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 Cliff Robertson Quotation"As long as I get phone calls from the Museum of Modern Art, that all the film buffs love it, that's a residual. It isn't a financial residual and it isn't an artistic residual, but it's an ego residual." "This isn't exactly a stable business. It's like trying to stand up in a canoe with your pants down." "The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask - 'Who won the Oscar last year?'." Movie Title: Autumn Leaves (1956) as Burt: [after meeting Milly's landlady, Liz, who is sporting a garishly "loud" Hawaiian-type, floral shirt] Burt : Who's the character? Milly : [smiles] Liz Eckhardt. She's the manager. Burt : Is she always dressed for Halloween? In the middle of the summer? Milly : [laughs] That happens to be one of her most conservative outfits! Burt : Aw, Milly. You wouldn't want me to spend the rest of my life with a bubble-gum addict. Would you, Milly? Milly : Sorry, I goofed! Burt : You "goofed?" Hey, man, that's "Bop" talk! Where did you ever pick that up? Milly : Well, why shouldn't I pick up an expression here and there? I'm not THAT old! Movie Title: Three Days of the Condor (1975) as Higgins: Higgins : Oh, you... you poor dumb son of a bitch. You've done more harm than you know. Joe Turner : I hope so. Joe Turner : This is no damned book! Somebody or something is rotten in the Company! Higgins : You never complained 'til yesterday. Joe Turner : You didn't start killing my friends until yesterday! Higgins : Turner! How do you know they'll print it? You can take a walk. But how far if they don't print it? Joe Turner : They'll print it. Higgins : How do you know? [Wabash talks about his entry into the US intelligence field] Mr. Wabash : I go even further back than that. Ten years after The Great War, as we used to call it. Before we knew enough to number them. Higgins : You miss that kind of action, sir? Mr. Wabash : I miss that kind of clarity. Higgins : It's simple economics. Today it's oil, right? In ten or fifteen years, food. Plutonium. Maybe even sooner. Now, what do you think the people are gonna want us to do then? Joe Turner : Ask them? Higgins : Not now - then! Ask 'em when they're running out. Ask 'em when there's no heat in their homes and they're cold. Ask 'em when their engines stop. Ask 'em when people who have never known hunger start going hungry. You wanna know something? They won't want us to ask 'em. They'll just want us to get it for 'em! Movie Title: Charly (1968) as Charly Gordon: Charly Gordon : Why is that people who would never dream of making fun of a blind man or a cripple will make fun of a retard? Movie Title: Wind (1992) as Morgan: Morgan : Gentlemen, you are all in a line of elite men, great men, who have defended the world's most enduring sporting record. It's an honor to know you, it's an honor to sail with you. Tradition has it that the first American skipper to ever loose the Cup will replace it with his own head in the trophy case. Gentlemen, my head is in your hands. Please be careful, I've become attached to it. I would propose a toast. The Cup. All: Hear! Hear! The Cup! Morgan : Everyone wants it easy today Will. And the reason we don't have the Cup, is that we don't deserve to have the Cup. Movie Title: Spider-Man (2002) as Uncle Ben: Uncle Ben : I know I'm not your father... Peter Parker : So stop pretending to be. Uncle Ben : Peter, look. You're changing. I know. I went through exactly the same thing at your age. Peter Parker : No. Not exactly. Uncle Ben : [changing a light bulb] And the Lord said, "Let there be light." And voilà! There is light. Forty soft, glowing watts of it. Aunt May : God boy. God will be thrilled, just don't fall on your ass. Uncle Ben : You know Peter. With great power. comes great responsibility. Movie Title: Escape from L.A. (1996) as President: President : What's it going to be, Plissken? Them or us? Snake Plissken : I shut down the third world, you win they lose. I shut down America, you win they lose. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Snake Plissken : Who are you? President : I'm your President. President : Man is to dumb to survive L.A. Malloy : We're holograms Plissken President : You'll be given a full pardon for every moral crime you've committed in the United States. Snake Plissken : Sounds familiar. Movie Title: Spider-Man 2 (2004) as Ben Parker: Ben Parker : Of all the times we talked of honesty, fairness, justice. A lot of those times I counted on you to have the courage, to take those dreams out into the world. Spider-Man : I can't live your dreams anymore. I want a life of my own. Ben Parker : You've been given a gift Peter, with great power, comes great responsibility. [gives his hand to Peter] Ben Parker : Take my hand son. Spider-Man : [backs away] No Uncle Ben. I'm just Peter Parker. I'm Spider-Man no more. No more... Movie Title: The Devil's Brigade (1968) as Maj. Alan Crown: [Upon meeting the rowdy, unkempt American troops for the first time] Maj. Alan Crown : God save the King. Capt. Rose : God save us all. Maj. Alan Crown : [after the Canadians finished singing a mocking version of 'Yankee Doodle'] Corporal Peacock, your stripes are not a licence to behave like an ass. There will be no more insulting or derogatory remarks about the Yanks, is that clear? Cpl. Wilfrid Peacock : Yes, sir. Cpl. Wilfrid Peacock : [addressing the Canadians] There will be no more insulting or derogatory remarks about the Yanks. Pvt. Hugh MacDonald : Oh, would ordinary insults be acceptable, sir? Movie Title: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991) as Doctor Carver: Doctor Carver : Can you shovel manure? Sonora : Manure just happens to be my specialty. Doctor Carver : Can you shovel manure? Sonora : Manure just happens to be my specialty. |
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