Kevin Kline movie quotes

“Some of my favorite characters that I've played have been very pompous because I love making fun of pompous people.”
Kevin Kline

“Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.”
Kevin Kline

“I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.”
Kevin Kline

“- Wanda Gershwitz: I want you to know something Otto.
- Otto: What?
- Wanda Gershwitz: Even if you were my brother I'd still want to fuck you.”
Jamie Lee Curtis - Wanda Gershwitz
Kevin Kline - Otto

“- William Hundert: Follow the path, Mr. Masoudi. Walk where the great men before you have walked.
- Louis Masoudi: Yes, sir. It’s… it's better for the grass.
- William Hundert: It's better for you.”
Kevin Kline - William Hundert
Jesse Eisenberg - Louis Masoudi

“- Wanda Gershwitz: I thought you weren't jealous?
- Otto: I'm not. I don't believe in jealousy, it's for the weak. One thing though. Touch his dick and he's dead!”
Jamie Lee Curtis - Wanda Gershwitz
Kevin Kline - Otto

“When I first heard the name Clouseau, he was a little nothing. Just another police officer in a small village far from Paris. He was the village idiot, I think.”

Kevin Kline - Dreyfus

“- Tulio: What's happening here?
- Miguel: We're both in barrels. That's the extent of my knowledge.”
Kevin Kline - Tulio
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Miguel

“- Otto: Don't call me stupid.
- Wendy: Why on earth not?
- Otto: Oh, you English are so superior, aren't you? Well, would you like to know what you'd be without us, the good ol' U.S. of A. to protect you? I'll tell you. The smallest fucking province in the Russian Empire, that's what! So don't call me stupid, lady. Just thank me.”
Kevin Kline - Otto
Maria Aitken - Wendy

“- Beth: I'm not talking about doctors, I'm talking about you.
- Joseph: Have I ever put my work before you or the girls? Ok, sometimes. When I'm doing surgery on someone's spine to relieve them of a life of pain, I have put my work first! The girls always understood and they never complained.
- Beth: Were we living in the same house?”
Diane Keaton - Beth
Kevin Kline - Joseph

“- Joey: I cheated on my wife.
- Priest: You committed adultery?
- Joey: Yes
- Priest: How many times?
- Joey Boca: Uh... 5 times the last 2 weeks... wait, no, that's wrong... it was uh... it was uh, 4 times this week, uh... with 3 women, and uh... 3 times last week with 2 other women... wow... plus one of the women from this week was the same as...” (continue)(continue reading)
Kevin Kline - Joey
Art Cahn - Priest

“Candlelight, privacy, music. Can't think of a better place for hand-to-hand combat.”

Kevin Kline - Phoebus

“- Artemus Gordon: I only have one request: That you aim for my heart, my heart which has loved this country so much.
- Dr. Arliss Loveless: Shoot him in the head.
- Artemus Gordon: Damn.”

Kevin Kline - Artemus Gordon
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Dr. Arliss Loveless

“- Miguel: Tulio, you worry too much.
- Tulio: No, I worry exactly the right amount. You can never worry too much!”
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Miguel
Kevin Kline - Tulio

“- Sam Monroe: You knew you were dying from the start?
- George Monroe: We're all dying from the start. I just got pushed to the head of the line.”

Hayden Christensen - Sam Monroe
Kevin Kline - George Monroe

“When a person thinks they're about to die, nothing looks like it was worth their time.”
Kevin Kline - Mack

“- Joseph: We haven't lost a person. We lost a dog.
- Beth: Love is love. It doesn't matter if it's a dog.”
Kevin Kline - Joseph
Diane Keaton - Beth

“I don't like you. You're weird and unattractive.”
Kevin Kline - Vince McCain

“You spent the whole fucking afternoon with him, or should I say, you spent the whole afternoon fucking him.”

Kevin Kline - Nathan

“- Cobb: I was hoping you'd changed your mind about the job.
- Paden: You didn't tell me you owned a saloon.
- Cobb: Oh, that ain't the half of it, friend. Welcome to heaven.”

Brian Dennehy - Cobb
Kevin Kline - Paden

“- Dreyfus: Understand something Clouseau. When I made you an inspector, it was not because I thought you had any value as a detective. It was because I thought you were the stupidest policeman in all of France, a hopeless, deluded idiot.
- Clouseau: Then I was not promoted for my merits?”
Kevin Kline - Dreyfus
Steve Martin - Clouseau

“- Paden: Stella. Are you the Midnight Star herself?
- Stella: I am. I'm always there, but I only shine at night.”
Kevin Kline - Paden
Linda Hunt - Stella

“Miguel, you know that little voice people have that tells them to quit when they're ahead? You don't have one!”
Kevin Kline - Tulio

“- Otto: Don't call me stupid.
- Wanda Gershwitz: Oh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I've known sheep that could outwit you. I've worn dresses with higher IQs. But you think you're an intellectual, don't you, ape?
- Otto: Apes don't read philosophy.
- Wanda Gershwitz: Yes they do, Otto. They just don't understand it.”
Kevin Kline - Otto
Jamie Lee Curtis - Wanda Gershwitz

“I'm here because I'm bored. Bored hanging around this God-awful city. Shoving George's ugly pic... talking to a lot of snotty, stuck up, intellectual British faggots. Jesus they're uptight they get rigor mortis in the prime of life in this country, standing there with their hair clenched.”

Kevin Kline - Otto