Richard Dreyfuss
Highest Rated: 100% The Shark Is Still Working (2006)
Lowest Rated: 7% Paranoia (2013)
Birthday: Oct 29, 1947
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Richard Dreyfuss was an American actor who collaborated with some of the greatest filmmakers of the 1970s, including the film that for all intents and purposes invented the summer blockbuster, and was for awhile the youngest man to ever win an Oscar for Best Actor. Throughout the years Dreyfuss brought a very specific, often tightly wound energy to all of his projects, whether he's appearing in tear-jerking dramas or slapstick comedies. Born on October 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, NY, Dreyfuss was the second son born to Geraldine Dreyfuss, a peace activist, and Norman Dreyfuss, an attorney. His older brother, Lorin, was born in 1944. The family lived in the Bayside area of Queens, but Norman soon grew tired of New York, and the family moved, first to Europe for awhile, before settling in Los Angeles when Dreyfuss was nine years old. It was here that Dreyfuss first began acting, performing in plays at the Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills Art Center and Westside Jewish Community Center, under the tutelage of drama teacher Bill Miller. While still in high school at Beverly Hills High, Dreyfuss made his TV debut, on an episode of the sitcom "Karen" (1964-67). He briefly attended CSU Northridge, but dropped out after a year. In 1967, Dreyfuss appeared in very small roles in two high profile films, playing a stagehand in the drama "Valley of the Dolls" (1967), and a college student during a pivotal scene towards the end of "The Graduate" (1967). While working as a clerk at a Los Angeles hospital, part of his alternate service as a registered conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, Dreyfuss built up quite a resume of TV appearances, taking guest spots on such programs as "Peyton Place" (ABC, 1964-69), "That Girl" (ABC, 1966-1971), and "Bewitched" (ABC, 1964-1972). However, his big break came when an ambitious film school graduate named George Lucas cast Dreyfuss in the lead role of his second feature, "American Graffiti" (1973). In the film, a nostalgic look back at a group of high school friends over one pivotal night towards the end of summer 1962, Dreyfuss played Curt, a bright but conflicted young man who is debating whether or not he really wants to leave his hometown to go to college out on the East Coast, and spends the film trying to chase down an elusive blonde in a white T-Bird. In addition to Dreyfuss, the cast included a number of future stars, including Ron Howard and Harrison Ford. The film was a hit, and Dreyfuss followed it up with another lead role, playing the titular character in the comedy "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" (1974). Though the film wasn't a box office smash, it got strong reviews from critics, especially Pauline Kael, who praised Dreyfuss for his energetic performance. For his next film, Dreyfuss hooked up with Steven Spielberg, a buddy of his "American Graffiti" director George Lucas, to play Matt Hooper, a brash, Ivy League-educated shark specialist who embarks on a fateful journey alongside a squeamish local sheriff (Roy Scheider) and a drunken eccentric fisherman (Robert Shaw) to try and kill a bloodthirsty great white shark. While the production of the film was notoriously troubled, when "Jaws" (1975) was unleashed onto moviegoers in the summer of 1975, the response was seismic. "Jaws" became the highest grossing film of all time, all but cemented the summer blockbuster into culture, and made Spielberg one of the most popular directors in film history. Naturally, Dreyfuss decided to reunite with Spielberg for his next project, a moody yet hopeful sci-fi film about a family man whose life changes after he encounters alien lifeforms. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), was another box office phenomenon, praised by critics and audiences alike, nominated for multiple Oscars, and went on to gross over $300 million worldwide. That same year, Dreyfuss starred in a much smaller film, "The Goodbye Girl," written by Neil Simon, in which he played Elliot Garfield, a neurotic aspiring actor trying to make it on Broadway who falls in love with an equally neurotic dancer (Marsha Mason). Though the film itself received mixed reviews, the consensus was that Dreyfuss was excellent as Elliot, and on Oscar night the following year, Dreyfuss became the youngest man in history to take home the award for Best Actor. At 30 years and 125 days old, he just barely beat out Marlon Brando, who was 30 years and 360 days old when he won the same prize for "On the Waterfront" (1954). With two huge blockbusters and an Academy Award under his belt, Dreyfuss should've been on top of the world. Sadly, it was around this time that he began using cocaine, a habit that quickly turned into a full-on addiction. In 1982, he hit rock bottom when he blacked out while driving, and his Mercedes-Benz 450 SL plowed into a tree. Dreyfuss wasn't hurt, but police did arrest him for cocaine possession. Soon after this incident, he entered rehab and got sober. The next step was getting his career back on track, which he did by appearing in a number of successful films, including Paul Mazursky's dark comedy "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986), and Rob Reiner's coming of age tale "Stand by Me" (1986). In 1989, Dreyfuss worked with Spielberg for a third time, starring alongside Holly Hunter, John Goodman, and Audrey Hepburn in her final onscreen appearance, in the romantic comedy "Always" (1989). Though the film wasn't nearly as big a hit as "Jaws" or "Close Encounters" this did not deter Dreyfuss, who followed it up with a powerhouse comedic performance in "What About Bob?" (1991), in which he played Dr. Leo Marvin, a self-obsessed therapist with a hair-trigger temper whose attempts at becoming a household name are destroyed over the course of a weekend by a well-meaning but deeply annoying patient named Bob (Bill Murray). The film was a hit with critics and audiences, largely due to the excellent comedic chemistry between Dreyfuss and Murray. For his next big project, Dreyfuss went back to drama, playing a high school music teacher who aspires to become a world-renowned composer while dealing with a dysfunctional family. Based on a true story, "Mr. Holland's Opus" (1995) earned Dreyfuss a number of accolades, including an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. As film work began to dry up in the late nineties, Dreyfuss turned to TV, acting as producer and star of the drama series "The Education of Max Bickford" (CBS, 2001-02). Despite a strong start, the show soon dipped in the ratings, and was cancelled after its first season. Dreyfuss was next slated to play shyster producer Max Bialystock in a London production of "The Producers" but was eventually fired due to issues involving a herniated disc. He followed up this kerfuffle by appearing in the big budget disaster remake "Poseidon" (2006), and playing Vice President Dick Cheney in Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic, "W." (2008). After both of those films failed to make much of a mark, Dreyfuss returned to TV, where he enjoyed an arc on the drama "Weeds" (Showtime, 2005-2012), playing Warren Schiff, an old high school teacher of lead character Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), to whom she lost her virginity as a teen. He then went from playing a fictional old creep to playing a real life one, when he was cast as the notorious Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff in the miniseries "Madoff" (ABC, 2016), a performance which earned him rave reviews. Dreyfuss could next be seen in two Netflix original films: the comedy "The Last Laugh" (2019) and the action thriller "Polar" (2019).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53% | 36% | The Last Laugh | Buddy Green (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 66% | 67% | Astronaut |
Angus (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2019 |
| 22% | 39% | Daughter of the Wolf | Father (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 46% | 37% | Asher | Avi (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 20% | 50% | Bayou Caviar | Yuri (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 55% | 51% | Book Club | Einstein (Character) | $68.5M | 2018 |
| 20% | 27% | Zipper | George Hiller (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caserta Palace Dream | Vanvitelli (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | Squatters | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 19% | 33% | Very Good Girls | Danny (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 31% | 62% | Cas & Dylan | Dr. Cas Pepper (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 7% | 35% | Paranoia | Frank Cassidy (Character) | $7.3M | 2013 |
| 74% | 43% | Piranha | Matt Boyd (Character) | $25M | 2010 |
| 72% | 72% | Red | Alexander Dunning (Character) | $90.4M | 2010 |
| 61% | 49% | Leaves of Grass | Pug Rothbaum (Character) | $68K | 2009 |
| 20% | 47% | The Lightkeepers | Seth (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 80% | 85% | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 10% | 44% | My Life in Ruins | Irv (Character) | $8.7M | 2009 |
| 58% | 42% | W. | Dick Cheney (Character) | $25.5M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Signs of the Time | Narrator | - | 2008 |
| 100% | 93% | The Shark Is Still Working | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 33% | 43% | Poseidon | Richard Nelson (Character) | $60.7M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 48% | 32% | Silver City | Chuck Raven (Character) | $1M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Coast to Coast | Barnaby Pierce (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Teddy Roosevelt - An American Lion | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 73% | 60% | Johnstown Flood | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 60% | 68% | The Day Reagan Was Shot | Alexander Haig (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 23% | 51% | Who Is Cletis Tout? | Micah (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Old Man Who Read Love Stories | Antonio Bolivar (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 20% | 34% | The Crew | Bobby Bartellemeo (Character) | $13M | 2000 |
| 100% | 79% | Fail Safe | President (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 40% | 12% | Lansky | Meyer Lansky (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 16% | 24% | Krippendorf's Tribe | James Krippendorf (Character) | $7.6M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Frank Capra's American Dream | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Oliver Twist | Fagin (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anything for Love | Director | - | 1996 |
| 69% | 65% | Night Falls on Manhattan | Sam Vigoda (Character) | $9.9M | 1996 |
| 17% | 47% | Mad Dog Time | Vic (Character) | $102.9K | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | The Universal Story | Narrator | - | 1996 |
| 91% | 65% | James and the Giant Peach | Centipede (Voice) | $28.9M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | The Last Word | Larry (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 91% | 77% | The American President | Senator Bob Rumson (Character) | $59M | 1995 |
| 75% | 84% | Mr. Holland's Opus | Glenn Holland (Character) | $82.6M | 1995 |
| 96% | 87% | Quiz Show | Executive Producer | $24.8M | 1994 |
| 22% | 39% | Silent Fall | Dr. Jake Rainer (Character) | $2.7M | 1994 |
| 16% | 28% | Another Stakeout | Chris Lecce (Character) | $20.1M | 1993 |
| 71% | 77% | Lost in Yonkers | Uncle Louie (Character) | $9.1M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Prisoner of Honor | Col. Picquart (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 70% | 73% | Once Around | Sam Sharpe (Character) | $14.3M | 1991 |
| 84% | 79% | What About Bob? | Dr. Leo Marvin (Character) | $63.5M | 1991 |
| 84% | 66% | Postcards From the Edge | Doctor Frankenthal (Character) | $36.9M | 1990 |
| 61% | 87% | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | The Player (Character) | $55K | 1990 |
| 64% | 60% | Always | Pete Sandich (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 27% | 75% | Let It Ride | Jay Trotter (Character) | $5M | 1989 |
| 42% | 46% | Moon Over Parador |
Jack Noah/ |
$10.1M | 1988 |
| 88% | 56% | Stakeout | Chris Lecce (Character) | $65.4M | 1987 |
| 77% | 64% | Tin Men | Bill 'BB' Babowsky (Character) | $25.3M | 1987 |
| 33% | 71% | Nuts | Aaron Levinsky (Character) | $29.5M | 1987 |
| 79% | 52% | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | David "Dave" Whiteman (Character) | $60.2M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | The Buddy System | Joe (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 70% | 79% | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Ken Harrison (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 75% | 63% | The Competition | Paul Dietrich (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 86% | 51% | The Big Fix |
Moses Wine (Character), Producer |
- | 1978 |
| 84% | 84% | The Goodbye Girl | Elliot Garfield (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 94% | 85% | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Roy Neary (Character) | $3.1M | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Victory at Entebbe | Colonel Yonatan `'Yonni'` Netanyahu (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 98% | 90% | Jaws | Matt Hooper (Character) | $260.9M | 1975 |
| 64% | 56% | Inserts | Boy Wonder (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 93% | 71% | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Duddy (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Second Coming of Suzanne | Clavius (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 92% | 73% | Dillinger | Baby Face Nelson (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 96% | 84% | American Graffiti | Curt Henderson (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two for the Money | Morris Gap (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Hello Down There | Harold Webster (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 35% | 58% | Valley of the Dolls | Assistant stage manager (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1967 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS News Sunday Morning | Guest | 2020 |
| 84% | 95% | Shots Fired | Arlen Cox (Character) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madoff | Bernie Madoff (Character) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Your Family or Mine | Louis Weston (Character) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Conversation | Guest | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cityline | Guest | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Social | Guest | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Generation | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coma | Unknown (Character) | 2012 |
| 88% | 96% | Parenthood | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 70% | 77% | Weeds | Warren Schiff (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kickin' It: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | ES.TV | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Early Show | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live With Regis and Kelly | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainers: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Family Guy |
Richard Dreyfuss / |
2009-2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Huckabee | Guest | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tin Man | Unknown (Character) | 2007 |
| 79% | No Score Yet | The Education of Max Bickford | Max Bickford (Character) | 2001-2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Guest | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Education of Max Bickford | Unknown (Character) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Gearshon Gorofsky (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Caleb Dunne (Guest Star) | 1973 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Room 222 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Herbie Aroon (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judd for the Defense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Girl | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bewitched | Rodney (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gidget | Norman (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
QUOTES FROM Richard Dreyfuss CHARACTERS
Siggy Marvin says: What if it starts up again?
Dr. Leo Marvin says: He can borrow my slicker!
Jay Trotter says: God likes me! He really, really likes me!
Centipede says: Holy shipwreck!!!!!
Bobby Bartellemeo says: Constantly surrounded by beautiful girls, with a prostate the size of a vidalya onion, it was like waving candy corn in front of a diabetic.
Richard Nelson says: Hi, I'm Nelson.
Richard Nelson says: Thank you, gorgeous!
Valentin says: My name is Valentin.
Richard Nelson says: I love that name.
Chris Lecce says: It's a family custom
Chris Lecce says: It's a family custom.
Sam Sharpe says: Dogs can't make their dreams come true, so people have to.
Matt Hooper says: [voice imitating W. C. Fields] I don't have to take this abuse much longer!
Matt Hooper says: I don't have to take this abuse much longer!
Matt Hooper says: Well, this is not a boat accident! And it wasn't any propeller; and it wasn't any coral reef; and it wasn't Jack the Ripper! It was a shark.
Matt Hooper says: I'm not going to waste my time arguing with a man who's lining up to be a hot lunch.
Roy Neary says: You can't fool us by agreeing with us.
Boy Wonder says: Nothing pure is ever simple.
Glenn Holland says: I'm talking to you boy! What's the matter? You deaf or something?
Matt Hooper says: (After light on Orca goes out) He ate the light!
Matt Hooper says: He ate the light!
Chief Martin Brody says: Terrific!
Matt Hooper says: Show me the way to go home... I'm tired and I wanna go to bed. I 'ad a little drink about an hour ago and it's got right to my 'ead. Wherever I may roam. By land or sea or phone. You can always hear me singin this song... show me the way to go home... bom bom bom
Matt Hooper says: "Well, this is not a boat accident! And it wasn't any propeller, and it wasn't any coral reef, and it wasn't Jack the Ripper! It was a shark!"
Matt Hooper says: Well, this is not a boat accident! And it wasn't any propeller, and it wasn't any coral reef, and it wasn't Jack the Ripper! It was a shark!
Dr. Leo Marvin says: [just as Bob and Lily get pronounced "Man and Wife"] NO!
Dr. Leo Marvin says: [just as Bob and Lily get pronounced 'Man and Wife'] NO!
Dr. Leo Marvin says: [after he finds out the mental institution staff like Bob] I can't believe that I'm hearing this!
Dr. Tomsky says: Relax, Leo.
Dr. Leo Marvin says: [obviously not relaxed] I'm relaxed!
Dr. Tomsky says: Take a vacation.
Dr. Leo Marvin says: [losing it] I'M ON VACATION!
Dr. Tomsky says: [concerned] ...Maybe you should check in here for a few days. Get a handle on things.
Dr. Leo Marvin says: You think he's gone? He's not gone. That's the whole point! He's never gone! [he opens the door and there's Bob]
Bob Wiley says: Is this some radical new therapy?
Dr. Leo Marvin says: YOU SEE?!
Dr. Leo Marvin says: [seeing Bob put his arm around Lily] DON'T TOUCH MY SISTER!
The Writer says: The train had knocked Ray Brower out of his Keds the same way it had knocked the life out of his body.
The Writer says: [referring to Chris] Although I hadn't seen him in more than ten years, I know I'll miss him forever.
The Writer says: We all knew what Vern meant right away. At the beginning of the school year, Vern had buried a quart jar of pennies underneath his house. He drew a treasure map so he could find them again. A week later, his mom cleaned out his room and threw away the map. Vern had been trying to find those pennies for nine months. Nine months, man. You didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The Writer says: Vern didn't just mean being off limits inside the junkyard, or fudging on our folks, or going on a hike up the railroad to Harlow. He meant those things, but it seems to me now it was more and that we all knew it. Everything was there and around us. We knew exactly who we were and exactly where we were going. It was grand.
The Writer says: It was weird to me how, then, Teddy could care so much about his father, who practically tried to kill him. And I couldn't give a shit about my old man, and he hadn't laid a hand on me since I was three And that was for eating the bleach under the sink.
Grasshopper says: What's your latitude? What's your longitude?
Centipede says: Hey, hey, hey! That question's personal, bud!
Elliott Garfield says: I happen to have a lease in my pocket. Are you gonna honor it or what?
Paula McFadden says: I have a daughter in my bedroom. That tops the lease in your pocket.
Paula McFadden says: What happened to your eye?
Elliott Garfield says: I used it to stop a fist from going through my face.
Earthworm says: You said you've been to Bora-Bora.
Centipede says: Well not Bora-Bora per se.
Spider says: What about the shores of Tripoli?
Centipede says: Did I say Tripoli? I meant the Halls of of Montezuma.
Roy Neary says: [contemplating the lump shape] This means something. This is important.
Brad Neary says: I don't understand these fractions.
Roy Neary says: What's one third of sixty?
Brad Neary says: [bewildered] That's a fraction, I don't understand them.
Roy Neary says: [using a model train as an object lesson] Alright, let's say that this boxcar is sixty feet long, OK?, and one third of it is across this switch here, alright... And now another train is coming... Now, how far do you have to move this boxcar so that the other train doesn't smash it? Quickly Brad, there are thousands of lives at stake... Brad any answer... [CRASH]
Centipede says: I sailed all the five seas, from the sunlit beaches of Bora-Bora, to the icy shores of Tripoli! Commander Centipede, they used to call me!
Grasshopper says: Seven.
Centipede says: Huh?
Grasshopper says: There are SEVEN seas, and Tripoli is in the subtropics, commander.
Dr. Leo Marvin says: On Tuesday we'll eat Gill, on Wednesday we'll eat Bob. No ... no, that's going too far. More fish anyone?
Elliott Garfield says: [Lamenting yet another bad review of his performance in the play] Channel 5 was honest. Direct and honest: 'Richard the III stunk. And Elliot Garfield was the stinkee.'
Elliott Garfield says: [lamenting yet another bad review of his performance in the play] Channel 5 was honest. Direct and honest: 'Richard the III stunk. And Elliot Garfield was the stinkee.'
Elliott Garfield says: I play the guitar whenever I cannot sleep, and I meditate every morning, complete with chanting and burning incense, so if you have to walk around I'd appreciate a little tiptoeing. Also: I sleep in the nude. "Au buffo." Winter and summer, rain or snow, with the windows open. And because I may have to go to the potty or to the fridge in the middle of the night, and because I do not want to put on jammies which I do not own in the first place, unless you're looking for a quick thrill or your daughter an advanced education I'd keep my door closed.
Elliott Garfield says: I play the guitar whenever I cannot sleep, and I meditate every morning, complete with chanting and burning incense, so if you have to walk around I'd appreciate a little tiptoeing. Also: I sleep in the nude. 'Au buffo.' Winter and summer, rain or snow, with the windows open. And because I may have to go to the potty or to the fridge in the middle of the night, and because I do not want to put on jammies which I do not own in the first place, unless you're looking for a quick thrill or your daughter an advanced education I'd keep my door closed.
Paula McFadden says: I thought you said you were decent.
Elliott Garfield says: I am decent. I also happen to be naked.
Dr. Leo Marvin says: I want some peace and quiet!
Bob Wiley says: I'll be quiet.
Siggy Marvin says: I'll be peace!
Chief Martin Brody says: i used to hate the water.
Chief Martin Brody says: I used to hate the water.
Matt Hooper says: i cant imagine why.
Matt Hooper says: I cant imagine why.
Matt Hooper says: You were on the Indianapolis?
Chief Martin Brody says: What happened?
Quint says: Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte... just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that when you're in the water, Chief? You tell by looking from the dorsal to the tail fin. What we didn't know, was our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin', so we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know, it was kinda like old squares in the battle like you see in the calendar named "The Battle of Waterloo" and the idea was: shark comes to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark will go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be living... until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all the poundin' and the hollerin', they all come in and they... rip you to pieces. You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand. I know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday morning, Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boatswain's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water just like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon, the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us. He swung in low and he saw us... he was a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper. Anyway, he saw us and he come in low and three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and starts to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened... waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
Matt Hooper says: YOU GOT ANY BETTER SUGGESTIONS?
Matt Hooper says: I'm not going to waste my time arguing with a man who's lining up to be a hot lunch.
Matt Hooper says: They're all gonna die.
Matt Hooper says: This was not a boat accident!
Matt Hooper says: Is anyone eating this?
Matt Hooper says: Wanna Pretzel?
Matt Hooper says: [In shock to the shark's abilities] Ever had one do this before?
Matt Hooper says: [in shock to the shark's abilities] Ever had one do this before?
Quint says: [Also in shock] No...
Matt Hooper says: "The tide is with us today."(after the death of the shark and as they are paddling to shore)
Matt Hooper says: The tide is with us today. [after the death of the shark and as they are paddling to shore]
Chief Martin Brody says: "I never liked the water"
Chief Martin Brody says: I never liked the water.
Matt Hooper says: "I can't imagine why." (last line in the movie)
Matt Hooper says: I can't imagine why. [last line in the movie]
Matt Hooper says: Doctor, I can't come to Brisbane when I've a Great White shark problem!
Mayor Larry Vaughn says: I don't think either one of you are familiar with our problems!
Matt Hooper says: I'm familiar with the fact that you are going to ignore this particular problem until it swims up and bites you in the ass!
Matt Hooper says: Mr. Vaughan, what we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.
The Writer says: Vern didn't just mean being off limits inside the junkyard, or fudging on our folks, or going on a hike up the railroad to Harlow. He meant those things, but it seems to me now it was more and that we all knew it. Everything was there and around us. We knew exactly who we were and exactly where we were going. It was grand.
Curt Henderson says: I'm telling you this was the most perfect, dazzling creature I've ever seen!
Steve Bolander says: She's gone. Forget it.
Curt Henderson says: She spoke to me, she spoke to me right through the window. I think she said I love you...That means nothing to you people?...You have no romance, no soul?...Someone wants me. Someone roaming the streets wants me...Will you turn the corner?
Curt Henderson says: She spoke to me, she spoke to me right through the window. I think she said I love you. That means nothing to you people? You have no romance, no soul? Someone wants me. Someone roaming the streets wants me. Will you turn the corner?
Roy Neary says: Who are you people?
Matt says: " He took my Penis!"
Matt says: They took my penis.
The Writer says: I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?
The Writer says: [typing on computer] I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?
Matt Hooper says: This was no boat accident.
Matt Hooper says: [to the m.e. and Brody] This was no boat accident!
Roy Neary says: I guess you've noticed something a little strange with Dad. It's okay, though. I'm still Dad.
Roy Neary says: I guess you've noticed something a little strange with Dad. It's okay though. I'm still Dad.
The Writer says: I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?
The Writer says: I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being.
Antonio Bolivar says: "Ke-knock, then en-ter"
Antonio Bolivar says: "Looks like a gondola"
Antonio Bolivar says: "Ar-dent-ly"
Antonio Bolivar says: "Sar-din-es"
Antonio Bolivar says: "It was a kiss of impassionate intensity. A kiss to remember their lives by"