The best Quotes from 8 Mile

Lookie, how can six dicks be p*ssies?

There's a certain mystique when I speak
That you notice that it's sorta unique
Cause you know it's me, my poetry's deep
And I'm still matic the way I flow to this beat

My motto: f*ck Lotto
I get the 7 digits from your mother for a dollar tomorrow

Did you listen to the last round methhead?
Pay attention, you sayin' the same shit that he said
Matter fact dog, here's a pencil
Go home, write some shit, make it suspenseful
And don't come back until somethin' dope hits you
F*ck it
You can take the Mic home wit' you

Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.

How could I even look up to you? You ain't as tall as me
5'8' and I'm 6'4', seven punches hold your head still
Last time you saw 8 Mile was at home on a treadmill
You were named after a candy
I was named after a gangster

They say I'm up and coming, like I'm f*cking in an elevator

You're pointless as Rapunzel with f*cking cornrows

No matter how you try, n*ggas never die
We just retaliate with hate, then we multiply

We hit the spot to chill with the Fuji Grill
She ordered the Kobe beef, like Shaquille O'Neal

N*gga, you ain't ill in the booth
I'd die and do my next show as a hologram and still be realer than you
I'm the shit like I slithered in poo
I'm sicker than sticking my freaking d-ck inside of a b*tch's syph-lis cooch

I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell
I am a hustler baby, I'll sell water to a well

B*tch, if I was as half as good as I was
I'm still twice as good as you'll ever be
Only way that you're ahead of me's alphabetically
'Cause if you diss me I'm coming after you (U) like the letter V

Mario Party's the only one you get invited to
Your life is like Skyrim, an endless quest of solitude

The only hood you ever saw was on a sweat-shirt
This will make your neck jerk, 'til ya sweat dirt

I still got the vision (division), like a line between two dots

I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.

Sometimes you just gotta let shit go and say 'to hell with it' and move on.

You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something.

Music is reflection of self

I maybe made some mistakes but I'm only human
But I'm man enough to face them today
What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb
But the smartest shit I did was take them bullets out of that gun

Don't do drugs, don't have unprotected sex, don't be violent... leave that to me.

Fame made me a balloon, 'cause my ego inflated

Had a dream I was king, I woke up, still king
This rap game's nipple is mine for the milking
'til nobody else even f*cking feels me, 'til it kills me
I swear to God, I'll be the f*cking illest in this music
There is or there ever will be, disagree?

Now this shit's about to kick off, this party looks wack
Let's take it back to straight hip-hop and start it from scratch

I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm spiritual
On the microfone I tear you up in stereo

There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but also very likable. She's a lone wolf, and it appeals to people that she isn't rich and doesn't have a lot of friends. No posse. She's just like you, like most of us.

I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl.

I'm carded for R-rated movies. And I get talked down to a lot. When I try to go rent a car or buy an airplane ticket or other stuff adults do, I get 'Okaaaaaay, honey.' I remember when I was 18, getting crayons in a restaurant.

All girls hit that phase where they like the bad boy. I grew out of that really young and I have a wonderful guy in my life who's not a bad boy at all. I like the satiric, consistent nice guy.

I have the best roommates in the world! It creates a fun sense of family... and that's really important to me. Things can get so lonely without it.

We know you get nervous, Rabbit
I see Momma's spaghetti all over your sweater
I wish you would lose yourself on the records
That you made a decade ago, they were better

Yeah I'll acknowledge you're the GOAT
But I'm The Gunner, b*tch, I got you in the scope
Don't have a heart attack now
Somebody help your mans up
Knees weak of old age, the real Slim Shady can't stand up

Now tell me, what do you stand for?
I know you can't stand yourself
Tryin' to be the old you so bad you Stan yourself

Ayy, somebody grab him some clippers
His f*ckin' beard is weird
Tough talk from a rapper payin' millions for security a year
'I think my dad's gone crazy,' yeah, Hailie, you right
Dad's always mad cooped up in the studio, yellin' at the mic

Crucified by the public without the nails
Do or die in my city but clearly I never failed
Lost myself in the game when I found myself in a cell
Then I found myself in the fame when I lost myself in the pills

I am from the city of evil, came from the bottom
Standing on top of what was supposed to be my coffin, whats up?
Inception shows me as a dead man walkin', but reflections shows this kid's still got it
Let it be known I got the throne like I don't know that there's a king

You can leave Detroit, but it will never leave you.

There's cities that get by on their good looks. Detroit has to work for a living.

Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell.

I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.