MPAA Rating Rated R for language, some drug use and violence.; Rated R for language, some underage drug and alcohol use, and violence. (director's cut)
Production Companies Pandora Cinema (in association with) (as Pandora), Flower Films (II) (as A Flower Films Production), Adam Fields Productions, Gaylord Films, Newmarket Films (presents) (as Newmarket)
Other Titles • Donnie Darko (2001) • Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut • more
Quotes from Donnie Darko (2001)
1
Donnie: Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit? Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
(85 votes)
2
Rose Darko: Our son just called me a bitch. Edward Darko: You're not a bitch. You're bitchin', but you're not a bitch.
(79 votes)
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Donnie: [taking a cigarette] What will happen if you tell mom about this? Samantha Darko: You'll put Ariel in the garbage disposal. Donnie: Goddamn right I will.
(68 votes)
4
Donnie: [in a letter] Dear Roberta Sparrow, I have reached the end of your book and... there are so many things that I need to ask you. Sometimes I'm afraid of what you might tell me. Sometimes I'm afraid that you'll tell me that this is not a work of fiction. I can only hope that the answers will come to me in my sleep. I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to.
(68 votes)
5
Dr. Lilian Thurman: The search for God is absurd? Donnie: It is if everyone dies alone.
(64 votes)
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Donnie: You are such a fuckass. Elizabeth: Did you just call me a fuckass? You can go suck a fuck. Donnie: Oh, please, tell me Elizabeth, how exactly does one suck a fuck?
(21 votes)
7
Gretchen: ...what if you could go back in time, and take all those hours of pain and darkness and replace them with something better?
(11 votes)
8
Sean Smith: [at the bus stop ] Good shit, eh? Donnie: Dude, it's a fucking cigarette.
(10 votes)
9
Jim Cunningham: Son... DO YOU SEE THIS? This is an Anger Prisoner. A textbook example. DO YOU SEE THE FEAR, PEOPLE? This boy is scared to death of the truth. Son, it breaks my heart to say this, but I believe you are a very troubled and confused young man. I believe you are searching for the answers in all the wrong places... Donnie: You're right, actually. I am pretty- I'm, I'm pretty troubled and I'm, I'm pretty confused. But I... and I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I... I... I think you're the fucking Antichrist.
(8 votes)
10
Gretchen: Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.
(9 votes)
11
[Seth is holding a knife to Donnie's throat as a car approaches along the road] Seth Devlin: Did you fucking call the cops? Donnie: Deus ex machina... Seth Devlin: What? Donnie: Our saviour.
(8 votes)
12
Karen Pommeroy: This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, that Cellar Door is the most beautiful.
(7 votes)
13
Donnie: Life isn't that simple. I mean who cares if Ling Ling returns the wallet and keeps the money? It has nothing to do with either fear or love. Kitty Farmer: Fear and love are the deepest of human emotions. Donnie: Okay. But you're not listening to me. There are other things that need to be taken into account here. Like the whole spectrum of human emotion. You can't just lump everything into these two categories and then just deny everything else!
(6 votes)
14
Cherita Chen: Chut up.
(11 votes)
15
Emily Bates: Mom said the school is closed today because it's flooded, and there's feces everywhere! Susie Bates: What are feces? Emily Bates: Baby mice. Susie Bates: Aww.
(6 votes)
16
Donnie: I don't think about fucking my family... that's gross. [unbuttons his pants and tries to put his hand inside, but his therapist stops him]
(7 votes)
17
[before a dance performance] Kitty Farmer: Okay, now girls... I want you to concentrate. Failure is not an option. And Bethany, if you feel the need to vomit up there... just swallow it.
(7 votes)
18
Gretchen: Donnie Darko? What the hell kind of name is that? It's like some sort of superhero or something Donnie: What makes you think I'm not?
(6 votes)
19
Principal Cole: Donald let me preface this by saying your Iowa test scores are intimidating... So, let's go over this again, what exactly did you say to Ms. Farmer? Kitty Farmer: [interrupting] I'll tell you what he said - he asked me to forcibly insert the Lifeline exercise card into my anus!
(4 votes)
20
Kitty Farmer: [Tearfully to Rose Darko] Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
(4 votes)
21
Donnie: My parents didn't get me what I wanted for Christmas. Dr. Lilian Thurman: What did you want? Donnie: Hungry Hungry Hippos. Dr. Lilian Thurman: And how did you feel, being denied these hungry, hungry hippos? Donnie: Regret.
(6 votes)
22
Rose Darko: Do you even know who Graham Greene is? Kitty Farmer: I think we've all seen Bonanza.
(5 votes)
23
[last lines] Gretchen: Hey. What's going on? David: Horrible accident. My neighbour... got killed. Gretchen: What happened? David: Got smooshed by a jet engine. Gretchen: What was his name? David: Donnie. Donnie Darko. Gretchen: Hmm. David: I feel bad for his family. Gretchen: Yeah. David: Did you know him? Gretchen: No.
(9 votes)
24
Donnie: [to his mother] How's it feel to have a wacko for a son? Rose Darko: It feels wonderful.
(3 votes)
25
Gretchen: You're weird. Donnie: Sorry. Gretchen: No, that was a compliment.
(3 votes)
26
Donnie: [reading poem in class] A storm is coming, Frank says / A storm that will swallow the children / And I will deliver them from the kingdom of pain / I will deliver the children back the their doorsteps / And send the monsters back to the underground / I'll send them back to a place where no-one else can see them / Except for me / Because I am Donnie Darko.
(6 votes)
27
Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff: I am not going to be able to continue this conversation Donnie: Why? Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff: I could lose my job.
(3 votes)
28
Frank: 28 days... six hours... 42 minutes... 12 seconds. That... is when the world... will end.
(2 votes)
29
Eddie: That damn airline better not fuck us on the shingle match.
(2 votes)
30
[Donnie is under hypnosis by his therapist] Dr. Lilian Thurman: What else makes you feel regret, Donnie? Donnie: [suddenly breaking into a wide grin] That I did it again...
(6 votes)
31
Karen Pommeroy: [to Principle Cole] I don't think that you have a clue what it's like to communicate with these kids. We are losing them to apathy... to this prescribed nonsense. They are slipping away.
(1 vote)
32
[first lines] Elizabeth: I'm voting for Dukakis.
(2 votes)
33
Donnie: Ling Ling finds a wallet on the ground filled with money. She takes the wallet to the address on the driver's license but keeps the money inside the wallet. [Scoffs] Donnie: I-I'm sorry Mrs. Farmer. I don't get this.
(2 votes)
34
[Donnie tries to kiss Gretchen and she pulls away] Donnie: Well I-I, sorry I... Gretchen: Donnie wait... Donnie: I like you a lot... Gretchen: I just want it to be... at a time when... it... Donnie: When what? Gretchen: When it reminds me just... Donnie: When it reminds you of how beautiful the world can be? Gretchen: Yeah... [turns her head] Gretchen: and right now there's some fat guy over there staring at us.
35
Donnie: Well look, um... uh... you wanna go with me? Gretchen: Where do you wanna go? Donnie: No, I mean like go with me, like you know... like, that's what we call it here... going together... Gretchen: Sure [pauses for a moment, turns and walks away] Donnie: Ok-hey where're you going? Gretchen: I'm going home.
36
Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff: And did you stop and think that maybe infants need darkness? That maybe darkness is part of their natural development.
37
Dr. Lilian Thurman: If this world were to end, there would only be you... and him... and no one else.
38
Frank: Wake up, Donnie.
39
Dr. Lilian Thurman: If the sky were to suddenly open up, there would be no law, there would be no rule. There would only be you and your memories.
40
[Watching George Bush Snr. give a speech on TV] Edward Darko: Tell 'em, George.
41
Samantha Darko: What's a fuckass?
42
Gretchen: My mom had to get a restraining order against my step dad. He has emotional problems. Donnie: Oh, I have those too. What kind does your step dad have? Gretchen: He stabbed my mom four times in the chest. Donnie: Oh.
43
Kitty Farmer: Not only am I a teacher, but I am also the mother of a Middlesex child. Therefore, I am the only person here who transcends the parent-teacher bridge.
44
Donnie: Frank, when's this gonna stop? Frank: You should already know that.
45
Roberta Sparrow: Every living creature on this earth dies alone.
46
Kitty Farmer: [giving a pep talk to girls about to go on stage] OK ? now, girls. I want you to concentrate. Failure is not an option. And Bethany? If you feel the need to vomit up there, just swallow it.
47
Dr. Lilian Thurman: Has he ever told you about his friend Frank? Rose Darko: Frank? Dr. Lilian Thurman: Yes, the giant bunny rabbit... Edward Darko: What? Rose Darko: ...I don't recall him ever having mentioned a rabbit...
48
Dr. Lilian Thurman: What did Roberta Sparrow say to you? Donnie: She said "Every living creature on earth dies alone".
49
Kitty Farmer: "No duh" is a product of fear.
50
[from the Extended and Deleted Scenes. The class is discussing Watership Down] Karen Pommeroy: This could be the death of an entire way of life, the end of an era... Donnie: Why should we care? Karen Pommeroy: Because the rabbits are us, Donnie. Donnie: Why should I mourn for a rabbit like he was human? Karen Pommeroy: Are you saying that the death of one species is less tragic than another? Donnie: Of course. The rabbit's not like us. It has no... keen look at something in the mirror, it has no history books, no photographs, no knowledge of sorrow or regret... I mean, I'm sorry, Miss Pommeroy, don't get me wrong; y'know, I like rabbits and all. They're cute and they're horny. And if you're cute and you're horny, then you're probably happy, in that you don't know who you are and why you're even alive. And you just wanna' have sex, as many times as possible, before you die... I mean, I just don't see the point in crying over a dead rabbit! Y'know, who... who never even feared death to begin with.
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