Last Action Hero (1993) - Quotes

Quotes about Last Action Hero: [[w:John McTiernan|John McTiernan; http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/on-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-notorious-flop-5-things-you-might-not-know-about-last-action-hero-20130627, 5 Things You Might Not Know About Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Notorious Flop ‘Last Action Hero’] * ], , IndieWire, 27 June 2013

Quotes about Last Action Hero: The worst time I’ve ever had in this business.

Taglines: This isn't the movies anymore.

Taglines: A great classic comes to the screen.

Taglines: The big ticket for 93.

Taglines: [Theatrical] Did Someone Say Action?

Taglines: [DVD cover] He's mean . . . And he'll blast through your screen!

Ripper: Hey, Jack. What kept you?

Jack: Are you alright, Danny?

Danny: Yes, sir.

Ripper: You know, I tried to change, Jack. I really tried to do what he told me. But I kept hearing that old music. That's how I knew you'd come, Jack. Now lose the piece.

Jack: [throws gun away] There, now it's between you and me. Let the boy go.

Ripper: [lays down axe; tosses Danny off the building] Now we've played this number before haven't we, Jack? Let's see, what comes next.... You throw the gun away. Right, we did that part... Then, you tell me to let the kid go... Ah, I'm getting bored, why don't we just skip to the end?

Vivaldi: [makes twirling motion with finger] What is this, Benedict? First you're my friend, now you turn a... 360 on me?!

Benedict: 180, you stupid spaghetti-slurping cretin! 180! If I did a 360, I'd go completely around and end up back where I started.

Vivaldi: [confused] ...What?

Benedict: [shoots Vivaldi] Trust me.

Benedict: I understand you are interested in drug dealers.

Jack: Yes.

Danny: [whispering] Jack, that's him, the henchman with the glass eye.

Jack: Sir, are you a henchman?

Benedict: No, I only go as far as lackey. Anything else?

Jack: Yeah, take off your sunglasses.

Benedict: Who's asking?

Jack: [shows police badge] The Tin Man.

Benedict: Well, Tin Man, suppose you hit the bricks.

Jack: Nah, they're the wrong color.

Benedict: [motions behind them, they turn to see guard dogs; snaps fingers, the dogs form in a pyramid] Are they? Oh dear, by all means let's change them. Would arterial red suit you? Make no mistake, they are exceptionally well-trained. I snap my fingers again and sometime tomorrow, you emerge from several canine recta. Or you and Toto can go back to the land of Oz. Questions?

Jack: [casually lights cigar] Yeah... two of them. Why am I wasting my time on a dimestore putz like you, when I could be doing something more dangerous... like rearranging my sock drawers? And two - how exactly are you going to snap your fingers, after I rip off both of your thumbs?

Benedict: [pausing before revealing smiley-face glass eye] Have a nice day.

Danny: Wait. Where are you going?

Jack: {{W|I'll be back}}. Ha! You didn't know I was gonna say that, did you?

Danny: That's what you always say.

Jack: I do.

Danny: Everybody keeps waiting for you to work it in. It's kinda like...your calling card.

Jack: Yes. Could I speak to the drug dealer of the house, please?

Jack: It's a beautiful day and we're out killing drug dealers. Are there any in the house?

Hamlet: [lights a cigar; picks Claudius up] Hey, Claudius....you killed my father. Big mistake.

Narrator: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark! And, Hamlet is taking out the trash!

Old Man: Stay thy hand, fair prince!

Hamlet: [produces a submachine gun and shoots him, plus several other soldiers] Who said I'm fair?

Narrator: No one is going to tell this sweet prince goodnight!

Hamlet: [lights a cigar] {{W|To be, or not to be}}. Not to be.

Benedict: [After shooting a pedestrian dead] HELLO!? I've just shot somebody and I did it on purpose!

Benedict: [Directly to the audience] If God was a villain - he'd be me.

Benedict: [To Danny Madigan] I should tell you that I have killed people smarter and younger than you.

Jack Slater: Put a sock in it! I don't care who does what to your Hershey highway. And stop shouting, I'm not deaf! You know why you are shouting? Because it's in the script. You're the comic relief. Yes. And you know what else? I am the hero. SO SHUT UP!

Jack Slater: Hey, you want to be a farmer? Here's a couple of acres!

Jack Slater: Iced that guy...to cone a phrase.

Jack Slater: Gee, did you make a movie mistake? You forgot to reload the damn gun!

Jack Slater: No sequel for you...

Jack Slater: You've seen these movies where they say "{{w|go ahead, make my day|Make my day}}" or "I'm your worst nightmare"? Well, listen to this one: rubber baby buggy bumpers!

Jack Slater: Silent but deadly.