The Producers 1968 quotes, page 3

84 quotes · 6 characters
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Characters
Max Bialystock Zero Mostel · 47 quotes
Leo Bloom Gene Wilder · 27 quotes
Lorenzo St. DuBois Dick Shawn · 8 quotes
Roger De Bris Christopher Hewett · 6 quotes
Singers 5 quotes

Most scenes together: Max Bialystock & Leo Bloom (16), Max Bialystock & Franz Liebkind (2), Max Bialystock & Roger De Bris (2)

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Jury Foreman
[At the trial of Max, Leo, and Franz, the jury has reached a verdict]

...We find the defendants incredibly guilty.

Leo

I would like to say something, your Honor. Not on my behalf, but in reference to my partner, Mr. Bialystock...Your Honor, Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, Max Bialystock is the most selfish man I ever met in my life.

Max

Don't help me.

Leo

Not only is he a liar and a cheat and a scoundrel and a crook, who has taken money from little old ladies, but he's also talked people into doing things, especially me, that they would never in a thousand years have dreamed of doing. But, your Honor, as I understand it, the law was created to protect people from being wronged. Your Honor, whom has Max Bialystock wronged? I mean, whom has he really hurt? Not me. Not me. I was... This man. No one ever called me Leo before. I mean, I know it's not a big legal point, but even in kindergarten, they used to call me Bloom. I never sang a song before. I mean with someone else. I never sang a song with someone else before. This man, this man, this is a wonderful man. He made me what I am today. He did. And what of the dear ladies? What would their lives have been without Max Bialystock? Max Bialystock who made them feel young and attractive and wanted again? That's all that I have to say.

Max
[The ladies stand and applaud]

And may I humbly add, your Honor, that we've learned our lesson and that we'll never do it again.

Stagehand
[Franz Liebkind runs backstage to try to stop the play]

Hey, what can I do for you?

You will please be unconscious. [hits him on the head]

Leo
[Max forcefully wrestles Leo's books out of his hands and laughs triumphantly. Leo angrily pinches Max's cheeks hard] [enraged, shrieking]

FAT!!!!!!!! FAT!!!! FAT!! [punches Max in the stomach, knocking him to the floor, making him groan in agony] FAT!!! FAT!!!!! YOU FATTY!! [launches himself onto Max, attacking him] Just gimme those books, you fat walrus!

Max

Never!

Leo

Give 'em, quick! Grr-rrr! YOU FAT FATTY! GIMME THOSE FAT BOOKS!!

Max

NO! No!

[holding a gun to his head]

Soon, I shall be with mein Führer... and Himmler. I'm coming to join you boys! [he pulls the trigger - it's out of bullets. Deeply disgusted:] Boy, when things go wrong...!

[reading the title of the play for the first time]

"Springtime for Hitler" a gay romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden... Wow...

[Searching for the sure-fire flop]

"Gregor Samsa awoke one morning to discover that he had been transformed into a giant cockroach." Nah, it's too good.

[singing]

And I give a flower to the big fat cop
He takes his club and he beats me up
I give a flower to the garbage man
He stuffs my girl in the garbage can
And I give it to the landlord when the rent comes 'round
He throws it in the toilet and he flush it down
It goes into the sewer
With the yuck runnin' through 'er
And it runs into the river that we drink
Hey, world, YOU STINK!

[smiling at Leo to calm him down]

Well you know what they say, 'smile and the world smiles with you.' [Aside] This man should be in a straight-jacket.

Baby! Baby!... Why does he say this "baby"? The Führer has never said "baby". I did not write, "baby". What is it with this, "baby"?

Bloom, I'm drowning. Other men sail through life, Bialystock has struck a reef. Bloom, I'm going under. I'm condemned by a society that demands success when all I can offer is failure. Bloom, I'm reaching out to you. Don't send me to prison... HEEELLP!