Sweet November (2001)

Keanu Reeves: Nelson Moss

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Quotes 

• Nelson : November is all I know, and all I ever wanna know.

• Nelson Moss : Why a month?

  Sara : Because it's long enough to be meaningful, but short enough to stay out of trouble.

• Nelson : You defy every law of nature I've ever known.

• Sara : What are you doing?

  Nelson Moss : Buying redemption.

  Sara : Redemption's not for sale today.

• Nelson : This is it, life will never be better, or sweeter than this.

• Nelson Moss : [throws his cell phone in a sink full of water]  Marry me!

  [throws his watch] 

  Nelson Moss : Marry me! Sarah.

• Sara : Nelson, do you want to be my November?

  Nelson : Yes.

• Nelson Moss : Try to be wrong once in a while. It'd do my ego good.

• Nelson Moss : What are you doing?

  Sara : Taking your shirt off.

  Nelson Moss : Why?

  Sara : Because you smell like puppy pee.

• [Waitress spills ice all over the table] 

  Waitress : Oh, my, I'm so sorry. Excuse me. Thanks, that's okay.

  Edgar Price : Stop it. You know sweetie, we are what we do in this world, and you're a waitress. All that requires is that you bring the food to and from the table without making a mess. That's it. So when you screw up something as incredibly simple as that, doesn't say a whole hell of a lot about you does it.

  Waitress : I'm sor... I'm sorry.

  Vince Holland : If you gave her a penny for her thoughts, you'd get change.

  Edgar Price : They ought to fire her. I always say a bad hire strengthens the competition's hand. A good general feeds off his enemy.

  Nelson Moss : Actually, Sun Tsu said that last line. In The Art of War.

• Nelson Moss : Have you uh... ever considered a career in sales?

  Sara : [laughs]  No.

  Nelson Moss : Well, you should. You're relentless.

• Nelson Moss : Have you ever heard of Phalaenopsis Sunderiana? It reminded me of you.

  Sara : You got the job, didn't you?

  Nelson Moss : Best offer anyone ever made me.

  Sara : So when do you start?

  Nelson Moss : We had a little problem agreeing on that. He suggested immediately, I suggested... never.

  Sara : Never?

  Nelson Moss : Never.

• Nelson : Wow. Wow. Very, uh, Pink Flamingos.

  Chaz : Oh my god. Sweetheart! He says I look like Divine!

  [Brandon comes in with a tray wearing a dress] 

  Brandon : Ugh! That's awful. Although you could lose a few pounds.

  Chaz : Stop it.

  Brandon : You stop it.

  Chaz : Bitch.

• Chaz : I do believe that is my favourite sweatshirt I see.

  Sara : Uh huh.

  Chaz : You must be November.

  Nelson Moss : I must be November?

  Sara : That's Nelson.

  Chaz : Hey Nelson, how are you? I'm Chaz.

  Nelson Moss : Hey.

  Chaz : You know what? Keep the sweatshirt. It looks better on you.

  Nelson Moss : Is this some kind of uh, communal, culty, Squeaky-Charlie type of deal?

• Nelson Moss : [Talking to himself about his advertising campaign]  Number one dog, dog at the top.

  Angelica : Slow down, Fido. We need to talk.

• Sara : You live in a box. I could lift the lid, let some light in.

  Nelson Moss : Wow, that's deep! I feel almost cured just hearing it.

• Nelson Moss : Oh my god, you're Chaz Watley.

  Brandon : Oh look, baby's famous.

  Chaz : Don't even go there.

• Nelson Moss : [to himself]  Okay, what is it? It's a hotdog. It's a hotdog.

  [tries to take a bite] 

  Nelson Moss : It's a hot hotdog.

  [a new ad campaign idea comes to his mind] 

  Nelson Moss : It's a hotdog.