Madness quotes

“- Cameron: Why are you trying to save my ass?
- Eli Cross: Because you're almost as crazy as the young man I'm making this film about. Besides, I've fallen madly in love with the dark side of your nature.”
Steve Railsback - Cameron
Peter O'Toole - Eli Cross

“It appears that John has suffered a psychotic break. Complete memory loss. He may be delusional. Even violent. Emma, if he were to contact you, and I suspect he will, you must call me immediately.”

Kiefer Sutherland - Dr. Schreber

“- Clifford Daniels: I'd say I'm the happiest boy in the whole wide world, Uncle Mental Case.
- Martin Daniels: I'm the mental case? You're the one in the strait jacket.”
Martin Hayter Short - Clifford Daniels
Charles Grodin - Martin Daniels

“- Blanky: Do we have to stop here?
- Toaster: Only for a while.
- The Radio: Just long enough to lose our minds! We'll be cannibals within a few days, I've seen it happen!
- Kirby: And you'll be the first to go, dial-face.”
Timothy E. Day - Blanky
Deanna Oliver - Toaster
Jon Lovitz - Radio
Thurl Ravenscroft - Kirby

“- Dr. Brenda Bradford: Two things, Scolex! One, you are completely insane!
- Dr. Claw: Bring on the brownies! Eheel in the waffles! I'm ready to binge! Ha ha ha!”
Joely Fisher - Brenda
Rupert Everett - Sanford Scolex

“I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?”
Christian Bale - Patrick Bateman

“On the good days, I feel like I get it, like it all makes sense. I can stay in the moment, I don't have to control everything in the future, and I believe everything is gonna work out fine. On the bad days I just want to grab the phone and start dialing numbers. I want to pull my hair and run through the streets screaming.”
Erika Christensen - Caroline Wakefield

“- Dr. Willis: If the King refuses food, He will be restrained. If He claims to have no appetite, He will be restrained. If He swears and indulges in meaningless discourse... He will be restrained. If He throws off his bed-clothes, tears away His bandages, scratches at His sores, and if He does not strive every day and always towards His own...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sir Ian Holm - Willis
Nigel Hawthorne - George III

“Look at the world and tell me the pleasures of sanity.”
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Reinhard Heydrich

“- Tony's Boss: Well, here's the news! It seems that the old lady that confessed to the murder of Ralph Elliot has also confessed to a couple of other murders.
- Tony Giardino: I knew she would! I knew it!
- Tony's Boss: Yeah! Right! Well, she's confessed to the murders of Abraham Lincoln, Warren G. Harding and Julius Caesar. She's a nutcase! A...” (continue)(continue reading)
Alan Arkin - Tony's Boss
Anthony LaPaglia - Tony Giardino

“We're consumers, Jim. Yeah. Okay, okay. Buy a lot of stuff, you're a good citizen. But if you don't buy a lot of stuff, if you don't, what are you then, I ask you? What? Mentally ill.”
Brad Pitt - Jeffrey Goines

“- Winston Taylor: I might know someone who'll train you. There's one person crazy enough to put you in the ring with Tong Po. His name's Xian, lives out in the sticks.
- Kurt: Will he do it?
- Winston Taylor: I don't have any fuckin' idea. That's your problem.”
Haskell V. Anderson III - Winston Taylor
Jean-Claude Van Damme - Kurt Sloane

“Butch Cavendish lived undisturbed, waging his private war. And men who made mistakes were simply men he could not afford. Some say he was a monster, and others called him mad. Let's just say Butch Cavendish was everything that's bad.”
Merle Haggard - Balladeer

“- North: Where the hell are my parents?
- Winchell: North, did you say the word 'hell'? The summer's really broadened you.
- North: Winchell, I've got exactly 10 minutes to find my parents and if you don't tell me where they are, I'll show you how the summer's broadened me you little asshole!”
Elijah Wood - North
Matthew McCurley - Winchell

“Did you switch from mocha to crack?”
Dennis Quaid - Dan

“- Victor Moritz: You're crazy!
- Henry Frankenstein: Crazy, am I? We'll see whether I'm crazy or not.”
John Boles - Victor Moritz
Colin Clive - Dr. Frankenstein

“I like psychotic people. They get things done.”
Faye Dunaway - Mrs. Dubrow

“- Alexis Zorba: Damn it boss, I like you too much not to say it. You've got everything except one thing: madness! A man needs a little madness, or else...
- Basil: Or else?
- Alexis Zorba: ...he never dares cut the rope and be free.”
Anthony Quinn - Alexis Zorba
Alan Bates - Basil

“- Vicki Vale: A lot of people think you're as dangerous as the Joker.
- Batman: He's psychotic.
- Vicki Vale: Some people say the same thing about you.
- Batman: What people?
- Vicki Vale: Well, I mean, let's face it. You're not exactly normal, are you?
- Batman: It's not exactly a normal world, is it?”
Kim Basinger - Vicki Vale
Michael Keaton - Batman

“- Claudia: Well, what was I supposed to think. They looked insane.
- Bernice: We're not insane. We're from New Jersey.”
Alison La Placa - Claudia
Jessica Lundy - Bernice

“Wouldn't it be great if I was crazy? Then the world would be okay.”
Bruce Willis - James Cole

“- Stokely: In an insane society, the sane man must appear insane.
- Harvey Holroyd: Where'd you get that?
- Stokely: Star Trek.
- Harvey Holroyd: God, I miss that show.”
Anthony Battaglia - Stokely
Martin Mull - Harvey

“- Gianelli: I'm a police officer. Drop the gun!
- Billy Caufield: I'm a mental patient. I'm not impressed.
- Gianelli: You're not this crazy, are you?
- Billy Caufield: Actually, this is my idea of a good time.”
James Remar - Gianelli
Michael Keaton - Billy Caufield

“That's perfect... I'm partnered with a homicidal maniac on a personal vendetta of family vengeance.”

Brandon Lee - Johnny Murata

“- Ruth Matthews: We all go a little crazy sometimes, doctor.
- Jake Beerlander: Yes, Ms. Matthews, but most of us come back.”
Kathleen Turner - Ruth Matthews
Tommy Lee Jones - Jake Beerlander