Idris Elba movie quotes
129 quotes from 12 movies
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) as Knuckles the Echidna
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He is much more impressive than the hedgehog I fought previously. [Sonic: [annoyed] Dude, I'm standing right here.]
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[laughs] He does look like a Pokémon! [Tails looks annoyed as Knuckles mimics the impression of Pikachu] Pika-Pika! Ha!
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[sees Stone; gasps] It's the Goat Milker! [Stone: [mimics Knuckles] "It's the Goat Milker"! Relax. I'm not here to fight.]
Pacific Rim (2013) as Stacker Pentecost
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Crimson Typhoon, China. One of the greatest. Assembled in Changzhou. Full titanium core, no alloys. Fifty diesel engines per muscle strand. Deadly, precise fighter. She's piloted by the Wei Tang brothers. Triplets. Local lads. They've successfully defended Hong Kong port seven times. They use the Thundercloud formation.
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Today. Today... at the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen not only to believe in ourselves, but in each other. Today there is not a man nor woman in here that shall stand alone. Not today. Today we face the monsters that are at our door, and bring the fight to them. Today, we are canceling the apocalypse!
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(At Hong Kong Shatterdome) Things have changed. We're not an army anymore, Mr. Becket. We're the resistance. Welcome to the Shatterdome.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) as Knuckles the Echidna
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[to Sonic] Do I look like I need your power?
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Sonic the Hedgehog… you are no match for me.
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You are unskilled, untrained, and unworthy! [Sonic: You forgot one: Unstoppable.]
The Suicide Squad (2021) as Robert DuBois / Bloodsport
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Oh, for f**k's sake.
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F***.
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It's your Mom!
The Jungle Book (2016) as Shere Khan
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[about to kill Bagheera after defeating him in fight] It's time we put an end to this!
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[last words before his death] Did you think I would let you grow old? [realizes that the branch he's standing on is about to crack] Either I'll devour you or the Red Flower will. It's just a matter of time. How long did you really think you'd survive against me? Longer than your father did? Longer than... Akela?
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[playing with Akela's cubs after he killed Akela] I think they like me.
Star Trek Beyond (2016) as Krall / Balthazar M. Edison
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You think you know what sacrifice really means? Federation has taught you that conflict should not exist. Ha. But without struggle, you would never know who you truly are.
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The Federation has pushed the frontier for centuries. But no longer. This is where it begins, Lieutenant. This is where the frontier pushes back.
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Kirk: You lost! There's no way you can make it back there! Give up!
Edison: What, like you did?! I read your ship's log, Captain James T. Kirk! AT LEAST I KNOW WHAT I AM!!! I am a soldier!
Kirk: You won the war, Edison! You gave us peace!
Edison: Peace... is not what I was born into!
Edison: What, like you did?! I read your ship's log, Captain James T. Kirk! AT LEAST I KNOW WHAT I AM!!! I am a soldier!
Kirk: You won the war, Edison! You gave us peace!
Edison: Peace... is not what I was born into!
Zootopia (2016) as Chief Bogo
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Chief Bogo: All right, all right, enough. Shut it! [the officers sit] We have some new recruits with us this morning, including our first fox. [Nick is seen sitting next to Judy on the same chair she's standing on] Who cares?
Nick: Ha! You should have your own line of inspirational greeting cards, sir!
Chief Bogo: Shut your mouth, Wilde! [Judy and the officers snicker, and Bogo takes out his glasses and files] Assignments: Officers Grizzoli, Fangmeyer, Delgato; Tundratown SWAT. [they stand and leave] Snarlov, Higgins, Wolfard; undercover. [Snarlov puts on a green cap, Higgins puts on a fake mustache, and Wolfard puts on a sheep costume and they leave.] Hopps, Wilde... parking duty. Dismissed. [Judy and Nick look at the chief shocked. Then Bogo smiles] Just kidding! [seriously] We have reports of a street racer tearing up Savannah Central. Find him, shut him down.
Nick: Ha! You should have your own line of inspirational greeting cards, sir!
Chief Bogo: Shut your mouth, Wilde! [Judy and the officers snicker, and Bogo takes out his glasses and files] Assignments: Officers Grizzoli, Fangmeyer, Delgato; Tundratown SWAT. [they stand and leave] Snarlov, Higgins, Wolfard; undercover. [Snarlov puts on a green cap, Higgins puts on a fake mustache, and Wolfard puts on a sheep costume and they leave.] Hopps, Wilde... parking duty. Dismissed. [Judy and Nick look at the chief shocked. Then Bogo smiles] Just kidding! [seriously] We have reports of a street racer tearing up Savannah Central. Find him, shut him down.
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[Judy has volunteered to find Emmit Otterton, much to Chief Bogo's annoyance.]
Chief Bogo: I will give you 48 hours.
Judy: [excited] YES!!!
Chief Bogo: That’s two days to find Emmitt Otterton.
Judy: Okay.
Chief Bogo: But! You strike out, you resign.
Judy: [enthusiasm drops] Oh. Uh... Okay. Deal.
Chief Bogo: Splendid. Clawhauser will give you the complete case file.
Chief Bogo: I will give you 48 hours.
Judy: [excited] YES!!!
Chief Bogo: That’s two days to find Emmitt Otterton.
Judy: Okay.
Chief Bogo: But! You strike out, you resign.
Judy: [enthusiasm drops] Oh. Uh... Okay. Deal.
Chief Bogo: Splendid. Clawhauser will give you the complete case file.
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Chief Bogo: First... we need to acknowledge the elephant in the room. [turns to an elephant officer] Francine. [they look at Francine in mild suspense] Happy birthday.
[The suspense turns into excitement; officers around Francine get involved in a tussle]
Office Francine: Heh, oh yeah? [gives Officer Jackson a noogie]
Judy: [applauds and is later surprised] Oh, oh...
[The suspense turns into excitement; officers around Francine get involved in a tussle]
Office Francine: Heh, oh yeah? [gives Officer Jackson a noogie]
Judy: [applauds and is later surprised] Oh, oh...
Masters of the Universe (2026) as Duncan / Man-At-Arms
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[to Adam knocked down in training] You got to get back up and stand tall.
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[to Trap Jaw charging him] That's far enough!
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[to guards after breaking out of dungeon] All right, you filthy skull polishers! Where do you keep the ships?
Molly's Game (2017) as Charlie Jaffey
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Molly Bloom does not belong in a RICO indictment, are you outta your minds?! She does not belong in a mob indictment, she raked a game, that’s it, for seven months two years ago. Why? Because she was giving credit in the millions and she didn’t want to use muscle to collect. She’s had opportunity after opportunity to greatly benefit herself by simply telling the real stories she knows. I have the forensic imaging going back to 2007 - text messages, emails - movie stars, rock stars and billionaires who were explicit—some of them married with kids—but that’s the tip of the iceberg. A guy comes this close to being named U.S. Ambassador to Monaco, he’s withdrawn from consideration at the last minute and nobody knows why. She does. CEOs with college-age mistresses, an SVP of an investment bank who wanted her to help him put a marked deck in the game, the head of a movie studio who texted her that a particular star was too black for his taste, J. Edgar Hoover didn’t have this much shit on Bobby! She could’ve written a best seller, she could have been set for life, she’s got the winning lottery ticket and she won’t cash it. She settled the Brad Marion suit for a half a million dollars just so she wouldn’t have to testify and that was only the first time you guys cleaned her out. Your office took every dollar she had in a Constitutionally **** up seizure and then you put the IRS on her to tax the money you seized? I’ve been in those strategy meetings. You broke her back so she couldn’t possibly afford to defend herself. And now she has an opportunity to guarantee her own freedom by just...“providing some color”...and she still won’t do it. This woman doesn’t belong in a RICO indictment, she belongs in Congress. She belongs in the pulpit of a synagogue, she belongs on a box of Wheaties. So yes I am, I’m imploring you to do the right thing. She knows nothing about the three Mikes. She knows nothing about Taiwanchik or the TGO or insurance fraud. Between the two of us we’ve appeared in front of this judge 28 times as prosecutors and not once has he deviated from our sentencing recommendations, he’s not gonna start now. I know you’ve been putting this bust together for three years and there’s no one who doesn’t want to see mobsters in jail, including and especially the only person in this room who’s had one of them put a gun in her mouth. Probation. Community service. Or better yet, consider that all she did was run a poker game exactly the same way every casino in America does and drop the goddamn charges.
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Molly Bloom: Why did you leave the prosecutor’s office and become a defense attorney?
Charlie Jaffey: My daughter.
Molly Bloom: You needed to make money.
Charlie Jaffey: That and I was usually one of the few people who knew where witnesses were being hidden.
Molly Bloom: It was dangerous.
Charlie Jaffey: Mm-hm.
Molly Bloom: So you didn’t leave the prosecutor’s office because you wanted to stand up for the innocent and believe everyone’s entitled to the best defense?
Charlie Jaffey: Not really.
Molly Bloom: It would have been helpful if you were Spencer Tracy or... I didn’t know who the Russians were. [pause] I can get you the two-hundred and fifty-thousand, I left ten times that on the street, it’ll just take some time.
Charlie Jaffey: We do pro bono work - we regularly lend out our best litigators like me to the ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, veterans groups - but I don’t think I can convince my partners to take a flyer on the Poker Princess.
Molly Bloom: I didn’t name myself the Poker Princess.
[Charlie picks up a copy of Us Weekly that’s been tabbed and reads]
Charlie Jaffey: “Molly Bloom, the self-proclaimed Poker Princess...”
Molly Bloom: That’s Us Weekly? I agree it would be unusual for them to print something that wasn’t true but it’s not true and if you think a princess could do what I did you’re incorrect. I’m getting that you don’t think much of me but what if every one of your ill informed, unsophisticated opinions about me were wrong?
Charlie Jaffey: I’d be amazed.
Molly Bloom: Yeah you know what, bud? You would.
Charlie Jaffey: You don’t need me, you need a publicist.
Molly Bloom: No, I need a ****in’ lawyer!
Charlie Jaffey: My daughter.
Molly Bloom: You needed to make money.
Charlie Jaffey: That and I was usually one of the few people who knew where witnesses were being hidden.
Molly Bloom: It was dangerous.
Charlie Jaffey: Mm-hm.
Molly Bloom: So you didn’t leave the prosecutor’s office because you wanted to stand up for the innocent and believe everyone’s entitled to the best defense?
Charlie Jaffey: Not really.
Molly Bloom: It would have been helpful if you were Spencer Tracy or... I didn’t know who the Russians were. [pause] I can get you the two-hundred and fifty-thousand, I left ten times that on the street, it’ll just take some time.
Charlie Jaffey: We do pro bono work - we regularly lend out our best litigators like me to the ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, veterans groups - but I don’t think I can convince my partners to take a flyer on the Poker Princess.
Molly Bloom: I didn’t name myself the Poker Princess.
[Charlie picks up a copy of Us Weekly that’s been tabbed and reads]
Charlie Jaffey: “Molly Bloom, the self-proclaimed Poker Princess...”
Molly Bloom: That’s Us Weekly? I agree it would be unusual for them to print something that wasn’t true but it’s not true and if you think a princess could do what I did you’re incorrect. I’m getting that you don’t think much of me but what if every one of your ill informed, unsophisticated opinions about me were wrong?
Charlie Jaffey: I’d be amazed.
Molly Bloom: Yeah you know what, bud? You would.
Charlie Jaffey: You don’t need me, you need a publicist.
Molly Bloom: No, I need a ****in’ lawyer!
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Harrison Wellstone: [in a deposition] Were the women who worked for you call girls?
Molly Bloom: No sir.
Brennan: They never exchanged sex for money?
Molly Bloom: No.
Harrison Wellstone: Have you ever exchanged sex for money?
Charlie Jaffey: [interrupting them] No!
Molly Bloom: I think he was talking to me.
Molly Bloom: No sir.
Brennan: They never exchanged sex for money?
Molly Bloom: No.
Harrison Wellstone: Have you ever exchanged sex for money?
Charlie Jaffey: [interrupting them] No!
Molly Bloom: I think he was talking to me.
RockNRolla (2008) as Mumbles
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[to One Two] If I could be half the human that Bob is at the price of being a poof, I'd think about it. Not for too long, but I'de have to pause. You know?
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Mumbles: Did he make a pass on you?
One Two: Yes, he **** did.
Mumbles: So, what's the problem? Eh? It was supposed to be his last night. You took care of him. That's what friends do for one another. Well done. And I won't tell the chaps.
One Two: Yes, he **** did.
Mumbles: So, what's the problem? Eh? It was supposed to be his last night. You took care of him. That's what friends do for one another. Well done. And I won't tell the chaps.
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Mumbles: See that man sitting on the sofa?
Handsome Bob: What, the queen that's screwing me up?
Mumbles: Yeah.
Handsome Bob: It's a bit hard to miss him, isn't it?
Mumbles: Well do me a favor, go over there and chat him up, will ya?
Handsome Bob: **** off! Who do you think I am?
Mumbles: No, well, he's a big time lawyer. I reckons he knows about an informer in our part of town. Now you were facing a five stretcher, I figured you might be interested. Yeah?
Handsome Bob: Mhmm.... [walks over to the man]
Handsome Bob: What, the queen that's screwing me up?
Mumbles: Yeah.
Handsome Bob: It's a bit hard to miss him, isn't it?
Mumbles: Well do me a favor, go over there and chat him up, will ya?
Handsome Bob: **** off! Who do you think I am?
Mumbles: No, well, he's a big time lawyer. I reckons he knows about an informer in our part of town. Now you were facing a five stretcher, I figured you might be interested. Yeah?
Handsome Bob: Mhmm.... [walks over to the man]
Sometimes in April (2005) as Augustin Muganza
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Yes, it is April again... Every year in April the raining season starts. And every year, every day in April... The haunting emptiness descends over our hearts. Every year in April, I remember how quickly life ends. Every year, I remember how lucky I should feel to be alive. Every year in April... I remember.
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Marcus: So when I grow up, my I.D. card will say "Hutu"?
Augustin: Yes. But one day, I hope that it will just say "Rwandan".
Augustin: Yes. But one day, I hope that it will just say "Rwandan".
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Jeanne: It's happening, isn't it? I should never have listened to you! We should have left a long time ago for Kenya or for Senegal, I don't know, but...!
Augustin: I'm in the military. This is our home.
Jeanne: Yes, but tell me: how can I call this home when I'm living in constant fear, Augustin? I already lost most of my family in '92. There's only us now.
Augustin: I can't just get up and run! Abandon everything? What?
Jeanne: We should have brought Anne-Marie back sooner!
Augustin: She's safer in the countryside than in Kigali. Come on!
Jeanne: Come on, wake up!... Nobody is safe in this country! Have you seen the Hutu Ten Commandments? Somebody put it on my desk today at the hospital! They even underlined number seven: "The Rwandese Armed Forces shall be exclusively Hutu; no member of the military shall marry a Tutsi."
Augustin: Jeanne...
Jeanne: Now I'm talking about our children's lives. If anything happens, they will let us all die.
Augustin: I'm in the military. This is our home.
Jeanne: Yes, but tell me: how can I call this home when I'm living in constant fear, Augustin? I already lost most of my family in '92. There's only us now.
Augustin: I can't just get up and run! Abandon everything? What?
Jeanne: We should have brought Anne-Marie back sooner!
Augustin: She's safer in the countryside than in Kigali. Come on!
Jeanne: Come on, wake up!... Nobody is safe in this country! Have you seen the Hutu Ten Commandments? Somebody put it on my desk today at the hospital! They even underlined number seven: "The Rwandese Armed Forces shall be exclusively Hutu; no member of the military shall marry a Tutsi."
Augustin: Jeanne...
Jeanne: Now I'm talking about our children's lives. If anything happens, they will let us all die.
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) as Heimdall
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[Last words] Allfathers, let the dark magic... flow through me one last... time...
