Movie

Brooklyn

by Saoirse Ronan, Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen and 94 others

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

(15 total)

Characters

Nick Hornby (14)Saoirse Ronan (7)Eilis Lacey (6)Madge Kehoe (4)Julie Walters (4)Adrien Benn (1)Tony Fiorello (1)Sheila Heffernan (1)Georgina (1)Diner Waiter (1)

“Home is home.”

— Nick Hornby, Tony Fiorello, Emory Cohen, imdb.com

Tagged: Home, It is what it is, Painfully Obvious

“Would I get married again? No, I want to be waiting outside the bathroom of my boarding house forever. Of course, I do. That's why I go to that wretched dance every week. I want to be waiting outside my own bathroom, while some bad-tempered fellow with hair growing out of his ears reads the newspape…”

— Nick Hornby, Sheila Heffernan, Nora Jane Noone, imdb.com

Tagged: Marriage, boarding house, Toilet

“I hope that when I go through the pearly gates, the first sound I hear is you asking me for the bill in that lovely Irish brogue.”

— Nick Hornby, Diner Waiter, Adrien Benn, imdb.com

Tagged: Pearly Gates, Irish Brogue

“Try and remember that sometimes it's nice to meet people who don't know your auntie.”

— Nick Hornby, Georgina, Eva Birthistle, imdb.com

Tagged: Meeting new people, Auntie

“I'll tell you this much: I am going to ask Father Flood to preach a sermon on the dangers of giddiness. I now see that giddiness is the eighth deadly sin. A giddy girl is every bit as evil as a slothful man, and the noise she makes is a lot worse. Now, enough.”

— Nick Hornby, Madge Kehoe, Julie Walters, imdb.com

Tagged: Sermon, Giddiness, Evil, Sloth

“Laurenzio: You'll have to go to Ebbets Field if you want to see him in the summer. Ellis: They're that important to you? Tony: Put it this way, if our kids end up supporting the Yankees or the Giants, it would break my heart.”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

Tagged: baseball, New York Yankees, New York Giants

“Miss McAdam: One of the things that ruins Christmas in America is the turkey. Oh, it tastes of sawdust. Madge Kehoe: So that's one cheese sandwich for Miss McAdam and extra turkey for everyone else!”

— Nick Hornby, Madge Kehoe, Julie Walters, imdb.com

Tagged: Christmas in America, Turkey

“[Preparing for a weekend at the beach] Diana's right, though, Ellis. You need to think carefully about your costume. It's the most Tony will ever have seen of you. You don't want to put him off.”

— Nick Hornby, Madge Kehoe, Julie Walters, imdb.com

Tagged: costumes, Offputting

“You're the prettiest girl in County Wexford. You should be able to choose any man you want. And we're hoping that George Sheridan from the rugby club looks your way.”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

Tagged: Prettiest Girl, County Wexford, George Sheridan, Rugby

“Diana: It's not politics to talk about eye operations. Madge Kehoe: It is if the eyes belong to a politician.”

— Nick Hornby, Madge Kehoe, Julie Walters, imdb.com

Tagged: Politics, Politicians, anti-politician

“I'd forgotten what this town is like. What were you planning to do, Miss Kelly? Keep me away from Jim? Stop me from going back to America? Perhaps you didn't even know. Perhaps it was enough for you to know that you could ruin me. My name is Ellis Fiorello.”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

Tagged: Immigration, American, Being an American

“Ellis: I wish that I could stop feeling that I want to be an Irish girl in Ireland. Father Flood: Homesickness is like most sicknesses. It will pass.”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

Tagged: Immigration, American, Being an American, Homesick, Irish Girls

“Patty: There. That's better. Now you don't look like you've just come in from milking the cows. Ellis: Is that what I looked like? Patty: Just a bit. Nice clean cows. Let's go.”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

Tagged: Immigration, American, Being an American, Milking Cows

“[instructing new immigrant] You have to think like an American. You'll feel so homesick that you'll want to die, and there's nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won't kill you. And one day the sun will come out—you might not even notice straight away, it'll be that…”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

Tagged: Immigration, American, Being an American, Homesick

“You have to think like an American. You'll feel so homesick that you'll want to die, and there's nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won't kill you. And one day the sun will come out - you might not even notice straight away, it'll be that faint. And then you'll ca…”

— Saoirse Ronan, Eilis, amazon.com

Tagged: American, USA