Robert Shaw movie quotes

- James Bond: Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something.
- Donald "Red" Grant: You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?
Sir Sean Connery - James Bond
Robert Shaw - Donald 'Red' Grant

“- Mallory: You ever heard of penicillin?
- Schroeder: No.
- Mallory: No, well, I'm not surprised. It's a new developement. It's a drug that prevents wounds from becoming infected.”
Robert Shaw - Mallory
Michael Byrne - Schroeder

“I never write for money. I only act for money.”
Robert Shaw

“What I try to achieve in acting - flamboyance - would be self-indulgence if I tried it as a writer.”
Robert Shaw

“I drink too much. Will you tell me one great actor who doesn't drink?”
Robert Shaw

“- Mallory: Next time, you can play the corpse. You seem pretty handy with that thing, though.
- Barnsby: Could've been luck.”
Robert Shaw - Mallory
Harrison Ford - Barnsby

“- Mallory: I don't suppose they taught you German at that awful school of yours?
- Miller: What, instead of Latin? Heaven forbid, old boy.”
Robert Shaw - Mallory
Edward Fox - Miller

“- Squadron Leader Skipper: Where have you been?
- Sgt. Pilot Andy: [soaking wet and miffed] Learning to swim!
- Squadron Leader Skipper: Did you get one?
- Sgt. Pilot Andy: All I got was a bellyful of English Channel!”
Robert Shaw - Squadron Leader Skipper
Ian McShane - Sgt. Pilot Andy

“- Mallory: May I talk to you personally, sir?
- Petrovitch: You are talking to me personally.
- Mallory: No I mean alone.
- Petrovitch: No. The people's army does not conduct military business in secret.”
Robert Shaw - Mallory
Alan Badel - Petrovitch