Irrational Man (2015)

Emma Stone: Jill Pollard

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• Jill : Despair is what Kierkegaard called the sickness unto death, Abe. And you suffer from despair.

  Abe : I'm well aware of what Kierkegaard thought. But he was, in the end, a Christian. How comforting that would be.

• Jill : You know, Abe actually says that people just manufacture drama so they can get through their lives because they're so empty.

• [first lines] 

  Abe : [narrating]  Kant said human reason is troubled by questions that it cannot dismiss, but also cannot answer. Okay, so, what are we talking about here? Morality? Choice? The randomness of life? Aesthetics? Murder?

  Jill : I think Abe was crazy from the beginning. Was it from stress? Was it anger? Was he disgusted by what he saw as life's never-ending suffering? Or was he simply bored by the meaninglessness of day-to-day existence? He was so damn interesting. And different. And a good talker. And he could always cloud the issue with words.

  Abe : Where to begin? You know, the existentialists feel nothing happens until you hit absolute rock bottom. Well, let's say that when I went to teach at Braylin College, emotionally, I was at Zabriskie Point. Of course, my reputation, or should I say a reputation, preceded me.

• Jill : He's very radical, very original. You either love him or hate him, really.