Philip Baker Hall movie quotes

“I like simple pleasures, like butter in my ass, lollipops in my mouth. That's just me. That's just something that I enjoy.”
Philip Baker Hall - Floyd Gondolli

“- Eugene Kalb: My son-in-law says I'm a dinosaur.
- Dan: Hey, don't knock the dinosaurs. They ruled the earth for millions of years. They must've been going something right.”
Philip Baker Hall - Eugene Kalb
Dennis Quaid - Dan

- Sydney: Are you required to flirt, to behave as you do toward that table of men over there? Maybe... it's some part of your job?
- Clementine: They don't say to do it.
- Sydney: But if you don't?
- Clementine: Then I get questioned, like: "Why were so rude to them?" and, I mean, I can't talk back.

Philip Baker Hall - Sydney
Gwyneth Paltrow - Clementine

“- Captain Diel: Two officers were shot, one man lost a pinkie.
- Carter: But didn't nobody die!
- Captain Diel: You destroyed half a city block!
- Carter: That block was already messed up.
- Captain Diel: And you lost a lot of evidence!
- Carter: We still got a little bit left.”
Philip Baker Hall - Captain Diel
Chris Tucker - Carter

“Some directors don't say much.”
Philip Baker Hall

“From the time that I was in high school, my life really revolved around live theater.”
Philip Baker Hall

“Plays are a pretty big commitment. It takes a minimum of three months out of your life, really.”
Philip Baker Hall

The book says, "We might be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us".
Philip Baker Hall - Jimmy Gator

“- Network Executive: For God's sake, Chris! The whole world is watching. We can't let him die in front of a live audience!
- Christof: He was born in front of a live audience.”
Philip Baker Hall - Network Executive
Ed Harris - Christof

“- Mr. Randy: Goddamn it, Julian, you leave the game, even for a while, I don't know if they'll gonna let you back in. And then what the hell are you gonna do? Waste your days picking up illiterate teenagers for suck-and-fuck sessions behind the Old Navy store?
- Julian Noble: Sounds delightful to me.”
Philip Baker Hall - Mr. Randy
Pierce Brosnan - Julian Noble

“If you need help paying for your mother's funeral, we can work it out. I want you to see that my reasons for doing this are not selfish, only this: I hope that you would do the same for me.”

Philip Baker Hall - Sydney

“I'm going to ask you with all the heart and sincerity that I have, please do not put a bullet in me. And, please, don't tell John what I've done. I trust that once I gave you this money, you and I will take separate paths and that this negotiation will settle everything. That is my hope. I don't wanna die.”

Philip Baker Hall - Sydney

“- Floyd Gondolli: This here's the future. Videotape tells the truth.
- Jack Horner: Wait a minute. You come into my house, my party, to tell me about the future? That the future is tape, videotape, and not film? That it's amateurs and not professionals? I'm a filmmaker, which is why I will never make a movie on tape.”
Philip Baker Hall - Floyd Gondolli
Burt Reynolds - Jack Horner

“- Burt Ramsey: You smell like trouble.
- Jimmy Gator: I'm fucking hammered, Burt.”
Ricky Jay - Burt Ramsey
Philip Baker Hall - Jimmy Gator

“- Don Hewitt: Are you suggesting that she and Eric are influenced by money?
- Lowell Bergman: No, no, of course they're not influenced by money! They work for free. And you are a volunteer executive producer!”
Philip Baker Hall - Don Hewitt
Al Pacino - Lowell Bergman

“Never ignore a man's courtesy.”
Philip Baker Hall - Sydney

“I don't want to die. I killed his father. I can tell you what it was. This is not an excuse. I'm not begging for clemency. All that matters, I do not wish to sacrifice my life for John's well-being. But I will sacrifice this money for mine because you have asked me. Because after this, I will have done all I can for John and for myself.”

Philip Baker Hall - Sydney

“- Network Executive: Do you know that there's a rumor circulating that he's dead? You hear me? The media is having a feeding frenzy with this, all the phone lines are jammed, and every network has a pirated shot of Marlon making an ass of himself in front of the cameras!
- Network Executive: The sponsors are threatening to rip up their...” (continue)(continue reading)

Philip Baker Hall - Network Executive
John Pleshette - Network Executive
Ed Harris - Christof

“This is a very fucked-up situation.”
Philip Baker Hall - Sydney

“Sonny, do you know what I discover when I look out at the stars? How small we are... and brief!”
Philip Baker Hall - Lenny Ish

“- Lenny Ish: What is the worst thing that you have ever done?
- Sonny Rose: Me? Uh, uh... I don't really know.
- Lenny Ish: That means you haven't done it yet.”
Philip Baker Hall - Lenny Ish
Elias Koteas - Sonny Rose

“I have the money to give you right now, in this moment. I will give you all that I have. Maybe before you were gonna kill me. Maybe. I don't know. I know John, and I love him like he was my own child.”

Philip Baker Hall - Sydney