Guy Pearce movie quotes
79 quotes from 9 movies
Lockout (2012) as Snow
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(after giving Emilie a third shot) That'll freeze the nerves in this spot for 24 hours. You want some in your mouth?
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(as he's trying to save Emilie's life while the others remind him of time limit) You know the counting thing, not very relaxing.
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(to Emilie) Here'e an apple and a gun. Don't talk to strangers. Shoot them.
Memento (2000) as Leonard Shelby
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I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I can't remember them. I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. Do I believe the world's still there? Is it still out there?... Yeah. We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. I'm no different... Now... where was I?
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Do I lie to myself to be happy? In your case, Teddy, yes, I will.
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Facts, not memories. That's how you investigate. I know, it's what I used to do.
The Proposition (2005) as Charlie Burns
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I'm going to be with my brother
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You touch my brother again, I'll kill you.
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You know, Samuel, the thing I relished the most while I was away? Was not having to see your **** face all the time.
The Time Machine (2002) as Alexander Hartdegen
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You were right, Phillby. We did go too far.
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I could come back a thousand times... and see her die a thousand ways.
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You're forgetting one thing. What if?
L. A. Confidential (1997) as Edmund "Ed" Exley
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(At the end of an interrogation session) You know, I'm talking about the gas chamber, and you haven't even asked me what this is about. You've got a big "Guilty" sign around your neck.
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Ed: All I ever wanted was to measure up to my father.
Bud: Here's your chance. He died in the line of duty, didn't he?
Bud: Here's your chance. He died in the line of duty, didn't he?
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Detective: Do you think you can talk your way out of this, Lieutenant?
Ed: No... but I think I can tell the truth.
Ed: No... but I think I can tell the truth.
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) as Fernand Mondego
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Take your vengeance. But know that the blood you spill is noble. Blood that will never run through your veins. You are no more a count than I am a commoner!
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Now I couldn’t live in a world where you have everything and I have nothing.
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[Mondego shoots Monsieur Clarion as part of his deal with Clarion's son, Villefort]
Monsieur Clarion: Young Mondego, why?
Mondego: Because your son lacked the courage! [shoots and kills him]
Monsieur Clarion: Young Mondego, why?
Mondego: Because your son lacked the courage! [shoots and kills him]
The Brutalist (2024) as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr.
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I've found our conversation persuasive and intellectually stimulating.
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When dogs get sick, they often bite the hand of those who fed them, until someone mercifully puts them down.
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What have you done to yourself? It's a shame seeing how your people treat themselves. If you resent your persecution, why then do you make of yourself such an easy target? If you act as a loafer living off handouts, a societal leech, how can you rightfully expect a different result?
Factory Girl (2006) as Andy Warhol
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[to Edie] You're the boss, applesauce!
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I think I'll quit my painting and just make Edie a big star.
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Andy Warhol: I wonder if people are going to remember us?
Edie Sedgwick: What, when we're dead?
Andy Warhol: Yeah.
Edie Sedgwick: Well, I think people will talk about how you changed the world.
Andy Warhol: I wonder what they'll say about you... in your obituary. I like that word.
Edie Sedgwick: Nothing nice, I don't think.
Andy Warhol: No, no, come on. They'd say, "Edith Minturn Sedgwick: beautiful artist and actress..."
Edie Sedgwick: "And all-around loon..."
Andy Warhol: "Remembered for setting the world on fire..."
Edie Sedgwick: "And escaping the clutches of her terrifying family..."
Andy Warhol: "Made friends with eeeeverybody, and anybody..."
Edie Sedgwick: "Creating chaos and uproar wherever she went. Divorced as many times as she married, she leaves only good wishes behind." [laughs] That's nice, isn't it?
Edie Sedgwick: What, when we're dead?
Andy Warhol: Yeah.
Edie Sedgwick: Well, I think people will talk about how you changed the world.
Andy Warhol: I wonder what they'll say about you... in your obituary. I like that word.
Edie Sedgwick: Nothing nice, I don't think.
Andy Warhol: No, no, come on. They'd say, "Edith Minturn Sedgwick: beautiful artist and actress..."
Edie Sedgwick: "And all-around loon..."
Andy Warhol: "Remembered for setting the world on fire..."
Edie Sedgwick: "And escaping the clutches of her terrifying family..."
Andy Warhol: "Made friends with eeeeverybody, and anybody..."
Edie Sedgwick: "Creating chaos and uproar wherever she went. Divorced as many times as she married, she leaves only good wishes behind." [laughs] That's nice, isn't it?
Iron Man 3 (2013) as Aldrich Killian
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No more false faces. You said you wanted the Mandarin, you're looking right at him. It was always me, Tony, right from the start. I am the Mandarin!
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Maya Hansen: [prepares syringe for Extremis] Let him go! What's going to happen to your men, what's going to happen to you?
Aldrich Killian: [kills Maya; to Stark] Well, the good news is, a high-level position has just been vacated.
Aldrich Killian: [kills Maya; to Stark] Well, the good news is, a high-level position has just been vacated.
