Memorable Quotes from Anthony Perkins
40 quotesMadness and its Universal Nature
Maureen Coyle
You must think I've gone mad.
Norman Bates
Oh, no... no. We all go a little mad sometimes.
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Suspicion of a Presence in the House
Norman Bates
Uh, I saw someone!
Dr. Bill Raymond
Where?
Norman Bates
Up there! In that window!
Dr. Bill Raymond
I haven't had a tenant in the house for years.
Norman Bates
I guess I'm just nervous!
Dr. Bill Raymond
Well, that's understandable under the circumstances.
Norman Bates
Yeah.
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Norman Bates' Distress Over Blood and Mother
Norman Bates
Mother! Oh God, mother! Blood! Blood!
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A Conversation About Shame and Visibility
Mother
Put me closer to the window.
Norman Bates
Someone will see you, mother.
Mother
Are you ashamed of me?
Norman Bates
You know why, mother. They've even written about you in the newspapers.
Mother
Stop your whining, boy. All this fuss over nothing.
Norman Bates
Not nothing. I-I saw her. Even the initials on her suitcase, "M.C." Marion Crane.
Mother
Another of your cheap erotic illusions, out of your cheap erotic imagination. You killed her. The slut deserved it. But she's dead, and the dead don't come back.
Norman Bates
Y-Y-You came back.
Mother
I never went away, don't you know that by now? You can't get rid of me. I'll always be with you, Norman. Always. Stand up straight and wipe your snotty little nose. If the disgusting little whore is going to upset you so much, just get rid of her.
Norman Bates
No!
Mother
Then maybe I will.
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A New Beginning for Norman Bates
Mary Loomis
Norman, what's wrong?
Norman Bates
It's starting again.
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Madness and Unanswered Questions in Psycho II
Mary Loomis
Then who did it?
Norman Bates
My mother did, she told me herself.
Mary Loomis
Oh, Norman... You're mad, don't you know that? You're mad as a hatter.
[the telephone rings]
Norman Bates
Should I answer it?
Mary Loomis
Why bother? It's only my mother. She shouldn't be calling, she should be sitting back and gloating.
Norman Bates
I better answer it.
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Conflict with Maternal Influence
Norman Bates
You! You made me do this, your tainted blood in me! Don't laugh at me, mother! Don't laugh at me!
[A cartoon laughs from the TV]
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Unraveling the Past's Dark Secrets
Mary Loomis
Jesus! How'd that get in there!
Norman Bates
After I killed that kid, I used that towel to clean up the mess, and then I stuffed it down there.
Mary Loomis
Norman, you couldn't have killed that kid. You were locked in the attic.
Norman Bates
It wasn't locked! You said so yourself.
Mary Loomis
Norman, stop talking nonsense! I'm telling you, you did not kill anyone.
Norman Bates
Then how do you explain all this blood?
Norman Bates
Well?!
[shouts]
Mary Loomis
I can't. I mean... I don't know.
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Communication Breakdown Between Fran and Norman
Fran Ambrose
Are you there?
Norman Bates
I said yes.
Fran Ambrose
We didn't hear you.
Norman Bates
I nodded.
Fran Ambrose
We can't hear nods.
[smiling]
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Identity and Names in Psycho IV
Fran Ambrose
Well, we have to call you something.
Norman Bates
You can call me...Ed.
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A Desperate Bargain for Control
Norman Bates
I just want my mother back.
Duane Duke
Take her. But you know what I want in return, and you know what i'll do if I don't get it.
Norman Bates
I know what you'll do...
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Faith Without Substance
Norman Bates
All that faith and no potatoes.
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Confronting the Past in a New Journey
Norman Bates
You get in the car, I'm gonna get rid of the past for good.
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Questioning the Past and Its Consequences
Duane Duke
Doesn't scan, does it, Norman? But... a lot of shit here doesn't.
Norman Bates
What are you doing with my mother?
Duane Duke
Don't you mean mummy? You did a nice job on her, Norman. Fresh as the day she was croaked.
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Conflict Between Mother and Son Emerges
Mother
Get that whore out of my house! Throw her down in the muck and filth where she belongs!
Norman Bates
I'll get you for this, mother. I'll get you for this.
Mother
You haven't got the guts, boy!
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Confronting Guilt and Judgment
Josef K.
You...! I make you very uncomfortable, don't I? It distresses you to find me in your company? Yes, I've been told about that! Before I thought you, you took me for a judge, or at least some official of the court! I even thought you were afraid of me, but what you're feeling is PAIN! You don't like what you see, do you? It's my mouth! You think you can tell from my mouth, that I'm condemned! That I'm going to be found guilty! GUILTY!
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A Toasted Cheese Sandwich Invitation
Norman Bates
Would you care to share my toasted cheese sandwich?
Mrs. Emma Spool
No, thank you. You were expecting me.
Norman Bates
I was expecting someone. I just wasn't sure who.
Mother
I'm not sleepy. Put in me in my chair.
Norman Bates
Yes, Mother.
Mother
Put me closer to the window, I want to keep my eyes on you. Make sure you don't start playing with filthy girls again.
Norman Bates
Yes, Mother.
Mother
Good. Well what are you gawking at? Go down stairs and open the motel! What do you expect us to live on, hope?!
Norman Bates
No, Mother.
Mother
Remember, Norman. I'm the only one who loves you. Only your mother truly loves you.
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Judgment Perceived Through Facial Expressions
Bloch
You're supposed to be able to tell from a man's face and from the line of his lips, especially, how his case is going to turn out.
Josef K.
So?
Bloch
So the people are saying that from the expression on your lips, they could tell that you'll be found guilty, yes, in the very near future.
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Norman Bates' Distress Call to Mother
Norman Bates
Mother! Oh, God! Mother! Blood! Blood!
[before discovering Marion's body]
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Accountability and Identity in Society
Josef K.
I don't pretend to be a martyr, no.
Hastler
Not even a victim of society?
Josef K.
I am a member of society.
Hastler
Do you think you can persuade the court that you're not responsible by reason of lunacy?
Josef K.
I think that's what the court wants me to believe. Yes, that's the conspiracy: to persuade us all that the whole world is crazy, formless, meaningless, absurd. That's the dirty game. So I've lost my case. What of it? You, you're losing too. It's all lost, lost. So what? Does that sentence the entire universe to lunacy?
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Frustration in a Repetitive Apology
Josef K.
I'm sorry.
Miss Burstner
You're sorry, you're sorry, you're sorry. You always keep saying that. Who gives a damn?
Josef K.
I know. I'm s...
Miss Burstner
What's the big joke?
Josef K.
I almost said it again. You're right, of course. You're perfectly right.
Miss Burstner
Yeah?
Josef K.
Nobody gives a damn. I know you don't.
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A Tense Conversation Between Mother and Son
Mother
You dirty, dirty boy.
Norman Bates
But I... I didn't do anything, mother... I didn't do anything, mother. She a nice girl.
Mother
She's a whore.
Norman Bates
But we didn't do anything.
Mother
You let her come between us.
Norman Bates
But this... It isn't right. It isn't natural.
Mother
It's perfectly natural for a son to love his mother.
Norman Bates
God, will you leave me alone, mother? Will you leave me alone?!
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Freedom vs. Consequences in Psycho III
Sheriff John Hurt
Jesus, Norman. I wanted to believe it wasn't you. This time, they'll lock you up forever!
Norman Bates
But I'll be free. I'll finally be free.
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Struggling with Duty and Morality
Josh Birdwell
I don't want to die. I don't think I could kill anyone if I tried. But I have to try, so long as other people have to.
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Legacy of Success and Failure in Space Science
Dr. Alex Durant
You will be remembered as one of the biggest space scientists of all time.
Dr. Hans Reinhardt
I've never doubted that. It's about time that people learn about their failures and my successes.
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Rejecting the Incest Tragedy Narrative
Norman Bates
Fran, if the doctor is trying to turn this into some incest tragedy, tell him to forget it.
Fran Ambrose
Forget it, doc.
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Confrontation of Past Actions and Future Intentions
Norman Bates
I never wanted to kill her.
Dr. Leo Richmond
But you did kill her, and several others, and now you tell us you're going to kill again.
Norman Bates
Oh, I've killed before, and now I'm gonna have to do it again.
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Understanding the Actions of the Vulnerable
Norman Bates
She can't help it. She can't help the things she does. She's just an old lady. A sick old lady.
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Norman Bates and His Trusty Umbrella
Norman Bates
Just me and my trusty umbrella.
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Struggling with Confusion and Trust
Norman Bates
Mary, I'm becoming confused again, aren't I?
Mary Loomis
Of course not.
Norman Bates
Don't lie to me! Not you!
[holding the knife]
Mary Loomis
Yes, Norman... you are becoming confused again.
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A Gun Passed Down Through Generations
Norman Bates
Where did you get that gun?
Mary Loomis
Uh... my mother gave it to me.
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Accusations and Confusion in Psycho III
Mother
It's lies. It's all lies. Norman, she's a lying whore.
Tracy Venable
Norman! Norman, where are you?
Mother
She's a slut!
Tracy Venable
Norman!
Mother
Don't let her talk about me like that!
Tracy Venable
Norman! Please, Norman, please listen to me! Norman, Mrs. Bates, whoever your are, damn it, doesn't it make any difference in that demented brain of yours?
Mother
Kill her, boy! Get her! Just like the others! Get her!
Tracy Venable
Oh! No! Don't! No! Please! Norman, no!
Mother
Norman! Can't you do anything right? How dare you treat your mother in such... a... way... Norman...
[Norman stabs mother]
Norman Bates
So I don't have the guts, huh?
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The Past Always Lingers Within Us
Norman Bates
The past is never really the past. It stays with me all the time.
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Fear of Returning to the Institution
Norman Bates
Just don't let them take me back to the institution.
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The Complexity of Judicial Outcomes
Titorelli
You see, in definite acquittal, all the documents are annulled. But with ostensible acquittal, your whole dossier continues to circulate. Up to the higher courts, down to the lower ones, up again, down. These oscillations and peregrinations, you just can't figure em.
Josef K.
No use in trying either, I suppose.
Titorelli
Not a hope. Why, I've known cases of an acquitted man coming home from the court and finding the cops waiting there to arrest him all over again. But then, of course, theoretically it's always possible to get another ostensible acquittal.
Josef K.
The second acquittal wouldn't be final either.
Titorelli
It's automatically followed by the third arrest. The third acquittal, by the fourth arrest. The fourth...
Josef K.
I think what surprises me most is how ignorant I am about everything concerning this court of yours. For an accused man, that's a mistake. He should never let himself be caught napping, never for a minute let his eye stray to the left, when for all he knows, a judge or somebody like that can be lurking somewhere to the right.
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A Young Norman Bates Takes Responsibility
Norman Bates
I was practically running the motel single-handedly by the time I was 15. I was the man of the house, she used to call me that. She depended on me, especially when she was scared. She was scared to death of thunder and lightning.
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Disrupted Sleep Amidst Nearby Intimacy
Mary Loomis
Do you have any idea what it's like trying to sleep with a couple making love five feet away from you?
Norman Bates
Noisy?
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Norman Bates' Distress Over Blood and Mother
Norman Bates
Mother! Oh God, mother! Blood! Blood!
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A Request for Phone Use
Mary Loomis
Can I use your phone again?
Norman Bates
Sure. Who you're gonna call?
Mary Loomis
Uh, I just remembered of a girl friend I have in town, well, she's sort of a girl friend, but maybe she'll let me spend the night at her place.
Norman Bates
I thought you were going to stay here. You're more than welcome stay, there's a free room upstairs.
Mary Loomis
I don't think that's a good idea.
Norman Bates
Why?
Mary Loomis
Look, I don't wanna hurt your feelings or anything, but Myrna talked about you on the diner today. Mrs. Spool told her to shut up but she didn't. She said you've been locked up.
Norman Bates
Did she tell you why? Well, I'll tell you. When I was little, I had a fight with my mother, so I put some poison in her tea, you know. But I'm all right now.
[upset; Mary nods no]
Mary Loomis
You sure?
Norman Bates
Sure! Otherwise, they wouldn't give me a job on a diner, would they?
Mary Loomis
I don't know, it takes a nut to work there.
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Norman Bates' Promise of Change
Norman Bates
I don't kill people anymore.
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