# The Ultra-Fantastic Movie Quote Degrees of Separation Challenge 2003! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultra-fantastic-movie-quote-degrees-of-separation-challenge-2003/187609 "2003-07-11T01:20:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![haardvark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@haardvark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haardvark)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultra-fantastic-movie-quote-degrees-of-separation-challenge-2003/187609/21 "2003-07-14T16:04:52Z")
“Our case is better than most, you’re missing my point, and that is they will never pick you. Because you’re a nightmare. They’re afraid if they let you in there, you’re gonna wear a diaper, or throw oranges at the justices, and they should be, Larry, because in all the times you’ve gone to the court asking for help, you’ve never once demonstrated any respect for its institutions and procedures.” - Ed Norton, _The People vs. Larry Flynt_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultra-fantastic-movie-quote-degrees-of-separation-challenge-2003/187609/22 "2003-07-14T21:29:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by haardvark \* > \*\*“Our case is better than most, you’re missing my point, and that is they will never pick you. Because you’re a nightmare. They’re afraid if they let you in there, you’re gonna wear a diaper, or throw oranges at the justices, and they should be, Larry, because in all the times you’ve gone to the court asking for help, you’ve never once demonstrated any respect for its institutions and procedures.” > > - Ed Norton, _The People vs. Larry Flynt_ \*\* “That guy kills bugs for a living! You don’t want to be like him.” -Ed Norton, “American History X” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultra-fantastic-movie-quote-degrees-of-separation-challenge-2003/187609/23 "2003-07-15T00:45:39Z")
“your services are no longer required.” Ed Norton, Frida ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultra-fantastic-movie-quote-degrees-of-separation-challenge-2003/187609/24 "2003-07-15T01:06:43Z")
“There’s nothing wrong with you. Except your hair. Your hair is a train wreck.” Edward Norton, Red Dragon ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultra-fantastic-movie-quote-degrees-of-separation-challenge-2003/187609/25 "2003-07-15T02:06:26Z")
“That’s the same atrocious aftershave you wore in court.” ``` -Anthony Hopkins, "Red Dragon" ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultra-fantastic-movie-quote-degrees-of-separation-challenge-2003/187609/26 "2003-07-15T02:15:15Z")
“I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti” Anthony Hopkins, Silence of the Lambs ---
**Author:** ![sundog66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@sundog66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sundog66)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultra-fantastic-movie-quote-degrees-of-separation-challenge-2003/187609/27 "2003-07-15T03:35:40Z")
“I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner.” Anthony Hopkins, Silence of the Lambs (By the way, in the OP, maybe I’m not understanding rule #3, but doesn’t rule #2 render it unnecessary?) ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultra-fantastic-movie-quote-degrees-of-separation-challenge-2003/187609/28 "2003-07-15T04:16:31Z")
> [@](#): > > And what happened then…? > Well…in Who-ville they say > That the Grinch’s small heart > Grew three sizes that day! Anthony Hopkins, **How the Grinch Stole Christmas** ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultra-fantastic-movie-quote-degrees-of-separation-challenge-2003/187609/29 "2003-07-15T20:42:01Z")
Well, can’t have masonite win the Funyons, and I just caught this on TV the other day: “But to enter Montero’s world, I must give you something which is completely beyond your reach” \ “Charm!” Anthony Hopkins to Antonio Bandaras in **Mask of Zorro** (And I think Rule #3 would allow you to use a quote by another actor from the given movie in another role. So you could go from mine above to a Catherine Zeta Jones line from Entrapment. But this seems a little too loose, so I think we should just stick to #1 and #2) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultra-fantastic-movie-quote-degrees-of-separation-challenge-2003/187609.md?page=1)