Nieman, you're done.
Read more Fletcher QuotesFrom: Whiplash (2014)
I never really had a Charlie Parker. But I tried. I actually fucking tried. And that's more than most people ever do.
The truth is, Andrew, I... never really had a Charlie Parker. But I tried. I actually fucking tried. And that's more than most people ever do. And I will never apologise for how I tried.
Uncle Frank : You got any friends, Andy?Andrew : No.Uncle Frank : Oh, why's that?Andrew : I don't know, I just never really saw the use.Uncle Frank : Well, who are you going to play with otherwise? Lennon and McCartney, they were school buddies, am I right?Andrew : Charlie Parker didn't know anybody 'til Jo Jones threw a cymbal at his head.Uncle Frank : So that's your idea of success, huh?Andrew : I think being the greatest musician of the 20th century is anybody's idea of success.Jim : Dying broke and drunk and full of heroin at the age of 34 is not exactly my idea of success.Andrew : I'd rather die drunk, broke at 34 and have people at a dinner table talk about me than live to be rich and sober at 90 and nobody remembered who I was.Uncle Frank : Ah, but your friends will remember you, that's the point.Andrew : None of us were friends with Charlie Parker. *That's* the point.Uncle Frank : Travis and Dustin? They have plenty of friends and plenty of purpose.Andrew : I'm sure they'll make great school board presidents someday.Dustin : Oh, that's what this is all about? You think you're better than us?Andrew : You catch on quick. Are you in Model UN?Travis : I got a reply for you, Andrew. You think Carleton football's a joke? Come play with us.Andrew : Four words you will never hear from the NFL.Aunt Emma : Who wants dessert?