Bruce Dern Quotes

The Peanut Butter Falcon

Unexpected Strength in Unlikely Circumstances

Eleanor Zak. Shit. Carl.

[''Comes in room''; ''Sees bent window bars'']

Carl What?

Eleanor Explain. What happened?

Carl Don't look at me. You were with the boy every day. He's incredibly strong.

Eleanor What?

[''To orderly'']

Orderly Lee wants to see your ass in his office right now. We are so screwed.

Eleanor I'm not done with you.

[''Points at him'']

Carl I had nothing to do with it.

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Support Your Local Sheriff!

Confrontation Over Unfollowed Rules

Jason McCullough Joe. I took the bullets out. You just won't play the game, will you? I keep layin down the rules, and you don't pay any attention.

[Joe jumps and starts to pull his revolver out of the holster]

Joe Danby You just wait til my Pa and two brothers find out you got me in here, boy.

[glowers as he hands over the gun and belt]

Jason McCullough Oh, I'm lookin forward to meetin your whole family.

[he leads Joe back inside the jail]

Joe Danby If it weren't bad enough that I had to get dragged outta that saloon in front of all my friends...

Jason McCullough Oh, I don't think you have all that many friends that you really need to worry.

Joe Danby Then I have to sit there in that lousy cell! Pa's gonna skin me alive for gettin caught!

[he returns to the cell and sits down]

Jason McCullough He don't mind you murdering a man, he just doesn't like you gettin caught, huh?

Joe Danby I didn't murder anybody, that was self-defense! It was him or me!

[holds out his wrists as McCullough puts handcuffs on him]

Jason McCullough Well, we'll let the judge decide that. Ah, we...do have a judge around here, don't we?

Joe Danby We never needed one til you came along and ruined everything!

Jason McCullough Spoiled all your fun, huh, Joe?

Joe Danby You can say that again! Oh, thats funny. That's REAL funny!

[he notices McCullough emptying bullets from his revolver; McCullough grins, winks at him and walks away]

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Down Periscope

Concerns Over Navy Equipment and Personal Choices

Rear Admiral Yancy Graham There is physical evidence that, as an ensign, he did become so physically intoxicated that he not only allowed himself to be tattooed, but tattooed on his genitalia. Now, call me a prude if you want, but I don't think it's good policy for the Navy to hand over a billion-dollar piece of equipment to a man who has "Welcome Aboard" tattooed on his penis!

[Objecting at a meeting of flag officers regarding Dodge's command]

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Debating the Nature of Self-Defense

Joe Danby Alright, y'all saw it! And it was a fair fight. He drew first... so it's self-defense.

[having just killed a man in a draw at the saloon]

Bartender Oh, I saw it, Joe, he drew first!

Barfly Oh, you couldn't call that anything but self-defense!

Jason McCullough Well, it may have been a lot of things, but self-defense it wasn't. And he didn't draw first; you did.

Joe Danby ...What do you mean by that?

Jason McCullough Oh, it's an old trick. You did it pretty well; not really well, but pretty well. You feinted him into drawing with your left shoulder, while you were going for your gun with your right hand. It's an old Arizona trick, but I- I have seen it used as far north as Montana.

Joe Danby ... Are you callin me a liar?

[nods]

Jason McCullough Well, now you heard every word I said, and not once did I call you a liar. All I said was, you feinted him with your left shoulder into going for his gun while you were going for yours with your right hand.

Joe Danby So what?

Jason McCullough You beat that poor man to the draw. He's dead, and you're alive; that's the whole idea of the game, isn't it?

[coldly]

Joe Danby ... What's your name?

Jason McCullough Jason McCullough. What's yours?

Joe Danby Joe Danby. And you had better remember it.

Jason McCullough Oh, I'll remember it, Joe. That's about all I'm gonna do, the rest of my life, is go around rememberin your name.

[sarcastically; finishes his drink and leaves]

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Monster

Understanding Guilt and Circumstance in Survival

Aileen Everybody just thinks I'm this bad shitty fucking person, and all I'm fucking tryin to do is survive, you know?

Thomas I know. I know what you do for a living. It doesn't bother me. I know you didn't dial it up on a goddamn telephone. That's where you landed. That's what you had to do. What you're feeling right now is just guilt, over something you had absolutely no control over. You know how many of us came back from the war? And almost killed ourselves because we felt exactly the same thing you do, right now.

Aileen Yeah?

Thomas Yeah. And they'll never get it. They'll never get it now, they never got it then, and they sure as hell won't get fucking circumstance!

Aileen Fuck, man, circumstance, that's exactly it, that's exactly it. You know I feel like I never even had a fucking choice.

Thomas You never did. But you gotta live. You gotta live.

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Silent Running

Lost Messages in the Ocean

Freeman Lowell You know, when I was a kid. I put a note into a bottle, and it had my name and address on it. And then I threw the bottle into the ocean. And I never knew, if anyone ever found it.

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The King of Marvin Gardens

Life as a Game of Monopoly

Jason Staebler You notice how it's Monopoly out there? Remember Boardwalk, Park Place, Marvin Gardens?

David Staebler Go to jail?

Jason Staebler Well, that's me. Don't pass go, don't collect $200.

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Silent Running

Protecting the Last Forest in Space

Freeman Lowell You can't blow up this forest.

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The Peanut Butter Falcon

Chosen Family and Friendship

Carl Friends are the family you choose.

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Django Unchained

A Callous Demand for Cruelty and Profit

Old Man Carrucan Django... Django... Django... You got sand, Django. Boy's got sand! I got no use for a nigger with sand. I want you to burn a runaway "R" right his cheek, and the girl, too. I want you to take them to the Greenville auction and sell em. Both of em… separately. And this one… you will sell him cheap.

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Silent Running

The Loss of Nature's Simple Wonders

Freeman Lowell Look on the wall behind you. Look at that little girl's face. I know you've seen it. But do you know what she is never going to be able to see? She's never going to be able to see the simple wonder of a leaf in her hand. Because there is not going to be any trees. Now, you think about that.

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Nebraska

A Call to Connect with Family

Woody Grant Have a drink with your old man. Be somebody!

[to David]

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Silent Running

Caring for Dreams and Nature's Beauty

Freeman Lowell You don’t think it’s time somebody cared enough to have a dream? What about the forests? You don't think anyone should care about these forests? What's going to happen if these forests and all this incredible beauty is lost for all time?

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The Peanut Butter Falcon

Inspiration from a Heroic Figure

Video Salt Water Redneck ...Salt Water, some people claim the Atomic Throw is impossible. Those people are wimps! If you believe in yourself, like the Salt Water Redneck believes in himself, you too can learn the moves, the skills, the Atomic Throw. Some of these moves are outlawed in international countries.

[''Zak mimics throwing'']

Carl We watched that throw ten times already.

Zak I love Salt Water Redneck, and he is my hero, and he is totally... he is totally a badass. And he's the greatest person ever. That's it.

Carl And you will be the next badass.

Eleanor Zak, you and Rosemary have both lost your privileges for the week.

[''Comes in and turns off TV'']

Zak Oh, I really don't care.

Eleanor Oh.

Carl I got the solution for that. Move Rosemary in her with him and I. I can keep an eye on both of them.

Eleanor Oh! That'd be great. I'll set that right up.

Carl Yeah, sure.

Eleanor Zak, this is not a joke. That's twice. Two times that you've tried to run. And no I have to label you a flight risk. That sucks. Is that what you gave Rosemary to convince her to pretend be choking?

[''Holds up pictorial request paper to Zak'']

Zak Yes, it is.

Eleanor It's really creative.

Zak Thank you.

Carl Not just creative. It's genius. You know why? That's an advertisement for what he wants to do for the rest of his life!

Eleanor Carl.

Zak I don't know her. I am young, and I am not old. Carl is old. And we are different. And I don't know why I am here.

Eleanor I wish I had a better option for you, Zak. But I don't. You don't have a family that can provide adequate supervision for you. I know. So that the state has to put you somewhere, and this just happens to be that place.

Carl You been here two years?

Zak Two and a half years.

Carl We gotta fix that.

Eleanor Just try to be good. Okay? Tell me you'll try.

Zak Fine.

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Silent Running

Nostalgia for Earth's Natural Beauty

Freeman Lowell It calls back a time when there were flowers all over the Earth. And there were valleys. And there were plains of tall, green grass that you could lie down in... that you could go to sleep in. And, there were blue skies, and there was fresh air, and there were things growing all over the place, not just in some domed enclosures blasted some millions of miles out into space!

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The Peanut Butter Falcon

Friendship and Family in Unlikely Places

Carl You put this all over your body. It's soap. It'll make you slippery. I was an engineer before. I don't know if I ever told you that. But that's as good as I could get. You just slip through there, and off you go on your way. Okay, bud?

[''Bends apart metal bars on window using cloth'']

Zak Carl, you are my best friend. And... and you are my family.

Carl Well, that's it. Friends are the family you choose.

Zak And, Carl? You are invited to my birthday party.

Carl Oh, God. Thank you. I'm there. Go kick some ass.

[''Hugs Zak deeply'']

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Support Your Local Sheriff!

Consequences of Choices in a Small Town

Pa Danby Whattaya mean, you helped set in them bars?!

Joe Danby Well, I didn't have nothin else to do! And they was gonna set the bars in, whether I helped them out or not!

Pa Danby Yeah, well, they'll hang you, whether you help them out or not!

Joe Danby Oh, Pa, I don't think they're gonna hang me. I mean, they joke and they laugh about it, but I don't think they're really gonna do it!

Pa Danby Ah, you'll soon see whether they'll hang you or-

Jake Don't move! What's going on back here?

[comes around the jail with a shotgun]

Pa Danby Well, that's all I need: some stable-bum orderin me around! Now, this is my saddle, and I'm takin it with me.

[retrieves his saddle]

Jake I know it ain't mine, so go ahead.

Pa Danby In just a few days now, I'm gonna take care of you!

[pokes Jake's chest; leaves]

Jake What was he tryin to do- bust you out of here?

Joe Danby Yeah. And you know Pa. Got a heart as big as the whole outdoors... but he don't have one brain in his poor old head.

[Jake looks bewildered]

Silent Running

Questioning Uniformity in Life

Freeman Lowell On Earth, everywhere you go, the temperature is seventy-five degrees. Everything is the same. All the people, are exactly the same. Now, what kind of life is that?

Silent Running

The Consequences of Indifference and Complacency

Freeman Lowell Every time we have the argument, you say the same thing to me, you give me the same three answers all the time, the same thing, "well, everybody has a job," that's always the last one. But, you know what else there is no more of, my friend, there is no more beauty, there is no more imagination, and there are no frontiers left to conquer, and do you know why? Only one reason why: one reason why, the same attitude that you three guys are giving me right here in this room today, and that is: nobody cares.

The Haunting

The Comfort of Chains and Fences

Eleanor Why do you need so many chains?

Mr. Dudley That's a good question. What is it about fences? Sometimes the people on either side of the fence see a lock chain, they feel a little more comforted. Why do you suppose that is?

Nebraska

Hat or Seat Cushion Choice

Receptionist I can give you a free gift. Would you like a hat or a seat cushion?

[after telling Woody he hasn't won the money]

David Grant Dad? Do you want a hat or a seat cushion?

Woody Grant I'll take a hat.

The Peanut Butter Falcon

Frustration with Repeated Viewing Experience

Carl I don't know. I'd love to have a nickel for every goddamn time we had to watch this tape. I'd be a rich un.

[''Zak is inserting a VHS tape'']

Nebraska

A Request for Meatloaf at Dinner

Kate Grant Why do you want meatloaf if it isn't even on the dinner menu?

Woody Grant Cause I like it.

Waitress What can I get you?

Woody Grant Do you have any meatloaf?

Waitress No, that's only part of our lunch specials.

Kate Grant He'll have the chicken.

Waitress Fried or grilled?

Woody Grant Fried.

Kate Grant He'll have it grilled. I think I'd like the roast beef, but I'm not entirely sure. What do you recommend?

Waitress Everything's all good ma'am, but I especially like the tilapia.

Kate Grant Oh, then I'll have the roast beef.

David Grant I'll have the tilapia.

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Unusual Prison Conditions and Distrustful Authority

Joe Danby Hi, Pa!

Pa Danby What is this? No bars in the window, no bars in the cell... no bars nowhere! What's keepin you in here?!

[staring in disbelief as he enters the unfinished cells]

Joe Danby That guy out there! He won't let me move two inches, without jumpin down my throat! Besides, he lies to me about whether or not my gun is loaded.

Pa Danby He does WHAT?!

Joe Danby Are you gonna get me outta here or not?

Pa Danby ...Never mind that! Who was it ye killed?

Joe Danby I don't know his name, he was some bum in the saloon! Besides, he drew first! What, are you gonna believe me, or are you gonna believe that liar out there?!

[pause]

Pa Danby Why don't you shut up?!

Joe Danby Pa, it wasn't anybody that we know! Pa, you always told me there wasn't a jail been built that could hold a Danby.

Pa Danby Well, now they built one! You'll have to stay here for a couple of days.

[Joe groans in disappointment]

Joe Danby But we run this town!

Pa Danby I gotta throw-in with that sheriff that you don't exactly dazzle nobody with your intelligence!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Frustration with the Sheriff’s Actions

Pa Danby NOW HE'S REALLY DONE IT!

Tom Danby Who?

Pa Danby THAT SHERIFF!

[Luke tries to help him up, but Pa smacks him away]

Joe Danby I coulda told y'all that it wasn't gonna work!

Pa Danby Why not?

Joe Danby Because they set these bars in too solid!

Pa Danby Whatta you know about anything?!

Joe Danby I'm the one that helped set em in!

Memorable Quotes from Bruce Dern

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