A comedy horror movie that takes inspiration from the novel American Psycho written by Bret Easton Ellis. The main plot of the story is about how men have sexual insecurity, and the reason behind the habit of materialism is to hide their apathy
The movie is divided into installments, and in the first installment, we see Patrick Bateman, who expressed the rage that he keeps within himself by murders and executions, mostly very violent ones.
American Psycho is taken as part of dark humor. However, the lines used make it a little light, hence making it enjoyable too. These American Psycho quotes are the reason why people love to watch this movie.
Down below are mentioned 20 best American Psycho quotes that appear to have marked interest in the audience.
20. “There is no way to empathize with others in the world we live in today. It’s always easier to feel empathy for ourselves instead of others.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner, Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
There are two pretty women making out on the couch, Bateman is a serial killer and is thinking about Whitney Houston and talks to one of the girls on the couch.
Later he turns to another girl and quotes the words from above as he is lost thinking about Whitney Houston.
19. “I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair, but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me, and I don’t know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner, Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
Patrick Bateman is a wealthy investment banking executive from New York City. But little do his colleagues know that he has a psychopathic ego alternative in him.
As he suppresses those feelings deeper and deeper, he gets much into the violence and expresses his feelings through these words.
“I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair, but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me, and I don’t know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.”
18. “There is an idea of Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me: only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours, and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable—I simply am not there.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
Patrick Bateman talks about himself, and how he takes care of himself, he explains in detail the things he follows as a routine for his face.
He then says the quote from above that Patrick Bateman is just illusory, and he says that the people shaking his hand might feel flesh gripping and even observe the lifestyle that he follows.
These lifestyles are probably comparable to oneself too. But in the end, he does not exist.
17. “My need to engage in homicidal behavior on a massive scale cannot be corrected, but, uh, I have no other way to fulfill my needs.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
Patrick Bateman is a wealthy and materialistic investment banker who has another personality which is a serial killer.
In the movie, he becomes more and more psychotic, and his suppressed nature starts showing out to the people around him.
This is the scenario where he explains himself.
16. “My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
This is a scene of Patrick Bateman making a confession, but his confession has meant nothing because in a confession, there are two main points.
One, it should give proof of who committed the crime, and the second should be the reason why it happened.
But in Bateman’s confession, the reason behind the crimes is not clear at all.
15. “Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh, my God. It even has a watermark.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
Patrick Bateman and his co-worker put in their business cards against each other. They are having a debate over the topics of bone, eggshells, and the color off-white.
During a part of this discussion, Patrick Bateman uses the quote that says, “Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh, my God. It even has a watermark.”
14. “I like to dissect girls. Did you know I’m utterly insane?”
Patrick Bateman quotes this quote. Patrick Bateman is a serial killer. His main fear is that nobody should have a better world than his one.
He would not tolerate it and would kill them, a man with no heart at all would be very apt to address him as.
It would not be too much or too less because it is very true.
13. “A good personality consists of a chick with a little hard body, who will satisfy all sexual demands without being too slutty about things, and who essentially will keep her dumb fucking mouth shut.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. David Van Patten quotes this quote
A conversation between David Van Patten, Patrick Bateman, and Craig McDermott. According to David Van Patten, there are no girls with good personality. A good personality, according to him, is when the girl has a little hard body.
And satisfies the sexual needs without being slutty and who shuts her fucking mouth.
12. “I like to cut up women. In case you didn’t know, I’m crazy.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
When Club Patron asks him questions because Patrick Bateman asked him to, he answers him. The first question was What do you do? And then he answers about how he is a murderer and does executions. And for the next question, he says the quotes from above.
11. “I live in the American Gardens Building on W. 81st Street on the 11th floor. My name is Patrick Bateman. I’m 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine.”
Patrick Bateman quotes this quote. This is the quote by Patrick Bateman as he introduces himself and the place that he is from.
Patrick Bateman explains his age and how he takes care of himself. His health, especially the routines that he follows for his skin. Patrick Bateman is very open about himself. He does not feel the need to hide his identity and goes with the flow.
10. “Not the face! You bitch! Not the fucking face, you piece of bitch trash!”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
Patrick Bateman loves to dissect girls. Once, he says to a girl, “You fucking ugly bitch, I want to cut your face and play with the blood.”
He says the quote from above when a call girl named Christie starts kicking his face. He screams out these words.
9. “I don’t want you to get drunk, but that’s a very expensive glass of Chardonnay you’re not drinking there. It isn’t poisoned.”
Patrick Bateman quotes this quote. Patrick Bateman tells the girl that he does not want her to get drunk.
But at the same time, he also complains that she is wasting a very expensive glass of Chardonnay. Later he asks her to clean her vagina from behind when she is on her knees.
He compliments her body and makes her do what exactly he wants her to do.
8. “No—I’m in touch with humanity. Evelyn, I’m sorry, I just uh—you’re not terribly important to me.”
Patrick Bateman quotes this quote. Evelyn Williams says to Patrick Bateman that he has no humanity. And that he is the most inhuman person that she has ever seen.
To this comment, Patrick Bateman replies that he does have a touch with humanity. And then hurts Evelyn Williams’ feelings by telling that she is not terribly important to him.
7. “That’s okay. I’m not very good at controlling it anyway.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
A conversation between Jean and Patrick Bateman, in which Bateman says that he is on a diet.
Jean replies to this that he looks so fit and thin, and she would not believe that he was on a diet.
She then says that they don’t have to go for dinner if that was going to make him lose his willpower.
For Patrick Bateman says that he is not very good at controlling his diet, and going for dinner would not be a problem.
6. “Well, actually, that’s none of your business, Christie. But I can assure you, it certainly wasn’t cheap.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
As Patrick Bateman talks to the two women about himself, his age, and his routines. Christie questions him about the price of the place he lives in. To which he replies that it is not her business.
And then gives the answer that the place is not very cheap either.
5. “Paul Allen has mistaken me for this d*ckhead Marcus Halberstram.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
Paul Allen has mistaken Patrick Bateman to Marcus Halberstram. And the possible explanation given by Bateman for that is. Because both Bateman and Marcus work at P&P, they even go to the same barber.
But when the two hairstyles are compared, Patrick Bateman says that he is better than Marcus’s.
Humorous American Psycho Quotes
4. “So, what do you do?”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Club Patron quotes this quote.
Patrick Bateman asks Club Patron to ask him a few questions about himself to get to know him.
For Club Patron asks his first question, which was, “So, what do you do?”
3. “I’m into, uh, well, murders and executions, mostly.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
After Club Patron asks Patrick Bateman for the job that he does. Patrick Bateman, with no hesitation, replies that he is into murders and executions.
It can be seen later that Club Patron handles the answer very diplomatically without being taken aback.
2. “Duct tape. I need it for—taping something.”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Patrick Bateman quotes this quote.
Seeing something in Patrick Bateman’s hand. Jean asks what he was holding in his hand. Bateman gives the silliest answer. That it was duct tape and he needed it for taping something.
1. “Oh, my God. Bateman, do you want me to fry you up some f*cking potato pancakes? Some latkes?”
Directed by Mary Harron, the writers are Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. The casts are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, and Chloe Sevigny. Craig McDermott quotes this quote.
Craig Mcdermott makes a comment on the Jews during a conversation with Patrick Bateman, For which Patrick Bateman protests his voice.
Patrick again opposes his excuse, for which Craig Mcdermott says the quotes above.
To which Patrick Bateman replies that he needs to calm down with the anti-Semitic remarks.
