Donnie Darko (2001)

Jena Malone: Gretchen Ross

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Quotes 

• Gretchen : You're weird.

  Donnie : Sorry.

  Gretchen : No, that was a compliment.

• 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?

• Gretchen : My mom had to get a restraining order against my stepdad. He has emotional problems.

  Donnie : Oh, I have those, too. What kind of emotional problems does your dad have?

  Gretchen : He stabbed my mom four times in the chest.

  Donnie : Oh.

• Gretchen : And what if you could go back in time and take all those hours of pain and darkness and replace them with something better?

• [Donnie tries to kiss Gretchen and she pulls away] 

  Donnie : I - I'm sorry. I...

  Gretchen : Look, 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 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.

• [last lines] 

  Gretchen : Hey. What's going on?

  David : Horrible accident. My neighbor, he got killed.

  Gretchen : What happened?

  David : Got smushed 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.

• Gretchen : Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.

• Gretchen : Um, where do I sit?

  Karen Pommeroy : Sit next to the boy you think is the cutest.

  [the class gasps] 

  Karen Pommeroy : Quiet! Let her choose.

• Donnie : Well, look... You want to go with me?

  Gretchen : Where do you want to go?

  Donnie : I mean, like, "go" with me. Like, you know... Like, it's what we call it here. "Going together."

  Gretchen : Sure.

  [pauses for a moment, turns and walks away] 

  Donnie : Okay. Hey, where are you going?

  Gretchen : I'm going home.