Empire Records (1995)

Johnny Whitworth: A.J.

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Quotes 

• Warren : Who glued these quarters down?

  A.J. : I did.

  Warren : What the hell for, man?

  A.J. : I don't feel that I need to explain my art to you, Warren.

• A.J. : What's with you? Yesterday you were normal and today you're like the Chinese guy from the Karate Kid. What's with you today?

  Lucas : What's with "today" today?

• A.J. : Joe, I need to ask your advice. Now I know you know a lot about love and women and all that sort of thing...

  Joe : Oh yeah, my wife left me for another woman and my girlfriend forced me to leave at gunpoint. Does this qualify me?

  A.J. : Oh yeah, definitely.

• A.J. : Mark, listening to this crap is guaranteed to make you sterile.

  Mark : [under his breath]  Maybe I want to be sterile.

• A.J. : Hi, what're you doing up here?

  [Corey pushes A.J so he falls] 

  Corey : You listen to me! You're so special and you're so talented and you have everything it takes! You have MORE than everything it takes and you're REALLY stupid because you don't know that. And I know you don't love me anymore, and I know that I blew it but at least I know that, and if you don't go to art school and if you don't understand how special you are then you know nothing!

  A.J. : Corey, I...

  Corey : And I did love you, and I still... only I didn't realise that it really was love because it was more than love and it wasn't just some stupid feeling in my stomach like everything else and I'll never love anybody as much as you and I hate you! I hate you!

  A.J. : Corey, I quit. I quit!

  [pause] 

  A.J. : I'm going to art school, in Boston. So I can be near you.

• A.J. : You did have hair when you went in there, right?

  Debra : Yeah. It's still in the sink, if you want to glue it.

• A.J. : Lucas, do you think it's possible for a person to be in love with someone else and not even know it?

  Lucas : In this life there are nothing but possibilities.

  A.J. : Well, that's good, because I have to tell Corey I love her by 1:37.

  Lucas : That's an excellent time.

• Eddie : Can I ask you something? Do you know where Harvard is?

  A.J. : It's near Boston.

  Eddie : No, I mean, do you really know where Harvard is? It's another planet man - another universe. Totally unlike the one we know. Filled with big blond guys who eat ivy and row boats. What I'm trying to say is, you and Corey just aren't made for each other. She's different from you.

• A.J. : ...you know, I got to tell her that I, uh, well, you know, that I uh...

  Joe : love her.

  A.J. : Yeah, now how do I do that?

  Joe : You say I love you. What do you want, written instructions?

• Joe : Where's Rex?

  Debra : Got a better question for you, Joe. Where's Gina?

  [Joe hears Gina in the xerox room with Rex] 

  A.J. : I'll look upstairs.

  Debra : I'll check the bathroom.

  Berko : I'll check the storage room.

  Lucas : I'll check the sofa.

• A.J. : Lucas, hey Lucas. Hey Lucas. What the hell are you doin' here, man?

  Lucas : Something happened to me last night. In Atlantic City.

  A.J. : Oh, you went to Atlantic City?

  Mark : Wow! Did you win anything?

  Lucas : No. I did not win. So if you guys ever wonder if it was nice to know you, I tell you now that it was.

• A.J. : Hey Joe, I wanna tell Corey how I feel about her, and I thought you'd be the perfect guy for the job...

  Joe : Oh, yeah. My wife left me for a woman and my girlfriend forced me to leave on gunpoint. Does this qualify me?

  A.J. : Yeah, absolutely.

• A.J. : You know that feeling when you get out of a warm bath... well... you make me feel like a bath?

• Lucas : Do you know how many people there are out there?

  A.J. : Well, about 6 billion.

  Lucas : Really... 6 billion... that's a lot of people...