don't do that. But he knows.
Will Cutter: You sure?
Joseph Cutter: I didn't tell your grandmother either. But she knew. Why? Because words don't mean shit in this world, Will. It's what a person does for you that counts.

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Joseph Cutter: [toasting]Life is short, and things go wrong. May we always have enough.

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[last lines] Raymond Cutter: Hey, Will. What do you say we explore Polynesia, huh? We could go to Fiji. We could go to Tonga. We could go to Marquesas. That's where Gauguin lived. We got time. What do you think?
Joseph Cutter: [shouting from the water]Jump in, join me!

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Joseph Cutter: I hope you didn't do something foolish to be here.

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Raymond Cutter: Grilled cheese?
Will Cutter: Yeah.
Raymond Cutter: Why?
Will Cutter: I dunno. My stomach hurts.

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Joseph Cutter: Jesus Christ! What the hell are you doing here?

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Will Cutter: Dad, let's not do this.
Raymond Cutter: Okay.

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[last lines]Joshua: [voiceover]I learned to say I'm sorry and thank you and how to keep my fists to myself, but the best lesson I learned...
Amber: Help me up.
Joshua: [voiceover]First you kiss the hand and then you kiss the girl.

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Joshua: Man, you got a mean left hook.
Ryan: Ooo. Sorry about that. Hey, you know, your shots were pretty good, too. I was feelin' that the next day.

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[opening lines]Joshua: [voiceover]Ever think on how you got somewhere, or why? Well, my somewhere was an art town on the edge of the Pacific. The name of the place didn't matter much. I just knew I didn't belong.

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Ryan: So, what're you doin' here?
Joshua: I just... I love hangin' out with old people.

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Joshua: [noting her school uniform]That's a nice outfit, by the way.
Amber: Thank you. It's required.
Joshua: Thank God. I was beginning to think your grandma dressed you.

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Vanessa: Joshua, are you an only child?
Joshua: What does the file say?
Vanessa: It's incomplete.
Joshua: Yeah, well, that sounds like me.

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Amber: If only you were a couple years older.
Joshua: Yeah, it's funny, you know, I was just thinking if only YOU were a couple years YOUNGER.

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Everly: The judge asked me to house you in the hope that you might benefit from some tutelage from me. Personally, I think you're a born loser who's gonna squander his talent before he realizes its full potential.
Joshua: Wow. That was some, uh... that was some motivational speech.

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Joshua: Yeah, he's cool, but, uh, I DO think, that after all my efforts, that I, uh, deserve a kiss.
Amber: Whoo! Slow down! Ha-ha. A kiss for the con man who punched my brother.
Joshua: Yeah.
Amber: Hnn.
Joshua: That sounds reasonable. It's an idea.
Amber: I have an idea.
Joshua: What?
Amber: How about you kiss my butt when I beat you down the beach?
Joshua: What do I get if I win?
Amber: Nothing, and you'll like it!

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Joshua: My mom never noticed I was good at anything.
Everly: Hm, your mother.
Joshua: I wonder what she's doing right now.
Everly: Probably takin' drugs in an alleyway somewhere. Oh, geez, what? You're gonna cry now?

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Amber: [wondering about Joshua's flippant attitude over Anne-Marie]Have you ever taken art history?
Joshua: Not really.
Amber: All right, well, I'll tell you this - tons of artists would KILL to have a conversation with her, talk to her about her life, her art...
Joshua: Yeah, she is a piece of work.

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Bernie: He's not right for this. It's too much for a kid to handle. He's fifteen. He has pimples. I'm not even sure his voice has broken. He probably thinks the impressionists are a heavy metal band. He's talented, but he's a risk. We need to find someone else to do the Winslow Homer and get Dauphine his money, now.

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Everly: When you've stopped smoking crack, call me from planet Earth.

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Everly: You're gonna be so rich you can buy yourself a new mom.

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Anne-Marie: When it comes to girls, you make your own invitations.

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Everly: You take a painting by a particular artist, a lesser known work of little value; you strip it and then paint a forgery of a more valuable work over it.
Joshua: Wow, I guess you have this thing down to a science.
Everly: Many paintings hanging in great museums are forgeries.
Joshua: Really? Like, even famous ones?
Everly: You better believe it.

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Everly: This kid is screwed up in the head. He is an emotional wreck. You know how hard a life in art is. Forgery isn't perfect, but he could make a living at it. I'm giving him a way so he never has to worry about money. Yeah, I'm tinkering, but the little bastard doesn't even know how lucky he is.

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