Will Smith credited as playing...
Ben
- [first lines]
- 911 Operator: 911 emergency...
- Ben Thomas: I need an ambulance.
- 911 Operator: I have you at 9212 West Third Street in Los Angeles.
- Ben Thomas: Yes, room number 2.
- 911 Operator: What's the emergency?
- Ben Thomas: There's been a suicide.
- 911 Operator: Who's the victim?
- Ben Thomas: I am.
- Ben Thomas: The first time I ever saw a box jellyfish, I was twelve. Our father took us to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I never forgot what he said... That it was the most deadly creature on earth. To me it was just the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.
- Ben Thomas: [From trailer] In seven days, God created the world. And in seven seconds, I shattered mine.
- George Ristuccia: You know, Ben, I keep asking you this but why me?
- Ben Thomas: Because you are a good man.
- George Ristuccia: No, really.
- Ben Thomas: Even when you don't know that people are watching you.
- Larry: Hey, how much longer are you gonna stay in my hotel?
- Ben Thomas: Motel.
- Larry: How much longer?
- Ben Thomas: Actually, I was planning on dying here.
- Larry: Well, then you need to pay in advance.
- Emily Posa: Do you wanna play a game?
- Ben Thomas: What game?
- Emily Posa: The "what if" game.
- Ben Thomas: The "what if" game.
- Emily Posa: What if... my pager goes off... and it's a heart... and... it works? And my body doesn't reject it? And... what if i have time?
- Ben Thomas: [Long pause] What if? What if we have children? What if we got married?
- Emily Posa: [From trailer] Why do I get the feeling you're doing me a really big favor?
- Ben Thomas: Because I get the feeling that you really deserve it.
- Ben Thomas: [from trailer] It is within my power to drastically change his cirumstances, but I don't want to give that man a gift he doesn't deserve.
- [about Duke eating a slice of meat]
- Ben Thomas: He seemed to be really enjoying it.
- Emily Posa: He eats steamed broccoli and tofu.
- Ben Thomas: Why?
- Emily Posa: He's a vegetarian.
- Emily Posa: Why do I get the feeling you're doing me a really big favor?
- Ben Thomas: Becasue I get the feeling that you really deserve it.