Russians quotes

“I couldn't have you talking to the Russians. Five years ago, yes, we could trust them not to go running to the F.B.I. or if they did we could trust the F.B.I. not to believe them, but today we can't trust anybody.”
Ben Kingsley - Cosmo

“There's one beneficial effect of going to Moscow. You come home waving the American flag with all your might.”
Mary Tyler Moore

“Of all the weapons in the vast soviet arsenal, nothing was more profitable than the Kalashnikov. It's the world's most popular assault rifle. A weapon all fighters love. It's so easy, even a child can use it; and they do. The Soviets put the gun on a coin. Mozambique put it on their flag.”
Nicolas Cage - Yuri Orlov

“I think I must be the only British actor who's played both Stalin and Trotsky. I need to play Lenin so I can make it a triptych.”
Brian Cox

“Soviet method is more economical.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger - Ivan Danko

“If we permit the introduction of nuclear missiles to a Soviet satellite nation in our hemisphere, the diplomaticconsequences will be too terrible to contemplate. The Russians are trying to show the world they can do whatever they want, wherever they want, and we're powerless to stop them. If they succeed...”
Henry Strozier - Dean Rusk

“- Dominika Egorova: He tried to rape me.
- General Korchnoi: And your honor is worth depriving Russia of a promising cadet?
- Dominika Egorova: It was never my intention to deprive Russia of anything.”

Jennifer Lawrence - Dominika Egorova
Jeremy Irons - General Korchnoi

“You Russians think of yourselves as poets, but perhaps you're just touchy.”

Chris Pine - Jack Ryan

“- Vladimir Ivanoff: You don't look like marxist.
- Veronica Cohen: I'm not. I'm a humanist. What does a marxist look like anyway?
- Vladimir Ivanoff: Usually has beard, mustache.
- Veronica Cohen: A-ha, the women too?
- Vladimir Ivanoff: In Russia, especially women.”
Robin Williams - Vladimir Ivanoff
Stephanie Cotsirilos - Veronica Cohen

“Any country that can survive Stalin can certainly handle a little dope.”
Ed O'Ross - Viktor Rostavili

“In Moscow we fought for an inch of freedom! Here you take it and pour shit all over it.”
Robin Williams - Vladimir Ivanoff

“- Ivan Danko: I do not understand this sport.
- Art Ridzik: You're not supposed to, it's completely American.
- Ivan Danko: We play baseball now in Soviet Union.
- Art Ridzik: Are you kidding me? This is our national pastime!”
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Ivan Danko
Jim Belushi - Art Ridzik

“You know why the Soviet empire fell? Godlessness.”
Chris Cooper - Robert Hanssen

“- Kara Milovy: You were fantastic. We're free.
- James Bond: Kara, we're inside a Russian airbase in the middle of Afghanistan.”

Maryam d'Abo - Kara Milovy
Timothy Dalton - James Bond

“We Russians do not deceive each other!”

Arkady Zersky - Kuybyshev

“- Pu Yi - 15 Years: Who is this George Washington?
- Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston: A famous American, your majesty. A revolutionary general, the first American president.
- Pu Yi - 15 Years: Like Mr. Lenin in Russia?
- Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston: Not quite.”
Tao Wu - Pu Yi - 15 Years
Peter O'Toole - Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston

“- Vladimir Ivanoff: I read about slavery.
- Lionel Witherspoon: Yeah, with slavery at least the work was steady.
- Vladimir Ivanoff: Sounds like Russia.”
Robin Williams - Vladimir Ivanoff
Cleavant Derricks - Lionel Witherspoon

“Bakunin? Bakunin was a terrorist monster. You are not an authority on Bakunin just because you used to date every terrorist in Soviet Russia, that does not make you an authority.”

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Moses Wine

“Since the end of the Cold War, the Kalashnikov has become the Russian people's greatest export. After that comes vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists. One thing is for sure, no one was lining up to buy their cars.”
Nicolas Cage - Yuri Orlov

“- Paulie: It's a long story.
- Misha Vilyenkov: I'm Russian. I like long stories!”

Jay Mohr - Paulie
Tony Shalhoub - Misha Vilyenkov

“- Otto: Don't call me stupid.
- Wendy: Why on earth not?
- Otto: Oh, you English are so superior, aren't you? Well, would you like to know what you'd be without us, the good ol' U.S. of A. to protect you? I'll tell you. The smallest fucking province in the Russian Empire, that's what! So don't call me stupid, lady. Just thank me.”
Kevin Kline - Otto
Maria Aitken - Wendy

“If they refuse to remove the missiles, we retain the option to strike and invade. A sneak attack would be counter to what the United States stands for. It leaves us no room to maneuver, and the inevitable Soviet response would force us into a war.”

Dylan Baker - Robert McNamara

“Russian dentists make pretty good dentures.”
Reb Brown - Sgt. Michael Ransom

“The president and Mr. Putin had a nice talk. The president considers him a close friend, while of course deeply mistrusting his undemocratic tendencie”
Willem Dafoe - Chief of Staff

“You must think in Russian.”

Nigel Hawthorne - Pyotr Baranovich