Bill Paxton movie quotes

“- Joey Rosselini: You know, Gerald, I've dealt with niggers, kikes, pollacks, chinks, spics. God made it, I've seen it. But you fucking hillbillies, you are the dumbest that I've met!
- Gerald Gates: Go to Hell!
- Joey Rosselini: You know, Gerald, I gotta hand it to you, you got balls. Stupid as shit, but major balls.”
Adam Baldwin - Joey Rosselini
Bill Paxton - Gerald Gates

“- Wick: Who's the leader, Mr. Vaughn? Who makes decisions on the mountain that mean other people live or die? Who plays God, so to speak?
- Elliot: There can only be one leader. It's always the best climber. In this case I've made it clear to everyone Tom McLaren is that man.”
Scott Glenn - Montgomery Wick
Bill Paxton - Elliot Vaughn

“- Lieutenant Andrew Tyler: Mr. Coonan, our boys are submarine sailors, not combat marines.
- Marine Maj. Coonan: The boys onboard that U-boat are sailors too. Your men'll be ready, Lieutenant. I'll train them myself.
- Lt. Commander Mike Dahlgren: You've come to the right boat.”
Matthew McConaughey - Lt. Andrew Tyler
Keith David - Maj. Matthew Coonan
Bill Paxton - Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

“- Dr. Jo Harding: Do you have full coverage on that truck?
- Bill Harding: Liability only.
- Dr. Jo Harding: Liability only... well, it's a very pretty truck.
- Melissa: Thank you.
[Bill Harding smiles and realizes what she is thinking]
- Bill Harding: Don't even think about it. No way.”

Helen Hunt Jackson - Dr. Jo Harding
Bill Paxton - Bill Harding
Jami Gertz - Dr. Melissa Reeves

“I got three rules: one, shit happens; two, shit happens on a regular basis; and three, you better get used to rule one and two.”
Bill Paxton - Tucker

“- Fred Haise: It hurts when I urinate.
- Jim Lovell: Well, you're not getting enough water.
- Fred Haise: No, I'm drinkin' my rations, same as you... I think old Swigert gave me the clap. Been pissin' in my relief tube.
- Jim Lovell: Well, that'd be a hot one at the debriefing for the flight surgeons... Another first for America's spacemen.”
Bill Paxton - Fred Haise
Tom Hanks - Jim Lovell

“Remember what I said about people seein' a bright light before they die? It ain't true. I can't see a damn thing.”

Bill Paxton - Morgan Earp

“- Sarah: You have to go back and return some of the money.
- Hank: What?
- Sarah: A lot. Like 500,000. You see, that way when they find the plane they'll assume nobody's been there yet. It'll put us beyond suspicion. No one could walk away from that much money...”
Bridget Fonda - Sarah
Bill Paxton - Hank

“- Elliot: We can't waste resources on a lost cause.
- Annie: Saving somebody's life is not a lost cause.
- Elliot: It is if you know they can't be saved. Why should three people die, if two can live?”
Robin Tunney - Annie Garrett
Bill Paxton - Elliot Vaughn

“- Dr. Jo Harding: Hey, as long as you're happy...
- Bill Harding: I am. I am happy. I'm a happy person. I'm happy with my life. I'm happy with the way things are going in my life. I'm happy with... with...
- Dr. Jo Harding: Melissa?
- Bill Harding: I know her name! Yes. I'm happy... with... Melissa!”

Helen Hunt Jackson - Dr. Jo Harding
Bill Paxton - Bill Harding

“- Jill Young: So, this is L.A., huh? Everything looks the same. How do you know where you are?
- Gregg O'Hara: It's easy. The ocean's that way, the mountains are that way, Mexico's that way, and Canada's that way. You don't have to worry about the rest; you'll never see it through the smog.”
Charlize Theron - Jill Young
Bill Paxton - Gregg O'Hara

“- Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon: I don't have the legal authority.
- Fantasia: You didn't have the legal authority to fuck me when I was 17-years-old... but that didn't stop you, did it?”
Bill Paxton - Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon
Cynda Williams - Fantasia

“- Dr. Jo Harding: Can I drive?
- Bill Harding: No!
- Dr. Jo Harding: Then would you?
- Bill Harding: [noticing the truck has drifted off the road and is about to run into a parked vehicle] Whoa!”

Helen Hunt Jackson - Dr. Jo Harding
Bill Paxton - Bill Harding

“- Hank: Jacob, you got the whole world.
- Jacob: I don't wanna hear that.
- Hank: You can go anywhere you want.
- Jacob: This is what I want. This is... this is where I wanna be. It's my home, Hank.”
Bill Paxton - Hank
Billy Bob Thornton - Jacob

“- Dr. Jo Harding: Have you lost your nerve?
- Bill Harding: [laughs] Tighten your seatbelt!”

Helen Hunt Jackson - Dr. Jo Harding
Bill Paxton - Bill Harding

“- Caleb Colton: Am I alive?
- Severen: Hey. You look like 40 miles of rough road!”

Adrian Pasdar - Caleb Colton
Bill Paxton - Severen

“Had a bad childhood? We can fix it!”

Bill Paxton - Jim Reston

“You hesitate. But as a captain, you can't. You have to act. If you don't, you put the entire crew at risk. Now that's the job. It's not a science. You have to be able to make hard decisions based on imperfect information. Asking men to carry out orders that may result in their deaths. And if you're wrong, you suffer the consequences. If you're...” (continue)(continue reading)

Bill Paxton - Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

“- Patron in Bar: You spilled my drink.
- Severen: Well, why don't you lick it up off the bar, meatball?”
Robert Winley - Patron in Bar
Bill Paxton - Severen

“- Sarah: If we think it's him, you shouldn't go.
- Hank: Why not?
- Sarah: Because he's going to shoot all three of you, Hank. As soon as he sees the plane. That's why he wants you to go, so he can get rid of the witnesses.
- Hank: But if he's really from the FBI, and I don't show up, it's gonna look as suspicious as hell.”

Bridget Fonda - Sarah
Bill Paxton - Hank

“Killing people is wrong, destroying demons is good. Don't worry, God will send you your own list when you're older.”
Bill Paxton - Dad Meiks

“- Jack Belston: Why'd you come up?
- Beth Warden: Because I wanted to be sad. Now I'm sad.”
Bill Paxton - Jack Belston
Diane Lane - Beth Warden

“Let's see the color of your money!”

Bill Paxton - Clyde the Bartender

“- Private Hudson: Maybe it's like an ant-hive?
- Private Vasquez: Bees, man. Bees have hives!”

Bill Paxton - Private Hudson
Jenette Goldstein - Private Vasquez

“- Lieutenant Gorman: Look, we can't have any firing in there. I, uh... I want you to collect magazines from everybody.
- Private Hudson: Is he fuckin' crazy?
- Private Frost: What the hell are we supposed to use, man, harsh language?”
William Hope - Lieutenant Gorman
Bill Paxton - Private Hudson
Ricco Ross - Private Frost