Name quotes

“I'll give up all that other stuff, but only if I get to keep my name. I worked too hard for it, your honor.”
Angela Bassett - Tina Turner

“- Keaton: His name's Verbal. Verbal Kint.
- McManus: Verbal?
- Keaton: Yeah.
- Verbal: 'Roger', really. People say I talk too much.
- Hockney: Yeah, I was just gonna tell you to shut up.”
Gabriel Byrne - Keaton
Stephen Baldwin - McManus
Kevin Spacey - Verbal
Kevin Pollak - Hockney

“I had never really known who John Dunbar was. Perhaps because the name itself had no meaning. But as I heard my Sioux name being called over and over, I knew for the first time who I really was.”
Kevin Costner - Lieutenant Dunbar

“- Maria Elena Santiago: I'm Puerto Rican. And you're, you're not.
- Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly: So I'll change my name to Chihuahua.”
Maria Richwine - Maria Elena Santiago
Gary Busey - Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly

“- Lexie Coop: Americus? What kind of a name is Americus?
- Novalee Nation: I wanted her to have a strong name.
- Lexie Coop: Well, I guess I shouldn't talk. I named my kids after snack foods: Brownie, Praline, Cherry and Baby Ruth.”
Ashley Judd - Lexie Coop
Natalie Portman - Novalee Nation

“- Kelly: What kind of names are Ozone and Turbo?
- Turbo: The kind of names that only a few people are allowed to call us by.”
Lucinda Dickey - Kelly
Michael Chambers - Turbo

“- Johnny Castle: What's your real name, Baby?
- Baby Houseman: Frances. For the first woman in the Cabinet.
[laughs]
- Johnny Castle: Frances. That's a real grown up name.”
Patrick Swayze - Johnny Castle
Jennifer Grey - Baby Houseman

“Hello, my name is Lilah Krytsick, and on our wedding night, my husband gave me something very long and hard... a new name.”
Sally Field - Lilah Krytsick

“- Luis Antonio Vargas: What is your name?
- Julia Russell: Bonnie. Bonnie Castle.
- Luis Antonio Vargas: Is that your christian name?
- Julia Russell: It would be... If I were a Christian.”
Antonio Banderas - Luis Antonio Vargas
Angelina Jolie - Julia Russell

“- Pvt. Johnson - 1st Squad: Would you look at how fast they put the names of all our guys who got killed?
- The Sergeant: That's a World War One memorial.
- Pvt. Johnson - 1st Squad: But the name's are the same.
- The Sergeant: They always are.”

Kelly Ward - Pvt. Johnson - 1st Squad
Lee Marvin - The Sergeant

“They call me Panic 'cause I never do. How about you?”

Alfonso Ribeiro - Darrel 'Panic' Lumley

- Jack Wells: Ma'am...
- Kelly Scott: Look, if you call me "ma'am" one more time I'll sue you, and with today's laws it's possible.
- Sheriff Hank Keough: She's good.
Bill Pullman - Jack Wells
Bridget Fonda - Kelly Scott
Brendan Gleeson - Sheriff Hank Keough

“- Dr. Lawrence Gordon: What's your name?
- Adam Faulkner-Stanheight: My name is Very Fucking Confused; what's your name?”
Cary Elwes - Dr. Lawrence Gordon
Leigh Whannell - Adam Faulkner-Stanheight

“What did you say your name was?”

Paul Pape - Double J.

“What is there in a name that is worth your life?”
Simon Baker - Rétaux de Vilette

“- Rene Ricard: What's your name?
- Jean Michel Basquiat: Jean-Michel Basquiat.
- Rene Ricard: Oh my God, you sound famous already!”
Michael Wincott - Rene Ricard
Jeffrey Wright - Jean Michel Basquiat

“I almost forgot. I won't be able to make it fellas. Veronica and I trying this new fad called uh, jogging. I believe it's jogging or yogging. it might be a soft j. I'm not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It's supposed to be wild.”
Will Ferrell - Ron Burgundy

- Natalie: What's his or her name?
- Steven: Dog!
- Natalie: You named your dog "Dog"?
- Steven: See, I thought about 'Cat', but...
Leilani Sarelle - Natalie
Clyde Hayes - Steven

Do you mind if I name my first child after you? "Dipshit Knight" has a nice ring to it.

Val Kilmer - Chris Knight

“Name's Smalls. Leonard Smalls. My friends call me Lenny... only I ain't got no friends.”
Randall 'Tex' Cobb - Leonard Smalls

“I know my first name is Steven. I think my last name is Stayner.”
Corin Nemec - Steven Stayner

“- Landon Carter: Can you find this star, right here?
- Jamie Sullivan: Sure. So why am I looking for this star?
- Landon Carter: Because I had it named for you. See? It's official. It's from the International Star Registry.”
Shane West - Landon Carter
Mandy Moore - Jamie Sullivan

"John Steed". What a horse's arse of a name.
Sir Sean Connery - Sir August de Wynter

“- Jack Brown: Angela! Jesus H. Christ!
- Eric Bates: Is that her full name?”
Richard Pryor - Jack Brown
Scott Schwartz - Eric Bates

If you're gonna name a food, you should give it a name that sounds delicious. Ratatouille doesn't sound delicious. It sounds like "rat" and "patootie". Rat patootie! Which does not sound delicious.
Lou Romano - Linguini