Tugg Speedman You know, there were times when I was doing Jack that I actually felt ****. Like, really ****. I mean, I brushed my teeth ****, I rode the bus ****.
Played by Ben Stiller 
Tropic Thunder (2008) · 20 quotes
Tropic Thunder (2008) · 20 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Tropic Thunder (2008): in 6 of its 20 quotes
Most scenes with: Kirk Lazarus (2)
Who left the fridge open?
More lines from Tugg Speedman
3 quotes Tugg Speedman Tugg Speedman In a weird way, I had to sort of just free myself up to believe that it was okay to be stupid or dumb.
Tugg Speedman [as Simple Jack]
Goodbye Momma! Now you can have ice cream in heaven! I'll see you tonight when I go to bed, in my head movies. But this head movie makes my eyes rain!
Scenes with Tugg Speedman
2 scenes Speedman I don’t believe you people!
Huh! What do you mean, “you people”?
Chino
[silence]
What do YOU mean, “you people”!?
HUH?
Sandusky
I... I think what, uh, Tugg means is, “you people”, “you actors”.
Speedman [Kirk, Alpa, Kevin, and Jeff start yelling due to the frustration of being lost in the jungle, until Tugg fires his prop gun to calm everyone down]
Chill! Alright? Just chill it! Now, let’s go get those Vietcongs.
Chino
Vietcong!
Speedman What?
Chino
It’s “Vietcong”, there’s no ‘s’, it’s already plural. You wouldn’t say “Chineses”.
Speedman You know, there were times when I was doing Jack that I actually felt ****. Like, really ****. I mean, I brushed my teeth ****, I rode the bus ****.
Damn.
Speedman In a weird way, I had to sort of just free myself up to believe that it was okay to be stupid or dumb.
To be a moron.
Speedman Yeah.
To be moronical.
Speedman Exactly, to be a moron.
An imbecile.
Speedman Yeah.
Like the dumbest mother****er that ever lived.
Speedman When I was playing the character.
When you was the character.
Speedman Yeah, as Jack, definitely.
Jack, stupid ass Jack. Trying to come back from that.
Speedman In a weird way it was almost like I had to sort of fool my mind into believing that it wasn't ****. And by the end of the whole thing, I was like, "Wait a minute, you know, I flushed so much out, how am I gonna jump-start it up again?" It's just like... Right?
Yeah.
Speedman Yeah, right?
You was farting in bathtubs and laughing your ass off, hm?
Speedman Yeah. Yeah...
Yeah. But Simple Jack thought he was smart. Or rather, didn't think he was ****, so you can't afford to play ****, being a smart actor. Playing a guy who ain't smart but thinks he is, that's tricky.
Speedman Hm. Tricky.
It's like working with mercury. It's high science, man. It's an art form.
Speedman Yeah.
You an artist.
Speedman Hm. That's what we do, right?
Yeah.
Speedman Yeah.
Hats off for going there, especially knowing how the Academy is about that shit.
Speedman Wait... About what?
You're serious? You don't know? Everybody knows you never go full ****.
Speedman What do you mean?
Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man. Looked ****, act ****, not ****. Count toothpicks, cheat at cards. Autistic, sure. Not ****. Then you got Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump. Slow, yes, ****, maybe, braces on his legs, But he charmed the pants off Nixon, and he won a Ping-Pong competition. That ain't ****. [theatrical cut only] Peter Sellers, Being There. Infantile, yes, ****, no. [director's cut only] And he was a goddamn war hero. You know any **** war heroes? [both cuts] [silence] You went full ****, man. Never go full ****. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, I Am Sam. Remember? Went full ****, went home empty-handed.
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