Most-quoted character in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977): in 23 of its 44 quotes
Most scenes with: Gillian (4), Man (3), Ronnie (3)
I know this sounds crazy, but ever since yesterday on the road, I've been seeing this shape. Shaving cream, pillows...Dammit! I know this. I know what this is! This means something. This is important.
Roy Neary All right. Let's say... [Places an HO scale boxcar on a track] that this boxcar is 60 feet long and 1/3 of it is across this switch, all right?. And now, another train is coming. [Starts an engine] Now how far do you have to move this boxcar off the tracks so that the other train doesn't smash it? Quickly, Brad. There are thousands of lives at stake. Brad, any answer. [The train hits the boxcar]
Roy Neary Okay, I'm wrong. I'm Wrong Roy, okay? TOBY!! YOU ARE CLOSE TO DEATH!! GET OUT HERE!!!
Roy Neary Honey, Ronnie. Wake up. You're not gonna believe what I saw!...I never would have believed it. There was this, uh, in the cab, there was this...it was a red whoosh...You know, those pictures in the National Geographic about the Aurora Borealis? This is better than that! Come on! Ronnie, I need you to see something with me. It's really important. [wakes his kids] Silvia , come on. We're going on a little adventure. Toby! Brad! Come on. Get up. Up!...It's better than Goofy Golf! COME ON!!
Roy Neary Well, I guess you've noticed something a little strange with Dad. It's OK. I'm still Dad. I can't describe it - what I'm feeling.
Roy Neary I figured it out, that's all. Will you just listen?...Have you ever looked at something and it's crazy and then you looked at it in another way and it's not crazy at all?...Don't be scared. Just don't be scared. I feel really good. Everything's gonna be all right. I haven't felt this good in years.
Roy Neary Look, I guarantee you that this whole thing is a put-on.
Roy Neary The only bad air around here is you guys fartin' around.
Roy Neary I didn't come this far just to be taken on any bus ride home.
Roy Neary Do you know where Cornbread is... TURKEY?!
Roy Hey, you know what's playing tonight? Pinocchio! You guys have never seen Pinocchio, you're in luck!
Aw, who wants to see some dumb movie rated 'G' for kids?
Roy How old are you?
Eight.
Roy You wanna be nine?
Yeah.
Roy Then you're going to go see Pinocchio tomorrow night.
Roy, that is a terrific way to win over your children.
Roy I'm not serious, I'm just saying that I grew up with Pinocchio, and if kids are still kids, they're going to eat it up!
Roy Okay, I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I'm Wrong Roy, all right?
Roy Toby! You are close to death! Come out here! (Toby does so) Okay, look, I'm gonna give you yor choice, I'm not gonna be biased in any way. Tomorrow night you can either play Goofy Golf, which is a lot of standing in line and shoving and pushing, and probably getting a 'zero,' or you can see Pinocchio, which is a lot of furry animals and magic, and you'll have a wonderful time. Okay? Now let's vote.
GOLF!
All right, everybody to bed!
No way! Dad said we could finish watching The Ten Commandments!
Roy, that movie is four hours long.
Roy I told them they'd only watch five commandments.
Roy, what did it look like?
Roy It was like an ice cream cone.
What flavor?
Roy Orange. It was orange - and it wasn't like an ice cream cone. It was, it was more like a shell. You know, it was like this.
Like a taco? Was it like one of those Sara Lee, um, moon-shaped cookies? Those crescent cookies? Don't you think I'm taking this really well? I remember when we used to come to places like this just to look at each other...and snuggle. [Roy and Ronnie kiss]
Roy Ronnie, all I wanna do is, is, is know what's goin' on.
But nothin's going on. It's just one of those things.
Roy Which things? Which things?
I don't want to hear about this anymore.
Roy Ronnie, this is very important. I'm not just gonna let it lay here. I'm gonna call somebody about this...I saw something last night that I can't explain.
I saw something last night I can't explain.
Roy I'm going out there again tonight, you know.
No, you're not.
Roy Yes, I am.
No, you're not.
Roy YES, I AM!
No, you're not! [She smashes his cupped hand with shaving cream into his mouth]
Here they come! Out of the northwest!
Roy Trick or treat!
Now, there are all kinds of ideas that would be fun to believe in. Mental telepathy, time travel, immortality, even Santa Claus. Now I know it's no fun to go home and say: 'Guess what happened! I was in a shopping center. There was this tremendously bright light and I rushed outside - and it was an airplane.'
Roy Excuse me, sir. I didn't want to see this.
I sure wish I had. You know, for fifteen years, I've been looking for these damn silly lights in the night sky. I've never found any. I'd like to, because I believe in life elsewhere.
Why don't you guys just admit that the Air Force is conducting secret tests in the foothills area?
It would be easy to say yes to that. But I'm not going to mislead you. This is not the case. To tell you the truth, I don't know what you saw.
Roy You can't fool us by agreeing with us.
I saw Bigfoot once. 1951 back in Sequoia National Park. Had a foot on him thirty-seven inches heel to toe. It made a sound I would not want to hear twice in my life.
UFO's do not represent a direct physical threat to our national security. We do not support them, and we encourage you not to.
I don't believe it's real. I don't believe it's real.
Roy It's real. Let's get down there. Get some gas and get down in there.
We need answers from you that are honest, direct, and to the point.
Roy Where's Jillian?
Do you realize the danger that you and your friend have risked? By coming here, you've exposed yourself to toxic gas...
Roy There's nothing wrong with the air.
What makes you say that?
Roy I just know. There's nothing wrong with it.
Go outside and make me a liar.
Roy Uh, look, I want to talk to the man in charge.
Mr. Lacombe is the highest authority.
Roy He isn't even an American.
The two of you felt compelled to be here?
Roy Yeah, you might say that.
Roy An answer. That's not crazy, is it? [Laughlin and Lacombe speak to each other in French] Hold it, hold it, hold it! Is that it? Is that all you're gonna ask me? Well, I got a couple of thousand, god-damn questions, you know. I want to speak to someone in charge. I want to lodge a complaint. You have no right to make people crazy...If this is nerve gas, how come I know everything in such detail? I've never been here before. How come I know so much? What the hell is going on around here?! Who the hell are you people?
Roy Gillian! Gillian! [Gillian takes off her gas mask]
NO! You'll be poisoned!
Roy Listen, there's nothing wrong with the air around here. The army is getting us out of here because they don't want any witnesses.
But if the army doesn't want us here, then it's none of our business.
Roy How many of you people are for getting out of here?
There a leading ravine straight up! It's an easier climb!
Roy But's it's no good, it's no good. 'Cause when you get to the top, it's a 300-foot drop down. [sees a helicopter] GET DOWN!
Larry What do you think is on the other side?
Roy There's a box canyon on the other side with ravines and trails if you take this incline to the right!
I never imagined that in my paintings. I only painted one side.
Larry There was no canyon in the doodles that I made.
Roy Next time, try sculpturing, okay?
Roy Want to see better?
I can see fine.
Roy We can't stay here.
I can.
Roy Why?
Because, Barry's not here. I'm just not ready.
Roy I can't stay here. I've got to get down there.
I know.
Monsieur Neary, what do you want?
Roy I just want to know that it's, it's really happening.
You're in the middle of the road, jackass!
Roy Do you know where Cornbread (Road) is? [Shouts] TURKEY!!
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