My Favorite Performances of 2013 (Male)

Oscar Grant - Fruitvale Station
"I'm good, I'm good, I'm gonna be good."

Jordan Belfort - The Wolf of Wall Street
"The year I turned 26, as the head of my own brokerage firm, I made $49 million, which really pissed me off because it was three shy of a million a week."

Theodore - Her
"Sometimes I think I have felt everything I'm ever gonna feel. And from here on out, I'm not gonna feel anything new. Just lesser versions of what I've already felt."

Solomon Northup - 12 Years a Slave
"I don't want to survive. I want to live."

Llewyn Davis - Inside Llewyn Davis
"I'm tired. I thought I just needed a night's sleep but it's more than that."

Ip Man - The Grandmaster
"They say I spread wing chung throughout the world. I hope that's true. I didn't do it to acquire renown. The martial arts should be open to all, everyone should walk the same route. It all comes down to two words: Horizontal, Vertical."

Detective Loki - Prisoners
"With all due respect, Captain, go fuck yourself."

Honorable Mentions:
Adam + Anthony - Enemy

Muse - Captain Phillips
"Look at me. Look at me. I'm the captain now."

Woody Grant - Nebraska
"Have a drink with your old man. Be somebody!"

Edwin Epps - 12 Years a Slave
"No sin! There is no sin! A man does how he pleases with his property. At the moment, Platt, I am of great pleasure. You be goddamn careful I don't come to wantin' to lightenin' my mood no further."

Honorable Mentions:
Counselor - The Counselor

Adam - Only Lovers Left Alive
"I just feel like all the sand is at the bottom of the hour glass or something."

Donnie Azoff - The Wolf of Wall Street
"If anyone's gonna fuck my cousin, it's gonna be me. Out of respect."

Honorable Mentions:
Jonah Hill - This Is the End

Gary King - The World's End
"It never got better than that night! That was supposed to be the beginning of my life! All that promise and fucking optimism! That feeling that we could take on the whole universe! It was a big lie! Nothing happened!"

Dwight - Blue Ruin
"You know what's awful? Just 'cause my dad loved your mom... we all end up dead."

Ian - Only Lovers Left Alive

Ron Woodroof - Dallas Buyers Club
"Let me give y'all a little news flash. There ain't nothin' out there can kill fuckin' Ron Woodroof in 30 days."

Honorable Mentions:
Mark Hanna - The Wolf of Wall Street

Keller Dover - Prisoners
"He's not a person anymore. No, he stopped being a person when he took our daughters."

Honorable Mentions:
Logan - The Wolverine

Martin Sixsmith - Philomena
"Its funny isn't it? All the pieces of paper designed to help you find him have been destroyed, but guess what, the one piece of paper designed to stop you finding him has been lovingly preserved. God and his infinite wisdom decided to spare that from the flames."

Charles Stoker - Stoker
"Of course I still love you, Richard. I just have to love you a little bit less now."

Wilford - Snowpiercer
"Have you ever been alone on this train? When was the last time you were alone? You can't remember, can you? So please do. Take your time."

Honorable Mentions:
Ed DuBois - Pain & Gain

Paul Doyle - Pain & Gain
"Why'd you make me do that to you, Victor? I have responsibilities! Jesus Christ himself has blessed me with many gifts! One of them is knocking someone the fuck out!"

Honorable Mentions:
John Matthews - Snitch

Harlan DeGroat - Out of the Furnace
"I got a problem with everybody."

Captain Richard Phillips - Captain Phillips
"You said this was just business. Is this business? Is this how you do business?"

Alvin - Prince Avalanche
"I was running, and then I reached the cliff, and all I know is I wanted to either fly or kill myself."

Simon / James - The Double
"I have all these things that I want to say to her, like... Like how I can tell she's a lonely person, even if other people can't. Cause I know what it feels like to be lost and lonely and invisible."