Tim Curry movie quotes
104 quotes from 11 movies
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
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So, come up to the lab,/ and see what's on the slab!/ I see you shiver with antici [long pause] pation./ But maybe the rain/ isn't really to blame,/ so I'll remove the cause.../ [chuckles] but not the symptom.
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'Cause I've seen blue skies, through the tears in my eyes. And I realize, I'm going home.
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It's not easy having a good time! Even smiling makes my face ache!
Clue (1985) as Wadsworth
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Can you keep a secret? [Col. Mustard nods and leans closer] So can I.
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Note: FROM ONE OF THREE ALTERNATE ENDINGS
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Could I interest any of you in fruit or dessert?
The Three Musketeers (1993) as Cardinal Richelieu
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All for one... and more for me.
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I trust, Captain Rochefort, that you are doing everything in your power to rid us of these rebels. Don't let having only one eye impair your vision. The loss of the other could be most... inconvenient.
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Remember, Kings come and Kings go but one thing remains the same. And that is me.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) as The Nosy Concierge
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What's the matter? Store wouldn't take your...STOLEN CREDIT CARD!? Let's see what the police have to say about this!
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[Upon discovering that the McCallisters' credit card was stolen] Bingo!
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Harry: [Opens the cash register in Duncan's Toy Chest and steals money from it] Merry Christmas, Harry!
Marv: [Opens a chest stuffed with cash and steals money from it] Happy Hanukkah, Marv!
Marv: [Opens a chest stuffed with cash and steals money from it] Happy Hanukkah, Marv!
Legend (1985) as The Lord of Darkness
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The dreams of youth are the regrets of maturity. Dreams are my speciality. Through dreams, I influence mankind.
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I require the solace of the shadows and the dark of the night. Sunshine is my destroyer!
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Mother Night! Fold your dark arms about me. Protect me in your black embrace. I sit alone, an impotent exile, whilst this force, this presence, returns to torment me!
The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) as Drake
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[bullies Hubie] So, nerd... I hear you wanna be a big ladies' man. [Hubie nods nervously] Marina is mine! [Hubie: You big bully!] Wake up and smell the seaweed, you little fool! Nobody wants to marry a loser like you. Now give me that stupid pebble! [Hubie: No, it's for Marina.] Hope you can swim better than you can talk. Bye, Hubie. Sleep with the fishes.
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Drake: Marina doesn't know about that yet, but she's going to be my wife! Our children will be the strongest, the smartest, the bravest... not to mention the best-looking. Why, they'll be just like me! [(evil laughs, then his servants join in. He growls at them to stop)] I'm telling ya, boys. Marina is as good as mine!
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Drake: [(bullies Hubie)] Wake up and smell the seaweed, you little fool! Nobody's gonna marry a loser like you. Now give me that stupid pebble!
The Rugrats Movie (1998) as Rex Pester
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A truckload of babies and a pet horse lost in the woods. Our hearts go out to their grief-stricken parents.
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Pickles! Now look what you done! Are you out of your mind?! Get off!
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AND I NEVER WON AN EMMY!!!
Muppet Treasure Island (1996) as Long John Silver
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When you're not a professional pirate...
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Upstage lads, this is my only number!
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Sing it, lads! Show 'em you've been practicing!
Rugrats Go Wild (2003) as Nigel Thornberry
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[The screen flashes as it cuts back to reveal that the tiger was the scene with camera circles showing the babies on a sandbox with Angelica Pickles holds Fluffy, and Spike playing with his toy. Fluffy then meows as the mustache Tommy was wearing falls off his face]
Angelica Pickles: [first words] What are you diaper bags screaming 'bout?
[Tommy moves back as the scene switches to Angelica as Fluffy squirms in her arms causing Angelica to drop her as she walks to walk off the screen as the scene cuts and shows Fluffy walking across Tommy's, who was hanging half way out of the sandbox, back before jumping off and going back over to Angelica and rubbing against her legs]
Chuckie Finster: We're about to get eaten by that ferocious Siberian tiger.
Angelica Pickles: Were you pretending to be Nigel Strawberry again, Tommy?
[Tommy stands up on the edge of the sandbox]
Tommy Pickles: Yeah, it's my hero and when I grow up I want to be just like him.
Angelica Pickles: Pickles, you're not Nigel Strawberry. You're not even a Nigel Raspberry! [leans forward and blows a raspberry in Tommy's face causing him to fall and tumble backwards into the sandbox] You're never gonna have real adventures, you're just a backyard baby with a diaper Full of Dreams.
[Angelica cackles as she walks away with Fluffy.]
Phil DeVille: Wow. She's mean. Now, who wants to go look for cookies under stuff?
Lil DeVille: I do!
Phil DeVille: Okay, come on, follow me!
[Phil, Lil, and the other babies run off-screen towards the house as Tommy sadly sits on the sandbox. When Spike chewing on a chew toy as Tommy walks from behind the TV sits on the patio wall as he sniffs and wipes his face. Tommy then turns his attention to the TV when he hears Nigel Thornberry's voice.]
Nigel Thornberry: [On TV] The Panthera onca, commonly known as the jaguar seems determined to feast on my nether region, but not to worry. [As Tommy goes around to look at the TV Nigel is seen running from a jaguar before he then jumps into a boat as the scene cuts back to Tommy as Tommy smiled before it cuts back to the TV once more.] Well, faithful viewers our journey was a smashing success. [then falls into the river water] Until next time, this is Sir Nigel Thornberry of Sir Nigel Thorny berries Animal World. [gets back up as he is then seen fighting off alligators]
Lou Pickles: Why, hello, scout. Boy, rest your eyes for a second and ol' Thornberry's gator bait. Hey, boy that Sir Nigel gets in some real scrapes out there in the wild but he always manages to wiggle out of trouble somehow.
[Tommy smiles looking up at Lou.]
Angelica Pickles: [first words] What are you diaper bags screaming 'bout?
[Tommy moves back as the scene switches to Angelica as Fluffy squirms in her arms causing Angelica to drop her as she walks to walk off the screen as the scene cuts and shows Fluffy walking across Tommy's, who was hanging half way out of the sandbox, back before jumping off and going back over to Angelica and rubbing against her legs]
Chuckie Finster: We're about to get eaten by that ferocious Siberian tiger.
Angelica Pickles: Were you pretending to be Nigel Strawberry again, Tommy?
[Tommy stands up on the edge of the sandbox]
Tommy Pickles: Yeah, it's my hero and when I grow up I want to be just like him.
Angelica Pickles: Pickles, you're not Nigel Strawberry. You're not even a Nigel Raspberry! [leans forward and blows a raspberry in Tommy's face causing him to fall and tumble backwards into the sandbox] You're never gonna have real adventures, you're just a backyard baby with a diaper Full of Dreams.
[Angelica cackles as she walks away with Fluffy.]
Phil DeVille: Wow. She's mean. Now, who wants to go look for cookies under stuff?
Lil DeVille: I do!
Phil DeVille: Okay, come on, follow me!
[Phil, Lil, and the other babies run off-screen towards the house as Tommy sadly sits on the sandbox. When Spike chewing on a chew toy as Tommy walks from behind the TV sits on the patio wall as he sniffs and wipes his face. Tommy then turns his attention to the TV when he hears Nigel Thornberry's voice.]
Nigel Thornberry: [On TV] The Panthera onca, commonly known as the jaguar seems determined to feast on my nether region, but not to worry. [As Tommy goes around to look at the TV Nigel is seen running from a jaguar before he then jumps into a boat as the scene cuts back to Tommy as Tommy smiled before it cuts back to the TV once more.] Well, faithful viewers our journey was a smashing success. [then falls into the river water] Until next time, this is Sir Nigel Thornberry of Sir Nigel Thorny berries Animal World. [gets back up as he is then seen fighting off alligators]
Lou Pickles: Why, hello, scout. Boy, rest your eyes for a second and ol' Thornberry's gator bait. Hey, boy that Sir Nigel gets in some real scrapes out there in the wild but he always manages to wiggle out of trouble somehow.
[Tommy smiles looking up at Lou.]
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Debbie Thornberry: Hang on a sec, Mom. I'm picking up some lame-o soap opera.
Marianne Thornberry: [through walkie-talkie] What is it this time, Debbie?
Debbie Thornberry: [sets some bread and a jar of peanut butter on the table] Okay. I made everyone dinner, so, I shouldn't have to clean up too, right?
Eliza Thornberry: Mom, all she did was hand us a jar of peanut butter.
Marianne Thornberry: Can we talk about this when your father and I get home?
Debbie Thornberry: Yeah. Any ETA on that? 'Cause you've been gone since, like, yesterday.
Marianne Thornberry: We're still looking for the leopard at… Oh, Nigel! [filming Nigel as they run along] Over there! What's that?
Nigel Thornberry: That's… I see spots! [moves a tree limb out of the way and it hits Marianne in the face] Watch out for that limb, dearest.
Marianne Thornberry: [through walkie-talkie] What is it this time, Debbie?
Debbie Thornberry: [sets some bread and a jar of peanut butter on the table] Okay. I made everyone dinner, so, I shouldn't have to clean up too, right?
Eliza Thornberry: Mom, all she did was hand us a jar of peanut butter.
Marianne Thornberry: Can we talk about this when your father and I get home?
Debbie Thornberry: Yeah. Any ETA on that? 'Cause you've been gone since, like, yesterday.
Marianne Thornberry: We're still looking for the leopard at… Oh, Nigel! [filming Nigel as they run along] Over there! What's that?
Nigel Thornberry: That's… I see spots! [moves a tree limb out of the way and it hits Marianne in the face] Watch out for that limb, dearest.
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[On the other side of the island… Marianne and Nigel return]
Eliza Thornberry: Debbie, they're here!
Debbie Thornberry: Ta-da! [exits the Comvee, holding a tray of coconut muffins and herbal tea] Homemade coconut muffins and fresh herbal tea.
Marianne Thornberry: Debbie, this is so sweet.
Nigel Thornberry: Oh, and these look heavenly. [drinks some tea and scarfs a muffin; mouthful] Afraid we must eat and run.
Marianne Thornberry: [pours a bowl of muffins into her arm and eats one] Mmm. [mouthful] Ooh, really delicious, honey.
Eliza Thornberry: But you guys just got here!
Marianne Thornberry: [sighs] I know, but the Foundation is expecting that footage today, and we still haven't got it. [sighs again] Nigel, I think we should split up.
Nigel Thornberry: [having to have heard that] Dearest! I thought we were so happy. [Marianne stares at him] Oh... You mean to look for the leopard, don't you?
Debbie Thornberry: I can't believe this! You're always working. When's the last time we took a vacation?
Marianne Thornberry: But, Debbie, we travel all over the world.
Debbie Thornberry: I want a family vacation! You know, where we fight over the bar of hotel soap.
Eliza Thornberry: And Debbie hogs all the good towels?
Debbie Thornberry: And we order room service.
Eliza Thornberry: And we do dorky family activities?
Debbie Thornberry: Yes! Dorky sounds really good right now.
Marianne Thornberry: Well, girls, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you felt this strongly. I promise, as soon as we find the leopard, we'll do dorky family activities.
Nigel Thornberry: It's settled then.
Eliza Thornberry: Debbie, they're here!
Debbie Thornberry: Ta-da! [exits the Comvee, holding a tray of coconut muffins and herbal tea] Homemade coconut muffins and fresh herbal tea.
Marianne Thornberry: Debbie, this is so sweet.
Nigel Thornberry: Oh, and these look heavenly. [drinks some tea and scarfs a muffin; mouthful] Afraid we must eat and run.
Marianne Thornberry: [pours a bowl of muffins into her arm and eats one] Mmm. [mouthful] Ooh, really delicious, honey.
Eliza Thornberry: But you guys just got here!
Marianne Thornberry: [sighs] I know, but the Foundation is expecting that footage today, and we still haven't got it. [sighs again] Nigel, I think we should split up.
Nigel Thornberry: [having to have heard that] Dearest! I thought we were so happy. [Marianne stares at him] Oh... You mean to look for the leopard, don't you?
Debbie Thornberry: I can't believe this! You're always working. When's the last time we took a vacation?
Marianne Thornberry: But, Debbie, we travel all over the world.
Debbie Thornberry: I want a family vacation! You know, where we fight over the bar of hotel soap.
Eliza Thornberry: And Debbie hogs all the good towels?
Debbie Thornberry: And we order room service.
Eliza Thornberry: And we do dorky family activities?
Debbie Thornberry: Yes! Dorky sounds really good right now.
Marianne Thornberry: Well, girls, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you felt this strongly. I promise, as soon as we find the leopard, we'll do dorky family activities.
Nigel Thornberry: It's settled then.
Congo (1995) as Herkermer Homolka
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Captain Wanta: [notices Homolka eating his sesame cake] Mr. Homolka?
Herkermer Homolka: Yes?
Captain Wanta: Stop eating my sesame cake. [Homolka pauses in confusion and angrily shouts to Homolka] STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE! [Homolka spits out the cake] What are you doing in my country, bag of shit?
Herkermer Homolka: Captain, please, I only wish to explore and discover...
Captain Wanta: [pokes Homolka's face with a stick] This fellow is a big bag of shit. [turns to Monroe] You should shake this RAT from off your neck. He owes money to everyone everywhere he goes. [turns back to Homolka] I will ask you to wait outside, Mr. Homolka!
Herkermer Homolka: Yes?
Captain Wanta: Stop eating my sesame cake. [Homolka pauses in confusion and angrily shouts to Homolka] STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE! [Homolka spits out the cake] What are you doing in my country, bag of shit?
Herkermer Homolka: Captain, please, I only wish to explore and discover...
Captain Wanta: [pokes Homolka's face with a stick] This fellow is a big bag of shit. [turns to Monroe] You should shake this RAT from off your neck. He owes money to everyone everywhere he goes. [turns back to Homolka] I will ask you to wait outside, Mr. Homolka!
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Dr. Peter Elliot: [coming across a crashed plane] Good Lord.
Monroe: It's that plane we saw burning in the sky.
Herkermer Homolka: Who were they?
Dr. Karen Ross: Travis, my boss, he thought I wasn't gonna make it. He sent another expedition.
Monroe: He tried to push away too far. Looks like a rocket got them. No point going in there.
Dr. Karen Ross: My God, what a waste of life.
Monroe: It's that plane we saw burning in the sky.
Herkermer Homolka: Who were they?
Dr. Karen Ross: Travis, my boss, he thought I wasn't gonna make it. He sent another expedition.
Monroe: He tried to push away too far. Looks like a rocket got them. No point going in there.
Dr. Karen Ross: My God, what a waste of life.
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Monroe: This, as they say, is a fork in the road. We could go left or we could go right. If we go the wrong way, we lose two or three days.
Herkermer Homolka: We must follow the gorilla, where she leads.
Monroe: That would be left.
Dr. Karen Ross: My best guess off my last coordinates was this way.
Monroe: That'd be right.
Amy: Amy, Peter, go this way.
Dr. Karen Ross: Well... I don't have her passion. I'll follow the gorilla.
Herkermer Homolka: We must follow the gorilla, where she leads.
Monroe: That would be left.
Dr. Karen Ross: My best guess off my last coordinates was this way.
Monroe: That'd be right.
Amy: Amy, Peter, go this way.
Dr. Karen Ross: Well... I don't have her passion. I'll follow the gorilla.
Scary Movie 2 (2001) as Professor
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Dwight. I say when we pull the plug. We're about to make the scientific discovery of the century, and I am this close to getting laid.
