15 Movie Quotes about Matilda Wormwood with Audio

Updated: Feb 17, 2026

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1 You like to read? -Oh, yes, I love to read. -What do you like to read? -Everything, but lately I've been reading Darles Chickens.

Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

2 No more Miss Nice Girl.

Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

3 Dearest pie, how old is Matilda? -Four. -I'm six and a half, Mommy. -Five, then. -I was six in August. -You're a liar.

Danny DeVito as Harry Wormwood; Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

4 Daddy, that's cheating. -Of course it's cheating. Nobody ever got rich being honest.

Danny DeVito as Harry Wormwood; Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

5 Daddy, you're a crook. -What? -This is illegal.

Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

6 No, but don't people need good cars? Can't you sell good cars, Dad?

Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

7 What is this trash you're reading? -It's not trash, Daddy, it's lovely. It's called Moby _, by Herman Melville. -Moby what?

Danny DeVito as Harry Wormwood; Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

8 I thought grownups weren't afraid of anything. -Quite the contrary. All grownups get scared, just like children.

Embeth Davidtz as Miss Honey; Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

9 Did you know the heart of a mouse beats at the rate of 650 times a minute? -My, where'd you learn that? -In a book. -It beats so fast it doesn't sound like it's beating at all. It sounds like it is humming. A porcupine's heart beats 300 times a minute.

Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

10 Six and a half. -You're four. -Six and a half. -If you were six and a half, you'd be in school already.

Danny DeVito as Harry Wormwood; Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)