No way would I poison my body with that shite, all they fucking chemicals, no fucking way!
Begbie
- Director
- Danny Boyle
- Cast
- Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Ewan McGregor
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- buddy film, crime film, drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), as of 2026-07-09
You can't sit around all day with your heroin and listening to Ziggy Pop.
Diane
Daddy!! You are not respecting my boundaries.
Jamie
Feel better now?
Mikey
I don't feel the sickness yet, but it's in the mail, that's for sure. I'm in the junky limbo at the moment. Too ill to sleep, too tired to stay awake, but the sickness is on its way.
Renton
I dream of massive, pristine convenience. Brilliant gold taps, virginal white marble, a seat carved from ebony, a cistern full of Chanel No. 5, and a flunky handing me pieces of raw silk toilet roll. But under the circumstances I'll settle for anywhere.
Renton
I haven’t felt this good since Archie Gimmel scored against Holland in 1978!
Renton
Now I've justified this to myself in all sorts of ways. It wasn't a big deal, just a minor betrayal. Or we'd outgrown each other, you know, that sort of thing. But let's face it, I ripped them off-- my so called mates. But Begbie, I couldn't give
Renton
People think it’s all about misery and desperation and death and all that shit which is not to be ignored, but what they forget is the pleasure of it. Otherwise we wouldn’t do it. After all, we’re not fucking stupid.
Renton
Right. So we all get old and then we cannae hack it anymore. Is that it?
Renton
Sick Boy's always been lacking in moral fiber.
Renton
Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
Renton
You have to worry about bills, about food, about some football team that never fucking wins, about human relationships and all the things that don't really matter when you've got a sincere and truthful junk habit.
Renton
...but personality, that's what counts - that's what keeps a relationship going through the years. Like heroin. I mean, heroin's got fucking great personality.
Sick Boy
Do you shee the beasht? Have you got it in your shights?
Sick Boy
Good chips.
Sick Boy
Honor Blackman, aka “Pussy Galore”. What a total fucking misnomer! I mean, I wouldn’t touch her with yours.
Sick Boy
Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish?
Tommy
Useless motherfucker -- that's what she called me! "It's either ME or Iggy Pop, time to decide!".
Tommy