Wallace Shawn movie quotes

“We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that.”
Wallace Shawn

“You don't know when to quit, do ya Griswold?... Here's an idea: why don't you give me half the money your were gonna bet, then we'll go out back, I'll kick you in the nuts, and we'll call it a day!”
Wallace Shawn - Marty

“The only surprise I like is to not be surprised.”
Wallace Shawn - Mr. Woodley

“The panic is attacking me!”
Wallace Shawn - Rex

“- Howard: Mrs. Lipkin said there'd be some suppositories in here!
- To-Bel: Why dontcha try heatin' up some nice corn-on-the-cob and shovin' that up y'ass?”
Wallace Shawn - Howard
Arnetia Walker - To-Bel

“Oh my balls! I have no balls Liz! All I have is a fat set of petty dictators sewn up in cheap leather.”
Wallace Shawn - Howard

“- Nurse Mary Verbeck: The Salingers. They know I worship your body like a French cathedral.
- Dr. Elliot Fibel: I don't care who knows, Mary. You're my woman and I'm your man! Never the less, if they can keep a secret, so can I.”
Lu Leonard - Nurse Mary Verbeck
Wallace Shawn - Dr. Elliot Fibel

“- Gilbert Huph: You know, Bob... a company...
- Bob Parr: Is like an enormous clock.
-Gilbert Huph: ...Is like an enormous cl... Yes, precisely. It only works if all the little cogs mesh together. A clock must be clean, well lubricated, and wound tight.”

Wallace Shawn - Gilbert Huph
Craig T. Nelson - Bob Parr

“- Rex: Mr. Lotso, do toys here get played with every day?
- Lotso: All day long! Five days a week.
- Jessie: But what happens when the kids grow up?
- Lotso: When the kids get old, new ones come in. When they get old, new ones replace them. You'll never be outgrown, or neglected. Never abandoned or forgotten.”
Wallace Shawn - Rex
Ned Beatty - Lotso
Joan Cusack - Jessie

“It is hard enough to make a plan for how you are going to spend an evening with somebody else. So to make a plan for how you are going to behave in 25 years seems based on a view of life that is incomprehensible to me.”
Wallace Shawn

“Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful.”
Wallace Shawn

“I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.”
Wallace Shawn

- Buzz Lightyear: Woody you're in danger here, we need to leave now.
- Rex the Green Dinosaur: Al's selling you to a toy museum, in Japan.
- Woody: I know! It's okay, Buzz. I actually wanna go.
- Mr. Potato Head: What? Are you crazy?
- Woody: Look, the thing is, I'm this rare "Sheriff Woody" doll, and these guys, are my round-up gang.
Tim Allen - Buzz Lightyear
Wallace Shawn - Rex the Green Dinosaur
Tom Hanks - Woody
Don Rickles - Mr. Potato Head

“I wonder if future generations will ever even hear about us. It's not likely. After enough time, everything passes. I don't care how big we are or how important are our lives.”
Wallace Shawn - Masked Avenger

“I've lived in this city all my life. I grew up on the Upper East Side. And when I was ten years old, I was rich, I was an aristocrat. Riding around in taxis, surrounded by comfort, and all I thought about was art and music. Now, I'm 36, and all I think about is money.”
Wallace Shawn - Wallace Shawn

“- Fezzik: You never said anything about killing anyone.
- Vizzini: I've hired you to help me start a war. It's an prestigious line of work, with a long and glorious tradition.”
André the Giant - Fezzik
Wallace Shawn - Vizzini

“- Mr. Potato Head: How did I get stuck with you as a moving buddy?
- Rex: Everyone else was picked.”

Don Rickles - Mr. Potato Head
Wallace Shawn - Rex

“- Marty: Come on, Griswold, You think that sign is there to hold the table down?
- Clark Griswold: What can I do with five dollars?
- Marty: Gee, I don't know. Buy a bullet and rent a gun?”

Wallace Shawn - Marty
Chevy Chase - Clark Griswold

- Vizzini: I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia", but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line"! Ha ha ha!
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Wallace Shawn - Vizzini
Robin Wright - The Princess Bride
Cary Elwes - Westley

“- Gene: How many deals did you get?
- Pendelton 'Penny' Wise: Five
- Gene: Five? Today? You got in at 11:30.
- Pendelton 'Penny' Wise: It's not me, Gene, it's the gift. You can't fight that sort of thing - you can't fight the gift.”
Wallace Shawn - Gene
Vince Vaughn - Pendelton 'Penny' Wise

“What if Andy gets another dinosaur? A mean one? I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection!”
Wallace Shawn - Rex

“- Vizzini: He didn't fall? Inconceivable.
- Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

Wallace Shawn - Vizzini
Mandy Patinkin - Inigo Montoya

“- Coleye: This is similar to the Martian incident of 1963.
- Armitan: Careful, stupid. Not only is that incident classified, it never happened!”
Wallace Shawn - Coleye
Ray Walston - Armitan

“- Al Kennedy: No one trusts me, Mike.
- Mike Hoover: Al, trust me, they trust you.
- Al Kennedy: I'm too honest for them.
- Mike Hoover: You're not that honest.”
Bruce Wagner - Al Kennedy
Wallace Shawn - Mike Hoover

“Monogamy was my kingdom and they have exiled me!”
Wallace Shawn - Howard