The Station Agent
2003
Finbar McBride: It's funny how people see me and treat me, since I'm really just a simple, boring person.
Joe Oramas: Hey, Olivia, you got a garlic press? Olivia Harris: No. Joe Oramas: How can you not have a garlic press? Olivia Harris: (both she and Fin are smiling, looking at him) Still no! Joe Oramas: Alright, you keep talking! I'm gonna go cook without the garlic press! (turns back to kitchen) Olivia Harris: (to Fin) I'm not used to having people in my house... especially loud people. Finbar McBride: It's a nice house. Olivia Harris: Yeah. David bought it as a get-away place... so I moved down here and got away. Finbar McBride: Where did you used to live? Olivia Harris: Princeton. (glancing at Fin) Olivia Harris: I know... I didn't get very far. But I just couldn't stay there another minute. Everyone looking at me... the poor woman whose son died. (a bit of silence falls between them) Olivia Harris: How about you? What made you pick Newfoundland? Finbar McBride: (smiling mystically) I wanted to live near Joe! (Laughter spreads out gradually from them) Joe Oramas: (leaning over the rail, shouting) Guys! (Fin and Olivia burst into laughter) Joe Oramas: Would you come up here and talk? Seriously, this sucks! (the two keep laughing crazily)
Joe Oramas: Hey listen, if you guys do something later, can I join you? Finbar McBride: We're not gonna do something. Joe Oramas: No, I know, but if you do, can I join you? Finbar McBride: We're not gonna do something later. Joe Oramas: Okay, but, if you do? Finbar McBride: Okay. Joe Oramas: Cool.
Finbar McBride: Well, there are people called train chasers. They follow a train and they film it. Olivia Harris: Are you a train chaser? Finbar McBride: No. Olivia Harris: How come? Finbar McBride: I don't know how to drive a car. And I don't own a camera. Olivia Harris: That'd do it.
Finbar McBride: You said you weren't going to talk to me if I sat here, Joe. Joe Oramas: I haven't said anything in like twenty minutes. (Fin checks his pocket watch) Finbar McBride: Nine. Joe Oramas: You timed me? Finbar McBride: Mm-hmm. Joe Oramas: That's cold, bro.
Finbar McBride: I'm retired, actually. Emily: Aren't you a little young to be retired? Finbar McBride: No, dwarves retire early. Common fact. Emily: Yeah, *lazy* dwarves.
(last lines) Joe Oramas: It's the librarian fantasy, man. Glasses off, hair down, books flying. Finbar McBride: She doesn't wear glasses. Olivia Harris: Well, buy her some, it's worth it.
Joe Oramas: Trains are really cool. Olivia Harris: They are. Finbar McBride: (smoking marijuana) So are horses. Joe Oramas: What? Finbar McBride: I was just thinking that. Joe Oramas: Give me the joint, man.
(first lines) Henry Styles: Morning, professor. Finbar McBride: Good morning.