We're still here, Barry.
I told you not to yell at him. He doesn't have responsibility when you yell at him.
Then why are you yelling at me?
Because you don't listen!
Argh, I'm not listening to this.
Barry B. Benson
Jerry Seinfeld · 30 quotes
Vanessa
Renée Zellweger · 9 quotes
Adam
Matthew Broderick · 5 quotes
Janet Benson
Kathy Bates · 5 quotes
Martin Benson
Barry Levinson · 5 quotes
Mr. Montgomery
John Goodman · 4 quotes
Ken
Patrick Warburton · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Barry B. Benson & Vanessa (8), Barry B. Benson & Adam (5), Barry B. Benson & Mr. Montgomery (3)
Bee Movie quotes
Page 2 of 3Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my grandmother was a simple woman. Born on a farm, she believed it was man's divine right to benefit from the county of nature God put before us. If we were to live the topsy-turvy world Mr. Benson imagines, just think of what if would mean? Maybe I would have to negotiate with the silkworm for the elastic in my britches! Talking bee! How do we know this isn't some sort of holographic motion-picture-capture hollywood wizardry? They could be using laser beams! Robotics! Ventriloquism! Cloning! For all we know he could be on steroids!
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? [Vanessa gasps]
We're friends.
Good friends?
Yes.
How good?
Now, hang on--
Do you live together?
Wait, that's not--
Are you her little... bedbug?
[gasps]
We're friends.
Good friends?
Yes.
How good?
Now hang on--
Do you live together?
Wait, that's not--
Are you her little... bedbug?
It's very hard to concentrate with that panicky tone in your voice.
It's very hard to concentrate with that panicky tone in your voice!
It's not a tone. I'm panicking!
My only interest is flowers.
Our new queen was just elected with that same campaign slogan.
Oh, you poor thing. You two have been at this for hours!
[sarcastically]
Yes, and Adam here has a been a huge help. [Adam asleep in an empty Cinnabon box]
[Barry has Ray Liotta called to the stand]
Mr. Liotta, first may I offer my belated congratulations on your Emmy win for your guest spot on ER in 2005.
Ray Liotta Thank you, thank you! [laughs]
I also see from your resume that you're devilishly handsome but with a churning inner turmoil that's always ready to blow.
Ray Liotta I enjoy what I do! Is that a crime?!
Not yet, it isn't. But is this what's come to for you, Mr. Liotta? Exploiting tiny, helpless bees so you don't have to rehearse your part and read your line, sir?
Ray Liotta [angrily]
Watch it, Benson! I could blow right now!
This isn't a Goodfella! This is a bad fella!
Ray Liotta [furiously tries to squash Barry with his Emmy]
WHY DOESN'T SOMEBODY JUST STEP ON THIS LITTLE CREEP AND WE CAN ALL GO HOME?!? YOU'RE ALL THINKING IT!!!
[Barry has Sting called to the stand]
So, Mr. Sting, thank you for being here. Your name intrigues me, I have to say. Where have I heard it before?
Sting
I was with a band called The Police.
But you've never been a police officer of any kind, have you?
Sting
Uh, no, I haven't.
No, you haven't. And so here we have another of bee culture being casually stolen by a human for nothing more than a prance-about stage name.
Sting
Oh, please.
Have you ever been stung, Mr. Sting? Because, I'm feeling a little stung, Sting. Or should I say... [flips a few pages on his notebook] Mr. Gordon M. Sumner!
Cow
[Barry is interviewing a cow]
Milk, cream, cheese, it's all me. And I don't see a nickel! Sometimes I just feel like a piece of meat!
I had no idea.
Barry, I'm sorry. Have you got a moment?
Mooseblood Sorry I'm late.
Cow
He's a lawyer, too?
Mooseblood Ma'am, I was already a bloodsucking parasite. [shows the cow his briefcase] All I needed was a briefcase.
[Shows DreamWorks logo] [there's a work in progress animation test for one of the first scenes in the movie. Unlike the final movie where Adam and Barry were driving, they are instead walking across the street]
Too bad about Frankie, huh? You going to his funeral?
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.
Jerry Seinfeld
Hi, I'm Jerry Seinfeld, and I'm making a movie about bees. In my movie, bees talk, they drive cars, they watch television. [voice-over] And they work very very hard making lots and lots of honey.
[Another test animation is presented] [while flying]
Hey, I see a giant patch of flowers! Jackpot!
Seinfeld
[voice-over]
But our story really takes off when Barry does the one thing a bee is never ever supposed to do. Talk to humans.
Hi. [Vanessa gasps in shock and drops her dishes] I'm sorry.
Yes, I know.
You're a bee!
Seinfeld
[voice-over]
Anyway, there's lots of other funny bees and funny humans in the story, and we all have a great time. [on-screen] This is a world I can't wait to tell you about. [Puts on bee antennas]
Announcer
Bee Movie. Coming November 2007.
November? [walks left across the movie title] I have to wait 'til November 2007?
Announcer
Yes, you do.
Oh, that is brutal! [leaves the shot going left]
[Thud!] [A white title card slides down from the ceiling with yellow subtitles reading "In Theaters November 2007"]
[first actual line spoken in-universe]
black, Yellow, black, Yellow, ooh, black and yellow, yeah, let’s shake it up a little!