Willem Dafoe movie quotes
112 quotes from 14 movies
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) as Jesus
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The feeling begins. Very tender, very loving. Then the pain starts. Claws slip underneath the skin and tear their way up. Just before they reach my eyes, they dig in. And I remember. First I fasted for three months. I even whipped myself before I went to sleep. At first it worked. Then the pain came back. And the voices. They call me by name. Jesus.
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God loves me. I know he loves me. I want him to stop! I make crosses so he'll hate me so he'll find another! I want to crucify every one of his messiahs.
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You think God belongs only to you? He doesn't. God is an immortal spirit who belongs to everybody, to the whole world. You think you're special? God is not an Israelite.
The Lighthouse (2019) as Thomas Wake
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How long have we been on this rock? Five weeks? Two days? Where are we? Help me to recollect.
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Should pale death with treble dread
Make the oceän caves our bed,
God who hear'st the surges roll,
Deign to save our suppliant soul.
Make the oceän caves our bed,
God who hear'st the surges roll,
Deign to save our suppliant soul.
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Why’d ya spill yer beans?
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) as Klaus Daimler
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Land ho! Port-au-Patois dead ahead! Port-au-Patois! Port-au-Patois! Ho! Ho! Ho! Land ho! Ho!
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Who the shit is Kingsley Zissou?
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I hear what you're saying, but I think you misjudge the guy.
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
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(To himself) You can't hide from who you really are!
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You know, I'm something of a scientist myself.
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Strong enough to have it all (effortlessly blocks Peter 1's attacks before punching him) Too weak to take it!
Finding Nemo (2003) as Gill
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Gill: From this moment on, you shall now be known as Sharkbait.
Bloat, Gurgle, Bubbles: Sharkbait! Hoo ha ha!
Gill: Welcome, Brother Sharkbait!
Bloat, Gurgle, Bubbles: Sharkbait! Hoo ha ha!
Gill: Enough with the Sharkbait.
Gurgle: Sharkbait! Hoo... bop pa doo.
Bloat, Gurgle, Bubbles: Sharkbait! Hoo ha ha!
Gill: Welcome, Brother Sharkbait!
Bloat, Gurgle, Bubbles: Sharkbait! Hoo ha ha!
Gill: Enough with the Sharkbait.
Gurgle: Sharkbait! Hoo... bop pa doo.
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Gill: All drains lead to the ocean.
Spider-Man (2002) as Green Goblin
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[As the Green Goblin throws Spider-Man through the building, Spider-Man swings through the window, and crashes to the wall. A pumpkin bomb is thrown in front of Spider-Man's face; it explodes, and blows Spider-Man through the brick wall, and knocking him to the ground. The Green Goblin hops off his glider.]
Green Goblin: Misery, misery, misery, that's what you've chosen. I offered you friendship, and you spat in my face. [The Green Goblin beats Spider-Man up, until he kicks Spider-Man to the wall. Just as Spider-Man is about to shoot his web, the Green Goblin stops him.] You've spun your last web, Spider-Man. Had you not been so selfish, your little girlfriend's death would have been quick and painless. But now that you've really pissed me off… [sinisterly] ...I'm gonna finish her, nice and slow. [Spider-Man gets furious.] M.J. and I... We're gonna have a hell of a time. [The Green Goblin lunges his trident to stab Spider-Man, but Spider-Man stops it, and the Green Goblin flies backwards to another brick wall. Spider-Man crushes the Green Goblin with it. The Green Goblin gets up, and Spider-Man beats him up] Peter, stop! Stop! It's me. [takes off his mask, revealing Norman Osborn]
Peter: Mr. Osborn...
Norman: Peter, thank God for you.
Peter: You killed those people on that balcony.
Norman: The Goblin killed them, I had nothing to do with it. Don't–don't let him take me again! I beg you, protect me!
Peter: You tried to kill Aunt May, you tried to kill Mary Jane...
Norman: But not you. I've tried to stop it, but I couldn't stop it. I would never hurt you. [As Norman speaks, his Green Goblin persona presses the button on his suit, and his glider rises behind Peter.] I knew from the beginning. If anything ever happened to me, i–it was you that I could count on. You, Peter Parker, would save me, and so you have. Thank God for you. [Norman stands up] Give me your hand. Believe in me, as I believed in you. I've been like a father to you. Be a son to me now.
Peter: I have a father. His name was Ben Parker.
Green Goblin: Godspeed, Spider-Man.
[warned by his spider sense, Peter flips just as the Green Goblin's glider was about to impale him.]
Green Goblin: Oh.
Norman: [gets impaled by his own glider, and groans in pain and blood loss] [last words; weakly] Peter... don't tell Harry. [Norman collapses and dies, and Peter lowers his head down.]
Green Goblin: Misery, misery, misery, that's what you've chosen. I offered you friendship, and you spat in my face. [The Green Goblin beats Spider-Man up, until he kicks Spider-Man to the wall. Just as Spider-Man is about to shoot his web, the Green Goblin stops him.] You've spun your last web, Spider-Man. Had you not been so selfish, your little girlfriend's death would have been quick and painless. But now that you've really pissed me off… [sinisterly] ...I'm gonna finish her, nice and slow. [Spider-Man gets furious.] M.J. and I... We're gonna have a hell of a time. [The Green Goblin lunges his trident to stab Spider-Man, but Spider-Man stops it, and the Green Goblin flies backwards to another brick wall. Spider-Man crushes the Green Goblin with it. The Green Goblin gets up, and Spider-Man beats him up] Peter, stop! Stop! It's me. [takes off his mask, revealing Norman Osborn]
Peter: Mr. Osborn...
Norman: Peter, thank God for you.
Peter: You killed those people on that balcony.
Norman: The Goblin killed them, I had nothing to do with it. Don't–don't let him take me again! I beg you, protect me!
Peter: You tried to kill Aunt May, you tried to kill Mary Jane...
Norman: But not you. I've tried to stop it, but I couldn't stop it. I would never hurt you. [As Norman speaks, his Green Goblin persona presses the button on his suit, and his glider rises behind Peter.] I knew from the beginning. If anything ever happened to me, i–it was you that I could count on. You, Peter Parker, would save me, and so you have. Thank God for you. [Norman stands up] Give me your hand. Believe in me, as I believed in you. I've been like a father to you. Be a son to me now.
Peter: I have a father. His name was Ben Parker.
Green Goblin: Godspeed, Spider-Man.
[warned by his spider sense, Peter flips just as the Green Goblin's glider was about to impale him.]
Green Goblin: Oh.
Norman: [gets impaled by his own glider, and groans in pain and blood loss] [last words; weakly] Peter... don't tell Harry. [Norman collapses and dies, and Peter lowers his head down.]
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Green Goblin: Spider-Man is all but invincible, but Parker… We can destroy him.
Norman: I can't.
Green Goblin: Betrayal must not be countenanced! Parker must be educated.
Norman: What do I do?
Green Goblin: Instruct him in the matters of loss and pain. Make him suffer, make him wish he were dead.
Norman: Yes?
Green Goblin: And then grant his wish.
Norman: But how?
Green Goblin: The cunning warrior attacks neither body nor mind.
Norman: Tell me how!
Green Goblin: The heart, Osborn! First, we attack his heart.
Norman: I can't.
Green Goblin: Betrayal must not be countenanced! Parker must be educated.
Norman: What do I do?
Green Goblin: Instruct him in the matters of loss and pain. Make him suffer, make him wish he were dead.
Norman: Yes?
Green Goblin: And then grant his wish.
Norman: But how?
Green Goblin: The cunning warrior attacks neither body nor mind.
Norman: Tell me how!
Green Goblin: The heart, Osborn! First, we attack his heart.
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J. Jonah Jameson: Spider-Man. And the Green Goblin. "The Green Goblin." You like that?
Peter: Mr. Jameson–
Jameson: Made it up myself. These weirdos all got to have a name now.
Peter: Mr. Jameson, Spider-Man–
Jameson: [picks up phone] Hoffman!
Hoffman: Yeah?
Jameson: [sees Hoffman in the office, and hangs up the phone.] Call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin". I want a quarter every time somebody says it.
Hoffman: How about "Green Meanie"? [Jameson makes a "get out" hand gesture]
Peter: Spider-Man wasn't attacking the city, he was trying to save it. That's slander.
Jameson: It is not. I resent that. Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel.
Peter Parker: You don't trust anybody, that's your problem.
Jameson: I trust my barber. What are you, his lawyer? Get outta here. [throws his cigar out the window] Let him sue me, get rich like a normal person. That's what makes this country– (Huh?) [his cigar is thrown back in the window, lands in from of him, and the Green Goblin bursts through the The Daily Bugle window] (What the–?!)
Green Goblin: [grabbing Jameson by the throat] Jameson, you slime! Who's the photographer who takes the pictures of Spider-Man?
Jameson: I don't know who he is! His stuff comes in the mail!
Green Goblin: You're lying!
Jameson: I swear!
Green Goblin: He's the one who can take me to him!
Jameson: I don't know who he is!
Green Goblin: [preparing to punch Jameson] You are useless, you--
Spider-Man: [appears upside-down outside the window] Set him down, tough guy.
Green Goblin: [drops Jameson and turns around on the glider] Speak of the Devil!
Jameson: Spider-Man! I knew you two were in this together! I--
Spider-Man: [uses his web to seal Jameson's mouth shut] Hey, kiddo, let Mom and Dad talk for a minute, will ya?
Green Goblin: [uses sleep gas] Sleep!
Peter: Mr. Jameson–
Jameson: Made it up myself. These weirdos all got to have a name now.
Peter: Mr. Jameson, Spider-Man–
Jameson: [picks up phone] Hoffman!
Hoffman: Yeah?
Jameson: [sees Hoffman in the office, and hangs up the phone.] Call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin". I want a quarter every time somebody says it.
Hoffman: How about "Green Meanie"? [Jameson makes a "get out" hand gesture]
Peter: Spider-Man wasn't attacking the city, he was trying to save it. That's slander.
Jameson: It is not. I resent that. Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel.
Peter Parker: You don't trust anybody, that's your problem.
Jameson: I trust my barber. What are you, his lawyer? Get outta here. [throws his cigar out the window] Let him sue me, get rich like a normal person. That's what makes this country– (Huh?) [his cigar is thrown back in the window, lands in from of him, and the Green Goblin bursts through the The Daily Bugle window] (What the–?!)
Green Goblin: [grabbing Jameson by the throat] Jameson, you slime! Who's the photographer who takes the pictures of Spider-Man?
Jameson: I don't know who he is! His stuff comes in the mail!
Green Goblin: You're lying!
Jameson: I swear!
Green Goblin: He's the one who can take me to him!
Jameson: I don't know who he is!
Green Goblin: [preparing to punch Jameson] You are useless, you--
Spider-Man: [appears upside-down outside the window] Set him down, tough guy.
Green Goblin: [drops Jameson and turns around on the glider] Speak of the Devil!
Jameson: Spider-Man! I knew you two were in this together! I--
Spider-Man: [uses his web to seal Jameson's mouth shut] Hey, kiddo, let Mom and Dad talk for a minute, will ya?
Green Goblin: [uses sleep gas] Sleep!
Mississippi Burning (1988) as Ward
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Ward: Just don't lose sight of whose rights are being violated!
Anderson: Don't put me on your perch, Mr. Ward.
Ward: Don't drag me into your gutter, Mr. Anderson!
Anderson: These people are crawling out of the SEWER, MR. WARD! Maybe the gutter's where we outta be!
Anderson: Don't put me on your perch, Mr. Ward.
Ward: Don't drag me into your gutter, Mr. Anderson!
Anderson: These people are crawling out of the SEWER, MR. WARD! Maybe the gutter's where we outta be!
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Anderson: You know, if I were a Negro, I'd probably think the same way they do.
Ward: If you were a Negro, nobody would give a damn what you thought.
Ward: If you were a Negro, nobody would give a damn what you thought.
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Deputy Pell: You got no right to be here. This is a political meeting.
Ward: Doesn't smell that way to me, Deputy.
Deputy Pell: It's a damn political meeting, Hoover Boy.
Ward: Oh, it looks like a political meeting, but smells more like Klan to me... with or without the Halloween costumes.
Ward: Doesn't smell that way to me, Deputy.
Deputy Pell: It's a damn political meeting, Hoover Boy.
Ward: Oh, it looks like a political meeting, but smells more like Klan to me... with or without the Halloween costumes.
The English Patient (1996) as David Caravaggio
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Ask him. Ask your saint who he is. Ask him who he's killed. [to Hana]
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In Italy, there's always chickens, but no eggs. In Africa there's eggs, but never chickens. Who separated them?
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There was a result to what you did! [to Almásy]
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) as Wolf Jackson
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Lay low, Mr. Juice. She's a soul sucker.
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I made a hard target search for Beetlejuice.
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A live one broke into the Afterlife?
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) as Eric 'Rick' Masters
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Everybody knows Rick Masters won't go near a job without front money. You should also know that I never **** a customer out of his front money. I've been coming to this gym three or four times a week for five years. I'm an easy man to find. My reputation speaks for itself. The fact is that if you can't come up with the front money you're not for real.
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Rick Masters: You have my word you won't have to do the whole nickel.
Carl Cody: What does that mean?
Rick Masters: Grimes is the best lawyer in the state. It'll either be an appeal bond or a sentence reduction.
Carl Cody: And the check is in the mail, and I love you, and I promise not to come in your mouth...
Carl Cody: What does that mean?
Rick Masters: Grimes is the best lawyer in the state. It'll either be an appeal bond or a sentence reduction.
Carl Cody: And the check is in the mail, and I love you, and I promise not to come in your mouth...
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Rick Masters: I want my paper, Jeff. I can't afford to have it circulating right now.
Jeff Rice: I told you I don't have it.
Rick Masters: Get it. You broke your contract with me Jeff. Now, I don't know whether you're into it but you're gonna have to suck on this until you give me back my paper!
Jeff Rice: I told you I don't have it.
Rick Masters: Get it. You broke your contract with me Jeff. Now, I don't know whether you're into it but you're gonna have to suck on this until you give me back my paper!
Wild at Heart (1990) as Bobby Peru
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Speaking of Jack, One eyed Jack's yearning to go a peeping in a seafood store!
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[to Lula] Ya know, I sure do like a girl with nice tits like yours who talks tough and looks like she can **** like a bunny. Do you **** like that? Cause if ya do, I'll **** ya good. Like a big ol' jackrabbit bunny, jump all around that hole. Bobby Peru don't come up for air.
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Say it! I'll tear your ****in' heart out, girl!
Poor Things (2023) as Dr. Godwin Baxter
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My father once told me, "Always carve with compassion." He was a **** idiot, but it's not bad advice.
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She's an experiment. Her brain and her body are not quite synchronized. But she is progressing at an accelerated pace.
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Dr. Godwin Baxter: I can't let you go.
Bella Baxter: If you do not, Bella shall turn rotten with hate.
Bella Baxter: If you do not, Bella shall turn rotten with hate.
The Fault in Our Stars (2014) as Van Houten
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Van Houten: She thinks I have a drinking problem.
Lidewij: I also think the earth is round.
Lidewij: I also think the earth is round.
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Van Houten: Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why you care so much about your silly questions?
Hazel Grace Lancaster: Oh go **** yourself! [storms out with Augustus]
Hazel Grace Lancaster: Oh go **** yourself! [storms out with Augustus]
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Let's imagine you are racing a tortoise, the tortoise has a 10 yard lead in the start, and in the time it takes you to run 10 yards, the tortoise's moved maybe one yard. So alright, you're faster than the tortoise but you cannot never catch it, you can only decrease his lead. Now certainly you can run past the tortoise as long as you don't contemplate the mechanics of that, but the question of how turns out to be so complicated that no one really solved it until Cantor proved that some infinities are bigger than other infinities... I think that answers your question.
Nosferatu (2024) as Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz
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In heathen times, you might have been a great priestess of Isis. Yet in this strange and modern world, your purpose is of greater worth. You are our salvation.
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I have seen things in this world that would make Isaac Newton crawl back into his mother's womb! We have not become so much enlightened as we have been blinded by the gaseous light of science. I have wrestled with the Devil as Jacob wrestled the Angel in Penuel, and I tell you, if we are to tame darkness, we must first face that it exists! Meine Herren, we are here encountering the undead plague carrier... the vampyr... Nosferatu.
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[as he, Hutter and Sievers burn the Hardings' bodies] "In the name of Jehovah, and by the power and dignity of these three names, Tetragrammaton, Anexhexeton, Primematum, cast thee, O thou disobedient spirit Nosferatu, into the Lake of Fire, there to remain until the Day of Doom and not to be remembered before the face of God who shall come to judge the quick and the dead and the world with fire."
