Lumpy [at the killing ground, where the hundreds of Kong's victoms have been left to rot]
It's a bleedin' boneyard! They've been ripped limb from limb!
Played by Andy Serkis 
King Kong (2005) · 65 quotes
King Kong (2005) · 65 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in King Kong (2005): in 18 of its 65 quotes
Most scenes with: Carl Denham (12), Captain Englehorn (4), Jack Driscoll (3)
There's only one creature capable of leaving a footprint that size... the Abominable Snowman.
More lines from Lumpy
2 quotes Lumpy Lumpy [Hayes does a headcount for how many sailors are injured]
Injured? Four of us are DEAD!
Scenes with Lumpy
15 scenes
Investor 1
[upon receiving word that Carl Denham has hired a ship to get to a location for his picture]
What location, Carl?! You're supposed to be shooting on the back lot!
Yes, I understand that. But fellas, we're not making that film anymore. Things have changed. The script has been rewritten. Life... intervened. I've come into possession of a map. The sole surviving record of an uncharted island-- thought to exist only in myth! Until now...
Investor 1
Whoa. Carl. Slow down.
Investor 3
Is he asking for more money?
Investor 2
He's asking us to fund a wild goose chase.
I'm talking about a primative world... never before seen by man. That's where I'll shoot my picture.
Investor 3
Will there be boobies?
Boobies?
Investor 3
Jigglies. Jiblonkas. Bazooms. In my experience, people only go to these films to observe the undraped form of the native girls.
What are you, an idiot? You think they asked DeMill if he would waste his time on nudie shots? NO! They respected the filmmaker! They showed some class! Not that you'd know what that means, you cheap lowlife! God...
Investor 1
Would you step out for a moment, Carl?
[Carl leaves the room and points to a glass of water] Gimme that!
You won't like it. It's non-alcoholic.
[emptying the water into a plant pot]
Preston, you have a lot to learn about the motion picture business. [he presses the glass against the door and listens intently]
Investor 1
Don't get me wrong. Carl Denham's made some interesting pictures. He's had a lot of... near success.
Investor 2
He's a preening self promoter. Washed up, no talent. The guy's got 'loser' written all over him.
Investor 1
Look, I know his project isn't working out as well as we planned, but--
Investor 2
This jumped up little turd's gonna bankrupt us!
Investor 1
The animal footage has value.
Investor 3
Sure. Universal are desperate for stock footage.
Investor 2
Then sell it! Scrap the picture!
Investor 1
(sighs)
Get him back in.
Receptionist
Mr... Denham? [Carl and Preston have dissapeared from the waiting room]
Vaudeville, huh? I worked Vaudeville once. That is a tough audience. If you don't kill 'em fast, they kill you--
Mr. Denham. I want you to know that I'm not in the habit of accepting charity from strangers, or for that matter... taking things that don't belong to me.
It was obviously a terrible misunderstanding.
It's just that I haven't been paid in a while--
That's awful. Anyway, Ann. You wouldn't happen to be a size 4 by any chance? [Ann stands to leave] No, no. Oh God, no! You've got me all wrong. Ann, please! I'm not that type of person at all.
What type of person are you?
I'm someone you can trust, Ann. I'm a movie producer. Believe me, I am on the level. No funny business. Please, sit down. Please, sit down. Please. [Ann reluctantly sits] I want you to imagine a handsome explorer bound for the Far East.
You're filming in the Far East?
Singapore. On board ship he meets a mysterious girl. She's beautiful, she's fragile. Taunted. But she can't escape the feeling that forces beyond her control are compelling her down a road, from which she can not draw back. It's as if her whole life has been a prelude to this moment; this fateful meeting... that changes everything. And sure enough, against her better judgement...
She falls in love.
Yes!
But she doesn't trust it. She's not even sure if she believes in love.
Uh... really? Why is that?
Good things never last, Mr. Denham.
So you're interested? Great. Now, I don't wanna rush you, but we are under some time pressure.
Well, I really--
Ann, I'm telling you. You're perfect. Look at you, you're the saddest girl I've ever met. You're gonna make 'em weep, Ann. You're gonna break their hearts.
See, that's where you're wrong, Mr. Denham. I make people laugh, that's what I do. Good luck with your picture.
Wait! Ann, Miss Darrow, Please! I'm offering you money, adventure, fame, the thrill of a lifetime and a long sea voyage! You wanna read a script? Jack Driscoll's turning in a draft as we speak.
Jack Driscoll?
Sure, why? Wait... you know him?
Choy This room very comfortable. Plenty dim light, fresh straw.
What do you keep down here?
Choy Lion, tiger, hippo, you name it.
You sell 'em to zoos?
Choy Zoo, circus. Skipper get big money for rare animal.
Choy [Jack steps in a steaming pile of camel dung]
Careful! Camel have bad accident on floor. Stain unremovable.
What?!
You're the star of this picture, now get into character and hit toward the animals!
Are you sure about this, Denham? Don't we have a stand-in for this type of thing?
I need you in the shot or people will say they're fake.
Oh, nobody's gonna think these are fake!
You wanna trap the ape?
Isn't that what you do? Live animal capture? I heard you were the best.
[after Englehorn turns the ship away from Denham's course]
One more week. That's all I'm asking. Please. I haven't got a film yet. I've risked everything I have on this trip.
No, Denham. You've risked everything I have.
What do you want? Tell me what you want, I'll give you anything!
I want you off my ship.
How did you think this would end, Carl?
[In the cabin, the ship's compass spins wildly and points in all directions]
Chart our position. Use the stars.
There are no stars, captain.
What?
That, right there.
(sarcastically)
I don't know. What is it, a coffee stain? (looks at the map and sees the disturbing effigy of Kong)
Hey, I need that!
I'm not giving you a gun!
You were younger than me when they gave you one!
I was in the army. I was trained. I had a drill sergeant!
I have a drill sergeant. He orders me around all the time.
Heroes don't look like me, not in the real world. In the real world they got bad teeth, a bald spot and a beer gut. I'm just an actor with a gun, who's lost his motivation. Be seein' ya.
[the boat is leaving the dock, and Carl has forced Jack to accompany him because he hasn't finished the script]
God damn it!
I keep telling you, Jack. There's no money in theatre.
I'll give you another thousand if you leave right now.
You haven't given me the first thousand yet.
I'll make it worth your while...
There's nothing out there.
Then you've nothing to lose.
[after saving Carl, Jack, Jimmy and Preston from oversized insects]
That's the thing about cockroaches. No matter how many times you flush them down the toilet, they always crawl back up the bowl.
Hey buddy, I'm out of the bowl. I'm drying off my wings and trekkin' across the lid!
$2000 is the deal. Will you take a check?
Do I have a choice?
Bring the tripod and all of the film stock.
Herb You wanna go to the six-inch lens?
[he considers the size of Kong, who he has just seen for the first time]
Wide-angle will do just fine.
If someone were to tell you this ship was headed for Singapore, what would you say?
Lumpy I would say they're full of it, Mr. Hayes. We turned southwest last night.
Gentlemen, please. We're not looking for trouble, if that's what you two are worried about.
No. You're looking for something else.
Yes, we are. We're going to find Skull Island. Find it, film it, show it to the world. For about 25 cents, you get to see the last blank space on the map.
Lumpy I wouldn't be so sure of that.
What do you mean? Is there something you're not telling us?
Lumpy Seven years ago, me and Mr. Hayes were working our passage... on a Norwegian schooner.
We picked up a castaway. We found him in the water. He'd been drifting for days.
Lumpy His ship had run aground on an island way west of Sumatra. An island hidden in fog. He spoke of a huge wall... built so long ago... that no one knew who'd made it. A wall over 200 feet high... as strong today as it was ages ago.
Why did they build the wall?
Lumpy Does the name "Kong" mean anything to you?
Oh, come on, guys! That's nothing but a native superstition! A legend! A myth!
Lumpy Even legends, or myths, have a basis of truth. [After a moment's silence] Believe what you want. But the castaway, he spoke of a creature... neither beast nor man, but something monstrous, living behind that wall.
[unimpressed]
A lion, a tiger... or a bear, perhaps. A man-eater. That's how all these stories start.
What else did he say?
Lumpy Nothing. When we found him the next morning, he'd stuck a knife through his heart.
[laughing]
Mmm-hmm. Sorry, fellas, but you'll have to do better than that. Monsters belong in B-movies.
Even if you find this place, even if you go ashore with your friends and your cameras, you won't come back alive. Just as long as you understand that.
