Pete Postlethwaite movie quotes

“- Nick Van Owen: You seem like you have a shred of common sense, what the hell are you doing here?
- Roland Tembo: Somewhere on this island is the greatest predator there ever lived. The second greatest predator must take him down.”
Vince Vaughn - Nick Van Owen
Pete Postlethwaite - Roland Tembo

“If you want me to run your little camping trip, there are two conditions: first, I'm in charge, and when I'm not around, Dieter is. All you have to do is sign the checks, tell us we're doing a good job, and open your case of scotch when we have a good day. Second condition: my fee? You can keep it. All I want in return for my services is the...” (continue)(continue reading)

Pete Postlethwaite - Roland Tembo

“Women make the homes, men just make wars... and hooch. Adam was God's first draft - He got it right with Eve.”
Pete Postlethwaite - Lorbeer

“One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.”
Pete Postlethwaite - Kobayashi

Over the last ten years, this bloody government has systematically destroyed an entire industry. Our industry. And not just our industry - our communities, our homes, our lives. All in the name of "progress".
Pete Postlethwaite - Danny

“- Giuseppe Conlon: I'm going to die.
- Gerry Conlon: Don't be saying that.
- Giuseppe Conlon: I'm scared.
- Gerry Conlon: There's no reason to be scared. You have nothing to be scared about.
- Giuseppe Conlon: Don't you be comforting me when I can see the truth staring me in the face. I'm scared I'm gonna die here.”
Pete Postlethwaite - Giuseppe Conlon
Daniel Day-Lewis - Gerry Conlon

“I'm not a practicing Catholic now. I didn't like what the church was doing with what Jesus had said, in a way. But I wouldn't say I'm not religious.”
Pete Postlethwaite

“- Robert Thorn: I never want to see or hear from you again.
- Father Brennan: You'll see me in hell Mr. Thorn. We'll spend eternity together.”
Liev Schreiber - Robert Thorn
Pete Postlethwaite - Father Brennan

“- Father Brennan: I was at the hospital, Mr. Thorn, the night your son was born.
- Robert Thorn: What do you know about my son?
- Father Brennan: Everything.”
Pete Postlethwaite - Father Brennan
Liev Schreiber - Robert Thorn

“- Bowen: We made a bargain, remember? One dragon put down, one bag of gold.
- Gilbert of Glockenspur: Your honor has a price, Sir Knight?
- Bowen: It has expenses. Honor won't feed my belly nor shoe my horse.”

Dennis Quaid - Bowen
Pete Postlethwaite - Gilbert of Glockenspur

“She's a bit careless with the crockery, your Sandra!”

Pete Postlethwaite - Danny

“- James Fitzmaurice: Could you lend me a carriage?
- Thomas Smithers: My dear James, have you nothing of your own?
- James Fitzmaurice: Taste, my dear Thomas. Taste.”
Richard R. Grant - James Fitzmaurice
Pete Postlethwaite - Thomas Smithers

“- Gilbert of Glockenspur: My humble life is indebted to your exalted prowess, your dauntless courage, and your superb, swift sword!
- Bowen: You have the poet's gift of exaggeration.
- Gilbert of Glockenspur: Sir, you should read my histories.”
Pete Postlethwaite - Gilbert of Glockenspur
Dennis Quaid - Bowen

“- David: I have a problem with this.
- Jude: Which part?
- David: The part where we're running around down here in the dark with that fucking thing chasing us.”

Pete Postlethwaite - David
Vincenzo Nicoli - Jude

“Big pharmaceuticals are right up there with the arms dealers.”
Pete Postlethwaite - Lorbeer

“- James: What are they?
- Old Man: Crocodile tongues.
- James: Tongues?
- Old Man: Long, slimy crocodile tongues boiled in the skull of a dead witch for 40 days and 40 nights. And, the gizard of a pig, the fingers of a young monkey, the beak of a parrot and three spoonfuls of sugar, and then, let the moon do the rest.”
Paul Terry - James
Pete Postlethwaite - Old Man

“- Peter Ludlow: Roland, there's a job for you in San Diego if you want it.
- Roland Tembo: No thank you. I believe I've spent enough time in the company of death.”
Arliss Howard - Peter Ludlow
Pete Postlethwaite - Roland Tembo

“Turn the other cheek, brother.”

Pete Postlethwaite - Gilbert of Glockenspur

“- Thomas Smithers: Chrome, shall we make the desert bloom?
- Meneer Chrome: First we must make the desert.”
Pete Postlethwaite - Thomas Smithers
Ewan McGregor - Meneer Chrome

“- Nick Van Owen: How far is the village?
- Peter Ludlow: A day's walk, maybe more. But that's not the problem.
- Roland Tembo: What is the problem?
- Peter Ludlow: Velociraptors.”
Nick Van Owen - Nick Van Owen
Arliss Howard - Peter Ludlow
Pete Postlethwaite - Roland Tembo

“The truth is, I thought it mattered - I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks? Not compared to how people matter.”
Pete Postlethwaite - Danny

“- Phil: I love the band - we all do - but there's other things in life, you know, that's more important.
- Danny: Not in mine there isn't.”
Stephen Tompkinson - Phil
Pete Postlethwaite - Danny

“If a dragon falls in the forest and nobody gets to hear about it, does it make a thud?”
Pete Postlethwaite - Gilbert of Glockenspur

“- Roland Tembo: Predators don't hunt when they're not hungry.
- Nick Van Owen: No, only humans do.”

Pete Postlethwaite - Roland Tembo
Vince Vaughn - Nick Van Owen

“- Roland Tembo: Rex just fed, so he won't be hunting for a while.
- Ian Malcolm: Just fed? I assume you're talking about Eddie? You might show a little more respect, the man saved our lives by giving his.
- Roland Tembo: Then his troubles are over.”
Pete Postlethwaite - Roland Tembo
Jeff Goldblum - Ian Malcolm