Russell Crowe movie quotes

“The number one fear of people isn't dying, it's public speaking.”
Russell Crowe - Detective Richie Roberts

“- Lynn Bracken: You're the first man in five years who didn't tell me I look like Veronica Lake inside of a minute.
- Bud White: You look better than Veronica Lake.”
Kim Basinger - Lynn Bracken
Russell Crowe - Bud White

“Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.”
Russell Crowe - John Nash

“What you're saying is it wasn't enough to fire me for no good reason. Now you question my integrity? On top of the humiliation of being fired, you threaten me? You threaten my family? It never crossed my mind not to honor my agreement. And I will tell you, Mr. Sandefur... and Brown & Williamson too - fuck me? Well, fuck you!”
Russell Crowe - Jeffrey Wigand

- Jeffrey Wigand: How did a radical journalist from Ramparts Magazine end up at CBS?
- Lowell Bergman: I still do the tough stories. "60 Minutes" reaches a lot of people.
Russell Crowe - Jeffrey Wigand
Al Pacino - Lowell Bergman

“- Mike Wallace: And that's what cigarettes are for?
- Jeffrey Wigand: A delivery device for nicotine.
- Mike Wallace: A delivery device for nicotine. Put it in your mouth, lit it up and you're gonna get your fix?
- Jeffrey Wigand: You're gonna get your fix.”
Christopher Plummer - Mike Wallace
Russell Crowe - Jeffrey Wigand

“There's no point in being nuts if you can't have a little fun.”
Russell Crowe - John Nash

“- Cort: Last night, The Kid. Tonight, Herod. You're a busy woman. Any man in this town you're not interested in?
- Ellen: Yeah. You.”
Russell Crowe - Cort
Sharon Stone - Ellen

“- Doc Potter: Is it true that you dynamited a wagon full of prospectors in the western territories last spring?
- Ben Wade: No, that's a lie... It was a train full.”
Alan Tudyk - Doc Potter
Russell Crowe - Ben Wade

“I don't exactly know what I am required to say in order for you to have intercourse with me. But could we assume that I said all that. I mean essentially we are talking about fluid exchange right? So could we go just straight to the sex.”
Russell Crowe - John Nash

“- Gabe: [referring to the Nazi paraphernalia that adorns Hando's room] Why do you have all this stuff?
- Hando: Because I don't want to be a white cooly in my own country. 'Cause it's not our country anymore.”
Jacqueline McKenzie - Gabe
Russell Crowe - Hando

“- Detective Trupo: What are we gonna do about this?
- Frank Lucas: We ain't gon' do shit about it. Close it up. Throw it back in the trunk. Everybody go home. Have some pumpin pie, warm apple cider...
- Detective Trupo: I got a better idea, or would you rather me throw you and your brother in the fuckin' river?
- Frank Lucas: Or, would you...” (continue)(continue reading)

Russell Crowe - Detective Richie Roberts
Denzel Washington - Frank Lucas

“Men must be governed! Often not wisely, but governed nonetheless.”
Russell Crowe - Capt. Jack Aubrey

“- Maximus: [after swiftly dispatching another gladiator] Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?
- Crowd: Spaniard, Spaniard, Spaniard...”
Russell Crowe - Maximus

“- John Nash: Alicia, does our relationship warrant long-term commitment? I need some kind of proof, some kind of verifiable, empirical data.
- Alicia Nash: I'm sorry, just give me a moment to redefine my girlish notions of romance.”
Russell Crowe - John Nash
Jennifer Lynn Connelly - Alicia Nash

“- Juba: Can they hear you?
- Maximus: Who?
- Juba: Your family. In the afterlife.
- Maximus: Oh yes.
- Juba: What do you say to them?
- Maximus: To my son, I tell him I will see him again soon. To keep his heels down while riding his horse. To my wife... that is not your business.”
Djimon Hounsou - Juba
Russell Crowe - Maximus

“- Andy: Why would your mother lie to you?
- Martin: To punish me, for being blind.
- Andy: Does it really matter if she lied to you about some garden?
- Martin: Yes... it was my world.”
Russell Crowe - Andy
Hugo Weaving - Martin

“- Lynn Bracken: There's blood on your shirt. Is that an integral part of your job?
- Bud White: Yeah.
- Lynn Bracken: Do you enjoy it?
- Bud White: When they deserve it.”
Kim Basinger - Lynn Bracken
Russell Crowe - Bud White

“- Alicia Nash: I once tried to count them all. I, actually, made it to 4,348.
- John Nash: You are exceptionally odd.
- Alicia Nash: I bet you're very popular with the girls.”

Jennifer Lynn Connelly - Alicia Nash
Russell Crowe - John Nash

“- John Nash: You once said that God must be a painter because he gave us so many colors.
- Alicia Nash: I didn't think you were listening...
- John Nash: I was listening.”
Russell Crowe - John Nash
Jennifer Lynn Connelly - Alicia Nash

“Something's wrong with the Nite Owl. I know it in here [points to his chest], I know it. That prick Exley shot the wrong guys. Whoever killed my partner, is still out there. If I could work cases like a real detective, I could prove it.”

Russell Crowe - Bud White

“- Cort: I'd like to kill them all for what they've done. But I won't. Killing people is wrong.
- Ellen: Some people deserve to die.”
Russell Crowe - Cort
Sharon Stone - Ellen

“- Lowell Bergman: I am trying to protect you, man.
- Jeffrey Wigand: Well, I hope you improve your batting average.”
Al Pacino - Lowell Bergman
Russell Crowe - Jeffrey Wigand

“- Terry Thorne: So what are you ladies celebrating?
- Dino: Life, liberty, and the ability to purchase clitoris.”
Russell Crowe - Terry Thorne
David Caruso - Dino

“I find chemistry to be magical. I find it an adventure, an exploration into the physical building blocks of our universe.”
Russell Crowe - Jeffrey Wigand