"Trainspotting" quotes

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Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.

Director: Danny Boyle
Writer: Irvine Welsh, John Hodge
Production: N/A
Genre: drama
Year: 1996
MetaScore: 83/100
ImdbRating: 8.1
BoxOffice: $16,491,080
Released: 09 Aug 1996
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 35 nominations total

137 Clips

These are your friends right - Trainspotting 00:04
These are your friends right
Hey but I could handle - Trainspotting 00:06
Hey but I could handle
And just for a moment it felt really great - Trainspotting 00:13
And just for a moment it felt really great
Straightaway he clocked us for what we were - Trainspotting 00:08
Straightaway he clocked us for what we were
Honor Blackman A K A Pussy Galore right - Trainspotting 00:15
Honor Blackman A K A Pussy Galore right
I'm sorry Mrs Murphy - Trainspotting 00:35
I'm sorry Mrs Murphy
You better clean up your act Cut that shite out forever - Trainspotting 00:08
You better clean up your act Cut that shite out forever
No I went to Craigy Craig Newton - Trainspotting 00:35
No I went to Craigy Craig Newton
Fucking listen to me you piece of junkie shit - Trainspotting 00:12
Fucking listen to me you piece of junkie shit
And as I sat watching - Trainspotting 00:14
And as I sat watching
Look I'm not a fucking bufty - Trainspotting 00:07
Look I'm not a fucking bufty
Well this is a good fucking laugh ain't it - Trainspotting 00:16
Well this is a good fucking laugh ain't it
Two kilos What is that 10 years - Trainspotting 00:09
Two kilos What is that 10 years
Not sorry enough for being a fat cunt - Trainspotting 00:09
Not sorry enough for being a fat cunt
I read it in Cosmopolitan - Trainspotting 00:17
I read it in Cosmopolitan
Who needs reasons when you've got heroin - Trainspotting 00:05
Who needs reasons when you've got heroin
The beggar's fucking psycho man - Trainspotting 00:09
The beggar's fucking psycho man
In that case you can do it - Trainspotting 00:27
In that case you can do it
You going to eat that - Trainspotting 00:34
You going to eat that
Swanney taught us - Trainspotting 00:22
Swanney taught us
Better than sex Rents - Trainspotting 00:17
Better than sex Rents
Heroin makes you constipated - Trainspotting 00:13
Heroin makes you constipated
Say something Mark - Trainspotting 00:18
Say something Mark
It was Wednesday morning - Trainspotting 00:36
It was Wednesday morning
Ursula Andress - Trainspotting 00:29
Ursula Andress
You always got the truth from Tommy - Trainspotting 00:10
You always got the truth from Tommy
Good chips - Trainspotting 00:36
Good chips
Yeah and that's what's illegal - Trainspotting 00:12
Yeah and that's what's illegal
But living like this it's a full time business - Trainspotting 00:07
But living like this it's a full time business
Armed robbery With a replica - Trainspotting 00:08
Armed robbery With a replica
Heroin had robbed Renton of his sex drive - Trainspotting 00:22
Heroin had robbed Renton of his sex drive
It was obvious that cunt was going to fuck some cunt - Trainspotting 00:05
It was obvious that cunt was going to fuck some cunt
He's got a hangover so bad he can hardly hold the cue - Trainspotting 00:05
He's got a hangover so bad he can hardly hold the cue
I haven't felt that good - Trainspotting 00:07
I haven't felt that good
Thank you Your Honor - Trainspotting 00:08
Thank you Your Honor
This was typical of Mikey Forrester - Trainspotting 00:29
This was typical of Mikey Forrester
Tommy knew he'd got the virus like - Trainspotting 00:36
Tommy knew he'd got the virus like
But he never knew he'd gone full blown - Trainspotting 00:37
But he never knew he'd gone full blown
I quite enjoyed the sound of it all - Trainspotting 00:23
I quite enjoyed the sound of it all
We called him Mother Superior - Trainspotting 00:06
We called him Mother Superior
You see if you ask me we're heterosexual by default - Trainspotting 00:18
You see if you ask me we're heterosexual by default
It seems I really am the luckiest guy in the world - Trainspotting 00:24
It seems I really am the luckiest guy in the world
She's gone and fucking dumped me - Trainspotting 00:18
She's gone and fucking dumped me
Mr Murphy what exactly attracts you - Trainspotting 00:12
Mr Murphy what exactly attracts you
I fantasize about massive pristine convenience - Trainspotting 00:20
I fantasize about massive pristine convenience
And with that Mark Renton had fallen in love - Trainspotting 00:07
And with that Mark Renton had fallen in love
Mr Murphy do you mean that you lied on your application - Trainspotting 00:23
Mr Murphy do you mean that you lied on your application
I don't feel the sickness yet - Trainspotting 00:27
I don't feel the sickness yet
Did you think I would leave you crying - Trainspotting 00:37
Did you think I would leave you crying
Picture the scene - Trainspotting 00:36
Picture the scene
Thank you very much gentlemen - Trainspotting 00:35
Thank you very much gentlemen
You're not getting any younger Mark - Trainspotting 00:25
You're not getting any younger Mark
The downside of coming off junk - Trainspotting 00:25
The downside of coming off junk
When you're on junk you have only one worry Scoring - Trainspotting 00:29
When you're on junk you have only one worry Scoring
Oh well in that case - Trainspotting 00:20
Oh well in that case
Did you bring the cards - Trainspotting 00:25
Did you bring the cards
This was to be my final hit - Trainspotting 00:12
This was to be my final hit
For this you will need one room which you will not leave - Trainspotting 00:35
For this you will need one room which you will not leave
Take the best orgasm you ever had - Trainspotting 00:19
Take the best orgasm you ever had
That lassie got glassed - Trainspotting 00:08
That lassie got glassed
People think it's all about misery and desperation - Trainspotting 00:31
People think it's all about misery and desperation
Begbie didn't do drugs either He just did people - Trainspotting 00:05
Begbie didn't do drugs either He just did people
Do you see the beast - Trainspotting 00:27
Do you see the beast
What are you two talking about - Trainspotting 00:09
What are you two talking about
Never again Swanney I'm off the scag - Trainspotting 00:24
Never again Swanney I'm off the scag
It wasn't just the baby that died that day - Trainspotting 00:34
It wasn't just the baby that died that day
1 000 years from now - Trainspotting 00:07
1 000 years from now
Personality I mean that's what counts right - Trainspotting 00:20
Personality I mean that's what counts right
Excuse me I don't mean to harass you - Trainspotting 00:37
Excuse me I don't mean to harass you
Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish - Trainspotting 00:36
Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish
I was thinking to myself This girl's special - Trainspotting 00:33
I was thinking to myself This girl's special
We took morphine diamorphine cyclizine codeine - Trainspotting 00:27
We took morphine diamorphine cyclizine codeine
Choose a starter home Choose your friends - Trainspotting 00:37
Choose a starter home Choose your friends
It wasn't just the baby that died that day - Trainspotting 02:26
It wasn't just the baby that died that day
It was awful - Trainspotting 01:35
It was awful
I wished that I'd gone down instead of Spud - Trainspotting 03:26
I wished that I'd gone down instead of Spud
I went to Craigy - Trainspotting 04:11
I went to Craigy
I really am the luckiest guy in the world - Trainspotting 01:08
I really am the luckiest guy in the world
I read it in Cosmopolitan - Trainspotting 00:55
I read it in Cosmopolitan
I quite enjoyed the sound of it all - Trainspotting 00:55
I quite enjoyed the sound of it all
I fantasize about a massive pristine convenience - Trainspotting 00:57
I fantasize about a massive pristine convenience
I don't mean to harass you - Trainspotting 02:33
I don't mean to harass you
I don't feel the sickness yet - Trainspotting 01:02
I don't feel the sickness yet
You're not getting any younger - Trainspotting 01:08
You're not getting any younger
Your honor - Trainspotting 00:20
Your honor
Honor Blackman - Trainspotting 00:28
Honor Blackman
Heroin had robbed Renton of his sex drive - Trainspotting 01:06
Heroin had robbed Renton of his sex drive
Heroin makes you constipated - Trainspotting 00:33
Heroin makes you constipated
Got no money - Trainspotting 01:37
Got no money
Good chips - Trainspotting 01:38
Good chips
Fucking say something - Trainspotting 00:18
Fucking say something
For it was the source of much of our gear - Trainspotting 01:10
For it was the source of much of our gear
Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish - Trainspotting 01:42
Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish
Understand - Trainspotting 00:30
Understand
Do you shee the beasht - Trainspotting 00:42
Do you shee the beasht
Do you mean that you lied on your application - Trainspotting 01:06
Do you mean that you lied on your application
Did you think I would leave you crying - Trainspotting 01:03
Did you think I would leave you crying
Did you bring the cards - Trainspotting 00:56
Did you bring the cards
Choose Life - Trainspotting 03:23
Choose Life
But what they forget is the pleasure of it - Trainspotting 00:53
But what they forget is the pleasure of it
But let's face it - Trainspotting 03:39
But let's face it
Begbie didn't do drugs either - Trainspotting 00:17
Begbie didn't do drugs either
Armed robbery - Trainspotting 00:25
Armed robbery
And just for a moment - Trainspotting 00:45
And just for a moment
All walks of life - Trainspotting 02:58
All walks of life
You could always get the truth from Tommy - Trainspotting 00:37
You could always get the truth from Tommy
You better clean up your fuckin' act - Trainspotting 00:28
You better clean up your fuckin' act
Who needs reasons when you've got heroin - Trainspotting 00:15
Who needs reasons when you've got heroin
What are you talking about - Trainspotting 00:19
What are you talking about
What a penetrating goal that was - Trainspotting 00:20
What a penetrating goal that was
Well it's not our fault - Trainspotting 00:55
Well it's not our fault
We took morphine - Trainspotting 01:09
We took morphine
Useless motherfucker - Trainspotting 01:11
Useless motherfucker
Ursula Andress - Trainspotting 00:59
Ursula Andress
Tommy knew he'd caught the virus - Trainspotting 03:44
Tommy knew he'd caught the virus
This was typical of Mikey Forrester - Trainspotting 01:38
This was typical of Mikey Forrester
Mikey Forrester - Trainspotting 00:27
Mikey Forrester
This was to be my final hit - Trainspotting 00:30
This was to be my final hit
This is a good fucking laugh - Trainspotting 00:34
This is a good fucking laugh
The ultimate hit - Trainspotting 00:32
The ultimate hit
Personality - Trainspotting 00:38
Personality
The day you die - Trainspotting 00:10
The day you die
That lassie got glassed - Trainspotting 00:32
That lassie got glassed
Take the best orgasm you've ever had - Trainspotting 00:40
Take the best orgasm you've ever had
Stolen only hours earlier from one of my best friends - Trainspotting 00:42
Stolen only hours earlier from one of my best friends
So what can you do - Trainspotting 00:18
So what can you do
Small time wasters with an accidental big deal - Trainspotting 00:25
Small time wasters with an accidental big deal
She read it in Cosmopolitan - Trainspotting 01:14
She read it in Cosmopolitan
Relinquishing junk - Trainspotting 01:58
Relinquishing junk
Playing pool - Trainspotting 02:39
Playing pool
Picture the scene - Trainspotting 03:00
Picture the scene
Not by decision - Trainspotting 00:47
Not by decision
No sorry enough for being a fat cunt - Trainspotting 00:25
No sorry enough for being a fat cunt
Never again - Trainspotting 01:15
Never again
My pleasure in other people's leisure - Trainspotting 00:23
My pleasure in other people's leisure
Let's face it - Trainspotting 00:25
Let's face it
Just wankers - Trainspotting 00:24
Just wankers

Cast

Renton - Ewan McGregor
Spud - Ewen Bremner
Sick Boy - Jonny Lee Miller
Tommy - Kevin McKidd
Begbie - Robert Carlyle
Diane - Kelly Macdonald
Swanney - Peter Mullan
Mr. Renton - James Cosmo
Mrs. Renton - Eileen Nicholas
Allison - Susan Vidler
Lizzy - Pauline Lynch
Gail - Shirley Henderson
Gavin - Stuart McQuarrie
Mikey Forrester - Irvine Welsh
Game Show Host - Dale Winton
Dealer - Keith Allen
Andreas - Kevin Allen
Gail's Mother (as Ann-Louise Ross) - Annie Louise Ross
Gail's Father - Billy Riddoch
Diane's Mother - Fiona Bell
Diane's Father - Vincent Friell
Man - Hugh Ross
Man - Victor Eadie
Woman - Kate Donnelly
Sheriff - Finlay Welsh
Estate Agent - Eddie Nestor
Pub Heavy - Tom Delmar
Renton's Nurse - Rachael Fleming
Store Security Officer (plain clothes) - John Hodge
Flat Buyer - Andrew Macdonald
Sports Commentator (voice) - Archie MacPherson
Taxi Driver - Stuart McGugan
Pub Goer - Arnold Montey
Dj - Dirk Robertson