A character in The Killing Fields (1984)

Al Rockoff quotes from The Killing Fields (1984)

John Malkovich

Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in The Killing Fields (1984): in 4 of its 16 quotes

A line from Al Rockoff

I can't eat eggs, someone told me they shrink with fright when you cook them.

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Al Rockoff

Anything I eat's gotta be absolutely dead. That is why I can never eat an oyster. I read somewhere that they put that lemon juice on them just to stun them. What's the difference?

Scenes with Al Rockoff

2 scenes

Mass grave in Choeung Ek.

Jon Swain
[listening to BBC reporter Hugh Elder's broadcast on the radio]

Where do they get this crap?

Al Rockoff

That guy across the gate there. The little guy. Could we all not look at once, please? I have it on reliable sources that that's none other than Hugh Elder.

Jon Swain

You're kidding . . .

Al Rockoff

He's disguised, but I got a little suspicious about it, you know what I mean?

How does he get his copy out?

Al Rockoff

How does he get his copy out? Specially trained hens. Yeah, the BBC has commissioned them to walk past the Khmer Rouge like they're regular fowl, and then they've been crossing the border into Thailand every day and every night.

Al Rockoff

It bothers me that you let Pran stay in Cambodia because you wanted to win that **** award and you knew you needed him.

I had no idea that-

Al Rockoff

The **** you didn't! The **** you didn't!

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