Reputation quotes

“I thought if I went somewhere where I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me I could start all over again.”
Jared Harris

“If you stay away from parties, you're called a snob. If you go, you're an exhibitionist. If you don't talk, you're dumb. If you do talk, you're quarrelsome. Pardon me while I change my nail polish.”
Lana Turner

“- Ed: This is where I come to think... I think.
- Dexter Reed: Funny, I never figured you as much of a thinker.”
Kel Mitchell - Ed
Kenan Thompson - Dexter Reed

“Oh, your honor! Your selfishness! Your hypocrisy! Your egotism! You've never considered me as a human being. Your social position and... your reputation.”

Greta Garbo - Anna Karenina

“Your word is who you are.”

James Earl Jones - Admiral Greer

“- Theresa von Rodeck: Somebody has been asking questions about us.
- Col. Stewart: Who?
- Theresa von Rodeck: A man called Peter Shelley. What would your General Patton say if he knew you had a German mistress?
- Col. Stewart: Oh, come on, Theresa. Half the American army are living with German girls.”
Birgit Bergen - Theresa von Rodeck
Ed Bishop - Col. Stewart

“- Beowulf: You want your name in The Song of Beowulf? You think it sould end with me killed by some Frisian raider with no name?
- Frisian Leader: I'm Finn of Frisia and my name shall be remembered forever!
- Beowulf: Only if you kill me. Otherwise you're nothing.”
Ray Winstone - Beowulf
Fredrik Hiller - Frisian Leader

“You have to be willing to accept the idea that people may think you're stupid.”
Anna Faris

“I don't mind the audience identifying me with Red.”
Kurtwood Smith

“I still have a reputation as an eccentric. But the fact is that audiences probably mix up my roles with me as a person.”
Crispin Glover

“People call me an instinctive actor. I used to consider that an insult early on, only because I had never studied. Now... I love it.”
Danny Aiello

“One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not.”
Eugene Levy

“You know, every movie you make can't be great, no matter who you are.”
Michael Madsen

“I've only been in one fight in my whole life... in 7th grade, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac.”
Ray Liotta

“You said you didn't care what the world thought of you. Nor will I.”

Julia Roberts - Mary Reilly

“We can't start escaping at a time like this. What would future generations think of us?”
Jonathan Pryce - The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson

“- Dirk Pitt: What would you do if you were about to be exposed as the biggest polluter in history?
- Al Giordino: I don't know. Run for president?”
Matthew McConaughey - Dirk Pitt
Steve Zahn - Al Giordino

“I am not as crazy as people think.”
Tom Sizemore

“The great advantage of having a reputation for being stupid: People are less suspicious of you.”
James Fleet - Tom - Wedding One

“[on Robert Redford] Redford is a dangerous man to let loose on the streets. He has holes in his head, he should be arrested.”
George Roy Hill On Robert Redford

“I have a bad reputation for being temperamental.”
Ted Kotcheff

“He got a reputation as a great actor just by thinking hard about the next line.”
King Vidor On Gary Cooper

I know what you're thinking: "This woman's a tramp and she's in love with him". Well, I am a tramp! And I am in love with him!

Paulette Goddard - Anita Dixon

“- Nick Charles: Who was that?
- Nora Charles: Oh, you wouldn't know them, darling. They're respectable.”
William Powell - Nick Charles
Myrna Loy - Nora Charles

“Your reputation for hospitality is fast becoming legend.”

Sean Bean - Odysseus