Philip Anthony Hopkins movie quotes

“- Lieutenant William Bligh: Do you really think you'll be able to command this rabble?
- Fletcher Christian Master's Mate: I'll do my best.
- Lieutenant William Bligh: Well I did my best, and I had the authority of the law. You're a dead man Fletcher.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Lieutenant William Bligh
Mel Gibson - Fletcher Christian Master's Mate

“- Clarice Starling: I didn't get more than a few miles when the sheriff's car picked me up. The rancher was so angry he sent me to live at the Lutheran orphanage in Bozeman. I never saw the ranch again.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: What became of your lamb, Clarice?
- Clarice Starling: They killed him.”

Jodie Foster - Clarice Starling
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Hannibal Lecter

“Will you marry this foolish, frightened old man... who needs you more than he can bear to say... who loves you, even though he hardly knows how?”

Philip Anthony Hopkins - Jack Lewis

“An erection is a flagpole on your grave.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg

“- Lieutenant William Bligh: Filth, sir! Filthy, Mr. Christian! Still filthy! Look!
- Fletcher Christian Master's Mate: I see nothing, sir, but your finger.
- Lieutenant William Bligh: I'll not have your vile ways brought aboard my ship, sir! Do you understand? Now you'll call up the swabbing party yet again! And this time you will make bloody...” (continue)(continue reading)
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Lieutenant William Bligh
Mel Gibson - Fletcher Christian Master's Mate

“Billy hates his own identity, you see, and he thinks that makes him a transsexual.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Hannibal Lecter

“- Tristan: You know when Samuel died... when Samuel died, I cursed God. Did I damn everybody around me as well as myself?
- Colonel Ludlow: No. You are not damned, Tristan... I won't allow that.”
Brad Pitt - Tristan Ludlow
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Col. William Ludlow

“- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: How do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer now.
- Clarice Starling: No. We just...
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: No. We begin by coveting what we see every day. Don't you feel eyes moving over your body, Clarice? And don't your eyes seek out the things you want?”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Jodie Foster - Clarice Starling

- Fletcher Christian Master's Mate: I have done no more than any natural man would do.
- Lieutenant William Bligh: No, you've done no more than any wild animal would do. It always makes me laugh that whenever men lose their self-restraint they always say they're "natural".
- Fletcher Christian Master's Mate: They are more natural than men who... (continue)(continue reading)
Mel Gibson - Fletcher Christian Master's Mate
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Lieutenant William Bligh

“- Hrothgar: My kingdom needs an heir, I need a son! It's time you did your duty!
- Wealthow: How could I ever lay with you, knowing you laid with her?
- Hrothgar: I should never have told you. I should never have told you.”

Philip Anthony Hopkins - Hrothgar
Robin Wright - Wealthow

“- Officer Oakes: Did you see what happened there?
- Jake Hayes: I got jacked!
- Officer Oakes: No, you panicked. Your brain shut down. What's the good of having a brain if you won't use it?”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Officer Oakes
Chris Rock - Jake Hayes

“- Corky: What would you say if I... called the police?
- Fats: You're not being logical.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Corky
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Fats

“- Ted Crawford: You really need to be nice to me now, Willy.
- Willy Beachum: Why?
- Ted Crawford: Because... what's left of a life depends on a machine powered by a cord that leads to a plug in an electrical outlet... and I decide when it gets pulled. That's why.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Ted Crawford
Ryan Gosling - Willy Beachum

“- Samuel: I'll bring you back the kaiser's helmet.
- Colonel Ludlow: Bring yourself back. That'd please me more.”

Henry Thomas - Samuel Ludlow
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Col. William Ludlow

“It's the President's personal property. I will never give up my tapes to a bunch of Kennedy-loving Harvard Democrat cocksuckers.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon

“If two members of staff have to fall in love and decide to get married, there's nothing one can say. But what I do find a major irritation are those persons who are simply going from post to post looking for romance.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - James Stevens

“Hey, Corky? I'm feeling light-headed.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Fats

“- Richard M. Nixon: I'm not Jack Kennedy.
- Pat Nixon: No, you're not. So stop comparing yourself to him. You have no reason to. You have everything you ever wanted. You've earned it. Why can't you just enjoy it?”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon
Joan Allen - Pat Nixon

“- Fletcher Christian Master's Mate: I am in hell! Hell, sir! Why are you being so damn reasonable now? Goddamn your blood to hell with mine, sir! Goddamn your blood!
- Lieutenant William Bligh: Mr. Christian, get a hold of yourself!”
Mel Gibson - Fletcher Christian Master's Mate
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Lieutenant William Bligh

“Rome is but a wilderness of tigers.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Titus Andronicus

“Remarkable boy. I do admire your courage. I think I'll eat your heart.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Hannibal Lecter

“- Officer Oaks: I'm never going to get married, never again.
- Jake Hayes: You never gonna get married again? First thing you gotta learn is, you don't take your girlfriend to a wedding.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Officer Oakes
Chris Rock - Jake Hayes

“They can't impeach me for bombing Cambodia. The president can bomb anybody he likes.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon

“Don't take a sentimental attitude toward the poor. The poor are the poor. One is sorry for them, but there it is.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Henry Wilcox

“- William Parrish: Do you know about money?
- Joe Black: It can't buy happiness?”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - William Parrish
Brad Pitt - Joe Black