Russell Crowe movie quotes

“- Rep. George Fergus: What's up? How did you find me?
- Cal McAffrey: I followed the trail of crumbs, congressman.”
Jeff Daniels - Rep. George Fergus
Russell Crowe - Cal McAffrey

“The simple truth is, not all of us become the men we once hoped we might be. But we are all God's creatures.”
Russell Crowe - Capt. Jack Aubrey

“Earth's sun is younger and brighter than Krypton's was. Your cells have drunk in its radiation, strengthening your muscles, your skin, your senses. Earth's gravity is weaker, yet its atmosphere is more nourishing. You've grown stronger here than I ever could have imagined. The only way to know how strong, is to keep testing your limits.”

Russell Crowe - Jor-El

“If men are dogs, what the goddamn hell does that make women? You've ever seen a bitch in heat? She will grind herself across the grass to try and get her that itch. And she can find a way to sneak out of the backyard, as any dog will do.”
Russell Crowe - Mayor Hostetler

“Which God would that be? The One who created you? Or the One who created me? You see, in your world, the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh, but in my world, the One who gave me life doesn't have any balls.”

Russell Crowe - SID 6.7

“There are some wars you fight and some wars you walk away from.”

Russell Crowe - Mayor Hostetler

“- Frank Lucas: Let me ask you something. You think by putting me in jail, you're going to stop even one junkie from dying? Because you won't. If it isn't me, it'll be someone else. With me or without me, nothing's going to change.
- Detective Richie Roberts: Then that's the way it is.”
Denzel Washington - Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe - Detective Richie Roberts

“What we do in life... echoes in eternity.”
Russell Crowe - Maximus

“- Lara Lor-Van: He will be an outcast. They'll kill him.
- Jor-El: How? He'll be a god to them.”

Ayelet Zurer - Lara Lor-Van
Russell Crowe - Jor-El

“- Max Skinner: This place does not suit my life.
- Fanny Chenal: No, it's your life that does not suit this place.”
Russell Crowe - Max Skinner
Marion Cotillard - Fanny Chenal

“- John Biebe: Women don't like being referred to as fat mammals, Skank.
- 'Skank' Marden: I never would've said that to her face!”
Russell Crowe - John Biebe
Ron Eldard - Skank' Marden

“- Ed Exley: All I ever wanted was to measure up to my father.
- Bud White: Now's your chance.”

Guy Pearce - Ed Exley
Russell Crowe - Bud White

“- Alicia Nash: The problem you left on the board, I solved it.
- John Nash: No, you didn't.
- Alicia Nash: You didn't even look!
- John Nash: I never said the vector fields were rational functions... your solution is elegant, though ultimately incorrect.”
Jennifer Lynn Connelly - Alicia Nash
Russell Crowe - John Nash

“The people of Earth are different from us. They won't necessarily make the same mistakes we did, but if you guide them, Kal, if you give them hope, that's what this symbol means.”

Russell Crowe - Jor-El

“- Lor-Em: Our energy reserves were exhausted. What would you have us do, El?
- Jor-El: Look to the stars, like our ancestors did! There are habitable worlds within reach. We can begin by using the old outposts.
- Ro-Zar: Are you seriously suggesting that we evacuate the entire planet?”
Julian Richings - Lor-Em
Russell Crowe - Jor-El
Mary Black - Ro-Zar

“- Mike Wallace: Do you wish you hadn't come forward? Do you wish you hadn't blown the whistle?
- Jeffrey Wigand: There are times when I wish I hadn't done it. There are times when I feel compelled to do it. If you asked me would I do it again, do I think it's worth it? Yeah, I think it's worth it.”

Christopher Plummer - Mike Wallace
Russell Crowe - Jeffrey Wigand

“Real men don't play bridge.”

Russell Crowe - Max Skinner

- Harry Mitchell: She was not a dyke! A lesbian, perhaps... You shouldn't call her names! How would you like it if I went around and called you "pansy", "fairy", "poofter"?
- Jeff Mitchell: You do half the time!
- Harry Mitchell: Only when I'm annoyed with you!
Jack Thompson - Harry Mitchell
Russell Crowe - Jeff Mitchell

You ever read the bible, Dan? I read it one time. I was eight years old. My daddy just got hisself killed over a shot of whiskey and my mama said "we're going back East to start over". So she gave me a bible, sat me down in the train station, told me to read it. She was gonna get our tickets. Well, I did what she said. I read that bible from... (continue)(continue reading)
Russell Crowe - Ben Wade

“Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity.”
Russell Crowe - John Nash

“- Ben Wade: Don't muddy the past in the present, Dan.
- Dan Evans: No... Wade, I'm seeing the world the way it is.”
Russell Crowe - Ben Wade
Christian Bale - Dan Evans

“- John Nash: She's so small.
- Charles: Well, she's young, John. That's how they come.”

Russell Crowe - John Nash
Paul Bettany - Charles

“You know, squeezin' that watch won't stop time.”
Russell Crowe - Ben Wade

“Everybody lies - but not all the time.”
Russell Crowe - Andy

“- Commodus: What could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?
- Maximus: You would fight me?
- Commodus: Why not? Do you think I am afraid?
- Maximus: I think you've been afraid all your life.”
Joaquin Phoenix - Commodus
Russell Crowe - Maximus