Memorable Quotes from Ernie Hudson
18 quotesThe Dangers of Underwater Exploration
Sixpack
You know, I stood next to a guy who blew up his suit once. I'll tell you, that was not a pretty sight.
Justin Jones
Leave DeJesus alone, man!
Sixpack
One tiny little hole in a fucking toe of his suit, man. No bigger than your dick. Yeah, the way the ocean came in, the pressure just crammed his whole body up into his helmet in a matter of seconds. We just buried his helmet. That would have been you, DeJesus.
DeJesus
Hey, I know about implosions.
Sixpack
Yeah, I bet you do. I bet you were imploding in your pants.
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Winston Zeddemore's Affection for the Town
Winston Zeddemore
I love this town!
[last line]
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Unexpected Discovery Among Friends
Winston Zeddemore
Hey fellas! You wanna take a look at this?
[sees the Vigo painting]
Dr. Ray Stantz
Wow!
Dr. Egon Spengler
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Dr. Peter Venkman
No, I believe it's one of the Fettuccinis.
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Skepticism for a Steady Paycheck
Winston Zeddemore
Ah, If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.
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Confronting Gozer with Authority and Humor
Man
Hey, flat-top!
[offscreen]
Peter Venkman
Have you missed us?
Ray
Gozer the Gozerian! In the name of the county of Summerville, state of Oklahoma, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, all the members of Ducks Unlimited, the Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons. I command you under the National Invasive Species Act to depart this world immediately.
Peter
Bravo.
Winston Zeddemore
I think she remembers us.
Gozer
Are you... a god?
Winston
Ray?
Peter
Oh, come on, Ray!
Ray
...Yes.
Winston
Yeah, we're all gods.
Peter
Yeah, I mean, we're all pretty dang special out here. On a personal note, ]. I mean, it wasn't working for me. My friends didn't think so, I know yours didn't.
[[Ghostbusters|I thought that we had busted up for good]
Winston
Okay, playtime's over. Let's toast this muffin.
Peter
Light em up!
[laughs as they energize their proton packs]
Winston
Man, I love that sound!
Peter
On the count of three. Go on two. One, two!
Ray
Yeah, nothing stings like a billion electron-volts!
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Struggling with Ongoing Challenges
Martin
I realize you must have gone through hell.
Justin Jones
Gone? Bitch, we're still here!
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Experimenting with Plasm in the Subway
Dr. Raymond Stantz
We've been experimenting with the plasm we found in the subway tunnel. Careful.
Dr. Peter Venkman
Should I get spoons?
Dr. Egon Spengler
Don't bother. Watch this. Go ahead, Ray.
[Ray sets the container on the table for everyone to see]
Stantz
You! You worthless piece of slime!
[yells at the container]
Stantz
You ignorant, disgusting blob!
[slime reacts]
Spengler
You're nothing but an unstable, short-chain molecule!
[slime reacts]
Stantz
You foul, obnoxious muck!
[slime reacts]
Spengler
You have a weak electrochemical bond!
[slime reacts]
Stantz
I have seen some disgusting crud in my time, but you take the cake!
Winston Zeddemore
Whoa, whoa!
[interrupting just before it overflows its container]
Stantz
You're a – You just –
Zeddemore
Hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Venkman
This is what you do with your spare time?
[beat]
Stantz
Peter, this is an incredible breakthrough. I mean, what a discovery! A psychoreactive substance! Whatever this stuff is, it responds to human emotional states.
Venkman
Mood slime. Oh, baby...
[beat; to slime affectionately]
Zeddemore
You mean this stuff actually feeds on bad vibes?
Stantz
Like a cop in a donut factory.
Spengler
We've been running tests to see if we can get an equally strong positive reaction.
Venkman
What kind of tests?
Stantz
Well, we sing to it, and, uh, we talk to it, and say...supportive, nurturing things to it...
Venkman
You're not sleeping with it, are you, Ray?
Venkman
Oh, you!
[shakes his head in disbelief]
Zeddemore
It's always the quiet ones.
[mutters]
Venkman
You hound!
[chuckles]
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Ghostbusters Prepare for Urgent Meeting with Mayor
Winston Zeddemore
Hey, guard! Look, I want to make a phone call. Yeah, I just work with these guys, but I wasn't even there!
Egon Spengler
It's not the girl, Peter, it's the building. Something terrible is about to enter our world, and this building is obviously the door. The architect's name was Ivo Shandor. I found it in Tobin's Spirit Guide. He was also a doctor. Performed a lot of unnecessary surgery. And then in 1920, he started a secret society.
Guard
Okay, Ghostbusters, the Mayor wants to see you guys. Whole island's going crazy, let's go.
Peter Venkman
I got to split, the Mayor wants to rap with me about some things.
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Unity and Confusion Amidst the Crowd
Vigo
Now we become one.
Crowd
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and ne'er brought to mind...
Dr. Raymond Stantz
Where's that singing coming from?
Winston Zeddemore
The people outside!
Crowd
If auld acquaintance be forgot, remember Auld Lang Syne!
Dr. Egon Spengler
He's weakening! The singing is neutralizing the slime!
Stantz
I can move!
Spengler
He's back in the painting!
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Confronting Perceptions of Race and Identity
Justin Jones
This whole thing is unnecessary, Doc. The only skin problem I can see is white people. How come you are wearing those gloves? It ain't bend-over time, is it?
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Skiing and Reality in Spanish Harlem
Justin Jones
And another thing. I am getting tired of hearing about your goddamn skiing. You don't know shit about skiing. They don't ski in Spanish Harlem.
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A Meeting with the Mayor and Ghostbusters
Dr. Peter Venkman
Lenny. Big man.
Mayor Lenny
The Ghostbusters.
Winston Zeddemore
Mr. Mayor?
[holds out his hand, wanting to shake his hand]
Mayor Lenny
What is this? A slumber party?
Dr. Ray Stantz
Well, that's why we wanted to see you.
Mayor Lenny
Listen, I don't want to hear anything about it. You got two minutes. Make it good.
Dr. Ray Stantz
Well, first of all, Mr. Mayor, it's a great pleasure to see you again, and you'll be happy to know that almost fifty percent of us voted for you in the last election.
[getting started]
Mayor Lenny
I appreciate that.
Dr. Peter Venkman
I'm sorry we have to meet under these circumstances.
Dr. Ray Stantz
Mr. Mayor, we're here tonight because a psychomagnatheric slimeflow of immense proportions is building up beneath the city.
Mayor Lenny
Psycho-what?
Dr. Egon Spengler
Psychomagnatheric.
Dr. Peter Venkman
Big word, big word.
Dr. Egon Spengler
Negative human emotions that are forming into a vicious ectoplasm with *explosive* supernormal potential.
Mayor Lenny
Can somebody speak English here?
Winston Zeddemore
Uh yeah. Your honor, what we're trying to say is all of the bad feelings. You know hate, anger and the vibes of the city are turning into this sludge. I didn't believe in it either. But, we just went for a swim in it and end up almost killing each other.
Jack Hardemeyer
This is insane! Do we really have to listen to this?
[to the Mayor; aggravated]
Dr. Peter Venkman
Can't you stop your lips from flapping for 2 little minutes? Lenny, have you been out on the street lately, do you know weird it is out there? We've taken our own headcount, there seems to be 3 *million* completely miserable assholes living in the Tri-State area.
[to Hardemeyer; to the Mayor]
Jack Hardemeyer
Please.
[in disbelief]
Peter Venkman
I beg your pardon, 3 million and one.
Jack Hardemeyer
Hey.
Dr. Ray Stantz
And what fudgy brain here doesn't realize, that if we don't do something fast this whole place is gonna blow like a frog on a hot plate.
Jack Hardemeyer
Yeah, right.
[in disbelief]
Mayor Lenny
What do you want me to do, go on television and tell 3 million people they have to be nice to each other? Being miserable and treating other people like dirt is every New Yorker's God-given right. Your two minutes are up. Good night, gentlemen.
[having enough; begins to walk off; leaves]
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Confrontation and Defiance in a Tense Exchange
Mrs. Mott
Are you a retard?
Solomon
No
Mrs. Mott
Did you like looking at me? (more intense) Did you like looking at me? (slaps Solomon) Don't fuck with me, retard. My version of the story will be better than yours.
Solomon
(Talking to himself about Mrs. Mott) I won't let you hurt them! They're my friends. I won't let you hurt them. Oh, boy!
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Vigo the Carpathian's Grueling History
Dr. Egon Spengler
Vigo the Carpathian. Born 1505, died 1610.
Dr. Peter Venkman
105 years old? He hung in there, didn't he?
Dr. Raymond Stantz
He didn't die of old age, either. He was poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched, disemboweled, drawn and quartered.
Dr. Peter Venkman
Ouch.
Winston Zeddemore
Guess he wasn't too popular at the end, huh?
Dr. Egon Spengler
No, not exactly a man of the people. Also known as Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised, and Vigo the Unholy.
Dr. Peter Venkman
Wasn't he also Vigo the Butch?
Dr. Ray Stantz
And dig this, there was a prophecy. Just before his head died, his last words were "Death is but a door, time is but a window: I'll be back".
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Preparation for a Dangerous Situation
Steven Beck
See you topside.
[as he fights Leviathan]
Elizabeth Willie Williams
Get into your suit... Beck, get into your suit!
Justin Jones
Beck, don't be a fool!
[Beck jettisons them out of the complex]
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Character Reflections on Roles and Success
Winston Zeddemore
Egon was the brains. Ray was the heart. Peter just kept it cool.
Janine Melnitz
Who were you?
Winston
The sex appeal.
Janine
You've done very well for yourself. A lot of shelf space.
Winston
See, that's the thing. I don't do it for me. I do it for my kids, and I want to be an example of what's possible.
Janine
You still covering the rent at Ray's book shop?
Winston
Ray's gonna turn a profit one of these days.
Janine
I remember the day you came in.
[chuckles]
Winston
I came in looking for a steady paycheck. But busting ghosts with the guys taught me not to be afraid. That I had the tools, and I had the talent. I started this business with one employee, and I've grown it into a thriving global enterprise. I may be a businessman, but I will always be a Ghostbuster.
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Discussion of a Threatening Creature
Dr. Glen Thompson
It's growing. It's just had a meal.
Elizabeth Willie Williams
It needs blood?
Dr. Glen Thompson
Apparently.
Justin Jones
That's just great! You're telling me that we've got a goddamned Dracula in here with us?
Steven Beck
Of course. That's why the one on that ship was dead. It needed blood... fresh cells to resurrect itself and grow.
Elizabeth Willie Williams
What "one on that ship"?
Justin Jones
Will someone let the rank and file in on your little secret?
Dr. Glen Thompson
Whatever it is... it's apparently some kind of genetic aberration.
Justin Jones
No shit!
G. P. Cobb
What are you saying, Doc?
Dr. Glen Thompson
It has all the characteristics of deep sea life. Scales, gills... regeneration. Even some kind of dormancy. But the fact that it remembered where that blood plasma was stored makes it appear to have some other kind of quality.
G. P. Cobb
Meaning what?
Steven Beck
It absorbs the intelligence of its victims.
Dr. Glen Thompson
Intelligence may not be the right word here.
Justin Jones
To hell with semantics, Doc. Are you saying that thing out there is part DeJesus, part Bowman, part Sixpack?
Dr. Glen Thompson
I don't know. I'd just be guessing. But I do know this... the Russians deliberately sank that ship to protect themselves. Maybe to protect us all.
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Tension Escalates Over Child's Safety
Mrs. Mott
Marlene, is everything all right?
Marlene
No! I need a doctor. Know of any Mrs. Mott?
Mrs. Mott
You give me my baby or I'll BASH YOUR SKULL IN!!!
Solomon
No!
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