Notting Hill Quotes
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Source: Notting Hill
Speaker: Anna Scott
I'm also just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her.
Context
This line is spoken by Anna Scott, played by Julia Roberts, in the film Notting Hill, directed by Roger Michell (1999).
Notting Hill is really a fairy tale masquerading as a romantic comedy. First of all, its main character, William Thacker, owns a travel bookstore and somehow has enough money to eat and live in London. Second, he falls in mutually reciprocated love with the world's biggest movie star.
This super romantic line pops up in the movie when Anna has kind of messed up with Will and is asking for a second chance. It might not change his mind immediately, but don't worry—Will comes around. Anna is the biggest movie star in the world, after all.
Where you've heard it
If you're a big fan of British romantic comedies, you might hope that someone you like uses this line on you one day.
To no one's surprise, this line made it on Hollywood.com's list of the 25 most romantic movie lines.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Public confessions of love are kind of awkward and tacky, especially if you quote a line from a romantic comedy while doing so.