My Favorite Performances of 2003 (Male)

Dae-su Oh - Oldboy
"If they had told me it was going to be fifteen years, would it have been easier to endure?"

Jimmy Markum - Mystic River
"We bury our sins here, Dave. We wash them clean."

Honorable Mentions:
Paul Rivers - 21 Grams

Detective Park Doo-man - Memories of Murder
"Chief, I may know nothing else, but my eyes can read people. That's how I survive as a detective, and why people say I have shaman's eyes."

Katsumoto - The Last Samurai
"The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life."

Bernie Lootz - The Cooler
"Hey. You look in the mirror, you don't like what you see, don't believe it. Look in my eyes, I am the only mirror you're ever gonna need. You look in my eyes, Natalie."

Bob Harris - Lost in Translation
"Your life, as you know it... is gone. Never to return. But they learn how to walk, and they learn how to talk... and you want to be with them. And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life."

Ed Bloom - Big Fish
"They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up."

Finbar McBride - The Station Agent
"It's funny how people see me and treat me, since I'm really just a simple, boring person."

Honorable Mentions:
Miles Finch - Elf

Capt. Jack Aubrey - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
"Tosh! Name a shrub after me. Something prickly and hard to eradicate."

Jack Jordan - 21 Grams
"This is Hell. Right here."

Honorable Mentions:
Aaron Hallam - The Hunted

Dave Boyle - Mystic River
"Maybe some day you forget what it's like to be human and maybe then, it's ok."

Dave Boyle - Mystic River
"My sister and I loved each other, despite everything. Can you two do the same?"

Samwise Gamgee - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
"Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you... but I can carry you!"

Willie - Bad Santa
"Why don't you wish in one hand, and shit in the other. See which one fills up first."

Ed Bloom - Big Fish
"You don't know me but my name is Edward Bloom and I love you."

Dr. Stephen Maturin - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
"I shall name a great tortoise after you: Testudo Aubreii!"

Detective Seo Tae-yoon - Memories of Murder
"Nobody will care if I kill you. Tell me! Tell me you killed them! Tell me! You killed all those women!"

Sean Devine - Mystic River
"The reality is we're still 11 year old boys locked in a cellar imagining what our lives would have been if we'd escaped."

Aragorn - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
"Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!*"

Dewey Finn - School of Rock
"God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass. We are your humble servants. Please give us the power to blow people's minds with our high voltage rock. In your name, we pray. Amen."

Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
"This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!"

Julien Janvier - Love Me If You Dare
"Being an adult means to have a speedometer that marks 210 and not driving over 60."

Shelly Kaplow - The Cooler
"Jesus Christ, that's such a fucking touching speech, Bernie! All that Jimmy Stewart bullshit? I've got such a lump in my throat I can't tell you."

Roy Waller - Matchstick Men
"Hey have you ever been dragged to the sidewalk and beaten till you PISSED... BLOOD!"

Buddy - Elf
"We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup."