Scott Glenn movie quotes

“Miss Russell, I should've called the police that night but I was weak. You convinced me to stay silent. I regret that. Know this: every time I see your face, I wanna rip your throat out.”
Scott Glenn - Bill Burton

“I'm sure one reason I became an actor is my basic unwillingness to live one life.”
Scott Glenn

“- Emmett: You're Dawson, ain't ya? Tex Larue. I used to ride with Rye Marsh, you know him. Well, Andy Simms told me there's a hideout near here, so I headed for it. I hope you don't mind.
- Dawson: Mind? You brought a posse to my best hideout and you ask me if I mind? Mister, I don't know any of those names. You're about to die.”
Scott Glenn - Emmett
James Gammon - Dawson

“- Gloria Russell: Bill, I need you to examine her.
- Bill Burton: I'm no gynecologist.
- Gloria Russell: I just made you one!
- Bill Burton: Oh, Christ...”
Judy Davis - Gloria Russell
Scott Glenn - Bill Burton

“I never felt like I was on solid ground, emotionally.”
Scott Glenn

“You can't expect a man like me to be loyal to just one woman.”
Scott Glenn

“- Mugger: You cut my eyes! I can't see!
- David Eckhart: Get a dog.”
Mayf Nutter - Mugger
Scott Glenn - David Eckhart

“- Wick: Who's the leader, Mr. Vaughn? Who makes decisions on the mountain that mean other people live or die? Who plays God, so to speak?
- Elliot: There can only be one leader. It's always the best climber. In this case I've made it clear to everyone Tom McLaren is that man.”
Scott Glenn - Montgomery Wick
Bill Paxton - Elliot Vaughn

“- J.T.: Problem is Emmet, you killed the wrong McKendrick.
- Kate: J.T. Watch what you're saying around Augie. Emmet didn't kill anybody.
- Emmett: Well Kate, it was self-defense sure enough, but I do think you'd have to say I killed old Murdo. Yeah I think that's definitely the word.”
Earl Hindman - J.T.
Patricia Gaul - Kate
Scott Glenn - Emmett

“- Erin Gruwell: I love you.
- Steve Gruwell: You love the idea of me.”
Hilary Swank - Erin Gruwell
Scott Glenn - Steve Gruwell

“I like a woman who can take it on the chin.”
Scott Glenn - Mac Sam

“Sooner or later there's gonna be too much rain, or too much drought, or too much corn... I can wait.”
Scott Glenn - Joe Wade

“My number one rule is hope for the best, plan for the worst.”
Scott Glenn - Ezra Kramer

“I need a reporter. And you'll do local car wrecks. Take the picture, write the story. We run a front-page photo of a car wreck every week whether or not we actually have a car wreck. Now, there's a knack for taking photos that make you feel something. If there's a dark patch on the ground it reads blood whether it's motor oil or Diet Coke.”
Scott Glenn - Jack Buggit

“The hard part about playing chicken is knowin' when to flinch.”
Scott Glenn - Bart Mancuso

“- Jack Crawford: I remember you from my seminar at UVA. You grilled me pretty hard, as I recall, on the bureau's civil rights record in the Hoover years. I gave you an A.
- Clarice Starling: A-minus, Sir.”
Scott Glenn - Jack Crawford
Jodie Foster - Clarice Starling

“- Alan Shepard: It sounds dangerous.
- Recruiter: It is! Extremely dangerous!
- Alan Shepard: Count me in!”

Scott Glenn - Alan Shepard
Jeff Goldblum - Recruiter

“You started thinking you were smart, when all you were was lucky.”
Scott Glenn - David Eckhart

“- Peter: My sister's dying up there, Mr. Wick.
- Montgomery Wick: Up there you're not dying, you're dead.”

Chris O'Donnell - Peter Garrett
Scott Glenn - Montgomery Wick

“You don't have the sense God gave a doughnut, do you?”
Scott Glenn - Jack Buggit

“- Bart Mancuso: I'll be damned.
- Jack Ryan: What happened?
- Bart Mancuso: Combat tactics, Mr. Ryan. By turning into the torpedo, the Captain closed the distance before it could arm itself.”
Scott Glenn - Bart Mancuso
Alec Baldwin - Jack Ryan

“Guess what. No gun. Oh well. Guns don't work in the dark, anyway. But I do have something that does.”

Scott Glenn - David Eckhart

“- Jake: All I did was kiss a girl!
- Emmett: They got you in jail for that?
- Jake: Yeah, I kissed a girl, and this other fella didn't like it, so we had some words, and so I decided to get out of there. So I did, I got out of there. You know me, Emmett, I don't want no trouble. So, I go outside, and this fellow tries to shoot me in the back.”
Kevin Costner - Jake
Scott Glenn - Emmett

“- Gloria Russell: He's got the letter opener. Blood. Fingerprints. Jesus... Think what he can do.
- Bill Burton: The man's a thief. A thief who witnessed a murder.”

Judy Davis - Gloria Russell
Scott Glenn - Bill Burton

“- Sergeant Lee: Well, that's a nice watch, show me that. Where'd you get that?
- Garcia: My father, uh, gave it to me.
- Sergeant Lee: Your father gave it to you? He must be quite a guy. What's he do?
- Garcia: He's a barber.
- Sergeant Lee: Barber? Gee, he must cut a lot of hair.”

Scott Glenn - Sergeant Lee
Michael Peña - Garcia