Finding Forrester Film Quotes

Sean Connery as William Forrester in Finding Forrester (2000)

Forrester: Bolt the door, if you’re coming in.

Jamal: Women will sleep with you if you write a book?
Forrester: Women will sleep with you if you write a bad book.

Forrester: Whatever we write in this apartment stays in this apartment.

Forrester: The key to a woman’s heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time.

Forrester: You’re the man now, dog!

Forrester: *Punch* the keys, for God’s sake!

Jamal: I was wondering if I could bring you more of my stuff. Or maybe I could write something else.
Forrester: How about 5,000 words on why you should stay the fuck out of my house!

Forrester: In some cultures it’s good luck to be wearing something inside-out.
Jamal: And you believe that?
Forrester: No, but it’s like praying: what do you risk?


Forrester: Let me ask you a question… those two foul shots at the end of the game… did you miss them, or did you *miss* them?
Jamal: Not exactly a soup question, now is it?

Forrester: My name is William Forrester.
[points to ‘writers wall of fame’ pictures]
Forrester: I’m that one.

Jamal: Man, fuck you William! You wanna know what the real bullshit is? How about you let me take on this one cause you’re too damn scared to walk out that door and do something for somebody else. You’re too damn scared, man! That’s the only reason.
Forrester: [throws glass against wall and breaks it] You don’t know a goddamn thing about reason; There are no reasons! Reasons why some of us live and why some of us don’t! Fortunately for you, you have decades to figure that out!
Jamal: Yeah, and what’s the reason in having a file cabinet full of writing and keeping the shit locked so nobody can read it? What is that man? I’m done with this shit.

Forrester: I have an homeland that I have not seen for too long.
Jamal: Oh, you mean Ireland?
Forrester: Scotland, for God’s sakes!
Jamal: I’m messing with you, man.

Forrester: Writers write things to give readers something to read.

Jamal: Did you ever enter a writin’ contest?
Forrester: Yeah, once.
Jamal: Did you win?
Forrester: Well of course I won!
Jamal: You win like money or somethin’?
Forrester: No.
Jamal: Well, whadchu win?
Forrester: The Pulitzer.

Jamal: I ain’t seen nothing change.
Forrester: You ain’t seen nothing? What the hell kind of sentence is that?

Forrester: What’s your name?
Jamal: Jamal Wallace.
Forrester: Sounds like some kind of marmalade. How old are you?
Jamal: I’m sixteen.
Forrester: Sixteen? And you’re black. It’s remarkable.
Jamal: “Remarkable”? It’s remarkable that I’m black? What does me being black have to do with anything?
Forrester: You don’t know what to do right now, do you? If you say what you really want to, I may not read any more of this. But if you let me run you down with this racist bullshit… what does that make you?
Jamal: I’m not playing this game, man.
Forrester: I say you are playing it. An expression is worth a thousand words. Perhaps in your case, just two.

Jamal: Opens the letter

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Post by Chad Elkins. Source: IMDB

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