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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- For the 1966 animated cartoon, see How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 ), directed by Ron Howard , book by Dr. Seuss , screenplay by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman.
Quotes
- [The Grinch checks his answering machine.]
- The Grinch: Any calls?
- Answering Machine: [electronic voice] You have no messages.
- The Grinch: Odd. Better check the outgoing.
- Answering Machine: [Grinch's voice] "If you utter so much as one syllable, I'll hunt you down and gut you like a fish. If you'd like to fax me, press the star key."
- The Grinch: Hmm. Hmm.
- Cindy Lou Who: Santa, what's the meaning of Christmas?
- The Grinch: Vengeance. I mean… presents, I suppose.
- The Grinch: Oh, the Who-manity.
- [A taxicab passes but doesn't stop for the Grinch.]
- The Grinch: It's because I'm green, isn't it?
- The Grinch: The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there — and on such short notice. Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn't allow it. 4:00, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one. 5:30, Jazzercize. 6:30, dinner with me. I can't cancel that again. 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing — I'm booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to nine, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling, and slip slowly into madness. (pause) But what would I wear?
- The Grinch: One man's toxic waste is another man's potpourri.
- [Max barks.]
- The Grinch: I don't know, it's some kind of soup.
- Narrator:
- The Whos, young and old, would sit down to a Feast,
- and they will feast, and they will feast.
- The Grinch:
- And they'll feast, feast, feast, feast.
- They'll eat their Who-Pudding and rare Who-Roast Beast.
- But there's something I just cannot stand in least…
- Oh no. I'm speaking in rhyme!
- The Grinch:
- Year after year,
- I've put up with it now
- I must stop Christmas from coming
- But how? (realizing he's rhyming) I mean-in what way?
Major cast
- Jim Carrey — Grinch
- Taylor Momsen — Cindy Lou Who
- Jeffrey Tambor — Mayor Augustus Maywho
- Christine Baranski — Martha May Whovier
- Bill Irwin — Lou Lou Who
- Molly Shannon — Betty Lou Who
- Clint Howard — Whobris
See also
External links
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas at Wikipedia
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