Jerry Orbach movie quotes

“I'm trying to decide what to arrest you for - obstruction of justice, harboring a fugitive or just being a general pain in the ass!”
Jerry Orbach - Detective Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe

“I specifically asked for him to be put on suicide watch. Apparently here at Riker's that mean that they watch you commit suicide.”
Jerry Orbach - Detective Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe

“Love, a dangerous disease instantly cured by marriage.”
Jerry Orbach - Detective Leonard 'Lennie' Briscoe

“- Beast: [pounds on Belle's door yelling] I thought I told you to come down to dinner!
- Belle: I'm not hungry!
- Beast: You'll come out, or I'll... I'll... I'll break down the door!
- Lumiere: Master, I could be wrong, but that might not be the best way to win the girl's affections.”
Robby Benson - Beast
Paige O'Hara - Belle
Jerry Orbach - Lumiere

“- Lumiere: Impress her with your rapier wit.
- Mrs. Potts: But be gentle.
- Lumiere: Shower her with compliments.
- Mrs. Potts: But be sincere.
- Lumiere: And above all.
- Lumiere, Mrs. Potts: You must control your temper!”

Jerry Orbach - Lumiere
Dame Angela Lansbury - Mrs. Potts

“I don't like to dwell all day over one scene as you do in a big feature.”
Jerry Orbach

“All my life, since I was 16, I've been wondering where that next job was gonna come from.”
Jerry Orbach

“I think the choice of actors that we have is a little more varied and rich here in New York than in L.A.”
Jerry Orbach

“- Jake Houseman: Max, our Baby's gonna change the world.
- Max Kellerman: [to Lisa Houseman] And what are you gonna do, missy?
- Baby Houseman: Oh, Lisa's going to decorate it.
- Robbie Gould: She already does.”
Jerry Orbach - Jake Houseman
Jack Weston - Max Kellerman
Jennifer Grey - Baby Houseman
Max Cantor - Robbie Gould

“- Jake Houseman: Was that what my money paid for?
- Baby Houseman: I'm sorry. I never meant to lie to you.
- Jake Houseman: You're not the person I thought you were. I'm not sure who you are.”

Jerry Orbach - Jake Houseman
Jennifer Grey - Baby Houseman

- Lumiere: Master, we all understand how you feel about Christmas. But when a woman gives a man a gift, she's saying, "I care about you".
- Beast: But I don't have a gift for her.
- Lumiere: It's not too late.
Jerry Orbach - Lumiere
Robby Benson - Beast

“- Lisa Houseman: But the coral shoes match that dress!
- Jake Houseman: This is not a tragedy. A tragedy is three men trapped in a mine, or police dogs used in Birmingham.
- Baby Houseman: Monks burning themselves in protest.”

Jane Brucker - Lisa Houseman
Jerry Orbach - Jake Houseman
Jennifer Grey - Baby Houseman

“- Sa'luk: Aladdin! You didn't capture Aladdin with the others?
- Razoul: Why would he be with the forty thieves?
- Sa'luk: Because his father is The King of Thieves!”
Jerry Orbach - Sa'luk
Jim Cummings - Razoul

“Ma chère mademoiselle. It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now, we invite to relax, let us pull up a chair, as the dining room proudly presents your dinner.”
Jerry Orbach - Lumiere