Memorable Quotes from Brie Larson
15 quotesPerspectives on Reality and Understanding
Ma
He's on the other side of this wall.
[about the mouse]
Jack
What other side?
Ma
Jack, there's two sides to everything.
Jack
Not on an octagon.
Ma
Yeah, but...
Jack
An octagon has eight sides
[Interrupts]
Ma
But a wall, okay, a wall's like this, see? And we're on the inside and mouse is on the outside.
Jack
In outer space?
Ma
No, in the world. It's much closer than outer space.
Jack
I can't see the outside-side.
Ma
Listen, I know that I told you something else before, but you were much younger. I didn't think that you could understand, but now you're so old, you're so smart. I know that you can get this. Where do you think that old Nick gets our food?
Jack
From TV by magic!
A Unique Perspective on Birth and Life
Ma
Ssh. Go back to sleep.
Jack
Once upon a time, before I came, you cried and cried and watched TV all day, until you were a zombie. But then I zoomed down from heaven, through skylight, into Room. Whoosh-pshew! And I was kicking you from the inside. Boom, boom! And then I shot out onto Rug with my eyes wide open, and you cutt-ed the cord and said, "Hello, Jack!
[reciting to himself]
Exploring Freedom Beyond the Room's Door
Jack
It can't really be Room if door's open.
Ma
Do you want me to close it?
Jack
Nah.
Ma
Jack, can we go?
Jack
Bye, plant. Bye, chair number one. Bye, chair number two. Bye, table. Bye, wardrobe. Bye, sink. Bye-bye, skylight. Ma, say bye-bye to room.
Ma
Bye, Room.
[looks around then mouths silently]
Concerns About Screen Time for Children
Ma
He needs to play with something real. I'm worried about him being on the phone.
Nancy
He's doing fine.
Ma
Well, I don't give him my phone, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't give him yours.
Nancy
Okay, I won't.
Ma
Great. I just want him to connect with something.
[pause]
Nancy
Joy. Joy, he's really doing fine.
Ma
I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm supposed to be happy.
Nancy
You just need to rest, okay?
Ma
No, I don't. I don't need to rest!
Nancy
That's... That's what the doctor...
Ma
That is not what the doctor said. You don't know what he said, because it was a confidential conversation, and you don't know what he said!
[Interrupts]
Nancy
All right, all right, all right! You're impossible to talk to right now.
Ma
Well, sorry.
Nancy
No. No, you're not sorry!
Ma
Yeah, I'm not sorry! You have no idea what's going on in my head.
Nancy
Yeah. Well, try me! I have asked you.
Ma
And then what? Then, every time you look at me, that's all that you see?
Nancy
When I look at you, Joy, I will see my daughter.
Ma
You don't need me. You've been doing just fine without me.
Nancy
Oh. How can you say that, huh? Do you honestly think that you were the only one whose life was destroyed?
Ma
Actually, that's exactly what I think.
Nancy
Yeah? Well how would you feel if somebody took Jack away from you?
Ma
Oh, shut up!
Nancy
Look at him! You should be thinking about him!
Ma
Oh, don't you tell me how to look after my son. I'm sorry that I'm not nice anymore, but you know what? Maybe if your voice saying "be nice" hadn't been in my head, then maybe I wouldn't have helped the guy with the fucking sick dog! Stay there, Jack. I'm calling the fucking lawyer. I can't stay in this place.
Uncertainty in the Moment
Mason Weaver
I don't know how to answer that question right now.
Exploring Familiarity in New Surroundings
Jack
Are we in another planet?
Ma
Same one. Just a different spot.
Defining Fatherhood Beyond Biological Ties
Talk Show Hostess
When he's older, will you tell Jack about his father?
Ma
Jack's not his. He's not his.
Talk Show Hostess
So are you saying that there were other men?
Ma
No! No. Um... A father is... a man who loves his child.
Talk Show Hostess
Of course. That's so true in a very real sense, but the... the biological relationship that you...
Ma
That's not a relationship.
Questioning Accountability in War
Mason Weaver
You're not actually going to blame the people without guns for losing the war, are you?
Mind Over Matter Conversation
Jack
Is bad tooth hurting?
Ma
Mmhmm, but you know mind over matter.
Jack
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter
Ma
You're right. Hey do you know what we're gonna do today?
Jack
What?
Ma
We're going to bake a birthday cake
Jack
A birthday cake?
Ma
Mmhmm
Jack
Like from TV?
Ma
Mmhmm, but for real
Jack
No way!
A Promise Between Mother and Son
Ma
I'm sorry Jack.
[after she returns from the hospital after a suicide attempt]
Jack
It's okay. Don't do it again.
Ma
I promise
Jack
Are you better now?
Ma
Yeah, I'm starting to be. Hey, Jack?
Jack
Yeah?
Ma
When Grandma brought this to me I knew that I could get better. You saved me... Again.
[Shows Jack the trimmings of his hair]