Favorite Misquoted Movie Quotes
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- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett."Luke, I am your father." Actual quote: "No. I am your father."
- DirectorDon SiegelClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodAndrew RobinsonHarry GuardinoWhen a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath."Do you feel lucky, punk?" Actual quote: "...you've got to ask yourself one question; 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
- DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes."I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." Actual quote: "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
- DirectorPhil Alden RobinsonStarsKevin CostnerJames Earl JonesRay LiottaIowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true."If you build it, they will come." Actual quote: "If you build it, he will come."
- DirectorWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La VerneExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household."Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" Actual quote: "Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?"
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsTom CruiseJack NicholsonDemi MooreMilitary lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders."You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!" Actual quote: Cruise: "I want the truth!" Nicholson: "You can't handle the truth!"
- DirectorTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid MannersTransylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night."I want to suck your blood!" Actual quote: none, it never happened.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris KarloffDr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses."He's alive!" Actual quote: "It's alive!"
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsJames CagneyJoan BlondellLouis CalhernThe adventures of an egoistic con man and his glamorous accomplice."You dirty rat!" Actual quote: "Mmm, that dirty, double-crossin' rat!"
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsJohnny WeissmullerNeil HamiltonC. Aubrey SmithA trader and his daughter set off in search of the fabled graveyard of the elephants in deepest Africa, only to encounter a wild man raised by apes."Me Tarzan, you Jane!" Actual quote: "Jane. Tarzan. Jane. Tarzan..."
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco."Play it again, Sam!" Actual quote: "You played it for her, you can play it for me. If she can stand it, I can. Play it!" or "Play it, Sam!"
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyVirginia MayoEdmond O'BrienA psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist."Top of the world, Ma!" Actual quote: "Made it, Ma. Top of the world!"
- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyIn the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets."Beam me up Scotty!" Actual quote: "Scotty, beam me up."
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim HoltTwo down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains."Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!" Actual quote: "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsDustin HoffmanAnne BancroftKatharine RossA disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter."Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?" Actual quote: "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?"
- DirectorLowell ShermanStarsMae WestCary GrantOwen MooreIn the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member."Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" Actual quote: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me."
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down."We're gonna need a bigger boat!" Actual quote: "You're gonna need a bigger boat!"
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge SandersA seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends."Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride." Actual quote: "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night."
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims."Hello Clarice." Actual quote: "Good evening, Clarice."
- DirectorFrank PerryStarsFaye DunawayDiana ScarwidSteve ForrestThe abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted."No more wire hangers, EVER!" Actual quote: "No wire hangers! No wire hangers EVER!"
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsCharlton HestonRoddy McDowallKim HunterAn astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved."Get your stinkin' paws off me, you damn dirty ape!" Actual quote: "Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damn dirty ape!"
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsAl PacinoJack WardenJohn ForsytheA lawyer is forced to defend a judge, while defending other clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent."I'm out of order? You're out of order! This whole courtroom's out of order!" Actual quote: "You're out of order! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They're out of order!"
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsPaul NewmanGeorge KennedyStrother MartinA laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform."What we have here is failure to communicate." Actual quote: "What we've got here is failure to communicate."
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return."I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille." Actual quote: "All right, Mr. Demille, I'm ready for my close-up."
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie SheenMichael DouglasTamara TunieAn impatient young stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless, greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing."Greed is good." Actual quote: "The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works."
- DirectorLloyd BaconWilliam K. HowardStarsPat O'BrienGale PageRonald ReaganThe story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne."Win one for the Gipper." Actual quote: "Sometime when a team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, ell them to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper."
- DirectorMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsFay WrayRobert ArmstrongBruce CabotA film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City."T'was beauty that killed the beast." Actual quote: "It was Beauty killed the Beast."
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart."My mama always said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates.'" Actual quote: "My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates."
- DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods."Frankly, Scarlet, I don't give a damn." Actual quote: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsFaye DunawayWilliam HoldenPeter FinchA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control."I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!". Actual quote: "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!"