Mysterious Skin (2004)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Neil

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  Neil : [narration voice-over]  And as we sat there listening to the carolers, I wanted to tell Brian it was over now and everything would be okay. But that was a lie, plus, I couldn't speak anyway. I wish there was some way for us to go back and undo the past. But there wasn't. There was nothing we could do. So I just stayed silent and trying to telepathically communicate how sorry I was about what had happened. And I thought of all the grief and sadness and fucked up suffering in the world, and it made me want to escape. I wished with all my heart that we could just leave this world behind. Rise like two angels in the night and magically... disappear.

• Neil : You called me your fucking... angel.

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  Neil : I met Wendy Peterson when I was ten. She was eleven, one grade ahead of me in school. If I wasn't queer we would have ended up having sloppy teenage sex and getting pregnant, contributing more fucked-up unwanted kids to society. But instead, she became my soulmate. And... one true partner in crime.

• Neil : I hate it when they look like Tarzan but sound like Jane.

• Neil : As we sat there listening to the carolers, I wanted to tell Brian that it was over now and that everything would be okay. But that was a lie, plus I couldn't speak anyway. I wish there was some way to go back and undo the past. But there wasn't. There was nothing we could do. So I just stayed silent and tried to telepathically communicate how sorry I was about what happened. And I thought of all the grief and suffering and fucked up stuff in the world, and it made me want to escape. I wished with all my heart we could just leave this world behind. Rise like two angels in the night and magically disappear.

• Neil : You're the only one I ever told.

  Wendy : I know.

  Neil : I never told Eric or my Mom. And I know some people might think it's f_____d up, or whatever? But what happened that summer... is a huge part of me. No one ever made me feel that way, before or since. Like I was special.

  Wendy : Neil, you were eight years old.

  Neil : Yeah, but he really loved me. I mean, there were other kids sometimes, but... I was his prize. I was his one true love.

• Neil : I am so sick of this stinkin' little buttcrack of a town!

• Neil : Different folks, different strokes.

• Neil : Check out that Jackson. Hubba hubba.

  Eric : Ew... are you joking? Jackson's hot? Dude, he's fat and bald!

  Neil : Nah, I'd fuck him for free.

• Eric : I got a postcard from Wendy.

  Neil : I think she's mad at me because I owe her like 3 letters.

  Eric : Yeah, her last P.S. is "Tell Fuckface to write me."

• Neil : I stay in control.

• Neil : [narrating]  I've been masturbating for years but it was until that summer that jizz actually squirted out of my dick when I came.