Memorable Quotes from Viggo Mortensen
58 quotesA Plea for Safety and Assurance
Eddie Boone
Promise me we were safe.
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Smoke and Breathing in the Car
Don Shirley
Could you put out the cigarette, please?
Tony Lip
Why?
Don Shirley
I can't breathe back here.
Tony Lip
What are you talkin about? Smoke's going down my lungs. I'm doin all the work here.
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The True Nature of Hell Explained
Lucifer
Do you know what Hell really is, Thomas? It's not lakes of burning oil or chains of ice. It's being removed from God's sight, of having His word taken from you. It's hard to believe, Thomas, so hard. I know that better than anyone.
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Lucifer's View on Humanity and Spirituality
Lucifer
Humans... and how I love you talking monkeys for this... know more about war and treachery of the spirit than any angel.
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A Plan for Deception and Escape
Guy Foucard
Tell them you will let go of the hostages one-by-one. Then, instead of releasing us, release yourself.
Milo
Yeah. We, uh, pretend we'rethe hostages.
[slow realization]
Guy Foucard
And then... tie us up. And, uh... be gone before they come in.
Dova
What do you think?
Law
Hey, I'm a sociopath, you know what I think.
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A Plan to Arrest for Rape Accusation
Nikolai Luzhin
I need you to take Semyon out of the picture. I want you to arrest him.
Yuri
Arrest him for what?
Nikolai Luzhin
Rape. The girl was 14.
Yuri
And of course she will testify?
Nikolai Luzhin
She is dead, but she had Semyon's baby. If you can prove baby was his, and girl was underage, that is statutory rape. You have baby, you need Semyon's DNA. For poetic reasons, I suggest you take his blood.
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Challenge of Silence and Stillness
Eddie Boone
I bet you can't sit still and be quiet for even one minute.
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A Call for Ruthlessness in Battle
Aragorn
Show them no mercy... for you shall receive none!
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The War Between Angels and Humanity
Lucifer
Other angels have made this war because they hate you, you and all humans. God has put you in His grace and pushed them aside. They're desperate. They've never been able to conquer the other loyal angels, and so this war has remained in stalemate for thousands of years. And while this state of affairs endures, no soul can meet its God. Your parents, and their parents, and so on from the beginning lie still in wormy Earth. Of course, some of them do come to me eventually, for while Heaven may be closed I am always open, even on Christmas.
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Misconceptions About Dwarf Women in Middle-earth
Gimli
It's true you don't see many Dwarf women. In fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance, that they're often mistaken for Dwarf men.
Aragorn
It's the beards.
[aside to Éowyn]
Gimli
This in turn has given raise to the belief that there are no women. And that Dwarves just spring out of holes in the ground! Which is of course ridiculous.
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Nikolai's Dark Task Ahead
Nikolai Luzhin
Okay. Now I'm going to do his teeth and cut off his fingers. You might want to leave room. (Puts out his cigarette on his tongue)
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Trusting the Itinerary Over Worries
Tony Lip
Ain't they supposed to be following us?
Don Shirley
They have the itinerary. As long as they get to the show on time, I'm not worried about it, and neither should you.
Tony Lip
I ain't worried about nothin'... In fact, when you see me worried? You'll know.
Don Shirley
Tony...
Tony Lip
You'll know if I'm worried...
Don Shirley
How bout some quiet time? Hmm?
Tony Lip
Sure. It's amazing you said that. "How bout some quiet time?" Dolores, my wife, used to say that all the time... Well, not all the time but, y'know, she says it when, when I come home from work sometime, you know, she been with the kids all day and she'll say, "Tony? How bout some quiet time?" Exactly like how you said it! I mean, it's amazing...
[Shrugging; Chuckles]
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Navigating Complicated World of Nightclubs
Don Shirley
Tony! I'm sorry about last night.
Tony Lip
...Don't worry bout it. I been working nightclubs in New York City my whole life. I know it's a... complicated world.
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Lucifer's Reflection on Innocence and Fear
Lucifer
Little Tommy Daggett. How I loved listening to your sweet prayers every night. And then you would jump into bed, so afraid that I was under there. And I was!
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A Warning to Avoid Dangerous People
Nikolai Luzhin
Forget any of this happened. Stay away from people like me.
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Ambition and Loyalty in Uncertain Times
Anna
Why are you doing this, why are you helping us?
Nikolai Luzhin
How can I become king, if the king is still in place?
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Unity in Rebuilding a Shared Future
Aragorn
This day does not belong to one man, but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace.
[after being crowned as King of Gondor]
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Expression of Love and Devotion
Lucifer
I love you! I love you more than ]!
[shrill whisper; [Jesus]
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A Friendly Bet Between Two Characters
Dr. Don Shirley
I’ve been looking for you.
Tony Lip
Yeah, sorry. The guys were having a little game.
Dr. Don Shirley
Next time you need extra money, just ask me.
Tony Lip
It’s more fun winning it.
Dr. Don Shirley
And what if you lost?
Tony Lip
Craps and cards. I don’t lose, Doc. I don’t lose.
Dr. Don Shirley
So stooping down in the gravel pitching dice for pocket change makes you a winner?
Tony Lip
What are you giving me shit for? Everybody was doing it.
Dr. Don Shirley
They didn’t have a choice whether to be inside or out. You did. Now, wipe off your knees. You have dirt on them.
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Reflections on Past Mistakes and Regrets
Eddie Boone
You know, lately I've been lying awake at night thinking of all the dumb-ass things I've done when I was messed up. One night last year, at dinner, I threw up all over my glazed ham. Then I was thinking, "Well, maybe nobody noticed.
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A Moral Stand Against Violence
Nikolai Luzhin
Kirill, we don't kill little babies.
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Elves Observe Uruk-Hai's Path to Isengard
Aragorn
Legolas! What do your Elf eyes see?
Legolas
The Uruks turned northeast! They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard!
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Seeking Protection on a Journey
Tony Lip
This could get bad, Doc.
[Surveying the snow]
Don Shirley
Yes. It's a shame we don't have something to protect us on our journey. Oh, I know. Why don't you put your lucky rock up on the dash, Tony? Come on, Tony, we need all the help we can get.
Don Shirley
Thank you. I feel safer already.
Tony Lip
You're a real prick, you know that?
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Choices Between Exile and Death
Anna
My uncle has gone missing, since I told you about him translating the diary.
Nikolai Luzhin
Your uncle is fine, he is in Edinburgh, in a 5-Star Hotel. I was ordered to send him to Heaven with a bullet in his brain... instead I gave him a first class ticket to Scotland. He is old-school, he understands things... exile or death.
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Embracing Unique Musical Identity
Tony Lip
I dunno. Personally I think if you stuck to the classic stuff it would've been a big mistake.
Don Shirley
A mistake? Performing the music I trained my entire life to play?
Tony Lip
Trained? What are you, a seal? People love what you do! Anyone can sound like ] or ] or them other guys you said. But your music, what you do? Only you can do that!
[[Beethoven; [Chopin|Joe Pan]
Don Shirley
Thank you, Tony. But not everyone can play Chopin. Not like I can.
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A Conversation About Actions and Consequences
Don Shirley
Before we pull out, Tony, we need to have a talk.
Tony Lip
Yeah?
Don Shirley
Oleg told me what you did.
Tony Lip
What'd I do?
Don Shirley
You stole a jade stone from the store.
Tony Lip
No I didn't.
Don Shirley
He watched you do it.
Tony Lip
I didn't steal no stone.
Don Shirley
You picked it up and put it in your pocket.
Tony Lip
I picked up a rock off of the ground. I didn't steal it from a box.
Don Shirley
Now why would you pick up a rock off the ground?
Tony Lip
I don't know. Cause it ain't stealing. It's just a regular rock.
Don Shirley
And why would you want a regular rock?
Tony Lip
To have. For luck, maybe.
Don Shirley
A lucky rock.
Tony Lip
Yeah.
Don Shirley
Let me see it. Mm-hmm. Take it back and pay for it.
[Don holds out his hand; reluctantly Tony hands him the rock]
Tony Lip
I told you that Kraut was a snake. Rats me out for something I didn't even do!
[swears in Italian]
Don Shirley
Pay for the stone, Tony; you'll feel better.
Tony Lip
I feel fine! And I ain't paying for no regular rock I found in the dirt.
[starts to drive]
Don Shirley
Do not drive, Mr. Vallelonga. Put it back.
[Tony stops]
Don Shirley
Feel better?
Tony Lip
No.
Don Shirley
If you like, Tony, I'd happily buy you the stone.
Tony Lip
Don't bother. You took all the fun out of it.
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Reflections on Violence and Change in Life
Pachanga
Carlito, man, Death Valley out here, man. You know me, I take to the street with any of these Motherfuckers, man. But these new kids nowadays, man, they got no respect for human life. They shotgun you just to see you fly up in the air. You’re better off in jail.
Lalin
What do you mean? You didn’t hear? I took a few in the back. When the streets are mad at you she don’t put you in a box, she puts you in one of these things.
Saso
What has happened to you? What are you acting like this for? It doesn’t make sense that you should hate this guy. Because this guy is you, twenty years ago.
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Origins of a Nickname
Don Shirley
So where did this "Tony the Lip" moniker come from?
Tony Lip
It's not "Tony the Lip", it's "Tony Lip". One word. I got it when I was a kid cause my friends said I was the best bullshit artist in the Bronx.
[laughs; Chuckles]
Don Shirley
Why are you smiling?
[Horrified]
Tony Lip
What do you mean?
Don Shirley
It doesn't bother you that your friends – the people closest to you – consider you a liar?
Tony Lip
Who said liar? I said bullshit artist!
Don Shirley
And what's the difference?
Tony Lip
Cause I don't lie! Ever! I'm just good at talkin people into... y'know, doin things they don't wanna do... By bullshittin em.
[Grins]
Don Shirley
And you're proud of that?
Tony Lip
Well, it got me this job.
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Self-Interest vs. Genuine Concern in Relationships
Tony Lip
You know, if this got out, it would kill your career.
Don Shirley
OK Tony, I need you to stop it with the phony altruism and concern for my career.
Tony Lip
The hell's that mean?
Don Shirley
You were only thinking about yourself back there because you know if I miss a show it'd come out of your pocketbook.
Tony Lip
Of course I don't want you to miss a show, you ungrateful bastard! You think I'm doing this for my health? Tonight I saved your ass! So show a little appreciation, maybe! Besides, I told you never to go nowhere without me!
Don Shirley
...I assumed you'd want this to be the exception.
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Lucifer's Rejection of Divine Love
Lucifer
God? God is love. I don't love you.
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Comment on Relationship Expectations
Eddie Boone
You're not like, uh, one of them paternity suit kind of gals.
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Self-Interest Over Civic Duty
Tony Lip
It's like what your friend the President said, "Ask not... Your country, what you could do for it. Ask what you do for yourself." Y'know?
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Disappointment in Pittsburgh's Expectations
Tony Lip
You know, Doc, something's been eating at me this whole trip.
Don Shirley
Hmm?
Tony Lip
That Titsburgh was a major disappointment. I didn't notice any difference at all. Did you?
Don Shirley
Good night, Tony.
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Conflict Between Lucifer and Gabriel
Gabriel
This war is mine!
Lucifer
Your war is arrogance. That makes it evil. That's mine.
Gabriel
Lucifer. Sitting in your basement. Sulking over your break up with the boss. You're nothing.
[defiantly]
Lucifer
Time to come home, Gabriel.
[Tears out Gabriel's heart, killing him]
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Evil Presence in Rohan's Lands
Aragorn
Rohan, realm of the horse lords. There is something evil at work in these lands. Something evil gives speed to these creatures and sets its will against us.
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Courage in the Face of Mortality
Aragorn
I do not fear death.
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Balancing Work and Free Time
Eddie Boone
I only work every fifth day. Hell else am I supposed to do with my time.
[In response to the others learning that he follows a soap opera]
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Faith and Light in the Face of Darkness
Thomas Daggett
I have my soul. And I have my faith. What do you have, angel?
Lucifer
Leave the light on, Thomas.
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Tex's Question About Texas
Tex
So? How do you like Texas?
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An Army Created to Annihilate Humanity
Aragorn
It is an army bred for a single purpose: to destroy the World of Men.
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Apology and Acknowledgment of Human Flaws
Eddie Boone
Look, I messed up. I got riled up, and there isn't a lot I can do about it right now. Except I just want to say I'm sorry, and uh, you know, people make mistakes. If you can't handle that-- it you-- if you want to decide that, uh, my messing up means I'm not worth being your friend, then you aren't half as smart as you think you are.
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The Nature of Faith and Understanding
Lucifer
Think, Thomas. What is the one thing essential to an angel, the thing that holds his entire being together?
Thomas Daggett
Faith.
Lucifer
And what would happen if that faith was tested, and an angel, like you, just didn't understand? Use that. Use it!
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Appreciating the Taste of Southern Fried Chicken
Tony Lip
Mmm. I think this is the best Kentucky Fried Chicken I ever had. But I guess it's fresher down here, right?
[Eating KFC in Kentucky]
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A Conversation About a Missing Pregnant Girl
Anna
Have you ever met a girl named Tatiana?
Nikolai Luzhin
I meet lot of girls named Tatiana.
Anna
She was pregnant.
Nikolai Luzhin
Ah, in that case – no, I've never heard of her.
Anna
She died on my shift.
Nikolai Luzhin
I thought you did birth?
Anna
Sometimes birth and death go together. She came in with needle punches all over both arms. Probably a prostitute, at the age of fourteen. Do you think Semyon's son knew her?
Nikolai Luzhin
I am driver. I go left, I go right, I go straight ahead – that's it.
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Confronting Morality in a Dangerous World
Anna
So you've read the diary. How can you keep doing what you're doing?
Nikolai Luzhin
I'm just a driver.
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A Moment of Humble Respect and Unity
Aragorn
My friends...you bow to no one.
[last words to the four Hobbits of the Fellowship, following Mordor's defeat]
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A Humorous Take on Letter Writing
Don Shirley
What on God's green earth are you doing?
Tony Lip
A letter.
Don Shirley
Looks more like a piecemeal ransom note. May I? "Dear Dolores"... D-E-A-R. This is an animal. "I'm meeting all the highly leading citizens of the town. People that use big words, all of them. But you know me, I get by. I'm a good bullshitter." Two Ts in bullshitter. "As I'm writing this letter, I'm eating potato chips, and I'm starting to get thirsty. I washed my socks and dried them on the TV. I should have... brung... the iron..." You know this is pathetic, right?
[taps paper]
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Lucifer's Perspective on Chaos and Control
Lucifer
You see, I'm not here to help you and the little bitch because I love you or because I care for you, but because two Hells is one Hell too many, and I can't have that.
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A Tense Conversation Between Lucifer and Catherine
Lucifer
Hello, Catherine. We must talk.
Catherine
No... I can't...
[overwhelmed]
Lucifer
I can lay you out and fill your mouth with your mother's feces... or we can talk.
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The Decline of Perfect Love
Lucifer
I was the first angel, loved once above all others. A perfect love. But like all true loves... one day it withered on the vine...
[sing-song]
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Musician Prepares for Southern Concert Tour
Don Shirley
I am not a medical doctor. I'm a musician. I'm about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South. What other experience do you have?
Tony Lip
Public relations.
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Live Life with Full Commitment
Tony Lip
You know, my father used to say, whatever you do, do it 100%. When you work, work. When you laugh, laugh. When you eat, eat like it's your last meal.
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Resurrection and Purpose in Adversity
Aragorn
You fell.
Gandalf
Through fire and water. From the lowest dungeon to the highest peak, I fought with the Balrog of Morgoth. Until at last, I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin upon the mountainside. Darkness took me. And I strayed out of thought and time. Stars wheeled overhead and everyday was as long as a life-age of the earth. But it was not the end. I felt life in me again. I've been sent back until my task is done.
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Encouraging Playfulness and Family Dynamics
Tex
You should let Junior play with you for a bit. He is good at baby making.
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A Tribute to Friendship and Sacrifice
Aragorn
For Frodo.
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A Call to Stand and Fight
Aragorn
Sons of Gondor! Of Rohan! My brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of Men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand! Men of the West!
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Misunderstanding the Album Title
Tony Lip
You know, when you first hired me, my wife went out and bought one of your records. The one about the orphans?
Don Shirley
Orphans?
Tony Lip
Yeah. Cover had a bunch of kids sittin around a campfire?
Don Shirley
Orpheus.
Tony Lip
...Yeah.
Don Shirley
]. It's based on a French opera. And those weren't children on the cover, those were demons in the bowels of Hell.
[[w:Orpheus in the Underworld|Orpheus in the Underworld]
Tony Lip
No shit! They must've been naughty kids!
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Loneliness and Fear of Connection
Tony Lip
The world is full of lonely people afraid to make the first move.
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