Freeze the Frame… Read These Movie Quotes From tick, tick… BOOM!

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tick, tick… BOOM is the hit musical by Jonathan Larson. It’s now been turned into a movie directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and is playing on Netflix (non-stop in this house!). It will get inside your head and live there RENT-free (see what we did there?), trust me! If you’ve been thinking about the movie as we have, you’ll want to “stop the clock- take time out. Freeze the frame…” and read these movie quotes from tick, tick… BOOM. You can also check this parent guide to decide if tick tick BOOM is safe for kids in your house!

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About tick, tick… BOOM!

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut with tick, tick…BOOM!, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent.

The film follows Jon (Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield), a young theater composer who’s waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical.

Days before he’s due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic.

With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?

You can watch the tick, tick… BOOM! trailer here.

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tick, tick…BOOM! (L-R) ANDREW GARFIELD as JONATHAN LARSON, ALEXANDRA SHIPP as SUSAN in tick, tick…BOOM!. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX

Freeze the Frame… And Read These Quotes From tick, tick… BOOM!

  • This is Jonathan Larson’s story. Before the Tony Awards, before the Pulitzer Prize. Before we lost him. Everything you are about to see is true. Except for the part he made up. –Susan
  • Lately, I’ve been hearing this sound everywhere I go. Like A Tick, Tick, Tick. – Jon
  • The sound you are hearing is not a technical problem. It is not a musical cue. It is not a joke. It is the sound of one man’s mounting anxiety. I am that man. –Jon
  • I should have kids of my own by now, a career, but instead I’ve been ‘promising’ for so long I’m afraid I’m starting to break the f@cking promise. –Jon
  • You look great!- Jon
    I know, right? – Freddie

I’m the future of musical theater, Scott.

Jon (movie quote from tick tick boom)
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tick, tick…BOOM! (L-R) ANDREW GARFIELD as JONATHAN LARSON in tick, tick…BOOM!. Cr. MACALL POLAY/NETFLIX © 2021
  • What is the point of money, if you’re not going to spend it on the people that you love?
  • So what am I supposed to do now? – Jon
    You start writing the next one. And after you finish that one, you start on the next. And on and on, and that’s what it is to be a writer, honey. – Rosa
  • Everyone’s unhappy in New York. That’s what New York is! – Jon
  • You Just Keep Throwing Them Against The Wall, Hoping Against Hope That Eventually Something Sticks. – Rosa
  • I think this is a musical that knows exactly what it is. -Stephen Sondheim

You get to a certain age, and you stop being a writer who waits tables, and you become a waiter with a hobby.

– Jonathan quote from tick tick boom
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tick, tick…BOOM! (L-R) ANDREW GARFIELD as JONATHAN LARSON, ROBIN DE JESUS as MICHAEL in tick, tick…BOOM!. Cr. MACALL POLAY/NETFLIX © 2021

Michael’s Best Lines and Quotes From tick, tick… Boom!

  • Write the song, boo boo. – Michael
  • I’m HIV+. I think I may know a thing or two about running out of time. – Michael
  • Are you letting yourself be led by fear or by love? – Michael movie quotes from tick tick Boom!
  • It would be a tragedy to give up what you have. –Michael
  • You know for someone who is broke, you could probably spend a little less on party planning. -Michael
  • WOW, the Berkshires. That’s so far from Midtown. – Michael
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tick, tick…BOOM! (L-R) ANDREW GARFIELD as JONATHAN LARSON in tick, tick…BOOM!. Cr. MACALL POLAY/NETFLIX © 2021

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