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 Ian Holm Quotationon his Hobbit feet - "These things are like boats with toes." "While shooting in Mexico, all conversation was dominated by bowels. During filming, if you'll pardon the expression, you're frightened to fart." "I've always been a minimalist. It was Bogart who once said, 'If you think the right thoughts, the camera will pick it up'. The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there." Movie Title: Alien (1979) as Ash: Ripley : Ash, can you hear me? ASH. Ash : Yes, I can hear you. Ripley : What was your special order? Ash : You read it. I thought it was clear. Ripley : What was it? Ash : Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded. Parker : It's the damn company. What about our lives, you son of a bitch? Ash : I repeat, all other priorities rescinded. Ripley : How do we kill it? There got to be a way of killing it. How? How do we do it? Ash : You can't. Parker : Bullshit. Ash : You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. Lambert : You admire it. Ash : I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality. Parker : Look, I am, I've heard enough of this, and I'm asking you to pull the plug. Ash : Last word. Ripley : What? Ash : I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies. Ripley : Ash, that transmission -- Mother's deciphered part of it. It doesn't look like an S.O.S. Ash : What is it, then? Ripley : Well, I, it looks like a warning. I'm gonna go out after them. Ash : What's the point? I mean by the, the time it takes to get there, you'll, they'll know if it's a warning or not, yes? Ripley : That's amazing. What is it? Ash : Uh, yes, it is. Umm. I don't know yet. Did you want something? Ripley : Yes, I, uh. Have a little talk. How's, uh, how's Kane? Ash : He's holding, no changes. Ripley : And, uh, our guest? Ash : Umm. Ripley : Hmm? Ash : Well, as I said, I'm still... collating, actually, but uh, I have confirmed that he's got an outer layer of protein polysaccharides. Has a funny habit of shedding his cells and replacing them with polarized silicon, which gives him a prolonged resistance to adverse environmental conditions. Is that enough? Ripley : That's plenty. What does it mean? [Ripley bends down to look through the micro-scanner.] Ash : Please don't do that. Thank you. Ripley : I'm sorry. Ash : Well, it's an interesting combination of elements making him... a tough little son-of-a-bitch. Ripley : And you let him in. Ash : I was obeying a direct order. Remember? Ripley : Ash. When Dallas and Kane are off the ship, I'm Senior Officer. Ash : Oh, yes, I forgot. Ripley : You also forgot the Science Division's basic quarantine law. Ash : No, that I didn't forget. Ripley : Oh, I see, you just broke it. Hmm? Ash : Look. What would you have done with Kane, hmm? You know his only chance of survival was to get him in here. Ripley : Unfortunately, by, uh, breaking quarantine, you risk everybody's life. Ash : Maybe I should have left him outside. Maybe I've jeopardized the rest of us, but it was a risk I was willing to take. Ripley : That's a pretty big risk for a Science Officer. It's, uh, not exactly out of the manual, is it? Ash : I do take my responsibilities as seriously as you, you know. You do your job and let me do mine, yes? Ripley : Come on, Ash, I mean, the Science Department should be able to help us. What can we do to drive it? Ash : Yes, well, it has adapted remarkably well to our atmosphere considering its nutritional requirements. The only thing we don't know about is temperature. Ripley : OK, what about temperature? What happens if we change it? Ash : Let's try it. Most animals retreat from fire, yes? Dallas : Fire, yeah. Ripley : Ash. Any suggestions from you or Mother? Ash : No, we're still collating. Ripley : [Laughing in disbelief.] You're what? You're still collating? I find that hard to believe. Ash : What would you like me to do? Ripley : Just what you've been doing, Ash, nothing. Movie Title: Brazil (1985) as Kurtzmann: Kurtzmann : It's been confusion from the word go! Movie Title: Joe Gould's Secret (2000) as Joe Gould: Joe Gould : In the winter, I'm a Buddhist; in the summer, I'm a nudist! Movie Title: Naked Lunch (1991) as Tom Frost: Tom Frost : They say you murdered your wife. Is that true? Bill Lee : Who told you that? Tom Frost : Word gets around. Bill Lee : It wasn't murder. It was an accident. Tom Frost : There are no accidents. For example, I've been killing my own wife slowly over a period of years. Bill Lee : What? Tom Frost : Well, not intentionally. I mean, on the level of conscious intention, it's insane, monstrous. Bill Lee : But you do consciously know it. You just said it. We're discussing it. Tom Frost : Not consciously. This is all happening telepathically, non-consciously. Bill Lee : What do you mean? Tom Frost : If you look carefully at my lips, you'll realize that I'm actually saying something else. I'm not actually telling you about the several ways I'm gradually murdering Joan. Tom Frost : No American should find himself in a foreign land without a pistol. Movie Title: Holocaust (1978) as Heinrich Himmler: Heinrich Himmler : [to SS leaders] Gentlemen, I have never been so proud of German soldiers. Your consciences can be clear. I will be responsible before God and Hitler for all your acts. Movie Title: The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) as Patrick: Elizabeth : You live here? Patrick : Yes, it's what they call a "grace and favour" residence. My father had the grace to die and did me the favour of leaving it to me. Patrick : What are you collecting for? Annie : [who is a member of the Salvation Army] The poor, the sick and the dispossessed. You don't qualify. Elizabeth : Our sole purpose is to get the band back together. Gwen : You got a gig? Patrick : Posters go up next month. Gwen : What is it? Elizabeth : Well, it's my granddaughter's school dance. Gwen : A school dance? I never played school dances even when I was at school. Joanna : So you were the only man in the band? Patrick : Just me and all those chicks. Elizabeth : Oh do you mind? I'm not and never have been a chick. Joanna : How did you get the job? Patrick : Well, they couldn't find a girl who played the drums. I had a quiet word with Betty the Bandleader, two pairs of nylon stockings and the job was mine. Elizabeth : Also he was on the run. Patrick : Also I was on the run. Patrick : How did you get here? Elizabeth : Overnight sleeper. Central heating and a roof. Patrick : Does that mean I'm forgiven? Elizabeth : Absolutely not. But we need a trumpet player and I couldn't trust you to deliver one. I wouldn't trust you to deliver a bottle of milk. Movie Title: Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) as Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot: Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot : This is not the world John. Just the edge of it. Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot : [Narrating] I sensed we had a long and difficult journey ahead of us. Perhaps weeks of waiting for a ship that will give us passage to England. I will try to teach John some rudimentary manners and a greater understanding of the language. Like a father, I am resolved to empower to him all that I can. But never, not even for a moment, do I doubt that to take him back, is a perilous undertaking. [pause] Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot : For John but also for his family. [A tribe of cannibals are on the riverbank] Sir Evelyn Blount : What are they saying D'Arnot? Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot : Dinner is serving. No! Arrived, dinner has arrived is a slightly better translation. Sir Evelyn Blount : I don't think that's frightfully funny D'Arnot! Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot : Listen to me John. How many other white apes have you seen? You're like me, not them. You have another family, far away, one you have never seen. Movie Title: A Life Less Ordinary (1997) as Naville: O'Reilly : Our fee for the recovery of your daughter is... one hundred thousand dollars. Naville : That's a lot of money. O'Reilly : Five thousand in advance. The rest is cash on delivery - no daughter, no dough. Jackson : And naturally we'd operate a sliding scale, whereby if we only bring back part of your daughter, we only get part of the money. O'Reilly : That's enough, Jackson. Jackson : No, I mean if he's cut her ears off and we can't find them, we'll knock a couple thousand off the tariff. More for a limb, obviously. O'Reilly : Jackson. Jackson : Sorry. Naville : You'll die for this, I swear to God, you will die for this! Naville : Mayhew? Not with the ax. Movie Title: Chariots of Fire (1981) as Sam Mussabini: Sam Mussabini : Eric Liddell? He's no real problem... Harold M. Abrahams : You could have fooled me (Eric has already beaten Harold once). Sam Mussabini : Yeah he's fast! But he won't go any faster. He's a gut runner, digs deep! But a short sprint is run on nerves. It's tailor-made for neurotics. Sam Mussabini : Do you want to know why you lost today? [Harold nods.] Sam Mussabini : You're over striding. [Sets coins in a row] Sam Mussabini : Now these coins represent the steps in your sprint. [Pushes coins together] Sam Mussabini : Can you find me another two coins, Mr. Abraham? [Harold looks up] Sam Mussabini : Remember, over striding. Death for the sprinter [shakes his head] Sam Mussabini : . Knocks you back. [Slaps Harold across the cheek. Harold winces] Sam Mussabini : Like that! [Slaps Harold again] Sam Mussabini : And that! [Sam laughs and grabs Harold by the arm] Sam Mussabini : . Movie Title: The Sweet Hereafter (1997) as Mitchell Stephens: Mitchell Stephens : I did not have to go as far as I was prepared to go, but I was prepared to go all the way. Nicole Burnell : No matter what I'm asked I'lltell the truth. Mitchell Stephens : It's not going to be easy Nicole. Nicole Burnell : I won't lie. Mitchell Stephens : Well, enough rage and helplessness and your love turns to something else. Alison : What... does it turn to? Mitchell Stephens : It turns to steaming piss. Mitchell Stephens : I can help you. Billy Ansell : Not unless you can raise the dead. Billy Ansell : Mitchell Stephens, Esquire. Tell me, would you be likely to sue me if I was to beat you right now? I mean, beat you so bad you piss blood and couldn't walk for a month. Because that's what I'm about to do. Mitchell Stephens : No, Mr. Ansel. I wouldn't sue you. Billy Ansell : You leave us alone, Stephens. You leave the people of this town alone. [phone ringing] Mitchell Stephens : That's my daughter. Or it may be the police to tell me they've found her dead. She's a drug addict. Billy Ansell : Why are you telling me this? Mitchell Stephens : Why am I telling you this, Mr. Ansel? Because we've all lost our children. They're dead to us. Mitchell Stephens : Tell me your news, Zoe. Zoe : Okay. Yesterday I went to sell my blood. I'm in this fucking city, and I'm selling my blood. Mitchell Stephens : That's not news, Zoe. Zoe : No, but this is. They wouldn't take my blood. Do you know what that means, Daddy? Does it register? I tested positive. Zoe : Welcome to hard times, Daddy. Mitchell Stephens : What do you want me to do, Zoe? I'll do whatever you want. Zoe : I need money. Mitchell Stephens : What for? Zoe : No, you CANNOT ask me that. YNot anymore. You asked me what I wanted, not what I wanted it for. I want money. Mitchell Stephens : Do you have a blood test? Zoe : You don't believe me? You don't FUCKING believe me?... I like it when you don't believe me. It's better that you don't believe me, but have to act like you do. Movie Title: The Emperor's New Clothes (2001) as Napoleon Bonaparte: Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut : I bought it from a lawyer who went bankrupt. Napoleon Bonaparte : Well, that's something. I didn't know that was possible. Movie Title: The Day After Tomorrow (2004) as Terry Rapson: Jack Hall : Professor, I think it's time you guys got out of there. Terry Rapson : I'm afraid that time has come and gone, my friend. Jack Hall : What should we do? Terry Rapson : Save as many as you can. [a man suggested burning a bottle of alcohol to keep them alive] Terry Rapson : Are you mad? That's a 12-year-old scotch. Movie Title: From Hell (2001) as Sir William Gull: Sir William Gull : So, Inspector Abberline, how long have you been "chasing the dragon?" Sir William Gull : One day men will look back and say that I gave birth to the twentieth century. Movie Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) as Bilbo: Galadriel : The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come... for the dominion of Men. Elrond : I Aear cân ven na mar. [Elvish: The Sea calls us home] Bilbo : I think I'm... quite ready for another adventure. [Climbs on board with Elrond. Galadriel gets on boat with Celeborn] Gandalf : Farewell... my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea... comes the end of our Fellowship. I'll not say, "Do not weep"... not all tears are an evil. [Heads to the ship, then turns around, waiting] Gandalf : It is time, Frodo. Sam : What does he mean? Frodo : We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved. But not for me. Sam : You don't mean that. You can't leave. Bilbo : I think I'm quite ready for another adventure. Bilbo : Tell me again... where are we going? Frodo : To the harbor, Bilbo. The elves have accorded you a high honor; a place on the last ship to leave Middle Earth. Bilbo : Any chance of me seeing that old ring again? Hmm? The one I gave you? Frodo : I'm sorry, uncle... I'm afraid I lost it. Bilbo : Oh... pity. I should have liked to have held it one last time. Movie Title: The Madness of King George (1994) as Dr. Willis: Pitt : I used to sit with my father when he was ill. I used to read him Shakespeare. Dr. Willis : I have never read Shakespeare. [Pitt and Thurlow stare at him in shock] Dr. Willis : I am a clergyman. Dr. Willis : If the King refuses food, He will be restrained. If He claims to have no appetite, He will be restrained. If He swears and indulges in MEANINGLESS DISCOURSE... He will be restrained. If He throws off his bed-clothes, tears away His bandages, scratches at His sores, and if He does not strive EVERY day and ALWAYS towards His OWN RECOVERY... then He must be restrained. George III : I am the King of England. Dr. Willis : NO, sir. You are the PATIENT. Dr. Willis : I have You in my eye, sir. And I shall KEEP You in my eye until You learn to behave and do as You're told. George III : I am the King. I tell, I am not TOLD. I am the VERB, sir, not the OBJECT. George III : By your dress, sir, and general demeanor, I'd say you were a minister of God. Dr. Willis : Oh, that's true, Your Majesty, I was once in the service of the Church. Now I practice medicine. George III : Well, I'm sorry for it. You've quitted a profession I've always loved and embraced one I most heartily DETEST. Dr. Willis : Our Savior went about healing the sick. George III : Yes... but He had not seven hundred pounds a year for it. [laughs] George III : Well, that's not bad for a madman. Thurlow : [to Dr. Willis] King Lear; do you think that is wise? Dr. Willis : I did not know what the play was about. Movie Title: The Hour of the Pig (1993) as Albertius: Albertius : In a world where nothing is truly reasonable, nothing is truly mad. Movie Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Bilbo: Bilbo : I'm old, Gandalf. I know I don't look it but I'm beginning to feel it in my heart. I feel thin... sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. I need a holiday. A very long holiday. And I don't expect I shall return. In fact I mean not to. Bilbo : I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. Gandalf : I think you should leave the ring behind, Bilbo. Is that so hard? Bilbo : Well, no. [frowning] Bilbo : ... and yes. Now it comes to it, I don't feel like parting with it. It's mine. I found it. It came to me. Gandalf : There's no need to get angry. Bilbo : Well, if I'm angry, it's your fault. [to himself] Bilbo : ... it's mine... my own... my precious... Gandalf : Precious? It's been called that before, but not by you. Bilbo : Oh, what business is it of yours what I do with my things? Gandalf : I think you've had that ring quite long enough. Bilbo : You... you want it for yourself. Gandalf : BILBO BAGGINS. Do not take me for some conjuror of cheap tricks. I am not trying to rob you, I'm trying to help you. Bilbo : I've thought of an ending for my book - "And he lived happily ever after... to the end of his days." Bilbo : No, thank you. We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers, or distant relations. Bilbo : You will keep an eye on Frodo, won't you? Gandalf : Two eyes, as often as I can spare them. [holding up a mail shirt] Bilbo : Here's a pretty thing: Mithril. As light as a feather, and as hard as dragon-scales. Bilbo : I am sorry that I have brought this upon you, my boy. And I'm sorry that... you must bear this burden. I'm sorry for everything. Gandalf : Frodo suspects something. Bilbo : Of course he does, he's a Baggins, not some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle. [before his 111th birthday pary] Bilbo : Gandalf, my old friend, this will be a night to remember. Movie Title: Time Bandits (1981) as Napoleon: Napoleon : Little things hitting each other. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE! Napoleon : They are all freaks! Not one of them under five foot six. What kind of theater is this? Neguy : You are not small at all, Commander. Lucien : Not by any means. Five foot one is not small. Napoleon : Five foot one and conqueror of Italy, not bad huh? Vincent : Oh no. The problem. The problem, Pansy, it's started again! Oh! Oh! I must have fruit! Neguy : Sir, I really think there are more important thing... Napoleon : SHUT UP! Don't you dare to tell me my business. You are dismissed, you hear? You, Lucien, the rest of you. Great streaks of misery. Lucien : But, Sir... Napoleon : NO! I'm going to have some new generals for a bit. Movie Title: Kafka (1991) as Doctor Murnau: Doctor Murnau : A crowd is easier to control than an individual. A crowd has a common purpose. The purpose of the individual is always in question. Kafka: That's what you're trying to eliminate, isn't it? Everything that makes one human being different from another. But you'll *never*, *never* reach a man's soul through a lens. Doctor Murnau : That rather depends on which end of the microscope you're on, doesn't it? Movie Title: Big Night (1996) as Pascal: Pascal : A guy works all day, he don't want to look at his plate and ask, "What the fuck is this?" He wants to look at his plate, see a steak, and say "I like steak!" Pascal : Bite your teeth into the ass of life. Pascal : Give people what they want, then later you can give them what you want. Pascal : I am a businessman. I am anything I need to be at any time. Pascal : God damn it, I should kill you! This is so fucking good I should kill you! Movie Title: Robin and Marian (1976) as King John: Sir Ranulf : He's a legend. Have you ever tried fighting a legend? King John : Only my brother. Movie Title: The Fifth Element (1997) as Priest Vito Cornelius: [Father Cornelius confides in a bartender] Priest Vito Cornelius : I know she's made to be strong, but she's also so fragile, so human. Do you understand what I'm saying? [Robot bartender shakes its head] Priest Vito Cornelius : You're a monster, Zorg. Zorg : I know. Priest Vito Cornelius : What are you doing? Korben Dallas : Trying to save your ass so you can save the world. [Father Cornelius and Ruby Rhod see the bomb stuck to the door] Priest Vito Cornelius : It's a - it's a - it's a - it's a - it's a - it's a... DJ Ruby Rhod : No no no no no no. 'Cuz if it was a bomb, the alarms would go off 'cuz all these hotels have bomb detectors, right? [the alarms sound] Zorg : This case is empty. [Switches to conversation between Cornelius and Leeloo] Priest Vito Cornelius : What do you mean empty? [Back to conversation between Zorg and Aknot] Zorg : Empty. The opposite of full. This case is supposed to be full. Aknot : You asked for a case. We brought you a case. Zorg : A case with four stones in it. What the hell am I supposed to do with an empty case? Aknot : We are warriors, not merchants. Zorg : But you can still count. Priest Vito Cornelius : Evil begets evil. Shooting it only makes it stronger. [Korben shows up at Father Cornelius' door with an unconscious Leeloo in his arms] Priest Vito Cornelius : Yes? Korben Dallas : I'm, uh, looking for a priest. Priest Vito Cornelius : Weddings are one floor down, my son. Congratulations. [Zorg is choking on a cherry] Priest Vito Cornelius : Where's the robot to pat you on the back? Or the engineer? Or the children, maybe? There, you see now, how all your so-called power counts for absolutely nothing now, how your entire empire can come crashing down because of one... little... cherry. Priest Vito Cornelius : We're saved. Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg : I'm screwed. [Cornelius bursts into Korben's room and holds him at gunpoint] Priest Vito Cornelius : I'm really sorry to have to resort to these methods, Mr. Wallace. Korben Dallas : Dallas. Priest Vito Cornelius : Er, Mr. Dallas. But we heard about your good luck on the radio, and we need your tickets for Fhloston. |
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