The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou quotes

115 total quotes

Alistair Hennessy
Bill Ubell
Jane Winslett-Richardson

Klaus Daimler
Ned Plimpton
Oseary Drakoulias
Steve Zissou

View Quote Oh, shit! Swamp leeches. Everybody, check for swamp leeches, and pull them off... Nobody else got hit? I'm the only one? What's the deal?

View Quote I said get your ass the hell off of my boat!

View Quote You really think it's cool for you to hit the sauce with a bun in the oven?

View Quote Land ho! Port-au-Patois dead ahead! Port-au-Patois! Port-au-Patois! Ho! Ho! Ho! Land ho! Ho!

View Quote I still wish I could breathe underwater.

View Quote Steve: People say that when someone says something like that, it's because they're jealous. But it still hurts. It hurts bad.
Ned: That man was damn rude. He can go straight to hell.

View Quote Vladimir Wolodarsky: [talking about Jane] I like her hairdo.
Pel? dos Santos: Me too, but Steve called her first.

View Quote Ned: Stevesy, what's happenin'? Are those hijackers?
Steve: Well, we call them pirates out here, Ned. You were supposed to be on watch, by the way.

View Quote Tell them if they don't get off my boat right now... there's gonna be a major shit-storm.

View Quote Steve: That was all off the record, cubbie. That whole deal. Actually, I'm surprised you didn't cross the line yourself.
Jane: What line?
Steve: The line I drew on the deck just now. You weren't up there?
Jane: No.
Steve: You're kidding. That was one of the most dramatic things that's ever happened on this boat. I just lost all my best interns. I thought you were supposed to be covering this story.
Jane: You just said it was all off the record.
Steve: Yeah, but you didn't know that.

View Quote Don't point that gun at him, he's an unpaid intern.

View Quote Ned: Captain Zissou my name is Ned Plimpton...
Steve: OK, Man.

View Quote I mean, I know I want him to think of me like a father. But the fact that there's an outside chance that he could really be my actual... biological son... is very difficult for me.

View Quote Who the shit is Kingsley Zissou?

View Quote We complete the adventure, but another member of our crew has been lost. This one was my son. Also our equity partner. We start the voyage home in our wounded vessel.