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Drive (2011) Best Movie Quotes – ‘If I drive for you…’

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Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Russ Tamblyn

OUR RATING: ★★★★☆

Story:

Action crime drama directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Drive (2011) follows mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic known as Driver (Ryan Gosling), who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. He tries to escape his shady past as he falls for his neighbor, Irene (Carey Mulligan) and her young son, Benicio (Kaden Leos). However, when Irene’s husband, Standard (Oscar Isaac), gets out of jail, he enlists Driver’s help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.

 

Our Favorite Quotes:

'You give me a time and a place, I give you a five minute window. Anything happens in that five minutes, and I'm yours. No matter what. Anything happens a minute either side of that, and you're on your own.' - Driver Click To Tweet

 

Best Quotes


 

Driver: There’s hundred thousand streets in this city. You don’t need to know the route. You give me a time and a place, I give you a five minute window. Anything happens in that five minutes, and I’m yours. No matter what. Anything happens a minute either side of that, and you’re on your own. Do you understand? Good. And you won’t be able to reach me on this phone again.


 

Shannon: [to Driver] You look like a zombie, kid. You getting any sleep? Can I offer you some Benzedrine, Dexedrine, caffeine, nicotine? Oh, you don’t smoke. That’s right. Better off.


 

Driver: [to Benicio] Hey, you want to a tooth pick?


 

Irene: That’s Benicio’s father.
Driver: Where is he?
Irene: He’s in prison.
Driver: Oh.


 

Irene: What do you do?
Driver: I drive.
Irene: Like a limo driver?
Driver: No, like for movies.
Irene: Oh! You mean all the car chases and stuff?
Driver: Yeah.
Irene: Isn’t that dangerous?
Driver: It’s only part-time. Mostly I work at a garage.


 

Bernie Rose: What you got that the big professional race teams don’t?
Shannon: I got the driver.
Bernie Rose: You just told me they had half a dozen drivers.
Shannon: Not like this one. This kid is special. I’ve been working with him for a while. I’ve never seen anything like it. If I had the money, I’d back him myself.
Bernie Rose: Yeah, but you don’t have money.
Shannon: Mr. Rose, you put this kid behind a wheel, there’s nothing he can’t do.


 

Nino: F*** you eating chink food in my f***ing restaurant?
Bernie Rose: What’s a Jew doing running a pizzeria?


 

Nino: Take a f***ing hike. I want to talk to my partner. I’m just f***ing with you. How you doing, Shannon? How’s the f***ing leg?
Shannon: I paid my debt.


 

Shannon: Kid, I want you to meet Mr. Bernie Rose.
Bernie Rose: Nice to meet you.
Driver: [as Bernie offers his hand to shake] My hands are a little dirty.
Bernie Rose: So are mine.


 

Shannon: You two know each other?
Driver: Don’t.
Shannon: Oh. Look at that.
Irene: We’re neighbors.
Shannon: Neighbors? Very good. Well, we’ll try to be neighborly too.


 

Driver: [as they’re staring at each other] You blinked.
Benicio: What?


 

Shannon: [referring to Driver] He’s a good guy. You know, he walked in to my shop here about five or six years ago. Right out of the blue, asking for a job. So I put him to the test to see what he could do. The kid’s amazing.
Irene: Yeah.
Shannon: So, I hire him on the spot. Boom! At about half the wages I normally pay. He didn’t blink an eye. Hey, kid, come over here for a second, will you? And I have been exploiting him ever since.


 

Driver: I don’t have wheels on my car.
Irene: Okay.
Driver: It’s one thing you should know about me.


 

Irene: Sorry if I put you on the spot showing up like that.
Driver: It’s okay. I’m not doing anything this weekend, if you want to a ride or something.

 

'Second chances are rare.' - Standard (Drive) Click To Tweet

 

Nino: [referring to the race car Shannon has fixed up] We paid three hundred f***ing grand for this piece of s**t?
Bernie Rose: I paid for it, out of my own pocket. This is just the shell. It’s the inside that counts, not the outside. Right, Shannon?
Shannon: You are correct, sir.
Nino: F*** that s**t! I paid three hundred for something, I want everybody to f***ing see it.
Bernie Rose: Of course you do.


 

Shannon: You know what? This car will even make you good looking.
Nino: I’m already good looking, pal.


 

Bernie Rose: When’s our first race?
Driver: Pretty soon.
Bernie Rose: You going to be ready?
Driver: I hope so.
Bernie Rose: “I hope so.”Hey, no false modesty. I got a lot of money in this.


 

Bernie Rose: Did Shannon ever tell you how we met?
Driver: No.
Bernie Rose: I used to produce movies, in the eighties. Kind of like action films. Sexy stuff. One critic called them European. I thought they were s**t. Anyway, he arranged all the cars for me. Did all the stunts. I liked him. I liked having him around. Even though he overcharged the s**t out of me. His next business venture, he got involved with some of Nino’s friends. They didn’t go for the overcharging bit. They broke his pelvis. He’s never had a lot of luck. The reason I’m telling you this is that he has a lot invested in you. And so do I. So, anything you need, you call me. We’re a team now. I’m excited!


 

Driver: [as they’re watching a cartoon] Is he a bad guy?
Benicio: Yeah.
Driver: How can you tell?
Benicio: Because he’s a shark.
Driver: There’s no good sharks?
Benicio: No. I mean, just look at him. Does he look like a good guy to you?


 

Standard: We’re here celebrating, but it’s a shameful thing what I did. And I have a lot of making up to do to everyone. But second chances are rare. Right? And that’s worth celebrating. Right? So I want to make a toast to that lady right there. Thanks for staying. I love you, Renie.


 

Irene: [as Driver sees her sitting outside her apartment] Sorry about the noise.
Driver: [jokingly] I was going to call the cops.
Irene: I wish you would.


 

Bearded Redneck: You’re Shannon’s buddy, right? We met last year. You drove me and my brother back from Palm Springs. We hired another wheelman. I spent six months in jail. My brother, he got himself killed. I got this sweet job coming up.
Driver: How about this? Shut your mouth. Or I’ll kick your teeth down your throat, and I’ll shut it for you.


 

Driver: [referring to the men that beat him up] Who were they?
Standard: What the f*** are you going to do? You’re going to go beat them up for me? Huh, stunt guy? Why the f*** do you want to know who they are? Huh?

 

'I just want you to know, getting to be around you was the best thing that ever happened to me.' - Driver Click To Tweet

 

Standard: They want me to rob a pawn shop in the Valley.
Driver: Why?
Standard: Because I owe them some protection money from when I was inside. It’s two thousand bucks. And as soon as I got out, oh, it’s five thousand bucks. Oh, no. Actually, it’s ten thousand dollars. Twenty thousand dollars! Tomorrow I don’t know what the f*** it’s going to be.
Driver: What are you going to do?
Standard: That’s a really good question. They said they’re going to come after Benicio and Irene next.


 

Driver: [as Benicio hands him a bullet] What is it you got there? Can I see? One of those men gave you that?
Benicio: They told me not to lose it.
Driver: You want me to keep that for you?
Benicio: Okay.


 

Standard: Do you want to hear how Mommy and me met?
Benicio: Yeah.
Standard: Yeah? Okay. We were at a party and she was nineteen years-old.
Irene: Seventeen.
Standard: You weren’t seventeen.
Irene: I was.
Standard: Wow. So it was illegal?
Irene: Yeah.


 

Standard: So I illegally walked over to, uh, seventeen year-old girl. I walk up and I say, “Hello, Miss. What is your name?” And she didn’t say anything. And then I said, “Well, my name is Standard Gabrielle.” Then what did you say?
Irene: I said, “Where is the deluxe version?”
Standard: [to Benicio] She’s good, man. Sharp. Oh, man. It killed me. And then a year later you popped out, man. It was the best day of my life.


 

Driver: If I drive for you, you get your money. You tell me where we start, where we’re going, where we’re going afterwards. I give you five minutes when we get there. Anything happens in that five minutes, and I’m yours. No matter what. Anything a minute on either side of that, and you’re on your own. I don’t sit in while you’re running it down. I don’t carry a gun. I drive.


 

Cook: You look like you’re hard to work with.
Driver: Not if we understand each other.

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Driver: [to Cook, referring to Standard] When you get your money, his debt’s paid. He’s out for good. And you never go near his family again. You understand?


 

Driver: I’ll see you in five minutes.
Standard: I’ll see you in four.


 

Driver: Did you have any idea there’d be a second car?
Blanche: I already told you everything.
Driver: [slaps her and holds her down on the bed] Now, you just got a little boy’s father killed. And you almost got us killed. And now you’re lying to me. So, how about this? From now on, every word out of your mouth is the truth, or I’m going to hurt you. Do you understand?


 

Shannon: [to Driver] A lot of guys mess around with married women, but you’re the only one I know who robs a joint just to pay back the husband. Crazy.


 

Voice of Man: [over phone] Sorry, pal. Why don’t you go call back later. We’re closed.
Driver: I could, but I think Nino would be upset that you made him wait.
Voice of Man: Can I ask what this is about?
Driver: I have something of his.
Voice of Man: And that would be?
Driver: A million dollars.
Voice of Man: Please hold.


 

Nino: [over phone] You got something that f***ing belongs to me?
Driver: It seems that way.
Nino: And you’re calling me? Why? You expect me to buy my own s**t back from you?
Driver: I’m not selling it. I’m going to give you a time and a place, and you’re going to come and get it. Do you understand?
Nino: And what do you get out of it?
Driver: Just that. Out of it.
Nino: And your partners are happy with that?
Driver: I don’t have any partners.
Nino: You discussed this with anybody else?
Driver: No, just you.
Nino: You’re not very good at this, are you?


 

Driver: I have to tell you something. Standard was into some guys in prison for a lot of money. And they were going to hurt you and Benicio if he didn’t pay it. He asked me for my help. Everything went wrong. I’m sorry. I still got the money. You could have it if you wanted to. You could take Benicio…
Driver: [Irene slaps him in the face] I just thought you could get out of here if you wanted. I could come with you. I could look after you.


 

Driver: [after he’s had to kill one of Nino’s thugs in front of Irene] You told them about Irene.
Shannon: I just wanted him to know that as soon as you returned the money, that was the end of it. That’s all. I didn’t know! How was I supposed to know? How was I supposed to know that? Okay? Look, let me just talk to Bernie. Okay?
Driver: Why you got to f*** everything up, Shannon?


 

Driver: They’re going to come looking for me. And they’re going to come for you. Do you understand? You got to get out of here. And you got to get out now. Listen to me.
Shannon: Oh, God!
Driver: Listen to me, Shannon. Listen. You get out of here and you never f***ing come back. You never come back!
Shannon: What are you going to do?


 

Cook: Nino, I owe you this guy. Just give me a little time, and I’ll get rid of him.
Bernie Rose: Shut the f*** up! You f***ing monkey!


 

Bernie Rose: Anybody finds out you stole from the family, we’re both dead!
Nino: What f***ing family? The family who still calls me a f***ing kike? To my face! Yeak, I’m fifty-nine years-old, Bernie! They still pinch my cheek like I’m some f***ing kid! Family.
Bernie Rose: The money always flows up, Izzy. You know that!
Nino: That’s why this driver’s got to go, Bernie. He’s got to go. And your pal, Shannon. I mean, these are the only two guys that can tie me to this robbery.
[Bernie then stabs Cook in the eye with a fork]


 

Bernie Rose: [to Nino, after he stabs Cook to death] Now it’s your turn to clean up after me.


 

Bernie Rose: I’m looking for your driver.
Shannon: You break in here, I figure it’s bad news.
Bernie Rose: No, Shannon. It’s bad luck. Two thousand heists a year in this city, he has to pick the wrong one.
Shannon: He tried to put it right.
Bernie Rose: Well, he picked the wrong guy for that too. My partner is a belligerent a**hole with his back against the wall. Right now, so am I. If I don’t set this straight, I’m in big trouble.


 

Bernie Rose: I was getting excited about this whole thing. My name on a car! I mean, look how beautiful! I wanted to see my name on this thing. I think we would have made a go at this business.
Bernie Rose: [as he goes to shake Shannon’s hand, he slashes his forearm to the bone] Don’t worry. Don’t worry. That’s it. It’s done. There’s no pain. It’s over. It’s over.


 

Driver: [to Rose, over phone] You know the story about the scorpion and the frog? Your friend Nino didn’t make I across the river.


 

Bernie Rose: [over phone] I think this is gone on long enough. You see any reason for it to continue? What do you say we meet?
Driver: Why would I want to do that?
Bernie Rose: Well, you, me, and your girlfriend are the only players left. How’s that for a reason?


 

Driver: [to Irene, over phone] Can I talk to you? I won’t keep you long. I have to go somewhere and I don’t think I can come back. But I just want you to know, getting to be around you and Benicio was the best thing that ever happened to me.


 

Bernie Rose: [to Driver] Here’s what I’m prepared to offer. You give me the money, the girl is safe. Forever. Nobody knows about her. She’s off the map. I can’t offer you the same. So, this is what I suggest. We conclude our deal. We’ll shake hands. You start the rest of your life. Any dreams you have, or plans, or hopes for your future, I think you’re going to have to put that on hold. For the rest of your life you’re going to be looking over your shoulder. I’m just telling you this because I want you to know the truth. But the girl is safe.


 

Bernie Rose: Where’s the money now?
Driver: It’s in the car
Bernie Rose: Come on.
[as Driver gets the bag of money, Rose suddenly stabs him, but Driver does the same to Rose and kills him and then drives off]

 


 

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