Rhett Butler · Clark Gable's blockade runner in Gone with the Wind (1939) · Rhett to Scarlett in the Paris bonnet scene, a line written for the film by Sidney Howard and not found in the novel.
Noah Calhoun · Ryan Gosling's small-town sweetheart in The Notebook (2004) · Noah's farewell letter to Allie, read in voice-over; the line was written for the film by screenwriter Jeremy Leven and is not in Nicholas Sparks's 1996 novel, though it is usually credited to him.
Phoebe Buffay · Lisa Kudrow's Phoebe in Friends (1994 to 2004) · Phoebe to the others as Rachel kisses Ross after watching the prom video, proof of her theory that lobsters mate for life and Ross and Rachel are each other's lobsters; writer Alexa Junge took the idea from her own husband.
Forrest Gump · Tom Hanks's title role in Forrest Gump (1994) · Forrest to Jenny outside the Gump house in Greenbow, the night she turns down his proposal of marriage.
Mr. Darcy · Matthew Macfadyen's Darcy in the 2005 film of Pride and Prejudice · Darcy to Elizabeth Bennet at dawn in a misty field, his second proposal; the line was written for the film and is not in Austen's novel.
Anna Scott · Julia Roberts's film star in Notting Hill (1999) · The film star to the bookseller William Thacker in his travel bookshop, on the verge of tears, after he has turned her down for fear of another broken heart.
Harry Burns · Billy Crystal's Harry in When Harry Met Sally... (1989) · The end of Harry's New Year's Eve speech to Sally, after a list of the things he loves about her; she answers that she hates him, then kisses him.
Mark · Andrew Lincoln's best man with the cue cards in Love Actually (2003) · One of the cue cards Mark holds up on Juliet's doorstep on Christmas Eve, confessing silently to his best friend's wife; Richard Curtis later wrote on an auctioned script that the office picked this gesture out of four and asked "do we all regret the choice now?"
Westley · Cary Elwes's farm boy turned pirate in The Princess Bride (1987) · The farm boy's only reply to every order Buttercup gives him, until she realizes it is his way of saying "I love you"; Elwes titled his 2014 memoir after it.
Noah Calhoun · Ryan Gosling's small-town sweetheart in The Notebook (2004) · Noah's answer to Allie on the beach in their first summer, after she has flapped her arms, made him say she is a bird and asked him to say he is one too.
Han Solo · Harrison Ford's smuggler pilot in Star Wars (1977) · Leia's confession as Han is lowered into the carbon-freezing chamber on Cloud City; the script had him answer "Just remember that, 'cause I'll be back", and "I know" was Harrison Ford's own idea, which George Lucas disliked and test audiences loved.
Dorothy Boyd · Renée Zellweger's single mother in Jerry Maguire (1996) · Dorothy stops Jerry mid-speech when he walks into her sister's divorced women's group to tell her he loves her and needs her; No. 52 on the AFI list of movie quotes, where it is printed "You had me at 'hello.'"
Michael Corleone · Al Pacino's mafia heir in The Godfather films (1972, 1974, 1990) · Michael, in his father's old study, tells Frank Pentangeli it is a lesson Vito taught him in that very room.
Jack Dawson · Leonardo DiCaprio's artist in Titanic (1997) · Jack whooping to his friend Fabrizio from the bow of the ship as it leaves port; James Cameron repeated the line on stage when he won the Best Director Oscar in 1998.
Chief Martin Brody · Roy Scheider's police chief in Jaws (1975) · Brody, shaken, backing into the cabin to tell Quint after the shark first rears out of the water beside the Orca; usually misquoted as "we're gonna need a bigger boat."
The Terminator · Arnold Schwarzenegger's cyborg in The Terminator (1984) · Said to the police desk sergeant who tells him Sarah Connor is still giving her statement and offers him a bench to wait on; he comes back by driving a car through the front of the station.
Travis Bickle · Robert De Niro's taxi driver in Taxi Driver (1976) · Travis, alone in his room with his gun drawn, rehearsing a confrontation with his own reflection in the mirror.
Han Solo · Harrison Ford's smuggler pilot in Star Wars (1977) · The sceptical smuggler's farewell to Luke in the hangar before the attack on the Death Star; several characters say it across the saga, but the AFI credits Han's.
Dorothy Gale · Judy Garland's Kansas girl in The Wizard of Oz (1939) · Dorothy to her dog Toto as she steps out of the tornado-tossed farmhouse into Technicolor Munchkinland; usually misquoted as "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."
Rick Blaine · Humphrey Bogart's nightclub owner in Casablanca (1942) · Rick's toast to Ilsa, said four times in the film; it was in none of the draft screenplays and grew out of something Bogart said to Ingrid Bergman over a poker game between takes.
Vito Corleone · Marlon Brando's mafia patriarch in The Godfather (1972) · Vito's promise to his godson, the singer Johnny Fontane, that the Hollywood producer who denied him a film role will be persuaded.
Rhett Butler · Clark Gable's blockade runner in Gone with the Wind (1939) · Rhett's parting answer to Scarlett, who has just asked "If you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?", before he walks out into the fog; No. 1 on the AFI list of movie quotes.
Forrest Gump · Tom Hanks's title role in Forrest Gump (1994) · Forrest to a stranger on the Savannah bus-stop bench; the American Film Institute ranks it among the top hundred movie quotes.
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