Memorable Quotes from Bob Hoskins
17 quotesConsequences of Choices in Crisis Situations
Bill Nelson
You carry on the way you're going, you're gonna wind up one seriously fucked-up individual.
[to Eden]
John Hatcher
Yesterday, if I turned up on the 6:00 news with a survivor in tow, they'd have strung me up from the nearest lamp-post by the balls. But if, in 48 hours, I arrive with a survivor and a cure, sure they won't give a flying fuck about the survivor, but they'll be lining up to kiss my arse for that cure.
DJ
Ladies and gentlemen! Here he is, the head chef, the big cheese, the sunshine of your lives! It's Sol!
Cellar Guard
If you're hungry, why not try a piece of your friend?
[to Eden]
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A Toast to the Pencil Pushers
Eddie Valiant
Here's to the pencil pushers. May they all get lead poisoning.
[to Earl, who recently got laid off]
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Facing Health Challenges Before a Performance
Charlie Cassotto Maffia
You don't look so good.
Bobby Darin
Well to tell you the truth, Charlie. I don't feel so hot. I gotta go under the knife again, that's why we're taking off early. I've got blood poisoning, its catching up.
Charlie Cassotto Maffia
Look, we don't have to do this. We can call it off.
Bobby Darin
Charlie, I gotta get ready now.
Charlie Cassotto Maffia
I gotta go make sure Nina's at a good table.
Bobby Darin
Charlie, I wouldn't have gone this far without you.
Charlie Cassotto Maffia
Kid, you're a runaway train. Just get through tonight.
Bobby Darin
Yeah, always leaving one more, Charlie.
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Cigarette Exchange Highlights Financial Strain
Eden Sinclair
You got a cigarette?
Bill Nelson
When are you going to buy your own? Do you know how much these things cost?
Eden Sinclair
Why do you think I smoke yours?
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Eddie Valiant's Reaction to a Trap
Eddie Valiant
Nice booby trap!
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Skeptical Response to an Unbelievable Situation
Eddie Valiant
You gotta be kidding me.
[while seeing Jessica Rabbit and Marvin Acme playing patty-cake]
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Absurdity of Bureaucracy and Compliance
Arresting Officer
That is your receipt for your husband... and this is my receipt for your receipt.
Bill, Department of Works
Mistakes? We don't make mistakes.
Charlie, Department of Works
Bloody typical, they've gone back to metric without telling us.
Guard
Don't fight it, son. Confess quickly! If you hold out too long you could jeopardize your credit rating.
Mr. Warrenn
Ahhhh! Here we are. Your very own number, on your very own door. And behind that door, your very own office! Congratulations, DZ-stroke-oh-one-five. Welcome to the team!
Mr. Warrenn
And what the hell is this mess. An empty desk is an efficient desk...I don't know what's going on here, Lowry, but don't think you can intimidate us with your friends and relatives in high places. NOW SHAPE UP!
Kurtzmann
It's been confusion from the word go! He's been overcharged for Information Retrieval Procedures and someone somewhere is trying to make us carry the can.
Jack Lint
We've always been close, haven't we? Well, until this whole thing blows over, just stay away from me.
Jack Lint
This is information retrieval not information dispersal.
Dr. Lewis Jaffe
Can you believe it? Just me and my little knife. Snip, snip, slice, slice...But this is just the beginning...You've seen her with her clothes off. Faces are a doddle compared to tits and ass. No hairlines.
Dr. Chapman
That technique...I've tried it. A nice effect, but highly unstable. In six months, she'll look like Grandma Moses.
Spoor
Where'd you get this from, eh? Out yer nostril?
Spoor
All you've got to do is blow your nose and it's fixed, in't it?
Holly
Put it on, big boy. I won't look at your willy.
Mrs. Terrain
My complication had a little complication. But Dr. Jaffe says I'll soon be up and bounding about like a young gazelle.
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Eddie Valiant's Preference for Scotch
Eddie Valiant
Scotch on the rocks. And I mean ice!
[Penguin waiters from Mary Poppins]
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Kissinger's Taping for Historical Accuracy
J. Edgar Hoover
Why do you think Kissinger is taping your calls? For history. His word against yours — and right now he's got the records.
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Eddie Valiant Declares His Stance on Toons
Eddie Valiant
Get this straight, meatball. I... don't... work for toons!
[stuffs a hard-boiled egg in Angelo's mouth and storms off]
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Eddie Valiant's Indifference to Rabbit's Troubles
Eddie Valiant
It ain't my fault the rabbit got himself in trouble. All I did was take a couple of lousy pictures. The baby was right. The hell with it.
[looks at the newspaper in his office; drinks his whiskey; notices the will is Marvin Acme is in the picture, gets out of the magnifying glass to investigate it]
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Defining Relationships and Shared Connections
Lou Landsky
If you care about us, would it kill you to show it?
Rachel
Us"? When did YOU and *my* children become "us"? You're just YOU, Lou - me and the girls, THAT'S "us”!
Lou Landsky
I was talking about you and me.
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Power Behind the Throne
Bill Nelson
Hatcher's got the swagger and the smiles, but it's Canaris who pulls the strings. He's the power behind the throne. And he's not someone you want to pick a fight with.
Eden Sinclair
Who, me?
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Eddie Valiant's Response to Insult
Eddie Valiant
Who're you calling a chump, chimp?
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Tension and Humor Among Friends
Charlotte
Oh, God, please let Mrs. Flax control herself.
[narrating]
Lou Landsky
You're still a perfect seven, Reverend Mother. You know, most women's feet get bigger.
Rachel
Only if they marry.
Charlotte
Oh, no!
[narrating]
Rachel
You know, your feet swell. When you get pregnant, your feet swell.
Charlotte
How could she? How could she?
[narrating]
Rachel
I know mine got swollen when I was pregnant.
Charlotte
Mother, how could you say that? She's a holy vessel!
[whispering]
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Defending a Hero's Legacy Amidst Doubt
Nikita Khrushchev
(to Danilov, after unconfirmed reports come in of Vassili's death) Write it then, "Vassili Zaitsev is not dead! This, is what he had for breakfast this morning. This, is a picture of him reading the paper." You're the poet.
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Uncertainty About Personal Connections
Bobby Darin
When did you meet Nina? What year?
Charlie Cassotto Maffia
I don't know, nineteen thirty something.
Bobby Darin
Do you know who my father is, Charlie?
Charlie Cassotto Maffia
No, Bobby. I don't know.
Bobby Darin
I wish I knew who he was.
Charlie Cassotto Maffia
Look, Bobby, I know I ain't no college boy, but I always felt like I was your father.
Bobby Darin
Charlie, you've been more than a father to me, you know that. I just wish I knew.
Charlie Cassotto Maffia
Well, you stay out here much longer, Dodd's gonna be saying the same thing about you. Now, you may not know who your father is, but you got two mothers out of the deal and both of them were great. Have you seen how hard it's been for her? Not to be able to tell anybody that you're her son? You ought'a find yourself, get back on the stage. You are Bobby Darin.
Bobby Darin
Yeah, that's who I thought I was.
Charlie Cassotto Maffia
Okay, okay. Walden Robert Cassotto.
Bobby Darin
No I'm not, Charlie. I'm not even him.
Charlie Cassotto Maffia
Well, maybe you're both.
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