|
|
|
|
 |
|
 Robert Ryan Quotation[On why he never became a target of Joseph McCarthy and the HUAC] "I was involved in the things he was throwing rocks at but I was never a target. Looking back, I suspect my Irish name, my being a catholic and an ex-marine sort of softened the blow." [On being listed as one of the screens all-time best heavies] "I guess they never saw me in most of my pictures. Still, I've never stopped working so I can't complain." Movie Title: The Set-Up (1949) as Stoker: Stoker : Yeah, top spot. And I'm just one punch away. Julie : I remember the first time you told me that. You were just one punch away from the title shot then. Don't you see, Bill, you'll always be just one punch away. Stoker : Well, that's the way it is. You're a fighter, you gotta fight. Movie Title: Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) as Reno Smith: Hector David : Real cool guy. Reno Smith : Doesn't push easy, huh? Hector David : Well, that's it. That's just it. He pushes *too* easy. Reno Smith : My name's Smith. I own the Three Bar Ranch. I want to apologize for some of the people in town. John J. Macreedy : Act like they're sitting on a keg. Reno Smith : A keg? Of what? John J. Macreedy : Heh-heh, oh, I don't know. Diamonds? Gunpowder? Reno Smith : Oh, it's nothing like that. We're suspicious of strangers, is all. Hangover from the old days, the Old West. John J. Macreedy : I thought the tradition of the Old West was hospitality. Reno Smith : I am trying to BE hospitable, Mr. Macreedy. Reno Smith : I believe a man is as big as what he's seeking. I believe you're a big man, Mr. Macreedy. John J. Macreedy : Flattery will get you nowhere. Reno Smith : Why would a man like you be looking for a lousy Jap farmer? John J. Macreedy : Ohhh, dadgum, maybe I'm not so big. Reno Smith : Oh yes you are. I believe a man is as big as what'll make him mad. Nobody around here seems big enough to get you mad. John J. Macreedy : What makes you mad, Mr. Smith? Reno Smith : Me? Nothing, nothing... John J. Macreedy : Ah, you're a pretty big man yourself, then. Yet the... the Japanese make you mad, don't they? Reno Smith : Well, that's different. Reno Smith : I swear, you're beginning to make me mad. John J. Macreedy : All strangers do, hmm? Reno Smith : No, they don't. Not all of them. Some do, when they come around snooping... John J. Macreedy : Snooping for what? Reno Smith : I don't know, outsiders coming in, looking for something... John J. Macreedy : Looking for what? Reno Smith : I don't know! Somebody's always looking for something in this part of the West. To the historian it's the Old West, to the book writer it's the Wild West, to the businessman it's the Undeveloped West -- they say we're all poor and backward, and I guess we are, we don't even have enough water. But to us, this place is *our* West, and I wish they'd leave us alone! John J. Macreedy : Leave you alone to do what? Reno Smith : I don't know what you mean. John J. Macreedy : Your friend's a very... argumentative fellow. Reno Smith : Sort of unpredictable, too. Got a temper like a rattlesnake. Coley Trimble : That's me all over. I'm half horse, half alligator. You mess with me and I'll kick a lung outta' ya' Reno Smith : Tim, you're just a lost ball in the high weeds. Reno Smith : Tim, you've got the body of a hippo but the brain of a rabbit; now don't overtax it. Reno Smith : Look, Mr. MacReedy, there is a law in this county against shootin' dogs. But when I see a mad dog, I don't wait for him to bite me. Pete Wirth : Let's wait and see. There's no danger yet. Reno Smith : No danger yet? This guy is like a carrier of smallpox! Since he arrived, this town has a fever... an infection. And it's spreading! Reno Smith : She must have strained every muscle in her head to get so stupid. Movie Title: Best of the Badmen (1951) as Jeff Clanton: Jeff Clanton : My troops are under orders to open fire in ten minutes from when I started up here. I haven't looked at my watch lately, but time isn't running backwards. Jeff Clanton : Horse thief! You'll get life! Doc Butcher : Major, I collect bridles for souvenirs. And on the end of one, I was plumb surprised to find a horse! Movie Title: The Naked Spur (1953) as Ben Vandergroat: Ben Vandergroat : Choosin' a way to die? What's the difference? Choosin' a way to live -- that's the hard part. Ben Vandergroat : Now ain't that the way? A man gets set for trouble head-on and it sneaks up behind him every time! Roy Anderson : That's life. Ben Vandergroat : They're men, honey, and you ain't. Remember that. Ben Vandergroat : Here you are. Breakfast in bed. Howard Kemp : What's this? Jesse Tate : You better eat it *before* we tell you. Movie Title: Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) as Earl Slater: Earl Slater : What you doin' with such a big ol' dog in New York? Dave Burke : Never had a wife. Earl Slater : I'm off to make my fortune. Lorry : Aah... what kind of a fortune? Earl Slater : Just one of those... fortune fortunes. [After Slater insults Ingram] Dave Burke : Don't beat out that Civil War jazz here, Slater! We're all in this together, each man equal. And we're taking care of each other. It's one big play, our one and only chance to grab stakes forever. And I don't want to hear what your grandpappy thought on the old farm down in Oklahoma! You got it? Earl Slater : Well I'm with you, Dave. Like you said, it's just one role of the dice, doesn't matter what color they are. So's they come up seven. Movie Title: The Professionals (1966) as Hans Ehrengard: Hans Ehrengard : Nine more of their horses are still left. You gonna shoot them, too? Rico : I guess we'll have to. We can't spare the food and water. Hans Ehrengard : We could cut them loose. [Dolworth laughs] Hans Ehrengard : What's so funny? Bill Dolworth : People. We just killed ten men, nobody bats an eye. But when it comes to one of God's most stupid animals . . . Hans Ehrengard : But harmless. Bill Dolworth : Nothing's harmless in this desert unless it's dead. Rico : It takes getting used to. Hans Ehrengard : Broiling by day. Freezing by night. Alkakai dust choking every hole in your body. How in the name of God does anybody live here long enough to get used to it. Rico : Me tempered like steel. Tough breed. Men who learn how to endure. Hans Ehrengard : Like you and Dolworth. Rico : Oh, no. Men like Raza. Jake Sharp : We could all do with a rest. Hans Ehrengard : A shave would be a relief, too. Jake Sharp : So would a bath. Bill Dolworth : Might as well throw in a woman. Any size, any age, any color. Any woman. Jake Sharp : Mr. D, whatever got a loving man like you in the dynamite business? Bill Dolworth : Well, I'll tell you. I was born with a powerful passion to create. I can't write, can't paint, can't make up a song... Hans Ehrengard : So you explode things. Bill Dolworth : Well that's how the world was born. Biggest damn explosion you ever saw. Movie Title: King of Kings (1961) as John the Baptist: John the Baptist : [to Herodias] Woman, is not your cup of abominations full enough? Movie Title: City Beneath the Sea (1953) as Brad Carlton: Brad Carlton : You'd better wake up, get your mind off money. Think of something constructive, like dames. Movie Title: Crossfire (1947) as Montgomery: Police Captain Finlay : What kind of guys? Montgomery : You know the kind. Played it safe during the war, keepin' themselves in civvies, nice apartments, swell dames... you know the kind. Police Captain Finlay : I'm not sure that I do. Montgomery : Some of 'em are named Samuels, some of 'em have funnier names. [Montgomery leaves] Keeley : He oughta look at a casualty list sometime. There's a lot of funny names there, too. Movie Title: The Canadians (1961) as Insp. William Gannon: Const. Springer : He said you were taking along two men. Why I-I don't suppose you would consider taking me, sir? Insp. William Gannon : You? Const. Springer : Well, yes sir. I could lead the pack horses, stand night guard, cook... Insp. William Gannon : You cook? Const. Springer : No, sir. Insp. William Gannon : But you're willing to learn? Const. Springer : Yes, sir. Insp. William Gannon : It could be dangerous. Const. Springer : Well, I'm not afraid of the Sioux, sir. Insp. William Gannon : Not the Sioux - your cooking. Insp. William Gannon : Did you cook this, Springer? Const. Springer : Well, yes sir. Insp. William Gannon : Well, what is it? Const. Springer : Stew, sir. My mother used to make it. Insp. William Gannon : Is your father still living? The white squaw : Mr. Gannon? Insp. William Gannon : Yes. The white squaw : If you met a woman, a woman like me, that had been taken by the Sioux, how would you feel knowing that? Insp. William Gannon : If I loved her, it wouldn't matter. The white squaw : It wouldn't? Insp. William Gannon : No ma'am, it wouldn't matter at all. Movie Title: Billy Budd (1962) as Master At Arms Claggert: Master At Arms Claggert : The sea is calm you said. Peaceful. Calm above, but below a world of gliding monsters preying on their fellows. Murderers, all of them. Only the strongest teeth survive. And who's to tell me it's any different here on board, or yonder on dry land?" Movie Title: Executive Action (1973) as Foster: Foster : Oh, it will all be over soon. Then all we'll have left to call our own is death - -that barren mound of earth that serves as paste and mortar to cover our bones. For God's sake, let us gather 'round tonight and tell tales of great kings! Movie Title: The Wild Bunch (1969) as Thornton / Deke Thornton: Sykes : Didn't figure to find you here. Deke Thornton : Why not? I sent them back. That's all I promised to do. Sykes : They didn't get very far. Deke Thornton : I figured. Sykes : What are your plans, now? Deke Thornton : Drift around down here. Try to stay out of jail. Sykes : Well, me and the boys got some work to do. You want to come with us? It ain't like it used to be; but it'll do. Deke Thornton : What I like and what I need are two different things. Thornton : Harrigan. Next time, you better plan your massacre more carefully or I'll start with you. Coffer : I can nail him. Thornton : I said wait. T.C. : What if they slip out the back? Coffer : It's covered, ya two-bit, redneck peckerwood. Thornton : Tell me Mr Harrigan, how does it feel? Getting paid for it? Having other people do your killing for you? Having the law's arms around you? How does it feel to be so God damn right? Harrigan : Good. Coffer : Mr Thornton; you, ah, rode with Pike, what kinda man we up against? Deke Thornton : [thinking back] He was the best; he never got caught. |
 |
 |
||
|
Copyright movies studios and Imdb.com: Robert Ryan
Legal © Quotesbase.com |
