My Favorite Performances of 2003 (Female)

The Bride - Kill Bill: Vol. 1
"It was not my intention to do this in front of you. For that I'm sorry. But you can take my word for it, your mother had it comin'. When you grow up, if you still feel raw about it, I'll be waiting."

Aileen - Monster
"All you need is love and to believe in yourself... Nice idea. It doesn't exactly work out that way. But I guess it was better to hear a flat-out lie than to know the truth at 13."

Mi-do - Oldboy
"Very lonely people that I met... they all hallucinated ants at one time."

Natalie Belisario - The Cooler
"At first I thought that you were just another way to make a quick buck, you know? And then I started to take a closer look. And for the first time, you were somebody who wasn't trying to hustle me. Somebody who wasn't trying to pretend he was someone he wasn't. Just a decent guy, trying to get back on track."

Cristina Peck - 21 Grams
"You know what I thought when mom died? I couldn't understand how you could talk to people again, how you could laugh... again. I couldn't understand how you could play with us. And no, no that's a lie, life does not just go on."

Celeste Boyle - Mystic River
"He's been acting kind of nuts lately. I'm almost afraid of him. Do you know something?"

Charlotte - Lost in Translation
"Let's never come here again because it would never be as much fun."

Sophie Kowalsky - Love Me If You Dare
"Tell me that you love me first because I'm afraid that if I tell you first you'll think that I'm playing the game."

Honorable Mentions:
Josephine - Big Fish

Erica Barry - Something's Gotta Give
"I'm like the dumb girl that doesn't get it. I've never been the dumb girl before. It ain't so great."

Annabeth Markum - Mystic River
"Their daddy's a king. And a king knows what to do and *does* it. Even when it's hard. And their daddy will do whatever he has to for those he loves. And that's all that matters. Because everyone is weak, Jimmy. Everyone but us. We will never be weak. And you, you could rule this town. And after Jimmy, let's take the girls down to the parade. Katie would like that."

Selby - Monster
"I just wanna live, Lee. I just want a normal happy life. I don't know why you did this."

Olivia Harris - The Station Agent
"When I was 19, I actually slept with a guy because he rolled his own cigarettes."

Mickey Crabbe - A Mighty Wind
"What are you doing? He could be lying in a ditch - it wouldn't be the first time."

Ruby Thewes - Cold Mountain
"Every piece of this is man's bullshit. They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!'"

Elle Driver - Kill Bill: Vol. 1
"I might never have liked you. Point of fact, I despise you. But that doesn't suggest I don't respect you. Dying in our sleep is a luxury our kind is rarely afforded. My gift to you."

Sandra Bloom - Big Fish
"I don't think I'll ever dry out."

Marianne Jordan - 21 Grams
"Life has to go on Jack. With or without God."

Ada Monroe - Cold Mountain
"If you are fighting, stop fighting. If you are marching, stop marching... Come back to me. Come back to me is my request."

Claudia - 21 Grams

Honorable Mentions:
Ginny - Identity

Angela - Matchstick Men
"You're not a bad guy, you know. You're just not a very good one."

Honorable Mentions:
Sandra Bloom - Big Fish

Emily - The Station Agent
"Aren't you a little young to be retired?"

Rosalie Mullins - School of Rock
"Excuse me. I've just been informed that all of your children are missing, so..."

Eowyn - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
"Whatever happens, stay with me. I'll look after you."

Kelly - Lost in Translation
"Everybody is always, like, "Kelly, you are anorexic." And, I'm like, "No, I'm not." I eat all kinds... I eat so much junk food, you wouldn't believe it. I'd have a heart attack..."

Sue - Bad Santa
"Fuck me, Santa! Fuck me, Santa! Fuck me, Santa!"