[mumbling]
I really can't believe you did this. Your father's going to hear about this one. Mexico.
Elliott
Henry Thomas · 26 quotes
Michael
Robert MacNaughton · 16 quotes
Gertie
Drew Barrymore · 15 quotes
Mary
Dee Wallace · 14 quotes
E.T.
James Kahn · 7 quotes
Greg
K.C. Martel · 5 quotes
Tyler
C. Thomas Howell · 5 quotes
Steve
Sean Frye · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Elliott & Michael (14), Gertie & Mary (9), Elliott & Gertie (7)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial quotes
Page 1 of 3We're all going to die and they're never going to give me my license!
We made it! Oh, shit!
Phone. Home. [pointing at the window] E.T. home phone.
E.T. phone home.
E.T. phone home. E.T. phone home!
He wants to call somebody...
My God, he's talking now.
Home.
E.T. phone home?
E.T. phone home. [pointing at the window again]
And they'll come?
Come? Home. Home.
Note: the bolded line is ranked #15 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
Elliot
[upon seeing E.T. in a dress, hat, wig, and jewelry]
Oh, God!
Elliot.
Elliot
[still frustrated]
What?!
Elliot! Elliot!
[Then Elliot realized that E.T. started talking]
I taught him how to talk. He can talk now. [Elliot sees electronics and supplies together in the closet] Look what he brought up here all by himself. What's he need this stuff for?
Elliot
E.T., can you say that? Can you say 'E.T.'? E.T.?
E.T.
Elliot
[laughs in amazement]
Ha! Ha!
"Be good." I taught him that too.
Elliot
You should give him his dignity. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.
"Phone"? He said "phone"? He said "phone"?!
Can't you understand English? He said "phone".
You're right. That's E.T.'s home.
E.T. phone home.
Elliot
[understanding what E.T. means]
E.T. phone home. E.T. phone home!
He wants to call somebody.
E.T. phone home.
Home.
Elliot
E.T. phone home?
Elliot
[softly]
And they'll come?
Come? [taking off the hat and wig] Home. Home.
Note: Bolded line is ranked #15 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes
[upon encountering E.T., running excitedly into the house]
Mom, mom, there's somethin' out there...It's in the toolshed. He threw the ball at me...Quiet! [the other boys obey, he speaks in a hushed tone] Nobody go out there.
You stay here, Mom, and we'll check it out!
And put those knives back!
[Elliott grabs her hands and pulls her outside as well]
It's O.K., Elliott! Let's go get the flashlight.
E.T., stay with me. Please...
...stay.
Together. I'll be right here. I'll be right here.
Stay, Elliott. Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay.
Scientist
The boy's coming back. We're losing E.T.
E.T., answer me, please. Please.
Michael, he came back...
He came back? He came back? Oh, my God! [chokes himself and pulls back]
One thing. I have absolute power. Say it. Say it!...
What have you got? Is it the coyote?
No. Look. O.K. Now. Swear it. The most excellent promise you can make. Swear as my only brother on our lives.
Don't get so heavy. I swear.
O.K., stand over there. You'd better take off your shoulder pads. You might scare him. And close your eyes.
Don't push it, Elliott.
I'm not coming out until your eyes are closed.
O.K., they're closed. Mom is going to kill you.
O.K., swear it one more time.
Oh, God!
Elliott.
What?
Elliott! Elliott!
I taught him how to talk. He can talk now.
Wait. Can you say 'E.T.'? E.T.?
E.T.
Ha! Ha!
E.T.! E.T.! E.T.! Be good.
'Be good'. I taught him that too.
You should give him his dignity. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.
What do I do?
How the hell do I know? You're the genius here. You have absolute power, remember? [imitating Elliott] I found him, he belongs to me! You know, Elliott, he doesn't look too good anymore.
Don't say that, we're fine!
What's all this "we" stuff? You say "we" all the time now. Really, Elliott, I think he might be getting kind of sick.
Look, he's fine, Michael!
OK, OK! Forget I mentioned it. Grab that Fuzzbuster.
I think so, sweetheart.
Can we wish for him to come back?
Yeah.
I wish.
I wish, too.
He doesn't know 'goodbye.'
Be good.
Yes. [kisses E.T.'s nose]
You're welcome.
Stay.
Are they gone, mama.
Who's gone, honey?
The boys?
What boys?
I'm supposed to give this note to you when they're gone.
Give it to me now, Gertie. [reads the note] Oh, my God.
Here he is.
The man from the moon. [as Mary unknowingly hits E.T. with the refrigerator door] But I think you've killed him already.
Just as soon as I unload this stuff, okay? [inspects a small basket of cherry tomatoes] Medbugs.
I want you to meet somebody.
[Later, after E.T. learns how to talk]
Gertie, I've gotta go pick up Elliot. Will you be a good girl until I get back?
Momma, he can talk!
Keys Elliott, I've been to the forest... Elliott, that machine. What does it do?
The communicator? Is it still working?
Keys It's doing something. What?
I really shouldn't tell. He came to me. He came to me.
Keys Elliott, he came to me too. I've been wishing for this since I was 10 years old. I don't want him to die. What can we do that we're not already doing?
He needs to go home. He's calling his people and I don't know where they are. He needs to go home.
Keys Elliott, I don't think that he was left here intentionally. But his being here is a miracle, Elliott. It's a miracle. And you did the best that anybody could do. I'm glad he met you first.