List of movie misquotes
Following is a list of movie misquotes, ordered by release date.
| Misquote | Actual line(s) | Character | Actor/actress | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well , here's another fine mess you've gotten us into.[1] | Well , here's another nice mess you've gotten me into. | Various | Oliver Hardy | Various, starting with The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case | 1930–1959 |
| Me Tarzan, you Jane.[2] | Jane Parker [pointing to herself]: Jane. Tarzan: Jane. Jane [pointing to Tarzan]: And you? You? Tarzan: Tarzan, Tarzan. Jane: Tarzan! Tarzan [pointing first to Jane, then to himself]: Jane. Tarzan. Jane. Tarzan. Jane. Tarzan. ... |
Tarzan | Johnny Weissmuller | Tarzan the Ape Man | 1932 |
| Why don't you come up and see me sometime?[3] | Why don't you come up sometime and see me? | Lady Lou | Mae West | She Done Him Wrong | 1933 |
| Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?[4] | Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? | Evil Queen | Lucille La Verne (voice) | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 |
| Toto, I don't think we’re in Kansas anymore.[4] | Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. | Dorothy Gale | Judy Garland | The Wizard of Oz | 1939 |
| Play it again, Sam.[2][4] | Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes By". | Ilsa Lund | Ingrid Bergman | Casablanca | 1942 |
| Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges![5] | Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges! | "Gold Hat" | Alfonso Bedoya | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | 1948 |
| I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.[4] | All right, Mr. DeMille. I'm ready for my close-up. | Norma Desmond | Gloria Swanson | Sunset Boulevard | 1950 |
| Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride.[3] | Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night. | Margo Channing | Bette Davis | All About Eve | 1950 |
| Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?[4] | Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you? | Benjamin Braddock | Dustin Hoffman | The Graduate | 1967 |
| Do you feel lucky, punk?[2][4] | You've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do you, punk? | Dirty Harry | Clint Eastwood | Dirty Harry | 1971 |
| We're gonna need a bigger boat.[4] | You're gonna need a bigger boat. | Chief Martin Brody | Roy Scheider | Jaws | 1975 |
| I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like victory.[2] | I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' ... body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like victory. | Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore | Robert Duvall | Apocalypse Now | 1979 |
| Luke, I am your father.[4] | No, I am your father. | Darth Vader | James Earl Jones | The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 |
| Greed is good.[2][4] | The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. | Gordon Gekko | Michael Douglas | Wall Street | 1987 |
| If you build it, they will come.[2][5] | If you build it, he will come. | A voice | Ed Harris? (unconfirmed) | Field of Dreams | 1989 |
| Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.[5] | My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. | Forrest Gump | Tom Hanks | Forrest Gump | 1994 |
References
- "Laurel and Hardy: 40 funny moments". The Daily Telegraph. January 18, 2016.
- Justin Thomas Kay (January 15, 2010). "Movie Misquotations". The New York Times.
- Brian Galindo (May 1, 2013). "20 Famous Movie Lines That You Have Been Saying Wrong". BuzzFeed.
- Lexy Perez (June 30, 2017). "From 'Star Wars' to 'Jaws': 22 Films That Are Famously Misquoted". The Hollywood Reporter.
- Stacy Conradt (July 31, 2018). "10 Famous Movie Lines You're Probably Misquoting". Mental Floss.
See also
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