Cinema Quotes

— Hey, Jim, what about TV? You like TV?
— What?
— New thing, Jim. Television.
— Oh, pictures.
— Yeah.
— No, no pictures. Everything these days is pictures. Pictures and a lot of noise. Nobody even knows to talk, just grunt at each other.

— Are you sure this... stuff is authentic?
— Of course. Haven't you ever seen a Western?
— Yeah, I have, Doc. Clint Eastwood never wore anything like this.
— Clint who?
— That's right. You haven't... heard of him yet.
— Marty, you have to wear the boots. You can't wear those futuristic things... back in 1885. You shouldn't even be wearing them... here in 1955.

— Look, the point is there are no unattractive women here. I mean, where are the ordinary, every-day women? They don't exist, because this is a movie.
— No. This is California.

Real actresses don't make films.

Maybe it's just the whole damn world is like Central Casting. They got it all rigged before you ever show up.

You know, Westmoreland made all of us officers write our own obituaries during Tet. When we thought the Cong were gonna end it all right there. And once we clued in to the fact that life is finite, the thought of losing it didn't scare us anymore. The end comes no matter what. The only thing that matters is how do you want to go out? On your feet or on your knees?