Quotes
This is Brock Lovett. What can I do for you, Mrs... ?
BUELL
Rose Calvert.
LOVETT
..... Mrs. Calvert?
ROSE
I was just wondering if you had found the "Heart of the Ocean" yet, Mr. Lovett.
BUELL
I told you you wanted to take this call.
LOVETT
(to Rose)Alright. You have my attention, Rose. Can you tell me who the woman in the picture is?
ROSE
Oh yes. The woman in the picture is me.
ROSE
It's been 84 years...
LOVETT
Just tell us what you can--
ROSE
(holds up her hand for silence)Do you want to hear the story or not? It's been 84 years... and I can still smell the fresh paint. The china had never been used. The sheets had never been slept in.
ROSE
Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams. And it was. It really was...
ROSE
I don't see what all the fuss is about. It doesn't look any bigger than the Mauretania.
CAL
You can be blase about some things, Rose, but not about Titanic. It's over a hundred feet longer than Mauretania, and far more luxurious.
CAL
Your daughter is much too hard to impress, Ruth.
RUTH
(gazing at the leviathan) So this is the ship they say is unsinkable.
CAL
It is unsinkable. God himself couldn't sink this ship.
JACK
The moment of truth boys. Somebody's life's about to change.
JACK
Let's see... Fabrizio's got niente. Olaf, you've got squat. Sven, uh oh... two pair... mmm. (turns to his friend) Sorry Fabrizio.
FABRIZIO
What sorry? What you got? You lose my money?? Ma va fa'n culo testa di cazzo--
JACK
Sorry, you're not gonna see your mama again for a long time...
JACK
(grinning) 'Cause you're goin' to America!! Full house boys!
FABRIZIO
Porca Madonna!! YEEAAAAA!!!
RUTH
You know I don't like that, Rose.
CAL
She knows.
CAL
(to the waiter) We'll both have the lamb. Rare, with a little mint sauce. (to Rose, after the waiter moves away) You like lamb, don't you sweetpea?
MOLLY
So, you gonna cut her meat for her too there, Cal? (turning to Ismay) Hey, who came up with the name Titanic? You, Bruce?
ISMAY
Yes, actually. I wanted to convey sheer size. And size means stability, luxury... and safety--
ROSE
Do you know of Dr. Freud? His ideas about the male preoccupation with size might be of particular interest to you, Mr. Ismay.
RUTH
My God, Rose, what's gotten into--
ROSE
Excuse me.
RUTH
(mortified) I do apologize.
MOLLY
She's a pistol, Cal. You sure you can handle her?
CAL
(tense but feigning unconcern) Well, I may have to start minding what she reads from now on.
TOMMY
Forget it, boyo. You'd as like have angels fly out o' yer arse as get next to the likes o' her.
JACK
Don't do it.
ROSE
Stay back! Don't come any closer!
JACK
Give me your hand. I'll pull you back over.
ROSE
No! Stay where you are. I mean it. I'll let go.
JACK
No you won't.
ROSE
What do you mean no I won't? Don't presume to tell me what I will and will not do. You don't know me.
JACK
You would have done it already. Now come on, take my hand.
ROSE
You're distracting me. Go away.
JACK
I can't. I'm involved now. If you let go I have to jump in after you.
ROSE
Don't be absurd. You'll be killed.
JACK
I'm a good swimmer.
ROSE
The fall alone would kill you.
JACK
It would hurt. I'm not saying it wouldn't. To be honest I'm a lot more concerned about the water being so cold.
ROSE
How cold?
JACK
(taking off his left shoe) Freezing. Maybe a couple degrees over.
JACK
Ever been to Wisconsin?
ROSE
(perplexed) No.
JACK
Well they have some of the coldest winters around, and I grew up there, near Chippewa Falls. Once when I was a kid me and my father were ice-fishing out on Lake Wissota... ice-fishing's where you chop a hole in the--
ROSE
I know what ice fishing is!
JACK
Sorry. Just... you look like kind of an indoor girl. Anyway, I went through some thin ice and I'm tellin' ya, water that cold... like that right down there... it hits you like a thousand knives all over your body. You can't breath, you can't think... least not about anything but the pain. (takes off his other shoe) Which is why I'm not looking forward to jumping in after you. But like I said, I don't see a choice. I guess I'm kinda hoping you'll come back over the rail and get me off the hook here.
ROSE
You're crazy.
JACK
That's what everybody says. But with all due respect, I'm not the one hanging off the back of a ship.
JACK
Come on. You don't want to do this. Give me your hand.
ROSE
Alright.
CAL
(unexpectedly tender) I know you've been melancholy, and I don't pretend to know why.
CAL
I intended to save this till the engagement gals next week. But I thought tonight, perhaps a reminder of my feeling for you...
ROSE
My God... Cal. Is it a--
CAL
Diamond. Yes it is. 56 carats to be exact.
CAL
It was once worn by Louis the Sixteenth. They call it Le Coeur de la Mer, the--
ROSE
The Heart of the Ocean.
CAL
It's for royalty. And we are royalty.
CAL
There's nothing I couldn't give you. There's nothing I'd deny you if you would nor deny me. So open your heart to me, Rose.
ROSE
Mr. Dawson, I--
JACK
Jack.
ROSE
I want to thank you for what you did. Not just for... for pulling me back. But for your discretion.
ROSE
Look, I know what you must be thinking! Poor little rich girl. What does she know about misery?
JACK
That's not what I was thinking. What I was thinking was... what could have happened to hurt this girl so much she thought she had no way out.
ROSE
It was everything, my whole world and all the people in it.
ROSE
(looking up from the drawings) You have a gift, Jack. You do. You see people.
JACK
I see you.
ROSE
And...?
JACK
You wouldn'ta jumped.
JACK
I saw that in a nickelodean once, and I always wanted to do it.
ROSE
Cal, surely you remember Mr. Dawson
CAL
(caught off guard) Dawson! I didn't recognize you. (studies him) Amazing! You could almost pass for a gentlemen.
ROSE
There's the Countess Rothes. And that's John Jacob Astor... the richest man on the ship. His little wifey there, Madeleine, is my age and in a delicate condition. See how she's trying to hide it. Quite the scandal. (nodding toward a couple) And over there, that's Sir Cosmo and Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon. She designs naughty lingerie, among her many talents. Very popular with the royals.
ROSE
And that's Benjamin Guggenheim and his mistress, Madame Aubert. Mrs. Guggenheim is at home with the children, of course.
RUTH
And where exactly do you live, Mr. Dawson?
JACK
Well, right now my address is the RMS Titanic. After that, I'm on God's good humor.
RUTH
You find that sort of rootless existence appealing, do you?
JACK
Well... it's a big world, and I want to see it all before I go. My father was always talkin' about goin' to see the ocean. He died in the town he was born in, and never did see it. You can't wait around, because you never know what hand you're going to get dealt next. See, my folks died in a fire when I was fifteen, and I've been on the road since. Somethin' like that teaches you to take life as it comes at you. To make each day count.
JACK
So do you want to go to a real party?
CAL
I had hoped you would come to me last night.
ROSE
I was tired.
CAL
Yes. Your exertions below decks were no doubt exausting.
ROSE
(stiffening) I see you had that undertaker of a manservant follow me. How typical.
CAL
You will never behave like that again! Do you understand?
ROSE
I'm not some foreman in your mills than you can command! I am your fiancee--
CAL
Yes! You are! And my wife... in practice, if not yet by law. So you will honor me, as a wife is required to honor her husband! I will not be made out a fool! Is this in any way unclear?
RUTH
You are not to see that boy again, do you understand me Rose? I forbid it!
ROSE
Oh, stop it, Mother. You'll give yourself a nosebleed.
RUTH
(wheeling on her) Rose, this is not a game! Our situation is precarious. You know the money's gone!
ROSE
Of course I know it's gone. You remind me every day!
RUTH
Your father left us nothing but a legacy of bad debts hidden by a good name. And that name is the only card we have to play.
RUTH
I don't understand you. It is a fine match with Hockley, and it will insure our survival.
ROSE
(hurt and lost) How can you put this on my shoulders?
RUTH
Do you want to se me working as a seamstress? Is that what you want? Do you want to see our fine things sold at an auction, our memories scattered to the winds? My God, Rose, how can you be so selfish?
ROSE
It's so unfair.
RUTH
Of course it's unfair! We're women. Our choices are never easy.
ROSE
Jack, this is impossible. I can't see you.
JACK
Rose, you're no picnic... you're a spoiled little brat even, but under that you're a strong, pure heart, and you're the most amazingly astounding girl I've ever known and--
ROSE
Jack, I--
JACK
No wait. Let me try to get this out. You're amazing... I'm not an itiot. I've got ten bucks in my pocket, I have nothing to offer you, Rose. I know that. But I'm involved now. You jump, I jump, remember? I can't turn away without knowin' that you're goin' to be alright.
ROSE
You're making this very hard. I'll be fine. Really.
JACK
I don't think so. They've got you trapped, Rose and your going to die if you don't break free. Maybe not right away, 'cause you're strong. But sooner or later that fire that I love so much about you, that fire is going to burn out.
ROSE
It's not up to you to save me, Jack.
JACK
ROSE
Hello, Jack.
ROSE
I changed my mind.
ROSE
Fabrizio said you might be up--
JACK
Sssshh. Come here.
JACK
Close your eyes.
JACK
Okay. Open them.
ROSE
I'm flying!
JACK
(singing softly) Come Josephine in my flying machine...
JACK
Where to, Miss?
ROSE
To the stars.
JACK
So... how did you find out I didn't do it?
ROSE
I didn't. (she looks at him) I just realized I already knew.
JACK
Rose, Rose, you're so stupid, you're such an idiot. Why'd you do that why?
ROSE
You jump, I jump, right?
JACK
Right.
ROSE
Jack, This is where we first met!
JACK
(talking fast) Take a deep breath and hold it right before we go into the water. The ship will suck us down. Kick for the surface and keep kicking. Don't let go of my hand. We're gonna make it Rose. Trust me.
ROSE
I trust you.
ROSE
It's getting quiet.
JACK
Just a few more minutes. It'll take them a while to get the boats organized...
JACK
I don't know about you, but I intend to write a strongly worded letter to the White Star Line about all this.
ROSE
I love you Jack.
JACK
No... don't youd do that. Don't you say your good-byes, Rose. Don't you give up. Don't do it.
ROSE
But I'm so cold.
JACK
You're going to get out of this... you're going to go on and you're going to make lots of babies and watch them grow and you're going to die an old lady, warm in your bed. Not here. Not this night. Do you understand me?
ROSE
I can't feel my body.
JACK
Rose, listen to me. Listen. Winning that ticket was the best thing that ever happened to me.
JACK
It brought me to you. And I'm thankful, Rose. I'm thankful.
JACK
You must do me this honor... you must promise me you will survive... that you will never give up... no matter what happens... no matter how hopeless... promise me now, and never let go of that promise.
ROSE
I promise.
JACK
Never let go.
ROSE
I promise. I will never let go, Jack. I'll never let go.
IMMIGRATION OFFICER
Name?
ROSE
Dawson. Rose Dawson.
