Matt Dillon movie quotes

“- Rusty James: Why you hate him so much?
- Patterson the Cop: I hate him because you kids think he's an idol but he isn't. He is anything else but he is no hero!”

Matt Dillon - Rusty James
William Smith - Patterson the Cop

“- Rusty James: How do you know when someone's crazy?
- Benny: Well, you don't always. It depends on how many people think they're crazy.”
Matt Dillon - Rusty James
Tom Waits - Benny

“- Nicky Calhoun: I'm Nicky. Paddy, Francie, Crunch.
- Ponch: Some shitty aliases, you all sound like chocolate bars. Where is Twix?”
Matt Dillon - Nicky Calhoun
Devon Bostick - Ponch

“Most people don't know how they're gonna feel from one moment to the next. But a dope fiend has a pretty good idea. All you gotta do is look at the labels on the little bottles.”
Matt Dillon - Bob

“- Rusty James: What do you think California's like? Like all that shit in the movies. Blondes walkin' around, The Beach Boys, palm trees, the ocean. How was the ocean?
- The Motorcycle Boy: I didn't get to the ocean.
- Rusty James: No?
- The Motorcycle Boy: California got in the way.
- Rusty James: California got in the way? I thought California...” (continue)(continue reading)
Matt Dillon - Rusty James
Mickey Rourke - The Motorcycle Boy

“Jesus Christ, is she over eighteen?”
Matt Dillon - Bob

“I don't know why, but I like the saxophone.”
Matt Dillon

“I'm not the greatest boyfriend, but I'm not a creep. It's more like I'm... absent-minded.”
Matt Dillon

“My driving, I've been accused of not being the best, most safest driver.”
Matt Dillon

“Are you a real red head? Are you real? How can I find out if this is your real red hair? If this is the same red hair you have on your, uh, your... your... these eyebrows.”

Matt Dillon - Dallas Winston

“If America is the great melting pot, then L.A. public transportation is the gooey shit baked on the bottom.”
Matt Dillon - David Walsh

“- Melvin Moody: You broke my nose!
- Ricky Linderman: It looks better that way!”
Matt Dillon - Moody
Adam Baldwin - Linderman

“- Randy: There's the ten-thousand dollars... well, aren't you gonna count it?
- Mr. Burmeister: Nah.
- Randy: You trust me?
- Mr. Burmeister: No, but I kill people.”
Matt Dillon - Randy
Michael Douglas - Mr. Burmeister

“- Motorcycle Cop: Where's the fire?
- Dallas: [lying] This kid fell off his motorcycle, I'm taking him to the hospital.
- Motorcycle Cop: Is he hurt bad?
- Dallas: How should I know? I ain't no doc.
[Motorcycle Cop goes away]”

Ed Jackson - Motorcycle Cop
Matt Dillon - Dallas Winston

Don't go out with Italian girls. They're killers. Start saying a "Hail Mary" and see if she moves her lips.
Matt Dillon - Gus

“- Emily Montgomery: I've seen all your movies.
- Cameron Drake: Both of them?”
Joan Cusack - Emily Montgomery
Matt Dillon - Cameron Drake

“That's a very nice hat you're wearing. And I don't mean that in an Eddie Haskell kind of way.”
Matt Dillon - Cliff Poncier

“- Cliff Poncier: Look, Janet you know I see other people still. You do know that don't you?
- Janet Livermore: You don't fool me.
- Cliff Poncier: Janet, I could not be fooling you less.”
Matt Dillon - Cliff Poncier
Bridget Fonda - Janet Livermore

“- Father: Every now and then, a person comes along, has a different view of the world than does the usual person. It doesn't make them crazy. I mean... an acute perception, man... that doesn't, that doesn't make you crazy.
- Rusty James: Could you talk normal?
- Father: However sometimes... it can drive you crazy, acute perception.”
Dennis Hopper - Father
Matt Dillon - Rusty James

“Everything I am is an illusion.”
Matt Dillon - David Walsh

“- Cameron Drake: This is where I grew up.
- Sonya: I don't care.
- Cameron Drake: Sonya, we're here to help someone. For once, we're gonna think about something besides our careers and our hair.”
Matt Dillon - Cameron Drake
Shalom Harlow - Sonya

“- David Walsh: Tell me the world is a fair place.
- Mr. Gartin: It's not, and try to remember that while your ass bleeds as you're being passed from nigger to wop in the showers at San Quinton.”

Matt Dillon - David Walsh
Peter Jason - Bill Gartin

“- Randy: You like water?
- Jewel: I love it. It's actually my second favorite thing in the world.
- Randy: Really? And what's your first most?
- Jewel: Fucking.”
Matt Dillon - Randy
Liv Tyler - Jewel

“- Angel: Where'd you get the car?
- Randy: The car? I borrowed it.
- Angel: What about the girl?
- Randy: She came with the car.”
Kristy McNichol - Angel
Matt Dillon - Randy

“Listen, Pal, I'll have you know that I know Jujitsu, Karate, Judo, and some other big words, so don't mess with me alright?”
Matt Dillon - Jeffrey Willis