Ricky Fitts: an amazing character

I 've never seen a character so confident about himself as Ricky Fitts......he's confident ,smart weired and much more....take for example ..when Jane asks him
: Are you scared? Rickt says I don't get scared.

He's likes to play straight...like towards the end he asks Jane to come with him...here too he says it so straight cut..

RICKY (to Jane) If I had to leave tonight, would you come with me?

JANE What?

RICKY If I had to go to New York. To live. Tonight. Would you come with me?

And straight comes the answer ....Yes.

He's a caring a fellow ...he does love his mon and dad its only that he cannot come in terms with their ways.

When Ricky leaves he gives mom a hug and says: mon I'm leaving, I wish things could have been better for you.

And he does not care for anyone ,remember how he says to the caterring boss when says .. Hey i'm not paying you to do whatever your are doing now.

Ricky just got one thing to say to him :Fine so dont pay me,I quit now leave me alone.

a surprised Lester Burnham says : Wow I think you just became my personal hero.

He can look straight into a girl's eyes and say

I'm not obssed I'm just curious.

But the best thing he says when he describes the dancing balloon

" It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in. "

And that becomes the underline of the movie.....that one monolouge tell all the movie is all about.

Wes Bentley has done tremendous job playing Ricky....It was said that Jake Gillanhall went for audition for this role....but it went to Wes 'cos the casting director said that when he was asked to read the dialouge about the dancing ballon he sounded like it realy had a meaning....