Tim Robbins movie quotes

“It's like trying to quit crack while the pipe is attached to your body.”
Tim Robbins - Mike

“You're just not man enough to wear jewelry.”
Tim Robbins - Woody Blake

“- Griffin Mill: It lacked certain elements that we need to market a film successfully.
- June Gudmundsdottir: What elements?
- Griffin Mill: Suspense, laughter, violence. Hope, heart, nudity, sex. Happy endings. Mainly happy endings.”
Tim Robbins - Griffin Mill
Greta Scacchi - June Gudmundsdottir

“- Dad: I have to work.
- Walter: But it's Saturday!
- Dad: Tell me about it.”
Tim Robbins - Dad
Josh Hutcherson - Walter

“- Clubhouse reporter: So how does it feel to get your first professional win?
- Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh: It feels out there. I mean, it's a major rush. I mean, it feels radical in kind of a tubular sort of way, but most of all, it feels out there.”
Tim Robbins - Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh

“- Ed Walters: You see, you have a Lucas type four generator on a 12-volt system, and you know the British. They'd rather spend time gluing wood on a dashboard than getting the electrical system right.
- James Moreland: Fascinating, but what is wrong with the car?
- Ed Walters: Well, my guess is your stroke is too short and you're getting...” (continue)(continue reading)
Tim Robbins - Ed Walters
Stephen Fry - James Moreland

“Hope is a good thing - maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies.”
Tim Robbins

“Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free.”
Tim Robbins

“- Michael Faraday: How many people are you going to kill?
- Oliver Lang: Well, if I see any strange cars on my street, if you feel compelled to talk to someone, a federal agent perhaps, I imagine we're just going to kill one.”
Jeff Bridges - Michael Faraday
Tim Robbins - Oliver Lang

“- Andy Dufresne: [referring to Fat Ass] What was his name?
- Heywood: What did you say?
- Andy Dufresne: I was just wondering if anybody knew his name.
- Heywood: Fuck do you care, new fish? Doesn't fuckin' matter what his name was. He's dead.”
Tim Robbins - Andy Dufresne
William Sadler - Heywood

“They've been planning this for a million years. They defeated the greatest power in the world in a couple days. Walked right over us. And these were only the first. They'll keep coming. This is not a war. This is an extermination.”
Tim Robbins - Harlan Ogilvy

“- Annie Savoy: Aren't I pretty?
- Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh: God, I think you're real cute.
- Annie Savoy: Cute? Baby ducks are cute, I hate cute! I want to be exotic, and mysterious!”
Susan Sarandon - Annie Savoy
Tim Robbins - Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh

“- Milo Hoffman: Doesn't Bill Gates have something like that?
- Gary Winston: Bill Who?”
Ryan Phillippe - Milo Hoffman
Tim Robbins - Gary Winston

“- Woody Blake: Okay, people let's look sharp now. We're gonna run this simulation one more time. If we overshoot, there's no coming back.
- Phil Ohlmyer: Yeah, and drifting through eternity will ruin your whole day.”
Tim Robbins - Woody Blake
Jerry O'Connell - Phil Ohlmyer

“- Terrance Paul Davidson: I'm a student of human nature.
- Nick Beam: You're a freak of human nature.”
Martin Lawrence - Terrance Paul Davidson
Tim Robbins - Nick Beam

“- Andy Dufresne: You know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific?
- Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding: No.
- Andy Dufresne: They say it has no memory. That's where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory.”
Tim Robbins - Andy Dufresne
Morgan Freeman - Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

- Josh Tager: Look, Ivan... I hope you're not putting too much faith in me. I don't even know if I...
- Ivan Alexeev: "IF"? Instant Failure! "FEAR" - False Evidence Appearing Real! We've talked about this!
Tim Robbins - Josh Tager
John Cusack - Ivan Alexeev

“- Ed Walters: You were a patent clerk.
- Albert Einstein: Sigmund Freud, I'm sure, was a tobacconist.”
Tim Robbins - Ed Walters
Walter Matthau - Albert Einstein

- Terrance Paul Davidson: Hey, is this your wife? Damn! I see why you were upset! Not bad Nick, not bad, Nick! You know, for a cheatin' bitch.
- Nick Beam: Hey! Don't you call her that, you don't know her, don't say that.
- Terrance Paul Davidson: Okay, okay, no disrespect. What should I call her? "Monogamously challenged"?
Martin Lawrence - Terrance Paul Davidson
Tim Robbins - Nick Beam

“Now all I want is twenty dollars on pump number fifteen and a sour fruity twist, is that too much to ask?”

Tim Robbins - Nick Beam

“- Norville Barnes: I just got hired today.
- Ancient Sorter: Hmm-mmm.
- Norville Barnes: You know, entry level.
- Ancient Sorter: Tell me about it.
- Norville Barnes: But I got big ideas.”
Tim Robbins - Norville Barnes
Patrick Cranshaw - Ancient Sorter

- Nick Beam: "Diversify! You can't trust banks, Nick. The whole economy could crumble at any second". That bastard's so heavily leveraged it would wipe him out.
- Terrance Paul Davidson: What, am I hearing you right? Mr. High-and-Mighty's gonna rob his boss? You hear that, gila monsters? Old Nick Beam here's gonna rob his boss! I say, do you... (continue)(continue reading)
Tim Robbins - Nick Beam
Martin Lawrence - Terrance Paul Davidson

“- Louis: Well, you've done it to yourself this time, haven't you?
- Jacob: Am I dying, Louie?
- Louis: From a slipped disk? That'll be a first.”
Danny Aiello - Louis
Tim Robbins - Jacob

“- Jacob: This isn't happening.
- Evil Doctor: What is happening?
- Jacob: Get me out of here.
- Evil Doctor: There is no out of here. You've been killed, don't you remember?”
Tim Robbins - Jacob
Davidson Thomson - Evil Doctor

“- Terrance Paul Davidson: What is beetle headed?
- Nick Beam: It's a synonym for stupid!
- Terrance Paul Davidson: Oh. Well, here's a synonym for procreation: fuck you! It's easy for you to point the finger when you're sitting on your rich ass in a big fucking house!”
Martin Lawrence - Terrance Paul Davidson
Tim Robbins - Nick Beam