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I pirated this from another message board. Who are the most quotable movie actors of all time?

My personal top 5:

Bill Murray
Jim Carrey
Will Ferrell
Arnold
Pacino

I'd add Adam Sandler to your list.

I'd have to agree with Sandler being added and Chevy Chase too.

Bruce Willis

The five I quote most:

1. Bruce Willis
2. Bill Murray
3. Tom Cruise
4. Adam Sandler
5. Will Ferrell

Honorable Mention is Val Kilmer for Tombstone.

Lifetime Achievement is Marlon Brando

Besides those mentioned:

Mike Myers
Humphrey Bogart (quotes and misquotes)
Tom Hanks
Jack Nicholson
John Belushi

Leslie Neilsen needs a place at the table.

But shouldn't we be talking about quotable writers? It's not like some of these guys are coming up with this shit off the top of their heads...

Chicat wrote:Leslie Neilsen needs a place at the table.

But shouldn't we be talking about quotable writers? It's not like some of these guys are coming up with this shit off the top of their heads...

That is true, but many of the most famous are ad-libbed.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/amazonfiretv/mo ... -ad-libbed
http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/15461/10 ... ie-moments
http://screenrant.com/greatest-unscripted-movie-scenes/

Chicat wrote:Leslie Neilsen needs a place at the table.

But shouldn't we be talking about quotable writers? It's not like some of these guys are coming up with this shit off the top of their heads...

I don't know. Lots of movies have a character that say "I'll be back," but there's a reason why I only say it in an Austrian accent.

Lovely bird, the Norwegian Blue, beautiful plumage. . .

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Spaceman Spiff wrote:

Chicat wrote:Leslie Neilsen needs a place at the table.

But shouldn't we be talking about quotable writers? It's not like some of these guys are coming up with this shit off the top of their heads...

I don't know. Lots of movies have a character that say "I'll be back," but there's a reason why I only say it in an Austrian accent.

Good point, but let's not forget that there was also James Cameron there to say, "Arnold baby, you're beautiful. Just beautiful. But on this take I really want you to tap into your inner Cyborg with a heart of gold. Ok? And . . . . . ACTION!"

Chris Farley doesn't get a nod?

What about Seinfeld...that show has to be one of the most frequent shows quoted along with the Simpsons...or are we strictly talking movies?

ghostwhitehorse wrote:Lovely bird, the Norwegian Blue, beautiful plumage. . .

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Whenever a swallow comes up in conversation:


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Olsondogg wrote:What about Seinfeld...that show has to be one of the most frequent shows quoted along with the Simpsons...or are we strictly talking movies?

You're damn skippy!

Michael Keaton

Not a huge body of work, but between Nightshift and Mr. Mom, there are plenty I use regularly.

I'm watching another Cameron Schwarzenegger epic...true lies

To piggyback on Chicat's idea, most quotable (screen)writers--many of them directors as well:

Francis Ford Coppola--courtesy Pacino, Marlon Brando, George C. Scott
Cameron Crowe--courtesy John Cusack
John Hughes--courtesy Judd Nelson
Lawrence Kasdan--courtesy Harrison Ford
John Lasseter--courtesy Tim Allen, Tom Hanks
Sergio Leone--courtesy Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach
Tom Mankiewicz--courtesy Brando, Connery, Gene Hackman
Michael Mann--courtesy Daniel Day-Lewis
John McTiernan--courtesy Bruce Willis, Sean Connery
Martin Scorsese--courtesy Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci
Joseph Stefano--courtesy Cary Grant, Anthony Perkins
Dalton Trumbo--courtesy Kirk Douglas, Steve McQueen, Gregory Peck

Not in many movies, but "some". Yogi Berra

catgrad97 wrote:To piggyback on Chicat's idea, most quotable (screen)writers--many of them directors as well:

Francis Ford Coppola--courtesy Pacino, Marlon Brando, George C. Scott
Cameron Crowe--courtesy John Cusack
John Hughes--courtesy Judd Nelson
Lawrence Kasdan--courtesy Harrison Ford
John Lasseter--courtesy Tim Allen, Tom Hanks
Sergio Leone--courtesy Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach
Tom Mankiewicz--courtesy Brando, Connery, Gene Hackman
Michael Mann--courtesy Daniel Day-Lewis
John McTiernan--courtesy Bruce Willis, Sean Connery
Martin Scorsese--courtesy Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci
Joseph Stefano--courtesy Cary Grant, Anthony Perkins
Dalton Trumbo--courtesy Kirk Douglas, Steve McQueen, Gregory Peck

Kevin Smith?

Bruce Campbell

catgrad97 wrote:Dalton Trumbo--courtesy Kirk Douglas, Steve McQueen, Gregory Peck

Not the right thread but Bryan Cranston is starring in the upcoming movie about Trumbo. I remember when I first read Johnny Got his Gun, thinking, how far can this guy extend a metaphor. Trumbo has one hell of a personal story for a writer. Quotable, yes, even off-screen. Can't wait for the film.

thenewazcats wrote:

catgrad97 wrote:Dalton Trumbo--courtesy Kirk Douglas, Steve McQueen, Gregory Peck

Not the right thread but Bryan Cranston is starring in the upcoming movie about Trumbo. I remember when I first read Johnny Got his Gun, thinking, how far can this guy extend a metaphor. Trumbo has one hell of a personal story for a writer. Quotable, yes, even off-screen. Can't wait for the film.

There's a Michael Douglas-narrated doc on Netflix about Trumbo I highly recommend. Focuses on his experiences with HUAC, but covers all the bases. Every time I feel uninspired as a writer, I go to that.

The man wrote the whole "Spartacus" screenplay in six weeks sitting in a tub with a typewriter, for goodness' sake. No re-writes. That's what continues to motivate me, how articulate he was, yet how much integrity was contained in it at the same time.

Sorry UADevil, but I just couldn't put Kevin Smith in that company yet. Give us tomes, not Tweets, and I'll think about it.