William H. Macy movie quotes

“- Billy Brennan: Mr. Kirby, when you climbed K2, did you base camp at twenty-five or thirty thousand feet?
- Paul Kirby: Thirty thousand feet, we were pretty close to the top.
- Billy Brennan: You were about a thousand feet above, actually.”
Alessandro Nivola - Billy Brennan
William H. Macy - Paul Kirby

“You look in the mirror, you don't like what you see, don't believe it. Look in my eyes, I am the only mirror you're ever gonna need.”

William H. Macy - Bernie Lootz

“Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.”
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“Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.”
William H. Macy

“We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing.”
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“Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.”
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“We struck down evil with the mighty sword of teamwork and the hammer of not bickering.”
William H. Macy - Shoveler

“- Tommy Max: I'm very sorry, I...
- Walt Price: You're very sorry, you passive-aggressive, son of a bitch... Can we replace him?
- Bill Smith: We start shooting in three days.”

Jim Frangione - Tommy Max
William H. Macy - Walt Price
Lionel Mark Smith - Bill Smith

“I've never done well on the phone. Women find my voice sexy, and I think it distracts them.”
William H. Macy - Bill Porter

“- Little Bill: What the fuck are you doing?
- Little Bill's wife: Go away, Bill, you're embarrassing me.”

William H. Macy - Little Bill
Nina Hartley - Little Bill's Wife

“We've got a blind date with destiny... and it looks like she's ordered the lobster.”
William H. Macy - Shoveler

“Every credit card application we send in, we get two more in the mail. Here's one from some bank I've never heard of, in North Dakota. Fill it out. Fill them all in. It's the last great pyramid scheme in America.”

William H. Macy - James Gordon

“- Doug Madsen: Ooh boy, my ass is sore.
- Dudley Frank: Mine too, its Woody's fault for riding us so hard yesterday. The human body wasn't made to stradle something that big for that long.”
Tim Allen - Doug Madsen
William H. Macy - Dudley Frank

“- Big Bob: What happened? Are you alright? What is it?
- George Parker: Rain.
- Big Bob: Real rain? Oh my God.... Are you alright?”
J. T. Walsh - Big Bob
William H. Macy - George Parker

“- Quiz Kid Donnie Smith: I'm sick and I'm in love.
- Thurston Howell: You seem the sort of person who confuses the two.
- Quiz Kid Donnie Smith: That's right. That's the first time you've been right. I confuse the two and I don't care.”
William H. Macy - Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
Henry Gibson - Thurston Howell

“- Dudley Frank: I'm looking forward to the parade this year. I got little Tootsie Rolls to throw to the kids.
- Woody Stevens: Tootsie Rolls? You cannot even put on your left blinker without wiping out.”
William H. Macy - Dudley Frank
John Travolta - Woody Stevens

“- Sheriff Chappy Dent: I guess like everybody I'm scared of bein', you know, rejected.
- Harry Sawyer: There's no way, man. You're a real catch, you're a man's man, a nice guy. You've got your health. And everybody knows what a turn-on that uniform is.”
William H. Macy - Chappy
Jeremy Northam - Harry

“- Senator Ortolan Finistirre: What are you going to do when he turns 18? C'mon, Mr. Naylor. On his 18th birthday will you share a cigarette with him? Will you spend a lovely afternoon like one of your ludicrous cigarette advertisements? You seem to have to have a lot to say about how we should raise our children. What of your own? What are you...” (continue)(continue reading)
William H. Macy - Senator Ortolan Finistirre
Aaron Eckhart - Nick Naylor

“- Walt Price: What does that woman want from life?
- Marty Rossen: She wants $800,000 to show her tits.”
William H. Macy - Walt Price
David Paymer - Marty Rossen

“I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all.”
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“It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.”
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“- Walt Price: And we're going to sue you for a billion dollars.
- Joseph Turner White: What cause?
- Walt Price: I don't need a cause, I just need a lawyer!”
William H. Macy - Walt Price
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Joseph Turner White

“We're not your classic heroes. We're the other guys.”
William H. Macy - Shoveler

“- Amanda Kirby: If he'd been with you, he'd be completely safe. You drive five miles under the speed limit, Paul. And I've totaled three cars in three years.
- Paul Kirby: Well, not three. The Buick wasn't really totaled. I just said it was 'cause I wanted to get the S.U.V.”

Téa Leoni - Amanda Kirby
William H. Macy - Paul Kirby

“- Sammy: Dad, when can I get a guitar?
- Alex: When you've mastered the harmonica.
- Sammy: When can I get an electric guitar?
- Alex: When you've got your own house.”
David Dorfman - Sammy
William H. Macy - Alex