# "Coffee is for closers!" Memorable single scene perfomances in film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516 "2011-06-23T02:17:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/81 "2011-06-24T21:04:49Z")
[Sam Kinison in Back to School](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfi4s8cjLFI). ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/82 "2011-06-24T21:33:07Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Chris Rock in _I’m Gonna Git You Sucka_. > > “You got change for hundred?” Chris Rock in Dogma: Bethany: Wait a minute. Christ. You know Christ? Rufus: Knew him? Shit, nigga owes me 12 bucks! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/83 "2011-06-24T21:35:51Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Excellent–I get to be the first to mention Hugh Jackman in _X-Men: First Class_! Good One! His part alone in that movie made it worth watching to me! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/84 "2011-06-24T22:00:46Z")
[Peter Falk is dead.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613806) Thread-relevant because his little screen time in [_Wings of Desire_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_of_desire) is IMO the most memorable part of the film. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/85 "2011-06-24T22:01:49Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Chris Rock in Dogma: > Bethany: Wait a minute. Christ. You know Christ? > Rufus: Knew him? Shit, nigga owes me 12 bucks! I think Rock has too much screen-time in _Dogma_ to qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/86 "2011-06-24T22:23:54Z")
I’m too lazy to look up the actress, and she didn’t steal the film, but the film is _Serenity_ and she’s the companion character. “And that’s not incense!” Come to think of it, the scientist character who appears only in hologram gives a damn good performance too. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/87 "2011-06-24T22:31:43Z")
Maybe a bit of a stretch, but a buddy and I were talking about this movie today for some reason. _Euro Trip_. I’d nominate both Matt Damon (‘[Scotty Doesn’t Know](http://youtu.be/WFCOa4tjHeo)…’) and Fred Armisen as the [Creepy Italian Guy.](http://youtu.be/nioOj6FTZQ8) ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/88 "2011-06-24T23:17:54Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > H.I. McDonough’s cell mate and boss from “Raising Arizona”: > > "…and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand. " > “You ate what?” > “We ate sand.” > “You ate SAND?” > “That’s right!” My favorite is the scene when the prisoners are in group therapy: Whiny-ass therapist (turning to a big muscular prisoner): “So, you say you feel trapped?” BMP: “Huh?” WAT: “Why do you say you feel trapped in a man’s body?” BMP: “Well, sometimes I get the menstrual cramps real hard.” I don’t think it stole the movie, but I die laughing every time. > [@Quartz](#): > > I’m too lazy to look up the actress, and she didn’t steal the film, but the film is _Serenity_ and she’s the companion character. “And that’s not incense!” Morena Baccarin, and she’s Inara, one of the main characters of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/89 "2011-06-24T23:50:40Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Peter Falk is dead.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613806) > > Thread-relevant because his little screen time in [_Wings of Desire_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_of_desire) is IMO the most memorable part of the film. For me the most memorable part of that film was fantasizing that I was a fox chewing off my own leg, because if I chewed it off, maybe I could escape. Speaking of another universally loved movie that I loathed involving foxes: **Fantastic Mr. Fox** was all-around awful, except for that awesome banjo-picking scene in the middle. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/90 "2011-06-25T00:30:39Z")
I nominate the teamster from _Dances With Wolves_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Uvp71LGVISs/maxresdefault.jpg "Why Don't He Write (Dances with Wolves Dunbar and Timmons Clip)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvp71LGVISs) ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/91 "2011-06-25T00:37:15Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > **[FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63lYBalGx7M)** Watch Matthew McConaughey’s reaction in the background 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/92 "2011-06-25T00:46:52Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > Watch Matthew McConaughey’s reaction in the background 😃 And if we are counting TV, Rik Mayall gives a masterclass in scene-stealing as [Lord Flashheart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKfbSHW9uGA) in Blackaddder. WOOF! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/93 "2011-06-25T01:05:12Z")
I’m not sure of the actor’s or even the character’s name, but the pimp who does [the lip-synching scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsrO8xpe-w) in _Blue Velvet_ – that, man. Just that. [Cinematic Moment of Zen.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333591) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/94 "2011-06-25T03:55:21Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I’m not sure of the actor’s or even the character’s name, but the pimp who does [the lip-synching scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsrO8xpe-w) in _Blue Velvet_ – that, man. Just that. [Cinematic Moment of Zen.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333591) He’s suave 😉 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/95 "2011-06-25T04:21:08Z")
[Catch 22, Snowden’s death](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqtzDPSANwI) (Warning: graphic war injury) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/96 "2011-06-25T05:44:11Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I’m not sure of the actor’s or even the character’s name, but the pimp who does [the lip-synching scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsrO8xpe-w) in _Blue Velvet_ – that, man. Just that. [Cinematic Moment of Zen.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333591) Dean Stockwell, playing Ben. It’s what I came here to post. Here’s to Ben! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/97 "2011-06-25T05:56:48Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Wasn’t that character essentially _trying_ to emulate Alec Baldwin in _Glengarry_, though? Yes, but with a different dynamic that reflects the different point of the movie. Alec Baldwin’s character is running down the hapless salesmen. He’s delivering a Come To Jesus And We’re Still Firing Some OF You message, but in truth, Baldwin’s character is a egomaniac sociopath who just likes hurting people and demonstrating his alpha male status. He doesn’t want the salesmen to succeed. He is honest with them, but it’s a nihilist, pointless honestly. “You’re doomed, you will never be me.” Affleck’s character is arrogant but he’s doing the exact opposite; he’s building up the recruits. He WANTS them to be successful. He’s encouraging them; you will be rich, you will make $25,000 a month, you’ll buy a Lexus, just follow my lead and the riches of Croesus will be yours. Unlike Baldwin, Affleck is positive, but is selling lies. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/98 "2011-06-25T08:43:22Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Morena Baccarin, and she’s Inara, one of the main characters of the movie. Are you mixing the series and the film? In the film she only has that one scene, doesn’t she? IIRC she doesn’t join them for the rest of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/99 "2011-06-25T13:51:29Z")
[Jack not name. Jack job!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOHVSi65bPk&t=36m27s) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516/100 "2011-06-25T13:56:48Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Are you mixing the series and the film? In the film she only has that one scene, doesn’t she? IIRC she doesn’t join them for the rest of the movie. You remember wrong. She joins them and even stays on Serenity at the end of the movie. She fights with a bow, which was kind of silly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-for-closers-memorable-single-scene-perfomances-in-film/586516.md?page=6)