But I'm telling you, these walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on 'em.

— Ellis Boyd Red Redding, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman)

17 seconds sound clip from the The Shawshank Redemption movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:59:46 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Just a used-up con with arthritis in both hands.

- Probably couldn't get a library card if he tried.

- You know what I'm trying to say?

- Red, I do believe you're talking out of your ass.

- You believe whatever you want, Floyd.

- But I'm telling you, these walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on 'em.

- That's institutionalized.

- Shit. I could never get like that.

- Oh, yeah? Say that when you've been here as long as Brooks has.

- Goddamn right.

- They send you here for life. That's exactly what they take. The part that counts, anyway.

[...]

The Shawshank Redemption Sound Clip

The Shawshank Redemption Blu-Ray cover

Sound clips of the best quotes and famous lines selected from the The Shawshank Redemption (1993) movie soundboard, as rated by movie-sound.org's visitors.

Actors: Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne), Morgan Freeman (Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding), Bob Gunton (Warden Samuel Norton), Clancy Brown (Captain Byron Hadley), James Whitmore (Brooks Hatlen), William Sadler (Heywood)

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