The Fisher King 1991 quotes

20 quotes · 4 characters
The Fisher King (1991) poster
Characters
Jack Lucas Jeff Bridges · 10 quotes
Parry Robin Williams · 10 quotes
Anne Napolitano Mercedes Ruehl · 3 quotes

Most scenes together: Jack Lucas & Parry (2), Jack Lucas & Anne Napolitano (2)

The Fisher King quotes

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The whole point of life, I think, is for men and women to get married so that God and the Devil can get together — and work it out.

Didn't you say that what you liked about our relationship is that we didn't have to think? We could just be there for each other.

Suicidal paranoiacs'll say anything to get laid.

Do you still believe in God?

Oh! You gotta believe in God! But I don't believe that God created Man in His image. 'Cause most of the shit that happens is because of men. Naw, I think men was made in the Devil's image, and women were created outta God. 'Cause, after all, women can have babies, which is kinda like creating. And which also accounts for the fact that women are so attracted to men. 'Cause let's face it, the Devil is a helluva lot more interesting. I've slept with some saints in my day, and believe me, I know what I'm talking about. Egh-boy! So, the whole point of life, the whole point of life, I think, is for men and women to get married so that God and the Devil can get together — and work it out. Not that we have to get married or anything. God forbid.

What do you think of the death penalty?

John

Death is definitely a penalty! It ain't no ****in' gift!

[singing]

Lydia, Oh Lydia. Say have you met Lydia? Lydia that Tattooed Lady!

It begins with the king as a boy, having to spend the night alone in the forest to prove his courage so he can become king. Now while he is spending the night alone he's visited by a sacred vision. Out of the fire appears the Holy Grail, symbol of God's divine grace. And a voice said to the boy, "You shall be keeper of the grail so that it may heal the hearts of men." But the boy was blinded by greater visions of a life filled with power and glory and beauty. And in this state of radical amazement he felt for a brief moment not like a boy, but invincible, like God, so he reached into the fire to take the grail, and the grail vanished, leaving him with his hand in the fire to be terribly wounded. Now as this boy grew older, his wound grew deeper. Until one day, life for him lost its reason. He had no faith in any man, not even himself. He couldn't love or feel loved. He was sick with experience. He began to die. One day a fool wandered into the castle and found the king alone. And being a fool, he was simple minded, he didn't see a king. He only saw a man alone and in pain. And he asked the king, "What ails you friend?" The king replied, "I'm thirsty. I need some water to cool my throat". So the fool took a cup from beside his bed, filled it with water and handed it to the king. As the king began to drink, he realized his wound was healed. He looked in his hands and there was the holy grail, that which he sought all of his life. And he turned to the fool and said with amazement, "How can you find that which my brightest and bravest could not?" And the fool replied, "I don't know. I only knew that you were thirsty." It's very beautiful, isn't it?

Jack, I may be going out on a limb here, but you don't seem like a happy camper.