Memorable Quotes from Malcolm McDowell
60 quotesComment on clothing and appearance
Mick Travis
You mean that bit of wool on your tit?
[to Denson, after being told he knows nothing of the school's motto]
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The Cruelty of Historical Warfare
Mick Travis
Being flayed alive. That's what the Crusaders did to their enemies. Used to send their neatly folded skins back to their victims wives.
[discussing horrible ways to die]
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Debate Over Kingship in Rome
Caligula
I want your honest advice. Should I make myself king of Rome?
Claudius
King? Well... But this is a republic, isn't it?
Caligula
Very well, then. I shall make myself king of the republic.
Longinus
But you're already greater than any king, Caesar.
Caligula
I am a god, or at least I will be when I'm dead.
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Authority and Dismissal in Conversation
Dr. Samuel Loomis
When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you.
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Acceptance of Leadership in Rome
Caligula
At the insistence of the senate and the people of Rome, I accept humbly the highest office of our great republic.
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Critique of Hypocrisy and Charity
Mick Travis
The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you give Coca-Cola to your scum and your best teddy-bear to Oxfam and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the rest of your frigid life.
[to Rowntree, after being told that he, Wallace and Knightly are to be punished for their behaviour]
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Power and Loyalty in Caligula's Court
Caligula
Did you see their faces when I told them they had to swear not only to me, but to you?
Drusilla
They were appalled.
Caligula
I do hope so!
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The Nature of Color Explained
Young Michael Myers
Look at my mask.
[Michael puts on a black-colored paper mask]
Dr. Samuel Loomis
Oh, wow... beautiful, yeah. Why is it all... black?
Young Michael Myers
Cause. It's one of my favorite colors.
Dr. Samuel Loomis
Well, actually, black isn't a color, is it? It's the absence of color. In the spectrum of colors, you go from black, which is no color, all the way through to white, which is every color. So, technically... not that it really matters... but black isn't a color.
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Teeth as a personal good luck charm
Mick Travis
They're my teeth; they're my good luck charm.
[to Denson, about his necklace]
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The Nature of War and Revolution
Mick Travis
There's no such thing as a wrong war. Violence and revolution are the only pure acts.
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Rebellion Against Oppression
Mick Travis
Death to the oppressor!
[making a blood pact with Wallace and Knightly]
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A Conversation Between Doctor and Patient
Dr. Samuel Loomis
Hello, hello, hello. Can you talk in there?
[to tape recorder]
Young Michael Myers
Hi, I'm Michael Myers--
Dr. Samuel Loomis
Okay, okay, that's fine. That's good, that's good. Okay, we're on. How are you feeling today?
Young Michael Myers
Good... can I ask you something?
Dr. Samuel Loomis
You can ask me whatever you want. That's why I'm here. If you have anything on your mind, feel free - anything.
Young Michael Myers
Okay... why do you talk so funny?
Dr. Samuel Loomis
Talk so funny?
[chuckles]
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Struggles with Fate and Friendship
Tiberius
Cretins... why did you permit him to do it? Bind his wrists... BIND HIS WRISTS! You must not go, you must not leave me, you are my friend, my only friend.
[seeing Nerva has cut his wrists; to Nerva]
Nerva
I've lived too long, Tiberius, I hate my life.
Tiberius
Leave us! Both of you!
[to the slaves]
Nerva
For a man to choose the hour of his own death is the closest he will ever come to tricking fate, and fate decrees that when you die, ] will kill me.
[[w:Naevius Sutorius Macro|Macro]
Tiberius
I'll arrest him and have him executed.
Nerva
You can't. He controls you. Anyway, even with Macro dead, how could I go on living with this reptile?
[Looks at Caligula]
Tiberius
You will respect my friend always, won't you, reptile?
[To Caligula]
Caligula
I've always respected him, lord.
Tiberius
You hear?
[To Nerva]
Nerva
Tiberius, you were wise once.
Tiberius
Ah, don't taunt me. I am old.
Nerva
I've watched you grow into a monster! One by one, I've seen you murder your whole family, your friends, the noblest men in Rome.
Caligula
That is treason!
Nerva
No, it's the truth.
Tiberius
I am and I always have been surrounded by enemies. In my own family, in the senate... You are cruel!
Nerva
No, honest. Old men can sometimes see the future. So, from evils past, and the evils yet to come, I now choose to escape.
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Struggles with Anger and Isolation
Young Michael Myers
Fuck you! I fucking hate this place!
Dr. Samuel Loomis
Let it out, Michael!
Young Michael Myers
Shut the fuck up! I fucking hate this world! I hate it! I just wanna go home...
[sobs]
Dr. Samuel Loomis
I'm afraid you can't go home...
Young Michael Myers
Why?
Dr. Samuel Loomis
Because you've done terrible things.
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Questioning Paternity in Caligula's Marriage Plans
Caligula
I've told Caesonia that I would marry her
Drusilla
Don't...
Caligula
But only after she has borne me a son.
Drusilla
How will you ever know its yours?
Caligula
Don't worry. I've got her very well guarded.
Drusilla
Then you can be sure one of the guards will be the father.
Caligula
No, they're all homosexuals who've been castrated.
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The Harsh Realities of War
Mick Travis
War... even to the knife!
[during a fencing duel with Wallace and Knightly]
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Confronting Criticism Directly
Malcolm McDowell
Griffin? Griffin! Hi, how are you? Listen: the next time you want to badmouth me, have the courage to do it to my face. You guys are all the same.
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Seeking Connection in Isolation
Dr. Samuel Loomis
Why is your hair getting so messy?
Young Michael Myers
Cause no one sees me.
Dr. Samuel Loomis
What are you talking about? I see you every day, your mum - she comes every week.
Young Michael Myers
Anybody else?
Dr. Samuel Loomis
...No.
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Power and Fear in Political Conflict
Caesonia
They hate you now.
Caligula
Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.
Caesonia
They are senators and consuls. They are important men.
Caligula
So important that they approve all I do? They must be mad. I don't know what else to do to provoke them.
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Questioning the value of a dead man's leg
Mick Travis
Dead man's leg today, Mrs. Kemp. Do you need this, Mrs. Kemp?
[at dinner]
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A Cheerful Acknowledgment from Mick Travis
Mick Travis
Jolly, jolly good, Stephans.
[clapping slowly, facetiously]
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The Eternal Existence of Caligula
Caligula
I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man, and therefore I am a god.
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A Moment of Disappointment and Surprise
Mick Travis
Christ, that was a bit low!
[to Wallace, watching as Knightly is being flogged]
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Impending Doom and Destruction of Humanity
Mick Travis
The whole world will end very soon - black, brittle bodies peeling into ash...
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A Poignant Reflection on Love and Mortality
Mick Travis
There's only one thing you can do with a girl like this. Walk naked into the sea together as the sun sets. Make love once... Then die.
[looking at a model in a magazine]
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A Conversation on Life and Afterlife
Caligula
Nerva, what's it like?
Nerva
Warm, no pain. Just drifting away.
Caligula
Do you see her?
Nerva
Who?
Caligula
The goddess, ].
[[w:Isis|Isis]
Nerva
So you're one of those who believe.
Caligula
Do you see her?
Nerva
No.
Caligula
Are you sure? You're almost dead. What's it like? What's happening to you now?
Nerva
Nothing.
Caligula
You're lying. You can see her, I know you can. What is she like?
Nerva
No. Nothing at all. Just sleep.
Caligula
Liar!
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Caligula's Blessing for the Wedding
Caligula
You see how I have exhausted myself to make your wedding holy. My blessings to you both.
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Fear vs. Love in Leadership Dynamics
Tiberius
Serve the state, Caligula, although the people in it are wicked beasts.
Caligula
But they love you, lord.
Tiberius
No, they fear me, and that is much better. I have no choice, you see. No choice.
Caligula
No choice?
Tiberius
All I wanted was private life. I did not truly want to become emperor, but I had to.
Caligula
Had to?
Tiberius
If someone else had become emperor, I would have been killed, as you will be.
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The Pilgrims and the Contest of America
Chairman
Hi, my fellow citizens of this great country of ours, the United Corporations of America. Why did those Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock? Because they needed a place to stage the greatest filthy contest known to man!
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Caligula's Declaration of Identity with Rome
Caligula
I am Rome. Wherever I am, Rome is, and there is the senate and the people of Rome.
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Request for consideration in shared space
Mick Travis
Excuse me, you mind not picking your shag-spots in here?
[to Stephans]
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Reflections on Mortality and Suffering
Mick Travis
The night's dead. You can hardly breathe outside. The thing I'd really hate is to have a nail banged through the back of my neck. Slowly. I don't see what difference the speed makes. The speed of the nail. The -The -The nail's speed! The s-speed.
[laughs; laughs; laughs; laughs; laughs]
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Beauty and Marriage in Ancient Rome
Caligula
I'm going to marry you.
Drusilla
You can't. We're not Egyptians.
Caligula
I know. We are much more beautiful.
Drusilla
Rome is not Egypt, and stop looking at yourself like that.
Caligula
Let's go to Egypt then.
Drusilla
You are a fool.
Caligula
Caesar cannot be a fool.
Drusilla
But he's trying very hard.
Caligula
Caesar cannot be a fool!
Drusilla
Little Boots", they'll throw you in the Tiber if you attempt to move the government. So, you're going to marry a respectable Roman lady of the senatorial class.
Caligula
No, I'm not.
Drusilla
Yes, you are! You've got to have an heir.
Caligula
Who will kill me when he grows up!
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Desire for absolute power over Rome
Caligula
If only all Rome had just one neck!
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Curiosity About Rome's Details
Caligula
I am interested in all that is Rome, even down to the length of a toga.
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Affirmation of Michael Myers' Death
Dr. Samuel Loomis
Let me make things clear, Michael Myers is Dead. D.E.A.D. Dead.
[When asked about the fate of Michael Myers]
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Embracing Independence and Self-Reliance
Mick Travis
We're on our own now.
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A Journey Towards Home and Safety
Lombardi
You don't have to leave, you know. You're more than welcome to stay. You'll be perfectly safe here.
Solara
Thank you. But this is something I have to do.
Lombardi
Where will you go?
Solara
Home.
[thoughtfully as she holds the sword]
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School Discipline and Student Behavior Concerns
Principal Gibbons
This is public school. If I can keep the girls off the pole and the boys off the pipe, I get a bonus.
Mrs. Griffith
I'm the guidance counselor. I should know all the students, especially the ones that dress like prostitutes.
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The Paradox of Loyalty and Treason
Proculus
Divine Ceasar, PLEASE! What have I done? Why am I here?
Caligula
Treason!
Proculus
Treason? I have always been loyal to you!
Caligula
That IS your treason! You're an honest man, Proculus, which means a bad Roman! Therefore, you are a traitor! Logical, hmm? Ha, ha, ha!
[laughs insanely]
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Fate and Divinity in Caligula's Dialogue
Tiberius
I'm old.
Caligula
Yes, lord. But you will live forever.
Tiberius
All my family are dead but you, the child ], and that ], that uncle. They were struck down by fate, and it is fate, "Little Boots", that rules us, not any god.
[[w:Tiberius Gemellus|Gemellus; [w:Claudius|Claudius]
Caligula
You are a god, lord.
Tiberius
No I'm not, not even when I am dead.
Caligula
Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar, they are gods.
Tiberius
So say the senate, and so the people prefer to believe. Such myths are useful.
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The Creative Nature of War
Mick Travis
War is the last possible creative act.
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The Cost of Freedom and Identity
Mick Travis
What stands, if freedom fall? Who dies, if England live?
[quoting [[Rudyard Kipling]
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Fear of the Unknown
Caligula
With ], there's always something to fear.
[[Tiberius]
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A Warning Against Current Actions
Mick Travis
Stephans. Whatever you're doing now... don't.
[after lights-out, whispering]
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Confrontation at the End of the Line
Mick Travis
My time's up, you bastard!
[to Denson, having a cold shower]
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Discussion of Evil's Nature in Halloween
Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Doc, you're talkin like he was some kind of Antichrist.
Dr. Samuel Loomis
Well, maybe I am.
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Confronting the Existence of Fear
Laurie Strode
Was that the bogeyman?
Dr. Samuel Loomis
As a matter of fact, I believe it was.
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The Power of a Single Bullet
Mick Travis
One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place. Real bullets.
[deals out Bren gun ammo]
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Emperor's Mood Compared to the Weather
Caligula
Tell me, how is the emperor?
Nerva
Old, like me.
Caligula
I mean, how is his mood?
Nerva
Like the weather.
Caligula
The weather is good today!
Nerva
Changeable. I've heard that during the last month, seven of my colleagues in the senate have been put to death for treason.
Caligula
Nine, to be exact. Five of them cheated. They killed themselves. That wasn't playing fair. Don't you agree, ]?
[[w:Marcus Cocceius Nerva (jurist)|Nerva]
Nerva
They were all good men.
Caligula
If they were good men, how could their beloved emperor find them guilty?
Nerva
You have a gift for logic, prince.
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A Disagreement on Marriage Choices in Rome
Caligula
That will be my wife.
Drusilla
Oh no! Not ].
[[w:Caesonia|Caesonia]
Caligula
You're impossible!
Drusilla
She's the most promiscuous woman in Rome.
Caligula
Perfect!
Drusilla
Caesonia's been divorced. She's extravagant, always in debt.
Caligula
I want her.
Drusilla
But not for a wife.
Caligula
Send her to me now.
Drusilla
No, "Little Boots". I won't let you do it. It wouldn't be wise.
Caligula
Yet such is the will of the senate and the people of Rome.
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Self-Reflection and Perception of Identity
Mick Travis
My face is a never fading source of wonder to me.
[trimming his mustache]
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A Question of Living and Experience
Mick Travis
I...met this fantastic bird in the East End, went round all the pubs. You ever been to those pubs? You should see those old loves dancing...showing their knickers. Take em off near the end. She had a weird religion - only kiss on Thursdays. Took me home to meet her mum and dad. Well, that finished it. Practically married us off, they did, over the Sunday joint. When do we live? That's what I want to know.
[telling Knightly of his summer activities; Chuckles; Chuckles; School bell rings]
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The Urgency of Unfinished Lives
Dr. Tolian Soran
They say ]. Right now, Captain, my time is running out. We leave so many things unfinished in our lives... I know you understand.
[[w:Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day|time is the fire in which we burn]
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Questioning Perceptions of Disruption
Mick Travis
What do you mean, being a nuisance? What have we done?
[to Rowntree]
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The Futility of Resistance Against Authority
Caligula
As if there ever could be an antidote against Caesar!
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Celebrating Freedom Through Competition in Death Race
Chairman
Now, this is all about freedom. The freedom to sit on your big fat butt all day and watch the singly greatest sporting event known to man. Competition. That's what's made this country so great. Welcome to the Death Race!
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The Inevitability of Death and Time
Dr. Tolian Soran
You know, there was a time when I wouldn't hurt a fly. Then the Borg came, and they showed me that if there is one constant in this whole universe, it's death. Afterwards, I began to realize that it didn't really matter. We're all going to die sometime. It's just a question of how and when. You will, too, Captain. Aren't you beginning to feel time gaining on you? It's like a predator. It's stalking you. Oh, you can try and outrun it with doctors, medicines, new technologies, but in the end, time is going to hunt you down and make the kill.
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A Call for Authenticity and Experience
Mick Travis
Blood! Real blood!
[after receiving an injury on his hand during the fencing duel]
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Oaths of Loyalty to Emperor and Sister
Caligula
From this moment, all official oaths will contain the following phrase; I will value neither my life nor the lives of my children any more highly than I do the emperor and of his sister ].
[[w:Drusilla (sister of Caligula)|Drusilla]
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