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Favorite Hackman character quotes


Favorite Hackman character quotes.

These may not be exact, but close. Add yours.

Mississippi Burning:

(When told he has to "be a member to drink here"): "A member . . . A member of what?"

(To KKK Frank, while vice-gripping Frank's balls): "Don't go mistakin' me for some whole other body."

Unforgiven:

(When told he had beaten an innocent man): "Innocent . . . Innocent of what?" (See what they did there?)

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"Gentlemen, trials are too important to be left up to jurys."
-Runaway Jury

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Heist:
Danny DeVito as Mickey Bergman: "Don't you want to hear my last words?"
Gene as Joe Moore before doing what had to be done: "I just did".







Right. Well, I have to-- I have to go now, Duane, because I, I'm due back on the planet Earth.

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Forgive me for going all "Superman" here but...

"We all have our little faults. Mine's in California."

and, not really dialogue but as a kid all the comic relief of Luthor drained away when Valerie Perrine said.

"Lex, my mother lives in Hackensack."

And Gene looks down at his watch and shook his head, no.

Bonus line.. "Otisburg?!"

Now I must see "Heist" for the above-mentioned line, I believe I have the dvd but never watched it.

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Hey! You ever heard of parachutes?! -- Lex Luthor










GET HIM A BODYBAG...YEAH!!!!

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"You have offended the honor of this woman... said the duck."

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😁

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Wait ... where are you going? I was gonna make espresso. -

Young Frankenstein

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"I'm sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman."
-to his grandsons in The Royal Tenenbaums

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.

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