Coco is one of the most emotional Pixar movies. It has memorable lines about music, family, loss, love, and following your heart.
Here you will find some of the best Coco movie quotes including emotional quotes, funny lines, family quotes, and quotes about music from Miguel, Mama Imelda, Héctor, Ernesto de la Cruz, and others!
Best Coco Movie Quotes
1. Oh, it’s you. You’re going to get me into trouble, Dante. Someone could hear me! I wish someone wanted to hear me, other than you. – Miguel
2. Every year, grandkids, cousins, pretty much everyone gets together, even great grandma Coco… I tell her pretty much everything… I used to run like this but now I run like this which is way faster! – Miguel
3. Sometimes I look at Ernesto de La Cruz and I feel like we are connected. – Miguel
4. Remember me, though I have to say goodbye. Remember me, don’t let it make you cry. For even if I’m far away, I hold you in my heart. I sing a secret song to you each night we are apart. Remember me, though I have to travel far. Remember me, each time you hear a sad guitar. – Héctor
5. One cannot deny who one is meant to be. – Ernesto de la Cruz
6. Success doesn’t come for free. You have to do whatever it takes to seize your moment. – Ernesto de la Cruz
7. He’s a THREAT! – Ernesto de la Cruz
8. I am the one who is willing to do what it takes to seize my moment, whatever it takes. – Ernesto de la Cruz
9. I’ve worked too hard, Héctor. Too hard to let him destroy everything. – Ernesto de la Cruz
10. The feeling, so close, you can reach out and touch it. I never knew I could want something so much, but it’s true. – Ernesto de la Cruz
11. You think I’d let him go back to the land of the living with your photo? To keep your memory alive? No. – Ernesto de la Cruz
12. You’ve got to get home before sunrise or you’ll be stuck here forever. – Head Clerk
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Funny Coco Quotes
1. I think it is one of those made-up things adults tell kids, like vitamins. – Miguel
2. You’re not a spirit guide. You’re just a dumb dog. – Miguel
3. A minute ago I thought I was related to a murderer! You’re a total upgrade! – Miguel
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4. I’m walking like a skeleton. – Miguel
5. It has been an honor. I hope you die real soon. -Héctor
6. Don’t I know you? – Ernesto de la Cruz (to Mama Imelda)
[Smacks Ernesto with her shoe] That’s for murdering the love of my life! – Mama Imelda
Who the…? – Ernesto de la Cruz
She’s talking about me! I am the love of your life? – Héctor
I don’t know, I am still angry at you! – Mama Imelda
7. I want nothing to do with you! Not in life, not in death! I spent decades protecting my family from your mistakes. He spends five minutes with you, and I have to fish him out of a sinkhole! – Mama Imelda
8. That devil box tells you nothing but lies. – Mama Imelda
9. Never name a street dog. They will follow you forever. Now, go get my shoe. – Abuelita
10. Welcome to the Land of the Dead. Agents at the Department of Family Reunions are available to assist you. Please, on the lookout for a living boy. – Arrival Agent
11. I miss my nose… – Tio Oscar (looking at Miguel’s face)
Emotional Coco Quotes
1. You don’t have to forgive him, but we shouldn’t forget him. – Miguel
2. I don’t want to be part of this family anymore! – Miguel
3. He tried to go home to you and Coco. But de la Cruz murdered him! – Miguel
4. I’m running out of time. It’s Coco. – Héctor
5. If there’s no one left in the living world to remember you, you disappear from this world. But you can change that! – Héctor
6. No, it doesn’t work like that, chamaco. Our memories, they have to be passed down by those who knew us in life in the stories they tell about us. But there’s no one left alive to pass down Cheech’s stories. Hey, it happens to everyone eventually. – Héctor
7. And so what if it’s true? You leave me alone with a child to raise, and I’m just supposed to forgive you? – Mama Imelda
8. I can’t forgive you. But I will help you. – Mama Imelda
9. She’s forgetting you. – Mama Imelda
10. But when we had Coco, there was something that mattered more than music. I wanted to put down roots. He wanted to play for the world. We each made a sacrifice to get what we wanted. Now, you must make a choice. – Mama Imelda
11. I wanted to forget you. I wanted Coco to forget you, too. – Mama Imelda
Coco Quotes About Music
1. I know, I’m not supposed to love music. But my great-grandma Coco’s father was the greatest musician of all time, Ernesto de la Cruz. One day he left with his guitar and never returned, now my family thinks music is a curse. – Miguel
2. Great-great grandfather, none of them understand me. I’m supposed to play music! – Miguel
3. To be here with you tonight brings me joy! Qué alegriá for this music is my language and the world es mi Familia. – Miguel
4. Music’s the only way that makes me happy. – Miguel
5. Music tore her family apart. Shoes brought them together. – Miguel
6. I think we’re the only family in México who hates music. – Miguel
7. A melody played on the strings of our souls and the rhythm that rattled us down to the bone. Our love for each other will live on forever in every beat of my proud corazón. – Miguel
8. Say that I’m crazy or call me a fool but last night it seemed that I dreamed about you. When I opened my mouth what came out was a song and you knew every word and we all sang along. – Miguel
9. I wasn’t in there because of Héctor. He was in there because of me. He was just trying to get me home! I didn’t want to listen, but he was right! Nothing is more important than family. I’m ready to accept your blessing. And your conditions. But first, I need to find de la Cruz. To get Héctor’s photo! – Miguel
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10. I have to sing, I have to play. The music, it’s not just in me, it is me. When life gets me down, I play my guitar. The rest of the world may follow the rules, but I must follow my heart. You know that feeling. Like there’s a song in the air and it’s playing just for you. I hope you like it. – Ernesto de la Cruz
11. He will listen, he will listen to music. – Ernesto de la Cruz
12. Never underestimate the power of music. No one was going to hand me my future, it was up to me to reach for my dream, grab it tight and make it come true. – Ernesto de la Cruz
13. Only a song has the power to change a heart. Never underestimate the power of music. – Ernesto de la Cruz
14. You, my boy, are meant to be a musician. – Ernesto de la Cruz
15. Miguel, if we help you get his photo, you will return home? No more music? – Mama Imelda
16. I loved it! I remember that my husband would play, and I loved to sing, and nothing else mattered. – Mama Imelda
17. No music! No music! – Abuelita
Coco Quotes About Family
1. Family comes first. – Miguel
2. We may have our differences, but nothing’s more important than family. – Miguel
3. I’m proud we’re family! – Miguel
4. I am not like the rest of my family. There’s something that makes me different. – Miguel
5. That is what families are supposed to do, support you. But you never will. – Miguel
6. Héctor should be on our ofrenda. He’s part of our family. – Miguel
7. This isn’t a dream then. You’re all really out there. – Miguel
8. Never forget how much your family cares for you. – Mama Imelda
9. Never forget how much your family loves you. – Mama Imelda
10. Día de Muertos has begun! It’s the one night of the year our ancestors can come visit us. – Abuelita
11. Tonight is about family. – Abuelita
12. Being a part of this family means you are here for this family. – Abuelita
13. They’re your family. – Head Clerk
Coco Movie FAQ
The name Coco comes from Miguel’s great grandma whose name is Mama Coco. She is very important to their family and to the storyline of the movie.
No. Coco isn’t based on a true story or a real family. This story was an original idea, but Pixar extensively researched Mexican culture and Día de Muertos traditions while creating the movie. The filmmakers traveled throughout Mexico and drew inspiration from real families, towns, music, clothing, traditions, and architecture to make the world of Coco feel authentic.
The moral lesson is that family is very important. Our family’s traditions and history can be passed from generation to generation.
She is 99 years old during this movie. She passes away sometime before the movie’s final scene, when Miguel visits the Land of the Dead the following year.
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