Matthew Broderick movie quotes

View Quote [his recorded message for the doorbell] Who is it? [pause] Oh, I'm sorry. I can't come to the door right now. I'm afraid that in my weakened condition, I could take a nasty spill down the stairs and subject myself to further school absences. You can reach my parents at their places of business. Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate your concern for my well-being. Have a nice day!

View Quote [To the audience after the credits] You're still here? It's over. Go home. Go!

View Quote [referring to the Ferrari] It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.

View Quote "I'M HYSTERICAL! I'M HYSTERICAL! (Bialystock splashes him with a glass of water) ... I'M WET! I'M WET! I'M WET AND I'M HYSTERICAL! (Bialystock then slaps him) ...I'M IN PAIN! I'M IN PAIN AND I'M WET AND I'M HYSTERICAL!"

View Quote [Going hysterical, and pointing at Bialystock] FAT! FAT! FAT-FAT-FATTY-FAT!!!

View Quote [Hysterical, as Bialystock is standing over him] You're gonna jump on me! You're gonna jump on me! I know you are, you're gonna jump on me and squash me like a bug!

View Quote [Writing a letter to his mother] We are fighting for a people whose poetry has not yet been written.

View Quote There's more to fighting than rest, sir. There's character. There's strength of heart. You should have seen us in action two days ago. We were a sight to see! We'll be ready, sir. When do you want us?

View Quote If you men will take no pay, then none of us will.

View Quote Mayor: [offscreen] Despereaux Tilling!
[Despereaux looks up and finds the Mouse Council slowly approaching him]
Mayor: How long have you been working on this book?
Despereaux: Um, a week?
Mayor: A week? You've hardly cracked it.
Despereaux: Well, I was...I just wanted to see how it ends.

View Quote Despereaux: So, you're a gentleman.
Roscuro: [turns to Despereaux] Tell me that story... about the princess. Tell me what she looked like.
Despereaux: Well, she was...
Roscuro: Was she angry?
Despereaux: No. No, not at all. Her heart was full of... longing.
Roscuro: What's longing?
Narrator: And that's how a friendship is born. Over the next few weeks, he told Roscuro everything he knew about loyalty and honor and chivalry and courage. He told him about the princess, and where her longing came from. That she missed the rain, and the soup, and even the rats.
Roscuro: Even the rats?
Narrator: He told him about their code of honor, about his noble quest, about duty and loyalty. And there, in the darkness of the cellar, two knights pledged devotion to a princess who was trapped inside a castle. Trapped in a life full of pain and longing. Even if no one could tell.

View Quote Despereaux: [reads the page] "Once upon a time". That's great, isn't it? "Upon a time"? And they don't even tell you what time that is yet. It's like you have to find that out.
Furlough: You're not supposed to read it, Despereaux. You're supposed to eat it. [hands the ripped page to Despereaux] Good. I'll come back in an hour. [Despereaux reads the page again] And no reading! It's a rule.

View Quote Dr. Claw: Dump this idiot in the junkyard. (Sykes grabs Dr. Kramer) Not that idiot, this one.
Sykes: I wish you'd be specific, we got an awful lotta idiots 'round here.
Dr. Claw: Attention, RoboGadget, destroy the city completely and have some fun.
RoboGadget: Sure thing, boss.

View Quote RoboGadget: Do you know how to dance?
Inspector Gadget: Well, I've been taking lessons a long ago and...
RoboGadget: Shut up and dance!
(RoboGadget unleashes two machine guns)

View Quote RoboGadget: Hey, why did you do that? We shouldn't be fighting. We have a lot in common. It's just that I have nicer teeth. We should be working together, be partners. Together, you and I could rule the world.
Inspector Gadget: You should have quit while you were ahead.
(Inspector Gadget tosses RoboGadget's head to the river)

View Quote [narrating] What happens to a man when he loses everything? Everything he's worked for... everything he believes in? Driven from his home... cast out of society... how can he survive? Where can he go? New York City! For centuries people have come to New York seeking refuge from their troubled lives. Now I am one of them.

View Quote [while counting the votes, he sees Tracy in the hall looking into the room] The sight of Tracy at that moment affected me in a way I can't fully explain. Part of it was that she was spying; but mostly it was her face. Who knew how high she would climb in life? How many people would suffer because of her? I had to stop her... now!

View Quote [mocking the students] Mr.McAllister. Mr.McAllister. Somebody's torn down my poster. It's not fair. Can I get an A? Can I get a recommendation? Can I? Can I? **** them.

View Quote Barry: Yeah.
Adam: You going to his funeral?
Barry: No, I'm not going to his funeral, everybody knows you sting someone, you die. You don't waste it on a squirrel. He was such a hothead.
Adam: Yeah, I guess he could've just gotten out of the way.
Martin: Our son, the stirrer.

View Quote Adam: Those were so awkward.
Barry: Three days of college... I'm glad I took that one day off in the middle and just hitchiked around the hive.
Adam: You did come back different.
Adam: Hey, did you hear about Frankie?

View Quote Barry: [sarcastically] Yes, and Adam here has a been a huge help.
Adam: [asleep in an empty Cinnabon box]
Mr. Montgomery: Mr. Benson Bee, I'm going to ask what I think the entire court here would like to know... what exactly is your relationship to that woman?

View Quote Walter: She's not a robot. She never was. I couldn't do it.
Mike: Why not?
Walter: Because she's not a science project. Because I didn't marry something from RadioShack.
Mike: That's a shame.
Joanna: No, that's a man.

View Quote Charmaine: Nice khakis, Walter...
Walter: Thanks, I was experimenting...
Charmaine: Now, I know why they call it *Banana* Republic.

View Quote Walter: First of all, we are in the country now. So no more black.
Joanna: No more black? Are you insane?
Walter: You heard me. Only high-powered, neurotic, castrating, Manhattan career bitches wear black. Is that what you want to be?
Joanna: Ever since I was a little girl.