Tim Roth Quotes

The Inevitability of Fate and Death

Player Events must play themselves out to aesthetic, moral and logical conclusion.

Guildenstern And what's that, in this case?

Player It never varies — we aim at the point where everyone who is marked for death dies.

Guildenstern Marked?

Player Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a large scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go when things have gotten about as bad as they can reasonably get.

Guildenstern Who decides?

Player Decides? It is written.

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Rob Roy

A Matter of Honor and Integrity

Referee You are here on a matter of honor. I am here to see that you settle it honorably. There will be no back-stabbing. You will not throw your blades, nor will you use weapons other than those agreed. If quarter should be asked—

Rob Roy MacGregor No quarter will be asked.

Archibald Cunningham Or given.

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The Incredible Hulk

Discussion of a Super-Soldier Project

Gen. Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross You must realize what I'm about to tell you is very sensitive, both to me and the Army. You know that we have a Bio-Force Department, and that we had ].

[[Captain America: The First Avenger|a bio-force enhancement project developed during World War II]

Emil Blonsky A super-soldier.

Thaddeus "Thunderbotl" Ross A simplification, but yes. We decided to dust it off and give it another go, aiming to create a better soldier. Banner's work was very early phase. It wasn’t even weapons application. He thought he was working on radiation resistance. I would never have told him what the project really was. But he was so sure of what he was onto, that he tested it on himself. And something went very wrong– or it went very right. As far as I’m concerned, that man’s whole body is property of the U.S. Army.

Emil Blonsky You said he wasn’t working on weapons, right?

Gen. Thaddeus "Thunderbotl" Ross No.

Emil Blonsky But you were. You were, weren’t you? You were trying other things.

Gen. Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross One serum we developed…was very promising.

Emil Blonsky So why did he run?

Gen. Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross He's a scientist. He is not one of us.

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Rob Roy

Misunderstandings of Desire and Identity

John Campbell, Duke of Argyll So, Mr. Cunningham, what are these principal sins that distress your mother? Dice? Drink? Or are you a buggerer of boys?

Archibald Cunningham It is years, Your Grace, since I buggered a boy, and in my own defense I must add I thought him a girl at the moment of entry.

Argyll Do you hear that, Will? Young Cunningham here was unable to tell arse from quim. What say you to that?

[laughs]

Will Guthrie I've heard that many Englishmen have that same difficulty.

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Planet of the Apes

Unrequited Feelings and Ambition Are Revealed

Thade I came to see you.

Ari Oh, how sweet. You've wasted your time.

Thade My feelings haven't changed. I still care about you.

Ari You only care about my father's influence. And your own ambition.

Thade I know about the trouble you caused today. I could have you arrested.

Thade You feel so much for these humans... yet you feel nothing for me.

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Rob Roy

Confrontation Between Rob Roy and Archibald Cunningham

Archibald Cunningham What did you do with that bag of guts Killearn? Vex me not, McGregor, or I shall have you dragged a while. And I am a man of my word.

Rob Roy MacGregor You're a thief, a murderer and a violator of women.

Cunningham Aah... I had hoped you'd come to me long since on that score.

Rob Roy If I had known earlier you would have been dead sooner.

Cunningham I will tell you something, to take with you. Your wife was far sweeter forced than many are willing. And truth put to it, I think not all of her objected...

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Planet of the Apes

Critique of Human Culture's Focus on the Physical

Thade Everything in the human culture takes place below the waist.

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Planet of the Apes

The Cost of Humanity in Thade's Words

Thade So you want to be human? Then wear their mark!

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The Incredible Hulk

Confronting the Power of the Hulk

Emil Blonsky Forgive me, sir, but…doesn't anybody want to talk about what went down in there? Because he didn't lose us. And he was not alone, sir. We had him, but then something hit us. Something big hit us. IT THREW A FORKLIFT TRUCK LIKE IT WAS A SOFTBALL! It was the most powerful thing I've ever seen.

Gen. Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross Well, it's gone.

Blonsky Well, if Banner knows what it is, I'm gonna track him down, I'm gonna put my foot on his throat, and I'm gonna–

Gen. Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross That was Banner. It was Banner.

Blonsky You'll have to explain that, sir.

[understandably confused]

Gen. Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross No, I don't. You've done a good job. Pack up and get our men on a plane. We're going home.

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Planet of the Apes

Observation of a Significant Encounter

Thade This one looked at me.

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The Hateful Eight

War and Surrender Amidst Harsh Conditions

Oswaldo Mobray Gentlemen, Gentlemen, I know Americans aren't apt to let a little thing like an unconditional surrender get in the way of a good war. But I strongly suggest we don't re-stage The Battle of Baton Rouge during a blizzard in Minnie's Haberdashery...

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Rob Roy

Love as a Dung Hill

Archibald Cunningham Love is a dung hill, Betty, and I am but a cock that climbs upon it to crow.

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The Incredible Hulk

Inquiry About Blonsky's Family Connections

Maj. Kathleen Sparr Sir, Blonsky.

Gen. Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross Does anyone know if he had any next-of-kin or family?

[Expecting the worst]

Maj. Kathleen Sparr Ask him yourself.

Emil Blonsky Sir.

[In perfect health, salutes Ross]

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

The Nature of Death Explained

Guildenstern No, no, no... you've got it all wrong... you can't act death. The fact of it is nothing to do with seeing it happen — it's not gasps and blood and falling about — that isn't what makes it death. It's just a man failing to reappear, that's all — now you see him, now you don't, that's the only thing that's real: here one minute and gone the next and never coming back — an exit, unobtrusive and unannounced, a disappearance gathering weight as it goes on, until, finally, it is heavy with death.

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Planet of the Apes

Human Overpopulation and Ape Decline

Thade The humans infest the provinces. They breed too quickly while we grow too soft in our affluence. Even now, they outnumber us, four to one.

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The Incredible Hulk

The Challenge of Replication in Experiments

Maj. Kathleen Sparr Are you telling me you can make more like him?

Dr. Samuel Sterns No, not yet! I've sorted out a few pieces, but it's not like I can put together the same Humpty Dumpty, if that's what you're asking. He was a freak accident, the goal is to do it better!

Maj. Sparr So Banner was the only–

[Knocked unconscious]

Emil Blonsky Aah, she's an annoying bitch, isn't she?

Dr. Samuel Sterns Why are you always hitting people?! Now what…could I have possibly done…to deserve such aggression?

[Blonsky pulls out his gun and points it at Dr. Sterns]

Emil Blonsky It's not what you've done, it's what you're gonna do. I want what you've got off Banner, I want that.

[Mumbling agitatedly; Dr. Sterns raises his head, interested]

Dr. Samuel Sterns You look like…you've got a little something in you already, don't you?

[Rising]

Emil Blonsky Yeah, well, I want more. You've seen what he becomes, right?

Dr. Samuel Sterns I have…and it's beautiful. Godlike.

Emil Blonsky I want that…I need that. Make me that.

Dr. Samuel Sterns I don't know what you've got inside you already. The mixture could become…an abomination. I didn't say I was unwilling…I just need informed consent…and you've given it!

[Blonsky grabs Dr. Sterns by the collar and raises him into the air]

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Rob Roy

Conflict Between Desire and Loyalty

Archibald Cunningham Think of yourself a scabbard, Mistress McGregor, and I the sword. And a fine fit you were, too.

Mary MacGregor I will think on you dead until my husband makes you so, and then I will think on you no more.

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Contemplating Life and Death in a Box

Rosencrantz Did you ever think of yourself as actually dead, lying in a box with a lid on it?

Guildenstern No.

Rosencrantz Nor do I, really. It's silly to be depressed by it. I mean, one thinks of it like being alive in a box. One keeps forgetting to take into account the fact that one is dead, which should make all the difference, shouldn't it? I mean, you'd never know you were in a box, would you? It would be just like you were asleep in a box. Not that I'd like to sleep in a box, mind you. Not without any air. You'd wake up dead, for a start, and then where would you be? In a box. That's the bit I don't like, frankly. That's why I don't think of it. Because you'd be helpless, wouldn't you? Stuffed in a box like that. I mean, you'd be in there forever, even taking into account the fact that you're dead. It isn't a pleasant thought. Especially if you're dead, really. Ask yourself, if I asked you straight off, "I'm going to stuff you in this box. Now, would you rather be alive or dead?" Naturally, you'd prefer to be alive. Life in a box is better than no life at all, I expect. You'd have a chance, at least. You could lie there thinking, "Well. At least I'm not dead. In a minute somebody is going to bang on the lid, and tell me to come out." "Hey, you! What's your name? Come out of there!

[bangs on lid]

Guildenstern I think I'm going to kill you.

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

The Nature of Progress and Memory

Guildenstern We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

The Missed Opportunity of Choice

Guildenstern There must have been a time, in the beginning, when we could have said – no. But somehow we missed it.

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Planet of the Apes

Relaxation Away from City Life

Nado We just returned from our country house.

Sandar How was it?

Nova Boring.

Nado I find it relaxing being away from the bustle of the city.

Nova There was no place to go. Nothing but trees and rocks. All you did was nap.

Nado Exactly. Time away from politics. . . . . .is what I needed. We'd lose ourselves for days in the forest when we were young. Now I can barely climb a tree.

Sandar Trite but true: "Youth is wasted on the young. " Oh, how did I get so old so fast?

Thade Living with your daughter would age any ape quickly.

Sandar You've been a stranger lately.

Thade I apologize for my lateness, senator. I stopped to see my father.

Sandar How's my old friend?

Thade Slipping, I'm afraid. I'd like to see him more, but these are troubled days. The humans infest the provinces.

Ari We encroach upon their habitat. They breed while we grow soft in our affluence.

Thade They outnumber us four to one!

Nova Why can't we simply sterilize them all?

Nado The cost would be prohibitive. Although scientists tell me. . . . . .these humans carry terrible diseases.

Ari How would we know? The army burns the bodies before they're examined. Father?

Sandar At times, perhaps, the senate feels that the army has been. . .. . .a tad extreme.

Thade ] in defense of apes is no vice, senator! Your ideas threaten our prosperity! The human problem can't be solved with money!

[[Extremism]

Nado We tried that once, and all we got was. .. . .a welfare state that nearly broke us.

Nova I think the city has about as much diversity as I can handle.

Ari This garment was made by one of my humans. And can you deny the skill? Obviously, they're capable of a real culture.

Thade Everything in the human culture takes place below the waist.

Attar Bow your heads! We give thanks for the fruit of the land. Bless us, holy father, who created all apes in his image. Hasten the day when you will return and bring peace to your children. Amen.

Apes Amen.

Nado Next you'll be telling us these beasts have a soul.

Ari Of course they do.

Attar The senator's daughter flirts with ].

[[blasphemy]

Thade Is there a soul in there? Do you have a towel?

Ari I've lost my appetite.

The Hateful Eight

Dispassion as the Essence of Justice

Oswaldo Mobray The man who pulls the lever that breaks your neck will be a dispassionate man. And that dispassion is the very essence of justice. For justice delivered without dispassion is always in danger of not being justice.

Planet of the Apes

Conflict over a captured senator's daughter

Thade When you find them, kill them all. Except for the troublemaker. I want to talk to him before he dies.

Attar Sir, the senator's daughter is with them.

Thade They took her?

Attar She's helping them. I saw her myself.

Thade She had no choice. They threatened her life. I'll report to the ]. They'll beat their chests and ask for my help.

[[Senate]

Attar They are weak without you, sir.

Planet of the Apes

Questioning the Existence of a Soul

Thade Is there a soul in there?

Planet of the Apes

Extremism and Prosperity in the Ape Society

Thade Extremism in defense of apes is no vice, Senator. Your ideas threaten our prosperity. The human problem cannot be solved by simply throwing money at it.

The Hateful Eight

The Value of Life and Caution

Oswaldo Mobray Precautions must be taken because life is too sweet to lose!

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Death and Existence: A Philosophical Debate

Rosencrantz Do you think Death could possibly be a boat?

Guildenstern No, no, no... death is not. Death isn't. Take my meaning? Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not be on a boat.

Rosencrantz I've frequently not been on boats.

Guildenstern No, no... what you've been is not on boats.

Planet of the Apes

The burdens of parenting across species

Thade Living with your daughter, Senator, would age any ape quickly.

Memorable Quotes from Tim Roth