Richard Stephen Dreyfuss quotes
- From the movie: The Big Fix
- From the movie: Down and Out in Beverly Hills
“- Dave Whiteman: Who's going to run my business? Who's going to pay my bills? Who's...
- Jerry Baskin: You got enough money to last ten lifetimes!
- Dave Whiteman: Maybe I ought to become a bum. No job, no responsibilities...
- Jerry Baskin: You wouldn't last five minutes.” - From the movie: Stand by Me
“At the beginning of the school year, Vern had buried a quart jar of pennies underneath his house. He drew a treasure map so he could find them again. A week later, his mom cleaned out his room and threw away the map. Vern had been trying to find those pennies for nine months. Nine months, man. You didn't know whether to laugh or cry.”
- From the movie: James and the Giant Peach
“- Centipede: We're not lost.
- Grasshopper: Then where are we?
- Centipede: Somewhere up north. Or, possibly, very far south.
- Grasshopper: What's your latitude? What's your longitude?
- Centipede: Hey, hey, hey! That's personal, bud!” - From the movie: Stakeout
- From the movie: What About Bob?
“- Dr. Leo Marvin: This is black powder, Bob. One teaspoon of this stuff can blow up a tree stump. There we go!
- Bob Wiley: And, how much is this?
- Dr. Leo Marvin: Twenty pounds worth.” - From the movie: What About Bob?
“- Dr. Leo Marvin: Why are you always wearing black? What is it with you and this death fixation?
- Sigmund 'Siggy' Marvin: Maybe I'm in mourning for my lost childhood.” - From the movie: What About Bob?
“- Bob Wiley: You ever hear of Tourette's syndrome? Involuntarily shouting profanity?
- Dr. Leo Marvin: It's exceptionally rare.
- Bob Wiley: Shit-eating son-of-a-bitch! Bastard, douche-bag, twat, numb-nuts, dickhead, bitch!
- Dr. Leo Marvin: Why exactly are you doing this?
- Bob Wiley: If I fake it, then I don't have it.” - From the movie: Always
- From the movie: Nuts
“- Claudia Draper: Now, you talk to me and pretend I'm sane, okay?
- Aaron Levinsky: Okay.
- Claudia Draper: And I'll do the same for you.” - From the movie: Nuts
- From the movie: Once Around
“What am I talking about? I'm trying to tell that from the first minute I ever saw you... Renata, look at you. Look at you! Everything you do: the way you eat your food, the way you put on your shoes, the way your eyes are looking at my mouth when I'm talking to you. Renata, you name anything you do - the way you hug your mother, the way you talk...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Let It Ride
- From the movie: Another Stakeout
“- Captain Coldshank: Your cover is you're renting the judge's house for a month of vacation.
- Chris Lecce: As what?... friends or lovers?” - From the movie: Always
“I don't know what you think you're doing, but turn this plane around. Dorinda, you never would listen to me and you always did just fine, but this isn't the same. This is Ted's mission, and you're not good enough. You're not good enough, and you won't make it! Is that what you want? That's not my girl!”
- From the movie: Silent Fall
- From the movie: Always
“There's something fishy going on here, and I don't think it's the chicken.”
- From the movie: The Buddy System
“- Carrie: How would you feel if I wanted to know every little thing about you?
- Joe: I'd feel loved.” - From the movie: James and the Giant Peach
“- Grasshopper: This is an outrage! You are a disgrace to your Phylum, Order, Class, Genus and Spe...
- Centipede: Say it in English!
- Grasshopper: You, sir, are an asp!” - From the movie: Let It Ride
“- Jay Trotter: Stay on the track!
- Looney: The horse can't hear you!” - From the movie: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
“We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see.”
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