Lost in Translation Quotes

Twenty-five years. That’s a… Well, it’s impressive.[Charlotte]Well, you figure you sleep one-third of your life. That knocks off eight years of marriage right there. So, you know, you’re down to 16 and change. You’re just a teenager at marriage. You can drive it, but there’s still the occasional accident.[Bob Harris]

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.[to Charlotte]

So, what are you doing here?[Charlotte]A couple of things. Taking a break from my wife, forgetting my son’s birthday, and getting paid $2 million to endorse a whiskey when I could be doing a play somewhere. But the good news is, the whiskey works.[Bob Harris]

Let’s never come here again, because it would never be as much fun.

It gets a whole lot more complicated when you have kids.[Bob Harris]Yeah. It’s scary.[Charlotte]It’s the most terrifying day of your life the day the first one is born.[Bob Harris]Yeah. Nobody ever tells you that.[Charlotte]Your life, as you know it, is gone. Never to return. But they learn how to walk, and they learn how to talk, and you want to be with them. And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life.[Bob Harris]

I’m stuck. Does it get easier?[Charlotte]No. Yes. It gets easier.[Bob Harris]Oh, yeah? Look at you.[Charlotte]Thanks.[Bob Harris]

I don’t want to leave.[Bob Harris]So don’t. Stay here with me. We’ll start a jazz band.[Charlotte]

How long you staying for?[Charlotte]I’ll be in the bar for the rest of the week.[Bob Harris]

Do I need to worry about you, Bob?[Lydia]Only if you want to.[Bob Harris]