Michael Madsen movie quotes

“It's been my experience that having friends is overrated.”
Michael Madsen - Rudy Travis

“Your children don't have to fear you to respect you.”
Michael Madsen

“- Mr. White: You almost killed me! Asshole! If I knew what kind of a guy you were I never would've agreed to work with you!
- Mr. Blonde: Are you gonna bark all day little doggie? Or are you gonna bite?”

Harvey Keitel - Mr. White
Michael Madsen - Mr. Blonde

“- Annie: I promised Elvis he could help. I even did a spit shake.
- Glenn: You did a spit shake with someone? Man that is serious.”
Jayne Atkinson - Annie
Michael Madsen - Glenn

“- Sonny: How can John Wayne die?
- Lefty: Fuckin' Indians got him.”
Michael Madsen - Sonny
Al Pacino - Lefty

“A bastard's work is never done.”
Michael Madsen - Joe Gage

“Looks can be deceiving.”
Michael Madsen - Joe Gage

“- Eddie Hall: I don't understand how anybody can live at the beach. Those waves crashing and flopping all the time - drive me crazy.
- Arthur Relyea: I'm with you, Eddie. I like the sound of traffic when I'm sleeping.”
Michael Madsen - Eddie Hall
Chris Penn - Anthur Relyea

“- Annie: So how did you get the name Elvis, Elvis?
- Elvis: My mom.
- Glenn: Funny, that's how I got mine.”
Jayne Atkinson - Annie
Francis Capra - Elvis
Michael Madsen - Glenn

“You know, every movie you make can't be great, no matter who you are.”
Michael Madsen

“Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one.”
Michael Madsen

“- Dr. Laura Baker: You don't want us to capture her alive so that we can study her?
- Preston Lennox: Laura, I think this is strictly a search and destroy operation. Nobody ever asked me to ever find any thing they didn't want dead.
- Dan Smithson, Empath: I'm sorry for you.
- Preston Lennox: Yeah, well, thank you, Dan. I'm sorry for her.”

Marg Helgenberger - Dr. Laura Baker
Michael Madsen - Preston Lennox
Forest Whitaker - Dan Smithson

“- 1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: That's not the correct procedure...
- Captain Jerry Lawson: Screw the procedure, I want somebody on the goddamn phone before I kill 20 million people!”
Michael Madsen - Steve
John Spencer - Jerry

“We're here in case things escalate, not to make sure they do.”
Michael Madsen - Damian Falco

“- Xavier Fitch: As the, well, non-scientist amongst us, are you at all clear about what's going on here?
- Preston Lennox: Oh, I think so. You've created a monster with some kind of formula you got from outer space. The damn thing got away and now you want us to hunt it down and kill it.”
Ben Kingsley - Xavier Fitch
Michael Madsen - Preston Lennox

“I've always been a better rule breaker than rule maker.”
Michael Madsen - Glen Greenwood

“That woman deserves her revenge and we deserve to die.”
Michael Madsen - Budd

“- Blood: You're either the dumbest fucker I ever met in my life, or you got the balls of an elephant. Which is it?
- Dan Saxon: You pick.
- Blood: That's exactly what I'm going to do.”
Michael Madsen - Blood
Charlie Sheen - Daniel 'Dan' Saxon

“- Fran Carvey: What's the plan?
- Rudy Travis: The plan is shut up.”
Jennifer Tilly - Fran Carvey
Michael Madsen - Rudy Travis

“- Elvis: I'm hungry.
- Glenn: Eat your hat.”
Francis Capra - Elvis
Michael Madsen - Glenn

“- Joe Cabot: How does freedom feel?
- Vic Vega: It's a change.”

Lawrence Tierney - Joe Cabot
Michael Madsen - Vic Vega

“- Dr. Laura Baker: Who are you and what do you do?
- Preston Lennox: Preston Lennox. And if I'm here, I think the shit has definitely hit the fan.”
Marg Helgenberger - Dr. Laura Baker
Michael Madsen - Preston Lennox

“- Eddie Hall: I don't understand how anybody can live at the beach. Those waves crashing and flopping all the time - drive me crazy.
- Jimmy Fields: I find it very peaceful. Most people do. I guess cops are just different.”
Michael Madsen - Eddie Hall
Andrew McCarthy - Jimmy Fields

They say the number one killer of old people is retirement. People got 'em a job to do, they tend to live a little longer so they can do it. I've always figured warriors and their enemies share the same relationship. So, now you ain't gonna hafta face your enemy on the battlefield no more, which "R" are you filled with: relief or regret?
Michael Madsen - Budd

“- T.J.: You rat me out, I'm gonna carve you like a turkey and beat your kids with what's left of you.
- Tom Stansfield: I don't have any kids.
- T.J.: I can wait.”
Michael Madsen - T.J.
Ashton Kutcher - Tom Stansfield