Rod Steiger movie quotes

“We come. We go. And in between we try to understand.”
Rod Steiger

“I checked into the murders. And I checked into the twenty year old boy who killed his parents, and his four brothers and sisters. And when he was at trial, he testified that he heard voices in the house. He heard voices in the house and the voices told him to do it! Now, I was in the house and I heard the voices, too! And I also felt their...” (continue)(continue reading)

Rod Steiger - Father Delaney

“By the rhythm of my chewing, how I chewed fast, slow or what have you, I could tell the audience what my character was thinking and feeling.”
Rod Steiger

“What kind of a monster am I? I mean, we can't have two men in the same cell. That's not humane. Well, there's only one thing to do. We'll just have to have an execution tonight.”
Rod Steiger - Kallin

“I have no bad feelings about actors getting $20 million a picture or more. They won't give you a dime in this town unless you can make them a dollar. No producer is going to give anybody $20 million if he doesn't think he's going to make much more.”
Rod Steiger

“- Translator Device: All green of skin... 800 centuries ago, their bodily fluids include the birth of half-breeds. For the fundamental truth self-determination of the cosmos, for dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.
- General Decker: What the hell does that mean?”
Roger Jackson - Translator Device
Rod Steiger - General Decker

“In the '50's everybody went to a psychiatrist because if you didn't, you'd have nothing to talk about at cocktail parties.”
Rod Steiger

“- Franklin Laszlo: We could use a nut like you down at the carnival. Ever bite the head off a chicken?
- Mr. Hammerman: Not lately.”
Tom Arnold - Franklin Laszlo
Rod Steiger - Mr. Hammerman

“- Father Kovak: Do you believe in God?
- Jericho: Maybe once, not anymore.
- Father Kovak: What happened?
- Jericho: We had a difference of opinion. I thought my wife and daughter should live. He felt otherwise.”
Rod Steiger - Father Kovak
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Jericho

“Power is dangerous.”
Rod Steiger - Kallin

“We can't prevent evil by doing evil!”
Rod Steiger - Father Kovak

“The greatests test of love is how much you're willing to fight for it. You think about that. This dog is gonna need a lot of love. Go get him.”

Rod Steiger - Doc Wallace