A character in Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Donlon quotes from Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Gary Landon Mills
Played by Gary Landon Mills Full Metal Jacket (1987) · 72 quotes

Tied for 9th most-quoted character in Full Metal Jacket (1987): in 3 of its 72 quotes
Most scenes with: Animal Mother (3), Crazy Earl (3), T.H.E. Rock (3)

Scenes with Donlon

3 scenes
Sergeant Joker

Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?

Sergeant Cowboy

Hey, start the cameras. This is "Vietnam: The Movie."

Private Eightball

Yeah, Joker can be John Wayne. I'll be a horse.

Donlon

T.H.E. Rock can be a rock.

T.H.E. Rock

I'll be Ann-Margret.

Doc Jay

Animal Mother can be a rabid buffalo.

Crazy Earl

I'll be General Custer.

Private Rafterman

Well, who'll be the Indians?

Animal Mother

Hey, we'll let the gooks play the Indians.

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T.H.E. Rock
[Standing over the bodies of two dead squad-mates]

You're going home now.

Crazy Earl

Semper Fi.

Donlon

We're mean Marines, sir.

Eightball

Go easy, bros.

Animal Mother

Better you than me.

Rafterman

Well, at least they died for a good cause.

Animal Mother

What cause was that?

Rafterman

Freedom.

Animal Mother

Flush out your headgear, New Guy. You think we waste gooks for freedom? This is a slaughter. If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, then my word is "poontang."

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Other characters in Full Metal Jacket

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman Private Joker Matthew Modine Animal Mother Adam Baldwin Private Cowboy Arliss Howard Door Gunner Private Eightball Dorian Harewood Private Gomer Pyle Vincent D'Onofrio Crazy Earl Kieron Jecchinis Recruits T.H.E. Rock Sal Lopez Private/Sergeant "Cowboy" Evans Lieutenant Lockhart John Terry Marching Cadences