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Quotes from Clive Owen

I’ve already lost interest in this story. [laughter] It’s time to start makin’ things up. — Radio Free Skaro,
Doctor Who: Monster of Peladon p1 @0:18:02

Cars love to flip. Have you noticed that? Yeah. Like, this is the most car-flippingest decade. — Film Pigs,
GI Joe @0:56:53

This is what’s going on in his mind. ‘Wow, … I’m gonna have a relationship with Chase Meridian as Bruce Wayne. Now I’m gonna go home and eat pancakes.’ … [Batman turns and smiles] [laughter] — Pulp Nightmare,
Batman Forever @1:26:45

That kid reminds me of a creature from one of the Aardman animations. … Creature Comforts. There’s a bush baby in a tree with a huge pair of glasses. … And when it takes ‘em off, it’s got really tiny little eyes. — Staggering Stories,
Doctor Who ‘The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe’ @0:09:54

If they can’t bring Firefly back as a show, just bring ‘em back as an animated series where they’re all babies. Wow. No comment. — Sofa Dogs,
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog @0:21:28

Alright, he did bad things, and they’re parents. Alright, we get it, but the world has significantly changed. And there are bigger things to worry about than having a huge, murdering pedophile in your kitchen. — Blogtor Who,
Torchwood ‘Miracle Day: The Gathering’ @0:21:54

That’s what you do: you have an emotional scene and then explain it later. [laughter] That’s the Paul WS Anderson way! — Podtoid,
Resident Evil @1:15:09

They’re gonna keep teasing us with the Tardis swimming pool, aren’t they? … They were going to have a scene of Amy Pond in the Tardis swimming pool, but it got cut because of reasons of budget and her not being able to swim. — Impossible Podcasts,
Doctor Who ‘Day of the Moon’ @0:22:39

I think Kirsten needs to invest in a better bra. She’s a bit saggy there. [laughter] She returns it later. That’s why when they’re in the rain, it’s gone. — Amazing Spider-Cast,
Spider-Man @0:20:03

I want to get a bag … with a picture of him on it. I don’t get it. Oh, because he’s Toht? Yeah! Oh! … It’d be a Toht bag! I know. I gotcha. I gotcha. — Commentary Track Stars,
Raiders of the Lost Ark @0:32:18

Why are [Johnny and Ace] friends now? Because he beat him, so he respects him. Ah. Plus, he’s so high right now…. — Down in Front,
Starship Troopers @0:46:57

Hey look, there’s a bulletin board. … ‘Sign-ups for the Nazi volleyball league are available until Wednesday.’ [as German] You vill join now! — Geekza,
Indy 3: Last Crusade @0:54:33

I really thought that Canton … was gonna play a much larger role. … And basically they call him back to bring the gasoline. [laughter] ‘Drive across country.’ … ‘Leave your elderly black husband….’ — Radio Free Skaro,
Doctor Who ‘The Impossible Astronaut’ @0:35:39

It’s fascinating to see how the younger brother is the leader of the group. And the older brother is perfectly capable and smart and intelligent. … And yet, he’s not the leader of the group. — Tysto Commentaries,
The Goonies @0:16:11

[regaining consciousness in freefall] I’ve got to say that the amount of nights I’ve gone out and woken up the following morning exactly in this situation— [laughter] Yeah. I’m really p*ssed off with it, actually. — Speakeasy,
Predators @0:03:49

Christopher Eccleston keeps coming off, in this jacket, … like a rogue inspector in some police drama. Yeah, someone who does it his own way and doesn’t play by the rules. Christopher Eccleston is Taggart. — Impossible Podcasts,
Doctor Who ‘The Unquiet Dead’ @0:41:40

Uh oh. Julianne Moore’s pissed. You don’t piss off a ginger. [laughter] Look how sad he is. … Everyone else is sad, but Eddie is devastated. — TWIG Commentaries,
Lost World: Jurassic Park @0:44:04

I never realized how many pretty, close-up, sweetheart shots there are of [Edward Furlong] and his girlish lips. It’s a little creepy. He’s been custom designed by a team of engineers to sell Tiger Beat magazines. — Cort & Fatboy,
Terminator 2 @1:24:41

Wallace Shawn, in this scene, basically sets the precedent for the remainder of his career. … He does angry, high-pitched lisping guy. I’m not sure that’s setting the stage for his career. I think that’s how he talks. — Down in Front,
The Princess Bride @0:38:05

Another phone. [as Watson] I’m being chased by phones! — Cultdom Collective,
Sherlock ‘A Study in Pink’ @0:35:10

We saw in previous films … parents were pulling their kids out of Hogwarts, but that was due to something little like not trusting Dumbledore’s judgment. Here, you’ve got full-blown Death Eaters running the school. — MuggleCast,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 @0:39:43

[as Lily, regarding Jason] Whoa, whoa, did I give that impression? … The very thought of him made me shiver with revulsion. I gagged when he touched me! His clammy skin was— [as Rob] Okay, enough about my dead brother. — Rifftrax,
Cloverfield

I think the Hovitos come in and do maintenance on [the booby traps]. … At the end of the day, they come in and they reset everything. … [as Hovito] Oh, my god… Another American got full o’ darts. — Down in Front,
Raiders of the Lost Ark @0:16:48

What do you do? You’re a god; you’ve been stripped of all your power. … You’re out in the middle of nowhere. … I’d drink better beer than Budweiser, I tell ya that much, [laughter] if I was the god of Thunder. — Legion of Dudes,
Thor @1:13:52

We don’t get exposition in the world. … ‘Here’s an animal. And here’s another animal. And these animals glow. And this tree is big.’ And that’s the exposition that we get. — Down in Front,
Avatar @1:55:12

Random crew member: His Majesty, King Hassan II of Morocco. He was thanked on this movie, … but he was also miscellaneous crew on Young Winston. — DVDCommentaries.co.uk,
The Living Daylights part 2 @0:26:35

And where are these people? … They’re a Star Trek ripoff. … He’s even got that taut-jawed look of Kirk. And I’m sure she looks like— Janeway. … And he’s the spitting image of Uhura. [laughter] In her younger days. — Staggering Stories,
Doctor Who ‘Let’s Kill Hitler’ @0:09:04

Huh, Robert Downey, Jr. courting death in an attempt to get higher? Now I’ve seen everything! — Rifftrax,
Iron Man

It seems that even Bond cars are made and not born, because they seem to have dubbed the car with a nice V8 rumble instead of the high-pitched V4 whine that a Lotus Esprit really would have had. — Tysto Commentaries,
For Your Eyes Only @0:57:30

Shouldn’t they be [slow]? … If they’re dead, then the rigor mortis has set in. … It only sets in for so long. Say what?! It wears off after a time. Rigor mortis wears off? Yeah. Yes. I did not know this. Welcome to Zombieland. — Widescreen Warrior,
Zombieland @0:16:12

You know when Buzz … is hiding, and he ends up seeing the Buzz Lightyear toy commercial? You’d think a lesser man would just commit suicide. … He’d be like, ‘My life is a lie.’ — Technicolor Commentary,
Toy Story @0:51:46

If I were to remake Shocker, obviously I would play Jonathan. And Shocker. [pause] And the girlfriend. — Horror Movie a Day,
Shocker @0:15:44

I’ll admit—this movie really does get more watchable the more you watch it. — Sonic Cinema,
The Matrix

[telephone rings] Phone’s ringin’. … I hope it’s a good movie.‘Hey, Darren, this is Die Hard. Can I come over?’ — Adudathuda PodBlast,
Aeon Flux @0:45:09

I wonder how many takes the actors had to go thru before they said ‘boom tube’ properly and not ‘boob tube.’ Even Bruce Timm made that mistake on a commentary recently. — DC Commentaries,
Justice League ‘Twilight: Part 1’ @0:07:19

I’ve been wanting to watch Lars and the Real Doll, ’cause it’s gotta have Mannequin influence. — Alan Smithee Podcast,
Mannequin 2: On the Move @0:26:39

The one film that it reminds me of is Life of Brian. … All along he’s paralleling the life of Jesus and being mistaken for the messiah. — Tysto Commentaries,
Pink Five Saga @0:10:04

[as crew] Really? There’s no moat around Minis Tirith? … The wall, I think, seems more fortified.Well, the ideal would be the wall and a moat. [laughter] Nobody is suggesting getting rid of the wall…. — Down in Front,
LotR: The Return of the King @2:05:20

Even Space Cowboys is a brilliant deconstruction of the space cowboy genre. — Down in Front,
Unforgiven @0:26:20

You have to … sit thru all of Milla Jovovich’s magnum opus. … I’d argue that The Fifth Element is her magnum opus.That’s the world’s magnum opus. [laughter] … That’s the Big Trouble in Little China of movies. — Podtoid,
Resident Evil @0:03:03

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