John Huston movie quotes

“I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk.”
John Huston

“The party didn't slow down 'till dawn. The crew of a San Pedro tuna boat showed up about One, and was routed. The police came by at Two, and stayed to join the party. Mack used their squad car to go get more wine. A woman called the police to complain about the noise, and couldn't get anybody. The crew of the tuna boat came back about Three, and...” (continue)(continue reading)

John Huston - Narrator

“- Black girl: Lawgiver, who knows about the future?
- The Lawgiver: Perhaps only the dead.”
John Huston - The Lawgiver

“- God: Adam, where art thou?
- Adam: I was afraid because I was naked.
- God: Who told thee that thou wast naked?”
John Huston - God
Michael Parks - Adam

“I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.”
John Huston - God

“- God: What hast thou done?
- Eve: The serpent beguiled me and I did eat.”
John Huston - God
Ulla Bergryd - Eve

“I don't try to guess what a million people will like. It's hard enough to know what I like.”
John Huston

“We can make bad pictures, too... Costs more, but we can make 'em.”
John Huston

“Hollywood has always been a cage, a cage to catch our dreams.”
John Huston

“Tales of my toughness are exaggerated. I never killed an actor.”
John Huston

“- Gandalf the Grey: I have brought him.
- Thorin Oakenshield: Farewell, good thief. I wish to part in friendship, and would take back my words at the gate.
- Bilbo Baggins: There were many words I would take back, also.”

John Huston - Gandalf
Hans Conried - Thorin Oakenshield
Orson Bean - Bilbo

“- Gandalf the Grey: Surely you don't disbelieve the prophecies because you helped bring them about? You don't really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit? You're a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I'm very fond of you, but you're only quite a little fellow in a wide world,...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Huston - Gandalf
Orson Bean - Bilbo Baggins

“- Gandalf the Grey: Bilbo Baggins?
- Bilbo Baggins: Uh, yes.
- Gandalf the Grey: I am looking to hire a burglar.
- Bilbo Baggins: Burglar. I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place.
- Gandalf the Grey: You mean you do not wish to share a grand adventure?
- Bilbo Baggins: Dear me, no. We, Hobbits, are plain quiet folk. Adventures make one late...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Huston - Gandalf The Grey
Orson Bean - Bilbo

“Surgery. (when asked the secret of his long life).”
John Huston

“I'm all that's standing between you and darkest night, son. The other side of me, there's chaos.”
John Huston - Pa Kegan

“- Gandalf the Grey: This is a map of Lonely Mountain, presented to me 100 years ago by your father.
- Thorin Oakenshield: Why wasn't it given to me, the rightful heir?
- Gandalf the Grey: I have chosen my own time to give it to you.”
John Huston - Gandalf
Hans Conried - Thorin Oakenshield

“- Narrator: After an hour or so, Doc was tired of driving. Something more was needed to combat his restlessness, with an element of danger maybe. Because he could find no one to get into a fight with, he did the next best thing.
- Beer Milkshake Waitress: What'll it be.
- Doc: A beer milkshake.”
John Huston - Narrator
Judy Kerr - Beer Milkshake Waitress
Nick Nolte - Doc

“- Ned Turner: Will, I've herad the suckers on a tentacles are like the claws on a tiger.
- Will Gleason: Compared to suckers on a tentacle, claws are nothing Mr. Turner.”
John Huston - Ned Turner
Bo Hopkins - Will Gleason

“I got sixty million bucks riding on that ship, kiddo, and you leave her like a Friday-night hooker.”
John Huston - Pa Kegan