Chasing Amy (1997)

Kevin Smith: Silent Bob

Photos 

Quotes 

• Silent Bob : So there's me and Amy, and we're all inseparable, right? Just big time in love. And then four months down the road, the idiot gear kicks in, and I ask about the ex-boyfriend. Which, as we all know, is a really dumb move. But you know how it is: you don't wanna know, but you just have to, right? Stupid guy bullshit. So, anyway, she starts telling me about him... how they fell in love, and how they went out for a couple of years, and how they lived together, her mother likes me better, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... and I'm okay. But then she drops the bomb on me, and the bomb is this: it seems that a couple of times, while they were going out, he brought some people to bed with them. Ménage à trois, I believe it's called. Now this just blows my mind, right? I mean, I am not used to this sort of thing. I mean, I was raised Catholic, for God's sake.

  Jay : Saint Shithead.

  [Silent Bob elbows him; Jay motions as if to start a fight] 

  Silent Bob : Do something.

  [to Holden] 

  Silent Bob : So I'm totally weirded out by this, right? And then I just start blasting her. Like... I don't know how to deal with what I'm feeling, so I figure the best way is by calling her a slut, right? And tell her she was used. I'm... I'm out for blood. I really wanna hurt this girl. I'm like, "What the fuck is your problem?", right? And she's just all calmly trying to tell me, like, it was that time and it was that place and she doesn't think she should apologize because she doesn't feel that she's done anything wrong. I'm like, "Oh, really?" That's when I look her straight in the eye, I tell her it's over. I walk.

  Jay : Fuckin' A!

  Silent Bob : No, idiot. It was a mistake. I didn't hate her. I wasn't disgusted with her. I was afraid. At that moment, I felt small, like... like I'd lacked experience, like I'd never be on her level, like I'd never be enough for her or something like that, you know what I'm saying? But, what I did not get, she didn't care. She wasn't looking for that guy anymore. She was... she was looking for me, for the Bob. But, uh, by the time I figure this all out, it was too late, man. She moved on, and all I had to show for it was some foolish pride, which then gave way to regret. She was the girl, I know that now. But I pushed her away. So, I've spent every day since then chasing Amy... so to speak.

• Silent Bob : [mumbling to Holden, who has just revealed his trouble with Alyssa]  You're chasin' Amy.

  Holden : [Shocked that Silent Bob has broken his silence]  What? What did you say?

  Silent Bob : You're chasing Amy.

  Jay : What do you look so shocked for, man? Fat bastard does this all the time. He thinks just 'cause he doesn't say anything, it'll have some huge impact when he does open his fuckin' mouth...

  Silent Bob : Jesus Christ, why don't you shut up? You're always yap-yap-yappin' all the time! You're givin' me a fuckin' headache.

  [to Holden] 

  Silent Bob : I went through something like what you're talking about, a couple years ago with this chick named Amy.

  Jay : When was this?

  Silent Bob : [annoyed]  A couple of years ago?

  Jay : What, she live in Canada or something? How come I don't remember anyone with the name of Amy?

  Silent Bob : Bitch, what you don't know about me I can just about squeeze in the Grand fucking Canyon. Did you know I always wanted to be a dancer in Vegas?

• [last lines] 

  Jay : [after the end credits]  Man, why do you always have to tell that fucking gay story for?

  Silent Bob : Shut up.

  Jay : You shut up, you fat fuck.

• Jay : [as they get up to leave]  Until then, keep your unit on you.

  Holden : I'll try.

  Silent Bob : No, no. "Do or do not. There is no try."

  Jay : Knock that shit off, we got a bus to catch! Jedi bitch.

• Jay : What's that shit he's got us saying?

  Silent Bob : Oh, umm... "Snootchie Bootchies."

  Jay : Snootchie Bootchies. Who the fuck talks like that? That is fucking baby talk.