Match point (2005)

Partager la citation sur facebook The man who said "I'd rather be lucky than good" saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net, and for a split second, it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck, it goes forward, and you win. Or maybe it doesn't, and you lose.

Partager la citation sur facebook You can learn to push the guilt under the rug and go on. Otherwise, it overwhelms you.

Partager la citation sur facebook The innocent are sometimes slain to make way for grander schemes. You were collateral damage.

Partager la citation sur facebook It would be fitting if I were apprehended... and punished. At least there would be some small sign of justice - some small measure of hope for the possibility of meaning.

Partager la citation sur facebook Christopher "Chris" Wilton: So, what's a beautiful young American doing mingling among the British upper class?
Nola Rice: Has anyone told you you play an aggressive game?
Christopher "Chris" Wilton: Has anyone told you you have very sensual lips?
Nola Rice: Extremely aggressive.
Christopher "Chris" Wilton: I'm naturally competitive.

Partager la citation sur facebook Nola: Men seem to think I'd be somebody very special.
Wilton: And are you?
Nola: Well, no one's ever asked for their money back.

Partager la citation sur facebook Detective Banner: [Holds up Nola's diary] Have you seen this before?
Christopher "Chris" Wilton: No.
Detective Banner: Were you aware that Nola Rice kept a diary?
Christopher "Chris Wilton: [defeated] No.
Detective Banner: Do you still claim that the last time you saw Nola Rice was at the Tate Modem over a year ago?
Christopher "Chris" Wilton: Look, you can't blame me for trying to hide the fact that I had an affair with her. I know that it's not the most honorable thing to cheat on your wife, but that does not make me a murderer!

Partager la citation sur facebook [last lines, as the Hewett family gathers around Chris and Chloe's newborn baby]
Alec Hewett: To Terrance.
Eleanor Hewett, Chloe Hewett Wilton, Heather: To Terrance.
Alec Hewett: And all that sail on him.

Partager la citation sur facebook There are no little secrets.