Russell Crowe movie quotes

View Quote The number one fear of people isn't dying, it's public speaking.

View Quote Won't get any informants. Not inside. It's like a Sicilian family. Like he's structured his own family the same way to protect himself. Being with Bumpy long as he was, he would have been around Italians a lot. Enough to learn that much.

View Quote For a cop the uppermost thing is the arrest. For a prosecutor, the arrest is nothing without the evidence to convict. We don't have any real evidence on anyone on this board, so they're coming down. We're starting over from the street.

View Quote Now, I always liked you, Byron. But you never knew when to shut up. Even bad men love their mamas.

View Quote You do one good deed for somebody... I imagine it's habit-forming. Something decent. See that grateful look in their eyes, imagine it makes you feel like Christ Hisself.

View Quote Well, Tommy... it seems that there was a Pinkerton... inside that coach that wasn't quite dead yet. Now, I know Charlie told you, because... we done got but a few rules in this outfit. And this is what happens when you put us all at risk.

View Quote Down! Down! Everyone down!!

View Quote Do you not know that in the service … one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?

View Quote Men must be governed. Often not wisely, I will grant you, but they must be governed nonetheless.

View Quote Marriage is buying a house for someone you hate.

View Quote So I did something about it. I acted. I didn't plan to, I didn't, you know. I just did it. I took that guy out. I didn't even get paid for it. So I ended up with a bullet in the bicep and 500 bucks of hospital bills. It was stupid, really. When I think about it, it was the best day of my life.

View Quote March: I was in the pool.
Healy: You were in the pool?
March: Yeah.
Healy: Why?
March: I had to question the mermaids. What were you doing while I was working?

View Quote Who says we want what we think we want? We want what we think we are supposed to want? Like what the books tell us to want. And the movies. That's what I wanted. Happy. Happy, happy, happy. Shit like that, ok? We didn't get that. That's the end of that. Ok? It's not ... the end of us. It's the end of a dream, that's all. You wake up in the morning, the dream's over, so what? We're still here ...

View Quote Maybe dull is the answer. Maybe dull will last.

View Quote Steve: I'm going crazy...
Monica: See, that's different! I thought it was your everyday garden-variety existential crisis. But crazy is different.

View Quote What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended? What if a child aspired to something greater?

View Quote You can save her Kal. You can save all of them.

View Quote Silencing me won't change anything. My son is twice the man you were, and he will finish what we started, I can promise you that.

View Quote There's a click before the strike. Listen to the clock.

View Quote Sorry, John. Changed the rules. From now on, all the fights are fair.

View Quote The Kid:: That gun shoots straight. I wouldn't sell it if it didn't.
Cort: It's okay, Kid. I won't draw.
John Herod: Sure you will. I know you, Cort. When it comes down to it, you'll pull the trigger.

View Quote So, what's changed is that our allegedly unsophisticated enemy has caught on to the factually unsophisticated truth...we're an easy target. We are an easy target and our world as we know it is a lot simpler to put to an end than you might think.

View Quote Despite the fact we have markedly increased our operational intensity, we're not seeing any progress. What we're dealing with here is potentially a global conflagration that requires constant diligence in order to suppress.

View Quote Now who pays the bills around here? I would hate to have to have my president call your king, because it's just gonna be embarrassing for all of us.

View Quote [After being defeated at the trial] Years from now, I wonder what you will say about us. Will you even acknowledge we were human?

View Quote Abracadabra [final words after making a cyanide capsule appear out of thin air through magic]

View Quote Just because a man is your ally does not mean he is on your side.

View Quote Welcome to a new world of gods and monsters.

View Quote [narrating] Ahmanet understood power was not given...it had to be taken. Set, the god of death; they made a pact, a pact that would unleash darkness itself. Ahmanet was reborn a monster.

View Quote Please meet Princess Ahmanet. She will claim what she has been denied.

View Quote Let's see who you are. I take off your disguise. And flick!

View Quote It used to be that being a god, it meant something. People would whisper your name, before sharing their deepest hopes and dreams. They begged you for mercy, without ever knowing if you were actually listening. Now, when they look to the sky, they don't ask us for lightning, they don't ask us for rain, they just want to see one of their so-called superheroes. When did we become the joke? No. No more. They will fear us again, when Thor Odinson falls from the sky. Do you understand me, Hercules? Do you understand me, my son?

View Quote [Zeus shoots his thunderbolt at Korg and blasts him to fragments]
Thor: Korg!
Korg: [gasps] Thor! I’m perishing!
[Korg falls to pieces. Thor turns to Zeus, glaring at him.]
Thor: [enraged] ZEUS!
Zeus: You're next, Odinson!
[Zeus shoots his thunderbolt at Thor, but Thor catches it and hurls it back at Zeus]
Thor: That is the sound of lightning!

View Quote 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?

View Quote [Bud goes to question Lynn Bracken and encounters a client in his underwear who refuses to leave]
Man: Everything all right, doll? Want me to get rid of him?
Bud: Hit the road, pal.
Man: [stepping closer] Maybe I will. Maybe I won't.
Bud: [showing his badge] LAPD, shitbird. Get the **** outta here or I'll call your wife to come get you.
[The man stares blankly for a moment, collects his clothes, and leaves]
Man: [nods] Officer.
Bud: [nods] Councilman.

View Quote [Lying in bed, Lynn notices a scar on Bud's shoulder]
Lynn: Where'd this come from?
Bud: When I was twelve, my old man went after my mother with a bottle. I got in the way.
Lynn: So you saved her.
Bud: Not for long.
Lynn: I'm sorry, it's none of my business.
Bud: He tied me to the radiator. I watched him beat my mother to death with a tire iron. And he left me there. Three days before a truant officer found us. They never found the old man.

View Quote Javert: Now Prisoner 24601, your time is up and your parole's begun. You know what that means?
Jean Valjean: Yes, it means I'm free.
Javert: No. [hands him a yellow paper] Follow to the letter your itinerary, this badge of shame you'll show until you die. It warns you're a dangerous man.
Jean Valjean: I stole a loaf of bread. My sister's child was close to death, and we were starving...
Javert: You will starve again unless you learn the meaning of the law!
Jean Valjean: I know the meaning of those nineteen years; a slave of the law.
Javert: Five years for what you did. The rest because you tried to run, yes 24601...
Jean Valjean: My name is Jean Valjean!
Javert: And I'm Javert! Do not forget my name. Do not forget me, 24601.

View Quote Javert: Valjean, at last. We see each other plain. "Monsieur le Mayor". You'll wear a different chain.
Jean Valjean: Before you say another word, Javert, before you chain me up like a slave again, listen to me! There is something I must do. This woman leaves behind a suffering child. There is none but me who can intercede. In mercy's name, three days are all I need. Then I'll return, I pledge my word. Then I'll return.
Javert: You must think me mad! I've hunted you across the years. Men like you can never change. A man such as you!

View Quote Javert: Monsieur le Mayor, I have a crime to declare. I have disgraced the uniform that I wear. I've done you wrong- let no forgiveness be shown. I've been as hard on every rogue I have known. I mistook you for a convict; I have made a false report. Now I learned they caught the culprit, he's about to face the court. Of course, he now denies it; you'd expect that of a con. But he could not run forever- no, not even Jean Valjean.
Jean Valjean: You say he denies it all and gives no understanding or repentance? You say this man is going to trial and he's sure to be returned to serve his sentence?
Javert: [offering his sword] He will pay, and so must I. Press charges against me, sir.
[Valjean stands, giving back Javert's sword]
Jean Valjean: You have only done your duty; it's a minor sin at most. All of us have made misjudgements- you'll return, sir, to your post.

View Quote Jeffrey Wigand: I have to put my family's welfare on the line here, my friend! And what are you putting up? You're putting up words!
Lowell Bergman: Words? While you've been dicking around at some **** company golf tournaments, I've been out in the world, giving my word and backing it up with action.

View Quote Jeffrey Wigand: I'm just a commodity to you, aren't I? I could be anything. Right? Anything worth putting on between commercials.
Lowell Bergman: To a network, probably, we're all commodities. To me? You are not a commodity. What you are is important.

View Quote Lowell Bergman: I fought for you and I still fight for you!
Jeffrey Wigand: You fought for me? You manipulated me! Into where I am now - staring at the Brown & Williamson building, it's all dark except for the tenth floor. That's the legal department, that's where they **** with my life!
Lowell Bergman: Jeffrey, where are you going with this? Where are you going? [Pause]You are important to a lot of people, Jeffrey. You think about that, and you think about them. [Pause] I'm all out of heroes, man. Guys like you are in short supply.
Jeffrey Wigand: Yeah, guys like you, too.