Words: Violet
We all have our favourites and we all quote them a little too often. Here are some of some of the best movie quotes of all time, in our first part of the series.
“Is this a shifter car? I cannot drive a shifter car, alright, so we got a little situation here. I can’t drive these kinda cars! What the fuck is goin’ on!” – Billy Brown prefers the ease of an automatic transmission in Buffalo ’66.
“Do you like Phil Collins? I’ve been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn’t understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual.” – Patrick Bateman dabbles in music criticism in American Psycho.
“That’s the one thing you have to remember about WASPs: they love animals and hate people.” – Gordon Gekko produces a worryingly true statement in Wall Street.
“Occasionally. Yeah, I’m always on the lookout for a future ex-Mrs Malcolm.” – Upon being asked whether he is married, Dr Malcolm replies with surprising forthrightness in Jurassic Park.
“I do wish we could chat longer, but… I’m having an old friend for dinner. Bye.” – Was Hannibal Lector being literal just then? From the brilliant Silence of the Lambs.
“No way, no way. Tried it once, doesn’t work. You got four guys all fighting over who’s gonna be Mr. Black, but they don’t know each other, so nobody wants to back down. No way. I pick. You’re Mr. Pink. Be thankful you’re not Mr. Yellow.” – Joe responds to Mr Pink’s request to change his pseudonym in Reservoir Dogs.
“So give me a stage… where this bull here can rage” – Jake La Motta reflects on his violent nature in Raging Bull.
“The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long – and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy. Look at you: you’re the Prodigal Son; you’re quite a prize!” – Dr Tyrell explains to the ‘replicant’ Roy Batty why he will soon die in the seminal Blade Runner.
“There are seventeen different things a guy can do when he lies to give himself away. A guy’s got seventeen pantomimes. A woman’s got twenty, but a guy’s got seventeen…” – Mafioso Vincent Coccotti is a human lie detector in True Romance.
By Guy de Vito
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