Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975): in 4 of its 49 quotes
Most scenes with: R.P. McMurphy (3)
Scenes with Dr. Spivey
4 scenes
Dr. Spivey It said you've been belligerent, talked when unauthorized, been resentful in attitude toward work in general, that you're lazy.
Chewing gum in class. Ha-ha.
Dr. Spivey Well, the real reason that you've been sent over here is because they wanted you to be evaluated, to determine whether or not you are mentally ill. This is the real reason.
Well, as near as I can figure out, it's 'cause I, uh, fight and **** too much.
Dr. Spivey In prison?
Dr. Spivey Well, you've had five prior arrests for assault.
Five fights, huh? Rocky Marciano's got forty and he's a millionaire.
[when asked about Nurse Ratched]
Well, that **** Nurse, man. She, uh, she ain't honest.
Dr. Spivey Oh now, look. Miss Ratched's one of the finest nurses we've got in this institution.
Ha! Well I don't wanna break up the meeting or nothing, but she's something of a ****, ain't she, Doc?
Dr. Spivey How do you mean that?
She likes a rigged game, you know what I mean?
Dr. Spivey I don't see any evidence of mental illness at all. And I think that you've been trying to put us on all this time.
[McMurphy demonstrates some stereotypical "crazy" behaviors]
Is that crazy enough for you? You want me to take a shit on the floor?
Dr. Spivey The funny thing is that the person that he's the closest to is the one he dislikes the most...That's you, Mildred. [He gestures toward Nurse Ratched]
Well gentlemen, my opinion, if we send him back to Pendleton or we send him up to 'Disturbed,' it's just one more way of passing on our problems to somebody else. You know, we don't like to do that. So I'd like to keep him on the ward. I think we can help him.
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