Sam Neill movie quotes

“Dinosaurs and man, two species separated by sixty-five million years of evolution have just been suddenly thrown back into the mix together. How can we possibly have the slightest idea what to expect?”

Sam Neill - Grant

“- Smith: I haven't seen anything and I don't need to see anything, sir, but I can tell you... this ship is fucked.
- Dr. Weir: Well, thank you for that scientific analysis, Mr. Smith.”

Sean Pertwee - Smith
Sam Neill - Dr. Weir

- Captain Borodin: I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?
- Marko Ramius: I suppose.
- Captain Borodin: No papers?
- Marko Ramius: No papers,... (continue)(continue reading)
Sam Neill - Captain Borodin
Sir Sean Connery - Marko Ramius

“- Dr. Grant: I have a theory that there are two kinds of boys. There are those that want to be astronomers, and those that want to be astronauts. The astronomer, or the paleontologist, gets to study these amazing things from a place of complete safety.
- Erik: But then you never get to go into space.
- Dr. Grant: Exactly. That's the difference...” (continue)(continue reading)

Sam Neill - Dr. Alan Grant
Trevor Morgan - Eric Kirby

“- David Jenkins: Suppose we'd had you, an invisible agent in 1939. Maybe there wouldn't have been a second World War.
- Nick Halloway: What are you saying? You mean I would've killed Hitler for you?
- David Jenkins: I mean maybe you could've saved thirty million lives. Changed history. Now, assassination, anything at all, is entirely ethical if...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sam Neill - David Jenkins
Chevy Chase - Nick Halloway

“- Lex: Sh. Don't let the monsters come over here.
- Grant: They're not monsters, Lex. They're just animals. And these are herbivores.
- Tim: That means they only eat vegetables, but for you I think they'd make an exception.”

Ariana Richards - Lex
Sam Neill - Grant
Joseph Mazzello - Tim

- Mayor Bob McIntyre: You've just got to tell them.
- Cliff Buxton: That we lost Apollo 11?
- Mayor Bob McIntyre: Well, I wouldn't say that first.
- Cliff Buxton: What would you say first?
- Mayor Bob McIntyre: How about "hey, you'll never guess what happened... ".
Roy Billing - Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre
Sam Neill - Cliff Buxton

“They're not your crew any more. They belong to the ship.”

Sam Neill - Dr. Weir

“- Dr. Grant: You're alive and that's the important thing. And thanks to you, that's one thing we have in common. Did you read Malcolm's book?
- Eric: Yeah.
- Dr. Grant: So?
- Eric: I don't know. I mean, it was kind of preachy. And too much chaos. Everything's chaos. It seemed like the guy was kind of high on himself.
- Dr. Grant: That's two...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sam Neill - Dr. Alan Grant
Trevor Morgan - Eric Kirby

“You know perfectly well what the King desires and what he shall have.”

Sam Neill - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

“- Mike Santini: This isn't the way to the Manhattan Bank of Commerce.
- Eddie Meyers: I wouldn't begin to trust a bank that engages in money-laundring.”
Rob Lowe - Mike Santini
Sam Neill - Eddie Meyers

“It's a small price to pay for an elegant life.”
Sam Neill - Eddie Meyers

- Dr. Weir: Look at her, Miller. Isn't she beautiful?
- Miller: Your "beautiful" ship killed its crew, Doctor.
- Dr. Weir: Well... now she has another crew. Now she has us.

Sam Neill - Dr. Weir
Laurence Fishburne - Miller

“When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.”
Sam Neill

“People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.”
Sam Neill

“No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily.”
Sam Neill

“- Hammond: We're going to open next year. That is, if the lawyers don't kill me first. I don't care for lawyers, do you?
- Grant: We don't really know any.
- Hammond: Well I do, I'm afraid. There's a particular pebble in my shoe, represents my investors. Says that they insist on outside opinions.”
Richard Attenborough - Hammond
Sam Neill - Grant

“- John Trent: This book is going to drive people absolutely mad!
- Jackson Harglow: Well, let's hope so. The movie comes out next month.”
Sam Neill - John Trent
Charlton Heston - Jackson Harglow

“- Mark: If I lay at your feet and yelped like a dog would you still step over me?
- Anna: Yes.”
Sam Neill - Mark
Isabelle Adjani - Anna

“A word of advice. You want to pull a scam, don't make your wife a partner. And if you do, don't fuck around behind her back.”
Sam Neill - John Trent

“- Ellie: So what are you working on now?
- Dr. Grant: Raptors mostly.
- Ellie: My... favorite.
- Dr. Grant: Do you remember the sounds they made?
- Ellie: I try not to.”
Laura Dern - Ellie
Sam Neill - Dr. Alan Grant

“- Miller: Oh. My. God. What happened to your eyes?
- Dr. Weir: Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see.”
Laurence Fishburne - Miller
Sam Neill - Dr. Weir

“You believe in God, don't you? That God you try to get to through fucking or dope.”

Sam Neill - Mark

“- Dr. Grant: These are carnivores and they really like fighting with each other. They'll use their teeth and claws to rip each other's throats out.
- Ellie Degler: Alan, he's three. Let's wait for the dinosaur lecture until he's five.”

Sam Neill - Dr. Alan Grant
Laura Dern - Ellie

“Love was the only thing not asked of you. Indeed it was the only thing expressly forbidden of you.”

Sam Neill - The King