Ian McShaneQuotes

Ian McShane
Birthday
September 29th, 1942
From
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Actor

Hot Rod - A Direct Insult from Frank Powell

Frank Powell: You're a pussy.

Hot Rod - Embrace Strength to Avoid Victimhood

Frank Powell: Play the victim and you will be the victim.

Hot Rod - Youthful Spirit in an Aging Body

Frank Powell: Old man, young heart!

Hot Rod - Caution After Surviving a Chemical Fire

Frank Powell: Never—sneak up on a man who's been in a chemical fire.

Death Race - Anticipation of Race Day Preparation

Jensen Ames: So where's the ammo?
Gunner: We get that on race day.
Coach: Yeah, everyone thinks that, the first time.
Jensen Ames: Thinks what?
Coach: About turning the guns on the guards. About escaping.
Jensen Ames: No, I wasn't thinking that.
Coach: Well I'm glad, because Hennessey's got electric kill switches on all the guns on all the cars. And all the guard towers are fortified, and their guns are bigger than your guns. Oh, did I mention the helicopters and also the fact that we're on an island here a mile from the nearest shoreline? The only way in or out of here is on that one skinny bridge you came in on.

Death Race - Navigating Challenges in a High-Stakes Race

Coach: Tomorrow morning, you'll meet your navigator, Case. She'll help you navigate the course, reload your weapons, and help with the running of the car.
Jensen Ames: I'd love to talk to her ahead of time before the race.
Gunner: Yeah, I'd like a big bad girl to lick peanut butter off my toes, but it ain't gonna happen. This is still a prison, man. She's a chick. They get busted from the women's facility upstate.
Coach: It's all about ratings. Fast cars, pretty women...
Gunner: Machine Gun Joe's the only one that has male navigators, cause he's gay.
Lists: Well... actually, it's because he goes through them so fast, and... audience gets squeamish.
Gunner: Yeah he goes through them... through their skin.
Coach: He cuts each kill into his skin as a souvenir, I hear.

Death Race - The Rise and Fall of a Racing Star

Lists: Travis Colt. Our local superstar. He used to race for Nascar.
Gunner: Yeah, he was good, too.
Lists: Until he fell asleep behind the wheel of his Mercedes with the help of a bottle of scotch and a handful of freaks. Wiped out the entire patio of Moscala. Sent a dozen people to the hospital and killed three of them.
Coach: Technically, he's the best driver in here, but a mean son of a bitch quitter.

Death Race - Newcomer Nicknamed Igor in Prison Dynamics

Machine Gun Joe: (about Jensen) Who's the new fish?
Coach: Grease monkey.
Machine Gun Joe: (to Jensen) Well well. Monkey. I got a new name for you - Igor, because you about the ugliest bloodsucker out here in this prison yo!

Death Race - Understanding Life Beyond Prison Walls

Jensen Ames: Why don't you wear a number, Coach?
Coach: Because I'm not a prisoner. I qualified for parole three years ago. Got as far as the gate. They got a name for it: something-or-another syndrome. Simple fact is, world's changed since I've been in here. Don't know what, don't much want to. But this... this I know.
Jensen Ames: What did they sent you away for?
Coach: Oh, plenty... and nothing.

Death Race - Character Backgrounds and Car References in Dialogue

Lists: Jensen Garner Ames. Moved to the states at 24 years old. Named after a car, the Jensen Intercepter. A three time local speedway champion.
Jensen Ames: You've done your homework, or do you just know everything?
Coach: Jensen Intercepter. I had one. Handled like a school bus.

Death Race - A Character's Enthusiasm for the Game

Coach: Bam. (Triggers the bomb and blows up Hennessey and Ulrich, then breaks the fourth wall) I love this game.

Death Race - Defending My Vehicle from Interference

Coach: Nobody screws with my car.

Death Race - Explosive Entertainment in Death Race

Coach: (as the Dreadnought explodes) Now that's entertainment.

Death Race - Embrace the Mystique of Silence

Coach: (to Jensen, wearing Frankenstein's mask) Don't talk to the other drivers. Frank never did. Part of the mystique. Let the mask do the work.

John Wick - A Casual Encounter Between Old Friends

John Wick: Hello Winston.
Winston: Jonathan! Now, as I recall, weren't you the one tasked to dole out the beatings, not to receive them?
John Wick: Rusty, I guess.
Winston: To what do we owe the pleasure?
John Wick: Iosef Tarasov.
Winston: What about him?
John Wick: I'd like to talk with him.
Winston: A talk, you say. I'm familiar with the parlance, Jonathan. I want to ask you this: Have you returned to the fold?
John Wick: Just visiting.
Winston: Have you thought this through? I mean chewed it down to the bone? You got out once. You dip so much as a pinky back into this pond, you may well find something reaches out, and drags you back into its depths.

John Wick - The Code of Our Existence

Winston: I know what you're thinking, Jonathan. We live by a code. Which is why I'm not the one telling you that a certain helicopter on a certain helipad is being fueled for a certain someone.

John Wick - Membership Revoked at The Continental

Winston: [pauses as he walks up to her; Gunmen execute Ms. Perkins] Ms. Perkins. Your membership to The Continental has been, by thine own hand, revoked.

Sexy Beast - A Direct Insult from Teddy Bass

Teddy Bass: [raising his glass] Gentlemen! You're all cunts.

Sexy Beast - Determination and Resourcefulness in Adversity

Teddy Bass: Where there's a will - and there is a fucking will - there's a way - and there is a fucking way.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - A Decision on John Wick's Fate

The Adjudicator: [during the parley] What are we going to do about John Wick?
Winston: [suddenly pulls out gun and shoots Wick several times, causing him to fall off the roof] Oh, he has to die. Sorry, Jonathan. I don't see any other way.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - A Call to Action and Loyalty

Winston: I know you will do The Continental proud.
Charon: I'll see you soon, sir.
Winston: And you, Jonathan, do what you do best.
John Wick: What's that?
Winston: [Latin translation: If you want peace, prepare for war] Hunt... Si vis pacem, para bellum !

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Safe Haven No Longer for John Wick

Winston: This haven is safe no more.
John Wick: Are services still off limit to me?
Winston: Under the circumstances, your privileges are reinstated immediately. What do you need?
John Wick: [[The Matrix (film)|Guns. Lots of guns] ].

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Confrontation of Power and Loyalty

The Adjudicator: Have you decided to step down?
Winston: I think not.
The Adjudicator: And you, will you be putting a bullet in his head?
John Wick: No, I don't think I will.
The Adjudicator: Very well.
Administrator: Administration.
The Adjudicator: I'd like to change a designation.
Administrator: Verification?
The Adjudicator: Adjudication 1011979, The Continental Hotel, New York.
Administrator: New designation?
The Adjudicator: Deconsecrated.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - The Consequences of Conflict and Loyalty

The Adjudicator: [[w:amuse-bouche|amuse-bouche] You gentleman, of course, realize that was the first wave. Merely an ]. We can keep this up as long as you'd like, but it only ends one way.
Winston: Are you sure a protracted war is the best way forward?
The Adjudicator: There won't be anything "protracted" about it.
Winston: Oh you can take the Continental, I have no doubt about that, but keeping it, that's a different matter entirely. My allegiances run way beyond this building.
The Adjudicator: We are High Table.
Winston: And we... are New York City.
The Adjudicator: Are we negotiating?
Winston: I believe we are.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Assessing John Wick's Survival Odds

Charon: Do you expect him to make it out?
Winston: Fourteen million dollar bounty on his head, and every interested party in this city wants a piece of it. I say the odds are about even.

John Wick: Chapter 4 - Power and Sacrifice in a Dangerous Game

Marquis: [to Caine, as he picks out another bullet] Arrête! As your sponsor, I claim the coup de grâce. Your weapon. Give it to me.
Caine: Is my daughter free now?
Marquis: Oui. You and your daughter. Enjoy.
Marquis: Rules.
Winston: Ha! You arrogant asshole. He didn't shoot.
John Wick: Consequences.

John Wick: Chapter 4 - The Old Ways of Loyalty and Life

Marquis: A man's Second, like his sponsor, either walks out with his champion or is buried beside him. The Old Ways.
Winston: Such is life.

John Wick: Chapter 4 - The Nature of Perspective in Strategy

John Wick: You always have an angle, don't you?
Winston: Doesn't everyone?

John Wick: Chapter 4 - Reflections on Honor and Responsibility

Charon: [as he dies] It was... an honor... my friend.
Winston: It should have been me.
Marquis: You're right. It should've. Now go and think about why it wasn't.

John Wick: Chapter 4 - The Legacy of Forgotten Nobility

Winston: Ah, history is littered with Marquis who were only remembered by their servants.

John Wick: Chapter 4 - The Consequences of Killing or Sparing Lives

Winston: Killing a man can turn him into a martyr. Letting him live... tells the world he's a coward or a turncoat.