Christopher Plummer movie quotes

“A Nazi is a bad person.”
Christopher Plummer - Zev Gutman

“- Tyler: My name's Tyler.
- Zev Gutman: [shakes hand] Nice to meet you, Tyler. My name is Zev.
- Tyler: That's a strange name.
- Zev Gutman: In Hebrew, it means wolf.”
Peter DaCunha - Tyler
Christopher Plummer - Zev Gutman

“- Tyler: Why don't you fly? It's faster.
- Zev Gutman: I don't know [laughs].
- Tyler: [smiles] That's not a good reason.
- Zev Gutman: [laughs] You're a real whipperschnapper aren't you?”

Peter DaCunha - Tyler
Christopher Plummer - Zev Gutman

“I'll give you a piece of advice: stay single.”
Christopher Plummer - Squadron Leader Colin Harvey

“- Maria: But I don't have another one. When we entered the abbey our worldly clothes were given to the poor.
- Captain von Trapp: What about this one?
- Maria: The poor didn't want this one.”
Julie Andrews - Maria
Christopher Plummer - Captain von Trapp

“- Abraham Van Helsing: If you harm my daughter, I swear to the Lord Christ...
- Dracula: Shh! He doesn't care. In that you can trust.”
Christopher Plummer - Abraham Van Helsing
Gerard Butler - Dracula

“Either you work for me or you die.”

Christopher Plummer - Bob Blair

“I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.”
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“Most of my life I have played a lot of famous people but most of them were dead so you have a poetic license.”
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“I couldn't believe when I first got a fan letter from Al Pacino, it was unreal.”
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“I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill.”
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“- Dr. Watson: You squashed my pea.
- Sherlock Holmes: Now you've got it cornered.
- Dr. Watson: Yes, but squashing a fellow's pea.
- Sherlock Holmes: Just trying to help.
- Dr. Watson: I didn't want it squashed, I don't like it that way - I like it whole so that you can feel it pop when you bite down on it.”

James Mason - Dr. Watson
Christopher Plummer - Sherlock Holmes

“When people are frightened, they turn to God, and when they have no help from him, they look to the Devil.”
Christopher Plummer - Sherlock Holmes

- Helen Caperelli: Mike...
- Mike Wallace: Mike? "Mike"! Try "Mr. Wallace". We work in the same corporation doesn't mean we work in the same profession.
Gina Gershon - Helen Caperelli
Christopher Plummer - Mike Wallace

“This is America, the place to find hope. If you give up now, you will never find them. So never say never.”

Christopher Plummer - Henri

“- Mike Wallace: Do you wish you hadn't come forward? Do you wish you hadn't blown the whistle?
- Jeffrey Wigand: There are times when I wish I hadn't done it. There are times when I feel compelled to do it. If you asked me would I do it again, do I think it's worth it? Yeah, I think it's worth it.”

Christopher Plummer - Mike Wallace
Russell Crowe - Jeffrey Wigand

“In space, all warriors are cold warriors.”
Christopher Plummer - Chang

“He hates God. He is repulsed by all things Christian. But these things do not kill him, no. They only fill him with a rage.”

Christopher Plummer - Abraham Van Helsing

“We've unmasked madmen, Watson, wielding scepters. Reason run riot. Justice howling at the moon.”
Christopher Plummer - Sherlock Holmes

“- The Emperor: For the space of three minutes, every molecule on this planet will be immobilized. But after the third minute, the green ray loses it's power. Time will flow once more and everything will explode.
- Prince Simon: Three minutes are enough, father.”
Christopher Plummer - The Emperor
David Hasselhoff - Prince Simon

“- Herr Zeller: I've not asked you where you and your family are going. Nor have you asked me why I am here.
- Captain von Trapp: Well, apparently, we're both suffering from a deplorable lack of curiosity.”
Ben Wright - Herr Zeller
Christopher Plummer - Captain von Trapp

“Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell would that be?”
Christopher Plummer - Dr. Rosen

“- Prime Minister Lord Salisbury: You have us at a disadvantage, Mr. Holmes. I think it might be better if you tell us your story in your own way and permit me to be the judge of whether it is true or not.
- Sherlock Holmes: You may take it to be true, sir!”
Sir John Gielgud - Prime Minister Lord Salisbury
Christopher Plummer - Sherlock Holmes

Be honest, Captain, warrior to warrior. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends".

Christopher Plummer - Chang

“- Captain von Trapp: Drapes?
- Maria: They still have plenty of wear left. The children have been everywhere in them.
- Captain von Trapp: Do you mean to tell me that my children have been roaming about Salzburg dressed up in nothing but some old drapes?
- Maria: Hm-hm. And having a marvelous time!”
Christopher Plummer - Captain von Trapp
Julie Andrews - Maria