“Hellboy” quotes

"What makes a man a man?" a friend of mine once wondered. Is it his origins? The way he comes to life? I don't think so. It's the choices he makes. Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them.
Rupert Evans - John Myers

“- Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm: 1937: Hitler joins the Thule Society, a group of German aristocrats obsessed with the occult. In 1938, he acquired the spear of Longinus, which pierced the side of Christ. He who holds it becomes invincible. Hitler's power increases tenfold. 1943: President Roosevelt decides to fight back. The Bureau of...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sir John Hurt - Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
Rupert Evans - John Myers

“- Tom Manning: Hey, fish stick. Don't touch anything.
- Abe Sapien: I need to touch it to see.
- Tom Manning: See what?
- Abe Sapien: Past, future. Whatever this object holds.”
Jeffrey Tambor - Tom Manning
Doug Jones - Abe Sapien

“- Sgt. Whitman: You're wasting our time, there's nothing on this island but sheep and rocks!
- Young 'Broom': They must be here for the sheep.”

Angus MacInnes - Sgt. Whitman
Kevin Trainor - Young "Broom"

“- Abe Sapien: Behind this door, a dark entity. Evil, ancient and hungry.
- Hellboy: Oh, well. Let me go in and say hi.”

Doug Jones - Abe Sapien
Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy

- Hellboy: Hey Myers, you're a talker. What's a good word, a solid word for "need"?
- John Myers: Well, "need" is a good, solid word.
- Hellboy: Nah. Too needy.
Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy
Rupert Evans - John Myers

- Liz Sherman: In the dark I heard your voice, what did you say?
- Hellboy: I said, "Hey, you, on the other side - let her go. Because for her I will cross over, and then you'll be sorry!".
Selma Blair - Liz Sherman
Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy

“So there we were, an unwanted child and an unready father. The name we gave him was not, perhaps, an appropriate one. But we would all call him by it in the years to come. That name was Hellboy.”
Sir John Hurt - Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

“My uncle used to say that we like people for their qualities but we love them for their defects.”
Rupert Evans - John Myers

“- Tom Manning: That's why we need you. You have an insight. You know monsters.
- Hellboy: What are you trying to say?
- Tom Manning: This whole thing is a farce, because in the end, after you've killed and captured every freak out there - there's still one left: you.”
Jeffrey Tambor - Tom Manning
Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy

- Grigori Rasputin: He disclosed to me the child's true name. Would you like to know it?
- Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm: I already know what to call him. I call him "son".

Karel Roden - Grigori Rasputin
Sir John Hurt - Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

“- Hellboy: Sparky, tell everyone to turn on their locator belts if anyone sees anything.
- John Myers: Are you sure about this?
- Hellboy: On a scale of one to ten, two.”
Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy
Rupert Evans - John Myers

“- Hellboy: How are you doing back there, Ivan?
- Ivan Klimatovich: If I still had legs, I'd kick your ass!
- Hellboy: Could you hold this guy for a while? He is so negative.”

Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy

“Listen, I'm not much of a problem solver. Three decades... and I've only completed two sides.”

Doug Jones - Abe Sapien

“In the absence of light, darkness prevails. There are things that go bump in the night, Agent Myers. Make no mistake about that. And we are the ones who bump back.”
Sir John Hurt - Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

“I hate those comic books. They never get the eyes right.”
Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy

“I have a question. Why is it, in these pictures - pictures of aliens, UFOs, the Yeti, Hellboy - why is it they're always out of focus?”

Jeffrey Tambor - Tom Manning

“- Hellboy: How am I gonna get a girl? I drive around in a garbage truck.
- Abe Sapien: Liz left us, Red. Take the hint.
- Hellboy: We don't take hints.”

Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy
Doug Jones - Abe Sapien

“- Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm: Tom, he's our guest, not a prisoner!
- Tom Manning: Yeah, well, your guest happens to be six-foot five, bright red, has a tail, and is government funded.”

Sir John Hurt - Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
Jeffrey Tambor - Tom Manning

“- Abe Sapien: Remind me why I do this again.
- Hellboy: Rotten eggs and the safety of mankind.
- Abe Sapien: Ah!”
Doug Jones - Abe Sapien
Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy

- John Myers: Hey, no one goes with him? Jesus.
- Abe Sapien: No. He likes it that way. The whole "lonelyhero" thing.

Rupert Evans - John Myers
Doug Jones - Abe Sapien

“- Kid on Rooftop: Just go down there and tell her how you feel. My mom always says...
- Hellboy: It's not... it's not that easy. Plus, you're nine. You're not old enough to be giving me advice.”

Rory Copus - Kid on Rooftop
Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy

“Red, white, whatever. Guys are all the same.”
Selma Blair - Liz Sherman

“Rasputin is back for him. What I'm asking you is to have the courage to stand by him when I am gone. He was born a demon, we can't change that. But you will help him, in essence, to become a man.”

Sir John Hurt - Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

“Second date, no tongue!”

Ronald Francis Perlman - Hellboy