Favorite Quotes from some Kevin Spacey Roles:


At this point, need I mention that most of his recent films contain "ADULT LANGUAGE and CONTENT"?

From Henry & June:

Ok, so he had about twenty lines in the whole film, and I don't really have a "favorite". Still, in the scenes with the female contortionists, the expression on his face was pretty amusing - a mixture of ennui, mild disbelief, and intense prurient interest.

From Consenting Adults:

To Priscilla Parker: "Yes, Priscilla, it was a scam,and (mock sob) I'm very sorry."
To Richard Parker: "You want to fuck my wife, don't you?"

For some reason, I find the bar scene in Consenting Adults, where Eddy first brings up the idea of swapping wives ("I mean, nobody wants to blow their marriage...but just one night would be...sweet.") to be incredibly hilarious; it's probably Eddy's shit-eating grin. I thought the first half of the movie was really funny (not what Alan Pakula had in mind, I'm sure, but from some of the reviews I've read of this movie, I wasn't the only person to react this way); but after the first murder, the movie kind of loses what little momentum it had. After all, we know "who done it" already.

From Glengarry, Glen Ross:

To Sheldon Levine: "They're insane. They - just - like - talking - to salsemen."
To George Aaronow: "Will you go to lunch? Will you GO to lunch? Go to LUNCH. Will you JUST GO to lunch!"

From The Ref:

To Caroline: "So you can be what - someone who takes pictures of lutefisk to prove the nothingness of being?"
To Caroline: "Caroline, the day you see anything through to the end, I'll stick my own dick in my ear!"
To Caroline: "I don't believe it - you want to have sex with him!"
To Caroline: "I suppose you're going to use this little drama to have another affair - I feel sorry for the next deliveryman that comes to THIS house!"
To his mother: "Mother - is it possible for you to shut the fuck up for TEN seconds?"
To his mother: "You know what I'm going to get you for Christmas next year? A big wooden cross....so that when you're feeling unappreciated for all you've done, you can climb on up and nail yourself to it!"
To Everyone: "Excuse me excuse me excuse me EXCUSE ME! The CORPSE still has the FLOOR!"

Actually, Judy Davis (Caroline) got the best lines in this movie. To Lloyd: "Humans have feelings. Didn't your alien leaders TELL you that before they SENT you here?" "I think we should unwrap them in the morning - it would be more festive." The entire scene in Dr. Wong's office (imagine a couple going to see their marriage counselor on Christmas eve) is pretty funny. To Dr. Wong, describing a dream in which a waiter brings her Lloyd's head on a plate, his penis stuck in his ear: "I said, wait - I didn't order this...and the waiter said, it's a delicacy, you really must try it...but don't eat the penis, it's just a garnish." When Dr. Wong asks Lloyd what he thinks about the dream, he replies, "I THINK she should stop telling it at DINNER PARTIES to all our friends!" Also to Dr. Wong, Caroline describing the staleness of her and Lloyd's sexual relationship: "A couple of kisses, a couple of nipple twists - it was all over in about the time it takes to make a cappuccino; I know because I timed it once."

Other big fans of this movie may also want to visit the Denis Leary home page.

From Outbreak:

To Sam: "How many brain cells did I kill?....oh...now I'm only as smart as you."

From Swimming With Sharks:


To Guy: "Shutup! Listen! Learn!"
To Guy: "OK, look, I know things have been a little crazy at the office lately, but there's no need for this."
To Rob: "Just say it with me...would you like that in a pump or a loafer ?"
To Guy: "If I can get Dogboy here a job, you're gonna do just fine."
To Guy: "You're happy! I HATE that!"
To Dawn: "Get your cute little butt in here..."
To Guy: "So...do you want to tell me what you really want? What this is all about? What happened to you this evening?"
To Guy: "Let's do this thing...let's finish it."

From The Usual Suspects:

In lineup: "Hand me the keys, you fucking cocksucker."
To Keaton: "I'll probably shit blood tonight."
To Kujan: "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world he didn't exist."
To Kujan: "How can you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?"
To Kujan: "Keaton always said he didn't believe in God, but he was afraid of him. Well, I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze."
To Kujan: "Fucking cops."

From Seven:

To Somorset and Mills: "Detective....DETECTIVE! You're LOOKING for ME."
To 911 Operator: "I've gone and done it again !"
To Mills: "I don't enjoy it, any more than you would enjoy some time alone with me in a room with no windows - wouldn't you like to hurt me with impunity?"
To Somorset and Mills: "Getting them to listen...you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer. Then you notice you have their strict attention."
To Somorset and Mills: "I didn't do that."
To Somorset: (smiling coyly)"Oh...he didn't know." (The creepiest scene in the film, really...)

From Looking for Richard:

Pointing to Al Pacino's hat: "No influence here whatsoever! None at all!"


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Author: Jennie Bolton
Last Updated: 12/29/96