# Useful advice you've gotten from the movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137 "2017-06-16T18:39:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/21 "2017-06-16T20:35:25Z")
When someone asks you if you are a god, you say yes. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/22 "2017-06-16T20:46:36Z")
If you have captured James Bond don’t show him your control room with the big red Destruct button. Just shoot him. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/23 "2017-06-16T20:49:40Z")
Dean Vernon Wormer: _"Fat_, _drunk_, and _stupid_ is no way to go through life, son." Animal House “_Leave the gun. Take the cannoli_.” ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/24 "2017-06-16T20:51:30Z")
Do or do not. There is no try. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/25 "2017-06-16T20:53:45Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Never get involved in a land war in Asia. “Smell but do not inhale.” Which actually works…from a certain point of view. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/26 "2017-06-16T21:05:58Z")
“Serpentine!” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/27 "2017-06-16T21:06:11Z")
If your boss dies while you are at his luxurious home, putting sunglasses on his corpse and propping him up between you and a buddy will convince everyone that he is still alive. No matter how much he cries, no matter how much he begs, never, ever feed a mogwai after midnight. Life is always this hard, not just when you’re a kid. Teenage suicide? Don’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/28 "2017-06-16T21:21:25Z")
The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/29 "2017-06-16T21:22:06Z")
Don’t cross the streams. Replicants are confused by tortoises. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/30 "2017-06-16T21:26:33Z")
A man’s got to know his limitations. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/31 "2017-06-16T21:35:47Z")
Keep the sun out of your eyes, and be yourself. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/32 "2017-06-16T21:37:48Z")
Follow the money. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/33 "2017-06-16T21:39:26Z")
If a couple of stranded teens knock on your door asking to use the phone tell them to fuck off. Luckily, for them, my wife recognized the girl and knew her mom. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/34 "2017-06-16T21:50:32Z")
Wolfman’s got nards! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/35 "2017-06-16T21:55:36Z")
Do not expect to find justice in Chinatown. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/36 "2017-06-16T22:12:08Z")
There’s no crying in baseball ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/37 "2017-06-16T22:30:01Z")
Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. So be excellent to each other–and party on, dudes. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/38 "2017-06-16T22:32:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > This one’s practically my credo: > > “Years ago my mother used to say to me, she’d say, “In this world, Elwood, you must be” - she always called me Elwood - “In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.” Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.” - Elwood P. Dowd, _Harvey_ My favorite movie, and my all-time favorite quote from any movie. If you are a blonde, blue-eyed female, no one thinks you’re smart anyway, no matter what your grades, IQ scores, accomplishments, etc, anyway, so you might as well get mileage out of pleasant. Besides, it’s more fun. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/39 "2017-06-16T22:33:43Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > There’s a scene in _Saving Private Ryan_ where Matt Damon’s character complains that he “can’t picture his brothers’ faces” anymore. Tom Hanks tells him, “You’ve got to think of a context. Think about something specific, something you’ve done together.” So Matt Damon thinks back, and recalls a story about him & his brothers making fun of his older brother for making out with an ugly girl. > > The trick works in real life, too. In fact, whenever someone in the movies says, “I can’t even remember what so-and-so looked like,” I’m always tempted to shout at the screen: _“THINK OF A CONTEXT!”_ > > What uncommonly good advice have you learned from the movies? That really is good advice. I’m not face blind, exactly, but have a very poor memory for faces. I’ll try this. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-advice-youve-gotten-from-the-movies/789137/40 "2017-06-16T23:28:51Z")
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