Anthony Hopkins movie quotes

View Quote I've been in this room for eight years now, Clarice. I know they will never ever let me out while I'm alive. What I want is a view. I want a window where I can see a tree, or even water. I want to be in a federal institution, far away from Dr. Chilton.

View Quote Advancement, of course. Listen carefully. Look deep within yourself, Clarice Starling. Go seek out Miss Mofet, an old patient of mine. M-O-F-E-T. Go now, I don't think Miggs could manage again quite so soon, even though he is crazy. [shouting] Go now!

View Quote A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. [hisses] Note: ranked #21 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

View Quote There are shallow rollers, and there are deep rollers. You can't breed two deep rollers…or their young, their offspring, will roll all the way down…hit and die. Agent Starling is a deep roller, Barney. Let us hope one of her parents was not.

View Quote How does that word taste to you, Clarice? Cheap and metallic, like sucking on a greasy coin?

View Quote My life? What is there to say about mine? I have been in a state of hibernation for some time... a little inactive. But now I'm back home and I'm very happy…and very healthy. You though. It's you I'm worried about.

View Quote 3,000 feet up.Up the side of Mt. Crumpit.He rode with his load to the tip-top to dump it.

View Quote Sweet little Cindy didn't know what to do.In her head, bum-tumbled a conflict or 2 - "If the Grinch was so bad, then why did he save me? Maybe he wasn't so bad Maybe. Just maybe."

View Quote The Grinch hated Christmas. The whole Christmas season.Now, please, don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.It could be that his head wasn't screwed on just right.Or it could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.But I think that the most likely reason of all… may have been that his heart was 2 sizes too small.

View Quote I want you to sing with rapture and dance like a dervish.

View Quote You never know, lightning could strike.

View Quote Don't blow smoke up my ass, you'll ruin my autopsy.

View Quote Ah yes Dr. Chillton. Gruesome isn't he? Fumbles at your head like a freshman pulling at a panty girdle.

View Quote Tell me, Will. Did you enjoy it? Your first murder? Of course you did. And why shouldn't it feel good? It does to God. Why only last week in Texas, he dropped a whole church roof on the heads of 34 of his worshippers, just as they were groveling for him. He wouldn't begrudge you one Journalist.

View Quote We musn't judge too harshly Will, it was his first time. Haven you ever felt a sudden rush of panic?

View Quote Civilization and syphilization have advanced togther.

View Quote (about Lucy) She lives beyond the grace of God, a wanderer in the outer darkness. She is "vampyr", "Nosferatu". These creatures do not die like the bee after the first sting, but instead grow strong and become immortal once infected by another Nosferatu. So, my friends, we fight not one beast, but legions that go on age after age after age, feeding on the blood of the living.

View Quote (reading from a book about vampire history) "Here occurs the shocking and frightening history of the wild berserker, Prince Dracula, how he impaled people and roasted them, boiled their heads in a kettle, how he skinned them alive and hacked them to pieces and then... drank their blood." Ja, Dracul... "The blood is the life"...

View Quote Most people lost in the wild, they die of shame.

View Quote Never feel sorry for a man who owns his own plane.

View Quote Because today, I'm going to kill the mother****er!

View Quote It is said that when the pupil is ready the master appears.

View Quote You know there is a saying, a very old saying: when the pupil is ready the master will appear.

View Quote A nobleman is nothing but a man, who says one thing and thinks another.

View Quote Knowledge is pain.

View Quote Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

View Quote You look closely enough, you'll find that everything has a weak spot where it can break, sooner or later.

View Quote [to Anne] You keep looking at me as if there was something wrong. Everything’s fine, Anne. The world is turning. You’ve always been that way. A worrier. Like your mother. Your mother was always scared. Always looking for reasons to be scared. Whereas your sister has always been much more... At least she doesn't keep badgering me.

View Quote Who exactly am I?

View Quote I don't need any help from anyone. And I'm not going to leave my flat. All I want is for everyone to **** off. Having said that... it's been a great pleasure. Au revoir. Toodle-oo.

View Quote Well when I was an attorney, a long time ago, young man, I err... I realized after much trial and error, that in the courtroom, whoever tells the best story wins. In unlawyer-like fashion, I give you that scrap of wisdom free of charge.

View Quote [to the court] Your Honor, I derive much consolation from the fact that my colleague, Mr. Baldwin here, has argued the case in so able, and so complete a manner, as to leave me scarcely anything to say. However... why are we here? How is it that a simple, plain property issue should now find itself so ennobled as to be argued before the Supreme Court of the United States of America?

View Quote [to the court] This is the most important case ever to come before this court. Because what it in fact concerns is the very nature of man.

View Quote I suggest to you that it is because God loves us that he makes us the gift of suffering. Pain is Gods megaphone to rouse a deaf world . You see we are like blocks of stone out of which the sculptor carves the forms of men. The blows of his chisel which hurt us so much with are what makes us perfect.

View Quote Isn’t God supposed to be good? Isn’t God supposed to love us? And does God want us to suffer? What if the answer to that question is yes? ’Cause I’m not sure that God particularly wants us to be happy. I think he wants us to be able to love and be loved. He wants us to grow up. I suggest to you that it is because God loves us that he makes us the gift of suffering.

View Quote Why love if losing hurt so much. I have no answers anymore, only the life I have lived. Twice in that life I’ve been given the choice. As a boy and as a man. The boy choose safety, the man chooses suffering.The pain now is part of the happiness then. That’s the deal.

View Quote If you don't go when you want to go, when you do go, you'll find you've gone.

View Quote If you don't follow your dreams, you might as well be a vegetable.

View Quote Invercargill, I-N-V-E-R-C-A-R-G-I-L-L. Sometimes I spell it with one 'L' to save ink.

View Quote This is not mission difficult, Mr. Hunt, it's mission impossible. Difficult should be a walk in the park for you.

View Quote As always, should you be captured or killed, the President will disavow all knowledge of your actions.

View Quote Well, mate, maybe this is one of those times we shouldn't follow orders.

View Quote Am I a good man? Or a bad man?

View Quote Dr. Fox: Have you ever mentioned his mental state?
Dr. Frederick Treves: Oh, he's an imbecile, probably from birth. Man's a complete idiot... Pray to God he's an idiot.

View Quote Carr Gomm: Can you imagine the kind of life he must have had?
Dr. Frederick Treves: Yes, I think I can.
Carr Gomm: I don't think so. No one could possibly imagine it! I don't believe any of us can!

View Quote Some believe that before the universe, there was nothing. They're wrong. There was darkness…and it has survived.

View Quote Long before the birth of light, there was darkness...and from that darkness came the Dark Elves. Millennia ago, the most ruthless of their kind, Malekith, sought to transform our universe back into one of eternal night. Such evil was possible through the power of the Aether, an ancient force of infinite destruction. The noble armies of Asgard, led by my father King Bor, waged a mighty war against these creatures. As the Nine Worlds converged above him, Malekith could at last unleash the Aether...but Asgard ripped the weapon from his grasp; without it, the Dark Elves fell. With the battle all but lost, Malekith sacrificed his own people in a desperate attempt to lay waste to Asgard's army. Malekith was vanquished and the Aether was no more. Or so we were led to believe.

View Quote Loki: [Mock salute to Odin] I really don't see what all the fuss is about…
Odin: Do you not truly feel the gravity of your crimes? Wherever you go there is war, ruin and death!
Loki: I went down to Midgard to rule the people of Earth as a benevolent God, just like you.
Odin: We are not gods. We're born, we live, we die, just as humans do.
Loki: Give or take five thousand years.
Odin: All this because Loki desires a throne...
Loki: It is my birthright!
Odin: Your birthright was to DIE! As a child, cast out on a frozen rock. If I had not taken you in, you would not be here now, to hate me.
Loki: If I'm for the axe, then for mercy's sake, just swing it. It's not that I don't like our little talks, it's just... I don't love them.
Odin: Frigga is the only reason you're still alive, and you will never see her again. You'll spend the rest of your days in the dungeons.
Loki: And what of Thor? You'll make that witless oaf King while I rot in chains?
Odin: Thor must strive to undo the damage you have done. He will bring order to the Nine Realms, and then, yes, he will be King.

View Quote Be careful Michael, choosing not to believe in the devil doesn't protect you from him.

View Quote The terror is real, Michael. It's real. But you'll only defeat it when you believe. So go now, lock me up. Go now. Lock me up!

View Quote Father Lucas Trevant: Faith becomes you. Stay with it. Keep fighting the good fight with all thy might.
Michael Kovak: Cool.
Father Lucas Trevant: Get out of here...

View Quote Odin: You'll be a wise king.
Thor: There will never be a wiser king than you– nor a better father. [Long pause] I have– much to learn. I know that, now. Someday, perhaps– I shall make you proud.
Odin: You've already made me proud.

View Quote Once, mankind accepted a simple truth: that they were not alone in this universe. Some worlds man believed home to their Gods. Others they knew to fear. From a realm of cold and darkness came the Frost Giants, threatening to plunge the mortal world into a new ice age. But humanity would not face this threat alone. Our armies drove the Frost Giants back into the heart of their own world. The cost was great. In the end, their king fell, and the source of their power was taken from them. With the last great war ended, we withdrew from the other worlds and returned home at the Realm Eternal, Asgard. And here we remain as the beacon of hope, shining out across the stars. And though we have fallen into man's myths and legends, it was Asgard and its warriors that brought peace to the universe.

View Quote [Incensed about Thor and the Warriors Three's mission to Jötunheim, Odin brings them back to Asgard]
Thor: Why did you bring us back?
Odin: Do you realize what you've done? What you've started?
Thor: I was protecting my home.
Odin: You cannot even protect your friends! How can you hope to protect a kingdom? [Speaking to Heimdall about Fandral, who was injured in the fight] Get him to a healing room! Now!
Thor: There won't be a kingdom to protect if you're afraid to act. The Jotuns must learn to fear me, just as they once feared you.
Odin: That's pride and vanity talking, not leadership. You've forgotten everything I taught you about a warrior's patience.
Thor: [Getting frustrated] While you wait and be patient, the Nine Realms laugh at us. The old ways are done. You'd stand giving speeches while Asgard falls!
Odin: [Suddenly shouting] YOU ARE A VAIN, GREEDY, CRUEL BOY!
Thor: [Just as loud] AND YOU ARE AN OLD MAN AND A FOOL!
Odin: [Hesitantly, obviously hurt] Yes. I was a fool... to think you were ready.
Loki: Father–
Odin: [To Loki] HAEEERGH! [To Thor] Thor Odinson, you have betrayed the express command of your king. Through your arrogance and stupidity, you have opened these peaceful realms and innocent lives to the horror and desolation of WAR! You are unworthy of these realms! Unworthy of your title! You're unworthy! Of the loved ones you have betrayed. I now take from you your power! In the name of my father and his father before, I, Odin Allfather, CAST YOU OUT! [Banishes Thor to Earth] Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor. [Throws Mjolnir to Earth]

View Quote She's not my curse, not anymore.

View Quote King Hrothgar: So you brought back the head of Grendel. What about the head of the mother?
Beowulf: With her dead and cold in the bog, is it not enough to return one monster's head?
King Hrothgar: Did you kill her?
Beowulf: Would you like to hear the story of my struggle against this monstrous hag?
King Hrothgar: She's no hag, Beowulf. We both know that. But answer me, did you kill her?
Beowulf: Would I have been able to escape her, had I not?
King Hrothgar: Grendel is dead. That's all that matter to me. He can bother me no more. The mother, the hag... She's not my curse, not anymore. Not anymore.

View Quote Without leaders, chaos reigns.

View Quote (Hot Rod peeking out the window)
Vivian: Does he have to loom like that?
Hot Rod: Bonjuor chérie, je m'appelle Hot Rod
Vivian: Ut what?
Hot Rod: Hot Rod!
Vivian: Ut Rud?
Hot Rod: Hot Rod!
Sir Edmund: Hot...Rod, it's his French accent
Vivian: Is he French?
Sir Edmund: No he just likes the accent
Hot Rod: No, no, no, no, no, I hate the accent, but I can't get rid of it, I'm stuck with the accent!
Sir Edmund: He's a soldier miss Vivian, he swore an oath to your father to protect you