Michael Douglas movie quotes
210 quotes from 13 movies
Wall Street (1987) as Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas)
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Most of these Harvard MBA types - they don't add up to dogshit. Give me guys that are poor, smart, hungry - and no feelings. You win a few, you lose a few, but you keep on fighting.
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That's the thing you gotta remember about WASPs - they love animals, they can't stand people.
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Buy a decent suit. You can't come in here looking like this. Go to Morty Sills, tell 'em I sent ya.
Basic Instinct (1992) as Nick Curran
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[To Roxy] Let me ask you something, Rocky, man to man. I think she's the **** of the century. What do you think?
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[To Beth] Now, will you tell I.A. I'm just your average, healthy, totally **** up cop and let me out of here... please?
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Catherine Tramell: Do you have any coke? I just love coke with Jack Daniels.
Nick Curran: I have a Pepsi in the fridge.
Catherine Tramell: But it's not really the same thing. Now, is it?
Nick Curran: No, it's not.
Nick Curran: I have a Pepsi in the fridge.
Catherine Tramell: But it's not really the same thing. Now, is it?
Nick Curran: No, it's not.
The American President (1995) as President Andrew Shepherd
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People don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. They drink the sand because they don't know the difference.
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For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character. And although I'm not willing to engage in his attacks on me, I've been here three years and three days, and I can tell you without hesitation, being president of this country is entirely about character.
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[Discussing a "Sydney-story" with Lewis and Robin] Let me see if I got this. The third story on the news tonight was that someone I didn't know thirteen years ago when I wasn't president participated in a demonstration where no laws were being broken in protest of something that so many people were against, it doesn't exist anymore. Just out of curiosity, what was the fourth story?
Wonder Boys (2000) as Grady Tripp
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As for me, I lost everything: my wife, my book, my job, everything that I thought was important. But I finally knew where I wanted to go. And now I have someone to help me get there.
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Whenever I wondered what Sara saw in me, and I wondered more than once, I always came back to the fact that she loved to read. She read everything every spare moment. She was a junkie for the printed word. And lucky for me, I manufactured her drug of choice.
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So there it was. Somewhere in the night, a Manhattan book editor was prowling the streets of Pittsburgh; best-selling author at his side, dead dog in his trunk.
Romancing the Stone (1984) as Jack Colton
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One hell of a morning has turned into a bitch of a day!
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What did you do, wake up this morning and say, "Today, I'm going to ruin a man's life"?
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Goddamn it, I knew I should've listened to my mother. I could've been a cosmetic surgeon, five hundred thou a year, up to my neck in tits and ass.
Black Rain (1989) as Nick Conklin
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Sugai-san, I am the solution... to your problems.
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If you pull it, you better use it.
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I usually get kissed before I get ****.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) as Gordon Gekko
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They took my life - and when I got out - who's waiting for me? Nobody!
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Someone reminded me I once said "Greed is good". Now it seems it's legal. Because everyone is drinking the same Kool-Aid.
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Money is a bitch that never sleeps!
A Chorus Line (1985) as Zach
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Goddammit, now can't ANYBODY up there hear me! Just let your hair down! Can't you talk? All of you, just talk, to me, to each other!... Jesus Christ!
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I'm going to ask you some questions. What I want to know is details about yourself. Things you're proud of, things you're ashamed of. So if anybody can't handle it and wants to leave, right now is the time to make up your mind.
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Zach: Tell You about the Bronx.
Diana: What's to tell about the Bronx? It's uptown and to the right.
Zach: What made you start dancing?
Diana: Who knows? I'm Puerto Rican. We jump around a lot.
Diana: What's to tell about the Bronx? It's uptown and to the right.
Zach: What made you start dancing?
Diana: Who knows? I'm Puerto Rican. We jump around a lot.
Disclosure (1994) as Tom Sanders
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Why don't I just admit it? Admit that I'm that evil white guy everyone is always complaining about? Hey Chau-Minh, come down here so I can exercise my patriarchal urge!
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Sexual harassment is about power. When did I have the power? When?
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You wanna get ****? Huh? Is that what you want?
Ant-Man (2015) as Hank
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[After Scott puts on the Ant-Man suit and shrinks for the first time]
Hank: [On comms] The world sure seems different from down here, doesn't it Scott?
Scott: Who said that?
Hank: [On comms] The world sure seems different from down here, doesn't it Scott?
Scott: Who said that?
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[1989: Hank Pym storms S.H.I.E.L.D's board room in the Triskelion]
Hank: Stark.
Stark: [Murmuring] He doesn't seem happy… [Normal] Hello, Hank, You're supposed to be in Moscow.
Hank: I took a detour. [takes a Pym Particle vial and puts it on the desk] Through your defense lab.
Carter: Tell me that isn't what I think it is.
Hank: That depends if you think it's a poor attempt to replicate my work. Even for this group, that takes nerve.
Carson: You were instructed to go to Russia. May I remind you, Dr. Pym, that you're a soldier?
Hank: I'm a scientist.
Stark: Then act like one, The Pym Particle is the most revolutionary science ever developed, help us put it to good use.
Hank: I let you turn me into your errand boy, and now you try to steal my research?
Carson: If only you'd protected Janet with such ferocity, Dr. Pym.
[Hank takes a moment to control himself before he slams Carson's head into the desk]
Carter: [Intervening] Easy, Hank!
Hank: You mention my wife again, and I'll show you ferocity.
Stark: [As Carson stares at him] Don't look at me. You said it.
Hank: I formally tender my resignation.
Stark: We won't accept it…formally. Hank, we need you. The Pym Particle is a miracle. Please, don't let your past determine the future.
Hank: As long as I am alive, nobody will ever get that formula.
[Hank turns around and leaves calmly]
Carson: We shouldn't let him leave the building.
Carter: You've already lied to him, now you want to go to war with him?
Carson: Yes! Our scientists haven't come close to replicating his work.
Stark: He just kicked your ass full-size. You really want to find out what it's like when you can't see him coming?
Hank: Stark.
Stark: [Murmuring] He doesn't seem happy… [Normal] Hello, Hank, You're supposed to be in Moscow.
Hank: I took a detour. [takes a Pym Particle vial and puts it on the desk] Through your defense lab.
Carter: Tell me that isn't what I think it is.
Hank: That depends if you think it's a poor attempt to replicate my work. Even for this group, that takes nerve.
Carson: You were instructed to go to Russia. May I remind you, Dr. Pym, that you're a soldier?
Hank: I'm a scientist.
Stark: Then act like one, The Pym Particle is the most revolutionary science ever developed, help us put it to good use.
Hank: I let you turn me into your errand boy, and now you try to steal my research?
Carson: If only you'd protected Janet with such ferocity, Dr. Pym.
[Hank takes a moment to control himself before he slams Carson's head into the desk]
Carter: [Intervening] Easy, Hank!
Hank: You mention my wife again, and I'll show you ferocity.
Stark: [As Carson stares at him] Don't look at me. You said it.
Hank: I formally tender my resignation.
Stark: We won't accept it…formally. Hank, we need you. The Pym Particle is a miracle. Please, don't let your past determine the future.
Hank: As long as I am alive, nobody will ever get that formula.
[Hank turns around and leaves calmly]
Carson: We shouldn't let him leave the building.
Carter: You've already lied to him, now you want to go to war with him?
Carson: Yes! Our scientists haven't come close to replicating his work.
Stark: He just kicked your ass full-size. You really want to find out what it's like when you can't see him coming?
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[A training montage where Scott learns about his new six-legged friends]
Hope: Paratrechina longicornis, commonly known as crazy ants. They're lightning fast and can conduct electricity, which makes them useful to fry out enemy electronics.
Scott: Aww, you're not so crazy. You're cute.
. . .
Hope: Paraponera clavata.
Scott: I know, bullet ants, right? Number one on the Schmidt Pain Index.
. . .
Hope: Camponotus pennsylvanicus.
Hank: Alternatively known as a carpenter ant. Ideal for ground and air transport.
Scott: [With the carpenter ant he previously flew on] Wait a minute. I know this guy. I'm gonna call him Antony.
Hank: That's good. That's very good, because this time you're really gonna have to learn how to control him.
Hope: Paratrechina longicornis, commonly known as crazy ants. They're lightning fast and can conduct electricity, which makes them useful to fry out enemy electronics.
Scott: Aww, you're not so crazy. You're cute.
. . .
Hope: Paraponera clavata.
Scott: I know, bullet ants, right? Number one on the Schmidt Pain Index.
. . .
Hope: Camponotus pennsylvanicus.
Hank: Alternatively known as a carpenter ant. Ideal for ground and air transport.
Scott: [With the carpenter ant he previously flew on] Wait a minute. I know this guy. I'm gonna call him Antony.
Hank: That's good. That's very good, because this time you're really gonna have to learn how to control him.
Don't Say a Word (2001) as Nathan
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Jessie: You had a bad day!
Nathan: Why do you say that?
Jessie: [copies Nathan] Frown faceeeeee!
Nathan: [copies Jessie] Well. My little frown face, is because it's after 10:00 and you're still awake.
Nathan: Why do you say that?
Jessie: [copies Nathan] Frown faceeeeee!
Nathan: [copies Jessie] Well. My little frown face, is because it's after 10:00 and you're still awake.
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Nathan: Are you sure I'm not Iike you? Are you sure? Was this really worth it?
Patrick: What?
Nathan: Your Iife.
Patrick: Absolutely. It's mine.
Nathan: Then you go get it.
Patrick: What?
Nathan: Your Iife.
Patrick: Absolutely. It's mine.
Nathan: Then you go get it.
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Jessie: [telephone rings] Hello?
Nathan: [wants to play a trick on Jessie] Hello?
Jessie: Hi, Daddy.
Nathan: Excuse me, who am I talking to?
Jessie: This is me.
Nathan: No, no. My Jessie is 8 years old. The girl who I'm talking to is at least 11.
Jessie: [laughs]
Nathan: [laughs] Can you speak to your mother, please?!
Nathan: [wants to play a trick on Jessie] Hello?
Jessie: Hi, Daddy.
Nathan: Excuse me, who am I talking to?
Jessie: This is me.
Nathan: No, no. My Jessie is 8 years old. The girl who I'm talking to is at least 11.
Jessie: [laughs]
Nathan: [laughs] Can you speak to your mother, please?!
Coma (1978) as Dr. Bellows
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Dr. Wheeler: Mark, it's so awful! It's so terrible.
Dr. Bellows: Take it easy. Honey, slow down.
Dr. Wheeler: He was trying to kill me. And I had to keep going. And all the bodies. It's horrible!
Dr. Bellows: Take it easy. Slow down.
Dr. Wheeler: Mark, it's all happening. It's really happening. Somebody's putting people into comas. They're murdering them. No, no, really. Kelly's dead. I was down there. I found the gas line. It starts in the basement and it goes up the main tunnel then plugs into the oxygen line in the ceiling that goes to O.R. 8.
Dr. Bellows: Honey, slow down.
Dr. Wheeler: They're killing people with carbon monoxide in O.R. 8. They have a radio to turn the valve.
Dr. Bellows: I believe you.
Dr. Wheeler: All the cases happened in O.R. 8. And they all went to the Jefferson Institute. And this guy, he chased me all over. And there were so many bodies.
Dr. Bellows: It's all right. It's okay.
Dr. Wheeler: And this is real. Call the police. We have to do something! This is real, Mark. I can prove it.
Dr. Bellows: Sure, you can. You can. Just lie down.
Dr. Wheeler: This is real.
Dr. Bellows: I know you can. Now one thing at a time. I want to give you a Valium and how about a cup of tea to settle you down? A cup of hot tea? Then we're going to talk after you settle down. So you just rest right here. You just stay right here on the bed? That-a-girl. That's it. You just relax.
Dr. Wheeler: I can't...
Dr. Bellows: That's it. Just relax. Close your eyes. That's it. Okay, that-a-girl. Now, I'll get you a cup of tea.
Dr. Wheeler: You're so great, Mark.
Dr. Bellows: Stay here, honey. Just stay right here. [calling out from the kitchen] That's a hell of a story, Susan. You really had a lot of people worried. Don't worry. Everything's going to be okay now. [quietly into the phone] She came back. No, she's here now. Of course. No, I can manage that. I'll keep her here. Look, I'd better go. [turns to find Susan gone]
Dr. Bellows: Take it easy. Honey, slow down.
Dr. Wheeler: He was trying to kill me. And I had to keep going. And all the bodies. It's horrible!
Dr. Bellows: Take it easy. Slow down.
Dr. Wheeler: Mark, it's all happening. It's really happening. Somebody's putting people into comas. They're murdering them. No, no, really. Kelly's dead. I was down there. I found the gas line. It starts in the basement and it goes up the main tunnel then plugs into the oxygen line in the ceiling that goes to O.R. 8.
Dr. Bellows: Honey, slow down.
Dr. Wheeler: They're killing people with carbon monoxide in O.R. 8. They have a radio to turn the valve.
Dr. Bellows: I believe you.
Dr. Wheeler: All the cases happened in O.R. 8. And they all went to the Jefferson Institute. And this guy, he chased me all over. And there were so many bodies.
Dr. Bellows: It's all right. It's okay.
Dr. Wheeler: And this is real. Call the police. We have to do something! This is real, Mark. I can prove it.
Dr. Bellows: Sure, you can. You can. Just lie down.
Dr. Wheeler: This is real.
Dr. Bellows: I know you can. Now one thing at a time. I want to give you a Valium and how about a cup of tea to settle you down? A cup of hot tea? Then we're going to talk after you settle down. So you just rest right here. You just stay right here on the bed? That-a-girl. That's it. You just relax.
Dr. Wheeler: I can't...
Dr. Bellows: That's it. Just relax. Close your eyes. That's it. Okay, that-a-girl. Now, I'll get you a cup of tea.
Dr. Wheeler: You're so great, Mark.
Dr. Bellows: Stay here, honey. Just stay right here. [calling out from the kitchen] That's a hell of a story, Susan. You really had a lot of people worried. Don't worry. Everything's going to be okay now. [quietly into the phone] She came back. No, she's here now. Of course. No, I can manage that. I'll keep her here. Look, I'd better go. [turns to find Susan gone]
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Dr. Wheeler: Nobody else here seems to care.
Dr. Bellows: Nobody else cares?
Dr. Wheeler: Listen. There have been 10 cases of unexplained coma in young, healthy patients in the last year. Now, don't you find that surprising? [Mark shakes his head] You don't.
Dr. Bellows: Susan, this hospital does 30,000 operations a year. I'm not surprised a few turn out with serious unexplained side effects. Medicine isn't perfect. We all accept that. Don't we?
Dr. Bellows: Nobody else cares?
Dr. Wheeler: Listen. There have been 10 cases of unexplained coma in young, healthy patients in the last year. Now, don't you find that surprising? [Mark shakes his head] You don't.
Dr. Bellows: Susan, this hospital does 30,000 operations a year. I'm not surprised a few turn out with serious unexplained side effects. Medicine isn't perfect. We all accept that. Don't we?
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Dr. Bellows: Honey, come on.
Dr. Wheeler: Don't call me honey.
Dr. Bellows: I'm trying to tell you about my day. Something that happened.
Dr. Wheeler: Your days are always the same.
Dr. Bellows: What is that supposed to mean?
Dr. Wheeler: Just politics, that's all. Who said what to whom. Who's rising, who's falling. Who's made a good move, a bad move. Politics!
Dr. Bellows: Somebody has to be interested in hospital politics. You certainly are not.
Dr. Wheeler: I thought you were a surgical resident, not a political one.
Dr. Bellows: I like politics. They interest me. Just because you're always looking for...
Dr. Wheeler: You want me to heat up the dinner, is that it? I want some respect.
Dr. Bellows: Susan, come on. Don't leave again.
Dr. Wheeler: Why can't you share half the responsibility?
Dr. Bellows: I share more than half the responsibility!
Dr. Wheeler: No need to shout.
Dr. Bellows: Why are you running off? You think I want this? Let me tell you something. I make concessions for this so-called relationship.
Dr. Wheeler: I know it's hard on you politically.
Dr. Bellows: Susan, don't go.
Dr. Wheeler: You know what the trouble with you is? All you care about is being chief resident.
Dr. Bellows: You know what your trouble is? You don't want a relationship. Look at you. You run away from it.
Dr. Wheeler: This is ridiculous.
Dr. Bellows: You don't want a lover...you want a goddamn wife!
Dr. Wheeler: Bastard.
Dr. Wheeler: Don't call me honey.
Dr. Bellows: I'm trying to tell you about my day. Something that happened.
Dr. Wheeler: Your days are always the same.
Dr. Bellows: What is that supposed to mean?
Dr. Wheeler: Just politics, that's all. Who said what to whom. Who's rising, who's falling. Who's made a good move, a bad move. Politics!
Dr. Bellows: Somebody has to be interested in hospital politics. You certainly are not.
Dr. Wheeler: I thought you were a surgical resident, not a political one.
Dr. Bellows: I like politics. They interest me. Just because you're always looking for...
Dr. Wheeler: You want me to heat up the dinner, is that it? I want some respect.
Dr. Bellows: Susan, come on. Don't leave again.
Dr. Wheeler: Why can't you share half the responsibility?
Dr. Bellows: I share more than half the responsibility!
Dr. Wheeler: No need to shout.
Dr. Bellows: Why are you running off? You think I want this? Let me tell you something. I make concessions for this so-called relationship.
Dr. Wheeler: I know it's hard on you politically.
Dr. Bellows: Susan, don't go.
Dr. Wheeler: You know what the trouble with you is? All you care about is being chief resident.
Dr. Bellows: You know what your trouble is? You don't want a relationship. Look at you. You run away from it.
Dr. Wheeler: This is ridiculous.
Dr. Bellows: You don't want a lover...you want a goddamn wife!
Dr. Wheeler: Bastard.
Traffic (2000) as Robert Wakefield
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My name is Robert. And my wife, Barbara and I are here to support our daughter Caroline. And we're here to listen.
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If there is a war on drugs, then many of our family members are the enemy. And I don't know how you wage war on your own family.
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What's Washington like? Well its like Calcutta, surrounded by beggars. The only difference is the beggars in Washington wear 1500 dollar suits and they don't say please or thank you.
