Nat Quotes in I Give It a Year (2013)

Nat: We have an incredible sex life, but that's not the point. I love the Michael Jackson "Off the Wall" album, but I wouldn't necessarily want to only listen to that the rest of my life.

Naomi: Yeah, Oh honey, I been there. I mean you'll listen to it a lot in the beginning. You'll listen to it in all sorts of places. You'll listen to it in the car, in the disabled toilet cubicle in the McDonald's in Egham... in your unconscious Granny's hospital room.

Nat: Granny Mary?

Naomi: It's what she would have wanted... But then you know, you get to the point where you're not that bothered about listened to music at all. You just play it on birthdays or when you're very very drunk. Or, if someone shows you a Justin Bieber video when you're in the office and then you know, all you can think about is that.

Chloe: Isn't he like 15?

Naomi: Oh, he'd know what to do... I'd ruin Bieber!

Nat: You Would! You would ruin him.

Danny: I think if I was going to have any super power it would be the ability to speak Spanish. That would be amazing wouldn't it? 'Cause you could say stuff like "Hola", "Gazpacho".

Nat: You just said it.

Josh: You're saying it now.

Danny: Oh, wow.

Hugh: Not strictly speaking a super power, though, is it really? Otherwise everyone in Brazil would be superheroes.

Danny: [Nods]

[mumbles]

Danny: Mm, true.

Naomi: They speak Portuguese in Brazil. You cock!

Nat: Want some good news?

Jesse Fisher: Yes, please.

Nat: Caterpillars... give me my hat... they're just scooping along, right? Being caterpillars. At some point, these cells show up, called imaginal cells. Scientists don't know where they come from or why they appear. These imaginal cells show up inside the caterpillar and say: "Get psyched, caterpillar! It's butterfly-turning-into time!" And what do all the other caterpillars do once these imaginal cells show up?

Jesse Fisher: I have no idea.

Nat: They attack 'em! Try to kill 'em! They're, like: "Screw you, imaginal cells. We're happy being a caterpillar. Get lost!" But eventually, the imaginal cells keep growing and overtake the destiny of the caterpillar. They will be in this cocoon! And then guess what happens next?

Jesse Fisher: The caterpillar turns into a butterfly.

Nat: [repeats him excitedly] The caterpillar turns into a butterfly!

Jesse Fisher: That's awesome.

Nat: I know it is!

Jesse Fisher: Yeah, that's good.

Nat: And that is why there is no reason to be afraid. Because everything is okay.

Jesse Fisher: Yeah, I don't know if I believe that.

Nat: It has to be true. There can be no other way.

Nat: Is your name... Ethan?

Jesse Fisher: No, why?

Nat: You look like an Ethan to me.

Jesse Fisher: My name's not Ethan.

Nat: How cool would that be, if that was your name and I just, like, knew it?

[Jesse shrugs]

Nat: Are you a student here?

Jesse Fisher: Uh, no, but thank you for thinking that. You?

Nat: Nah, man. Just here visiting a buddy of mine. It's not a bad place to kill a little time, huh? I'm Nat.

Jesse Fisher: I'm Jesse.

Nat: Do you hear that music, Ethan?

Jesse Fisher: What is that? What are you drinking?

Nat: H to the 2 to the O. You should have some. Gotta stay hydrated.

Jesse Fisher: [drinks some from his bottle] Thanks.

[Nat starts to do weird rituals while he touches Jesse's body. Jesse initially looks freaked]

Nat: You with me, bro?

[there is a change in Jesse's facial look as he realizes that he likes Nat]

Jesse Fisher: I like you, Nat. Thanks for being my friend.

Nat: Easiest thing in the world.

Jesse Fisher: I enjoyed this. I'm off.

Nat: You go get her, man.

Jesse Fisher: Huh... Okay.

Nat: Be love, man. Be love!

Nat: Do you drink coffee?

Zibby: Yeah...?

Nat: What? That's crazy! So does my friend here. You two, tomorrow. Schhp... coffee.

Zibby: Yeah, I could do that. Are you in too?

Jesse Fisher: Um, I...

[Nat gives him a boost]

Jesse Fisher: Uh, yeah, that'd be... that's great. Nine o'clock okay?

Zibby: [laughs, then realizes] Oh, you're serious? Is, uh, 11:30 okay...?

Jesse Fisher: Uh, yeah... yeah, that works...

Nat: I'd get you a beer, but alcohol's for suckers, man.

Nat: It's the system. Two years old, you stand up. Seventy years later, you fall down again.

Nat: Lies, not lies - alternatives. Sometimes the truth doesn't quite fit.

Nat: Who needs sight; we have vision.

Nat: One more word, and I'll make a citizen's arrest for crimes against the language.

Nat: I was one person for the first eighty years. Why not a hundred for the next five?

Nat: Hey, Rappaport! I haven't seen you in ages. How have you been?

Midge: I'm not Rappaport.

Nat: Rappaport, what happened to you? You used to be a short fat guy, and now you're a tall skinny guy.

Midge: I'm not Rappaport.

Nat: Rappaport, you used to be a young guy with a beard, and now you're an old guy with a mustache.

Midge: I'm not Rappaport.

Nat: Rappaport, how has this happened? You used to be a cowardly little white guy, and now you're a big imposing black guy.

Midge: I'm not Rappaport.

Nat: And you changed your name, too!

Becca: Does it ever go away?

Nat: No, I don't think it does. Not for me, it hasn't - has gone on for eleven years. But it changes though.

Becca: How?

Nat: I don't know... the weight of it, I guess. At some point, it becomes bearable. It turns into something that you can crawl out from under and... carry around like a brick in your pocket. And you... you even forget it, for a while. But then you reach in for whatever reason and - there it is. Oh right, that. Which could be aweful - not all the time. It's kinda...

[deep breath]

Nat: not that you'd like it exactly, but it's what you've got instead of your son. So, you carry it around. And uh... it doesn't go away. Which is...

Becca: Which is what?

Nat: Fine, actually.

Nat: You know, Becca, when your brother died, I found the church very helpful.

Becca: I know. I know you did, but that's you. That's not me, and Danny... Danny isn't Arthur.

Nat: You know, I brought you to church every Sunday.

Becca: Let's not start this again, okay, Mom? I'm just... I'm just calling about the cake.

Nat: You're not right about everything, you know? What if there is a God?

Becca: Then I'd say he's a sadistic prick.

Nat: All right, Becca, that's enough.

Becca: "Worship me and I'll treat you like shit." No wonder you like him. He sounds just like Dad.

Nat: One's too many an' a hundred's not enough.

Nat: Where are you going?

Holly: I don't know.

Nat: Can I come?

Nat: I talk to you in my head all the time.

Holly: [under her breath] God... I hate you.

Nat: [under his breath pulling Holly closer to him] Hold me...

Nat: Yeah. It was probably for the best.

Holly: Yes. Absolutely. Linda...Linda seems really good.

Nat: She gave us all a real shock. Isabelle was great. She's so sure- she really knows what she wants.

Alex: I love jesse, she's kinda like my girlfriend.

Nat: She is not like your girlfriend.

Alex: In a way Nat... in a way.

Nat: In what way?

David: In a way she doesn't know about.

Alex: We need to get the band together this instant!

Nat: Are you up for it Man?

Alex: Yes I'm fortified by milk

Nat: God Save the Queen!

Alex: Alienate means see boobies?

Nat: Alex, that's inappropriate!

Alex: Inappropriate means see boobies?

Nat: It's kinda hard for Alex to be the youngest.

Nat: Cuz,sometimes we'll say the A word, or the B word, or the C word, or the D word...

David: or the E word.

Thomas: What's the E word?

David: I don't know, what's the C word?

Nat: Crapola.

David: Crapola's a bad word? My mom says that all the time!

Nat: Well, tell her not to, it's bad.

Nat: Jesus, what a jerk.

Alex: Don't ever say Jesus! He was the best president we've ever had!