Matthew Modine movie quotes

“- David Schreiner: You know, when I filled out my housing application, I asked for a roommate who was quiet, serious, and neat. How did you describe yourself?
- Joe Slovak: I lied.”
Todd Field - David Schreiner
Matthew Modine - Joe Slovak

“He's not human. He studies people in order to appear human, but all he has discovered is our fear and our hatred.”

Matthew Modine - Fritz Gerlich

“My name's Louden, Louden Swain. Last week I turned 18. I wasn't ready for it. I haven't done anything yet. So I made this deal with myself. This is the year I make my mark.”
Matthew Modine - Louden Swain

“- Donny: It's a very awkward age for girls.
- Dave: Really what age is that?
- Donny: 13 to 35, very awkward.”
Paul Reiser - Donny
Matthew Modine - Dave

“- Will Parker: My God, we'll never catch them now!
- Kate Bass: We have to put up the whomper!
- Will Parker: The what?
- Kate Bass: The whomper! We're going to put it up, it's going to be whomp, and we are going to get back in the God damn race... do you trust me you pea-brain nincompoop?”
Matthew Modine - Will Parker
Jennifer Grey - Kate Bass

“- Interviewer: Tell me. Joe or Joseph, why do you want to be a doctor?
- Joe Slovak: That's easy. I want to help people.
- Interviewer: Come one Joe, you can be honest with me. Why do you want to be a doctor?
- Joe Slovak: Well, uh, I want to make lots of money.”
Matthew Modine - Joe Slovak

“You ever wondered what our lives down here must look like to a bird?”
Matthew Modine - Birdy

“- Dave: I appreciate beautiful things.
- Heidi Schmidt: Beautiful fast things.
- Dave: Beautiful fast German things... Heidi, right?”

Matthew Modine - Dave
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson - Heidi Schmidt

“- Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis: I wanna slip my tube steak into your sister. What'll you take in trade?
- Pvt. Cowboy: What do you got?”
Matthew Modine - Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis
Arliss Howard - Pvt. Cowboy

“Flying is much more than flapping wings. A bird can flap its wings and not move an inch then when it wants to fly the slightest flick of its wings sends it up against the sky. You have to feel that air has substance and can hold you up. It's mostly a matter of confidence.”
Matthew Modine - Birdy

“- Will Parker: Are you expecting anybody?
- Joe Heiser: Well, it might be the IRS.
- Will Parker: Maybe its the Australians coming to spy on us!”

Matthew Modine - Will Parker
Stellan Skarsgård - Joe Heiser

“The girl of my dreams lives under my own roof, but she thinks I'm just a kid, a dumb jock, all of which is more or less true. I'm dying, Mr. Tanneran, just like that girl in the poem... only quicker, and with a hard-on.”
Matthew Modine - Louden Swain

“- Birdy: Do you like pigeons?
- Al Columbato: What's to like?
- Birdy: They fly.
- Al Columbato: They fly. So what?
- Birdy: That's enough.”
Matthew Modine - Birdy
Nicolas Cage - Al Columbato

“You never seen a medical student before?”

Matthew Modine - Joe Slovak

“You can make a great product. But you have to convince people that what you're selling is greater. We're not selling computers. We're selling what they can do with a computer.”
Matthew Modine - John Sculley

“He's insane. A complete psychotic. He may be a compelling speaker on stage, but in person I could see into his eyes and what I saw was... terrifying.”

Matthew Modine - Fritz Gerlich

“- Gny. Sgt. Hartman: As soon as your bunks are done, I want you two turds to clean the head.
- Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis, Pvt. Cowboy: Sir, yes, sir.
- Gny. Sgt. Hartman: I want that head so sanitary and squared-away that the Virgin Mary herself would be proud to go in and take a dump.”
R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Matthew Modine - Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis
Arliss Howard - Pvt. Cowboy

“I wanted to see exotic Vietnam... the crown jewel of Southeast Asia. I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture... and kill them. I wanted to be the first kid on my block to get a confirmed kill!”
Matthew Modine - Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis

“In a dream, I'm trying to decide what I am. When I sleep I'm giving myself strength. I'm reaching for the force to fly. Perta waits, cups herself to receive me. I hover then lower myself into her. Perta and I become one. I see through her eyes, fly on her wings. I am no longer alone.”
Matthew Modine - Birdy

“A day without blood is like a day without sunshine.”
Matthew Modine - Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis

“- Drake Goodman: You have to remember this is an investment, Patty. You can't afford to do everything at once.
- Patty Palmer: It's not just an investment - it's our home.”
Matthew Modine - Drake Goodman
Melanie Griffith - Patty Palmer

“- Capt. Dennis Dearborn: And if we don't drop these bombs right in the pickle barrel there are going to be a lot of innocent people killed.
- 1st Lt. Luke Sinclair: What's the difference? They're all Nazis!”
Matthew Modine - Capt. Dennis Dearborn
Tate Donovan - 1st Lt. Luke Sinclair

“- Al Columbato: You ain't gonna fly any more than I could, Birdy.
- Birdy: The reason you couldn't fly, Al, is you don't believe you could fly.”
Nicolas Cage - Al Columbato
Matthew Modine - Birdy

“- Eddie Papasano: Let me tell you people something, no matter what happens here today, if you try to close my joint, I 'll sue the ass off you.
- Dr. Don Francis: Doesn't it bother you knowing that the people who have sex in your bath-house are playing Russian roulette?
- Eddie Papasano: Please just cut out this bullshit. We're all in this for...” (continue)(continue reading)

Phil Collins - Eddie Papasano
Matthew Modine - Dr. Don Francis

“I guess it's kinda hard to be good at something nobody wants.”
Matthew Modine - Birdy