Matthew Broderick movie quotes

“- Stephen Falken: The whole point was to find a way to practice nuclear war without destroying ourselves. To get the computers to learn from mistakes we couldn't afford to make. Except, I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson.
- David Lightman: What's that?
- Stephen Falken: Futility. That there's a time when you should just...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Wood - Falken
Matthew Broderick - David

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
Matthew Broderick - Ferris Bueller

“There's a kind of freedom in being completely screwed... because you know things can't get any worse.”
Matthew Broderick - Clark Kellogg

- Medieval Times Waitress: There were no utensils in Medieval times, hence there are no utensils at "Medieval Times". Now, would you like a refill on that Pepsi?
- Steven M. Kovacs: There were no utensils, but there was Pepsi?
- Medieval Times Waitress: Dude, I've got a lot of tables.

Janeane Garofalo - Medieval Times Waitress
Matthew Broderick - Steven M. Kovacs

“- Michael McPhee: Can you make money from philosophy?
- Max Dugan: Yeah, if you have the right one.”
Matthew Broderick - Michael McPhee
Jason Robards - Max Dugan

“- Surgeon: Lincoln is gonna issue an emancipation proclamation. Gonna free the slaves.
- Col. Robert Gould Shaw: What?
- Surgeon: Well, maybe not the ones in the border states but he's gonna free some of 'em, anyway.
- Col. Robert Gould Shaw: My God.
- Surgeon: Yeah, he said he would have done it sooner, only he was waiting for a big victory,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Pete Munro - Surgeon
Matthew Broderick - Col. Robert Gould Shaw

“- Tina Sabatini: Listen, you made a commitment to my father. Nobody forced you.
- Clark Kellogg: This is beyond commitment. This is like slavery. People telling me when and to whom I'm getting married.
- Tina Sabatini: You don't want to marry me?”
Penelope Ann Miller - Tina Sabatini
Matthew Broderick - Clark Kellogg

“- Victor Ray: This is my uncle, Carmine Sabatini. Uncle Carmine, this is Clark. Hey, you know you never told me your last name?
- Clark Kellogg: Kellogg.
- Victor Ray: Kellogg.
- Carmine Sabatini: Just like the cereal. Like the breakfast cereal.”
Bruno Kirby - Victor Ray
Matthew Broderick - Clark Kellogg
Marlon Brando - Carmine Sabatini

“- Sgt. Toomey: What would you do if the entire Japanese Army were behind you?
- Eugene Morris Jerome: Surrender and get some sleep.”
Christopher Walken - Sgt. Toomey
Matthew Broderick - Eugene Morris Jerome

“- Navarre: Each generation is called upon to follow its own quest.
- Gaston: And what is your quest?
- Navarre: I must kill a man.”
Rutger Hauer - Navarre
Matthew Broderick - Gaston

“- Steven M. Kovacs: You know, my brother is a speech therapist.
- The Cable Guy: Tho?”
Matthew Broderick - Steven M. Kovacs
Jim Carrey - The Cable Guy

“You fake a stomach cramp, and when you're bent over, moaning and wailing, you lick your palms. It's a little childish and stupid, but then, so is high school.”
Matthew Broderick - Ferris Bueller

“- Walter Kresby: You're even better at sex, don't deny it.
- Joanna Eberhard: I wasn't going to.”
Matthew Broderick - Walter Kresby
Nicole Kidman - Joanna Eberhart

“- Clark Kellogg: It's a crime.
- Carmine Sabatini: Now you're speaking in generalities.”
Matthew Broderick - Clark Kellogg
Marlon Brando - Carmine Sabatini

“- Joshua: I should reach Defcon 1 and release my missiles in 28 hours. Would you like to see some projected kill ratios?
- David Lightman: 69% of the housing destroyed. 72 million people dead. Is this a game or is it real?
- Joshua: What's the difference?”
James Ackerman - Joshua
Matthew Broderick - David

“- Dave Novotny: She inspires me in ways that Linda never has. She even wants to read my novel.
- Jim McAllister: But you haven't written your novel.
- Dave Novotny: That's the whole point! I've got the whole thing right here, I just need to get it out there. And Tracy wants me to write it so she can read it. It's beautiful.”

Mark Harelik - Dave Novotny
Matthew Broderick - Jim McAllister

“- Valerie Weston: I'm gonna go home, Steven. That's right. I'm serious. Because of you, I'm gonna get gangbanged, Steven. Gangbanged in Woodland Hills.
- Steven Schats: A lot of great actresses started out in porn.”
Calista Flockhart - Valerie Weston
Matthew Broderick - Steven Schats

“Mathematics is a language. It's very difficult. It's subtle. You couldn't say those things any other way - and I can talk to dead people with it. I talk to Copernicus every day.”
Matthew Broderick - Richard Feynman

- The Cable Guy: When your love is truly giving, it will come back to you ten fold.
- Steven M. Kovacs: You're right. That's incredibly insightful.
- The Cable Guy: I know. It was Jerry Springer's final thought on "Friday's show".
Jim Carrey - The Cable Guy
Matthew Broderick - Steven M. Kovacs

“I slip from workaholic to bum real easy.”
Matthew Broderick

“I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff.”
Matthew Broderick

“Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.”
Matthew Broderick

“- Maggie: Eat another one of these pecans!
- Sam: I like! Oh, this is very good.
- Maggie: Look how I'm licking my fingers. You like that?
- Sam: I like everything, I am French.”

Meg Ryan - Maggie
Matthew Broderick - Sam

“- Brenda Bradford: It's for you. I made it myself. Come on.
- Inspector Gadget: You made me a car? The only thing anybody's ever made me before is a sweater.”

Joely Fisher - Brenda
Matthew Broderick - Inspector Gadget

“- Officer John Brown: Thelma, how do I look?
- Thelma: Like a geek from Kansas who became a security guard.”
Matthew Broderick - John Brown
Frances Bay - Thelma