Lilies of the Field
“Gringo? I don’t know if that’s a step up or a step down from some other things I’ve been called.” – Sidney Poitier as Homer Smith
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Forrest Gump
“My Mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.” – Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump
The King’s Speech
“If I’m King, where’s my power? Can I form a government? Can I levy a tax, declare a war? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority. Why? Because the nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them. But I can’t speak.” – Colin Firth as King George VI
The Departed
“Church wants you on your place. Kneel, stand, kneel, stand. If you go for that sort of thing, I don’t know what to do for you. A man makes his own way. No one gives it to you.” – Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello
Platoon
“Somebody once wrote, “Hell is the impossibility of reason.” That’s what this place feels like. Hell.” – Charlie Sheen as Chris Taylor
True Grit (2010)
“People do not give it credence that a young girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father’s blood. But it did happen. I was just 14 years of age when a coward by the name of Tom Chaney shot my father down and robbed him of his life.” – Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross
The Best Years of Our Lives
“You know, I had a dream. I dreamt I was home. I’ve had that same dream hundreds of times before. This time, I wanted to find out if it’s really true. Am I really home?” – Frederic March as Al Stephenson
The 2014 Academy Awards
My predictions for the 2014 Oscars.
