# What are your favorite quotes from bit parts in movie and TV? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\ **Created:** [May 26, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633 "2023-05-26T14:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/1 "2023-05-26T14:41:46Z")
I’m watching _The Avengers_ again, and I love the scene when Banner wakes up after falling from the sky. Worker: “Are you an alien?.. From outer space, an alien.” Banner: “No.” Worker: “Well then, son… You’ve got a condition.” ---
**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:** [May 26, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/2 "2023-05-26T14:45:28Z")
[WKRP “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/3 "2023-05-26T14:46:54Z")
A line I often quote is from _Blazing Saddles_. Having recruited Mongo to his side, Bart asks if he knows the bad guys’s plans. “Mongo not know. Mongo only pawn in game of life.” ---
**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:** [May 26, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/4 "2023-05-26T14:48:35Z")
I just watched that (again) two nights ago. 1 of many great lines and gags in the film. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/5 "2023-05-26T14:49:32Z")
Similarly – In _Eraser_, Arnold bails out of a jet that then tries to kill him in mid-air but just fouls his 'chute. He gets the spare deployed with _one second_ to go but lands on a junked car, stoving in the roof: - [_John parachutes into a junkyard_] - [John](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000216/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Where is this? - [Camille](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934563/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Earth. Welcome. \<— Camille “Bernie Mac Show” Winbush ---
**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:** [May 26, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/6 "2023-05-26T14:56:06Z")
Taxi in the the Elegant Iggy episode. Jim is playing piano at a very fancy party. He is playing _London Bridge_ poorly and then says **“Oh, the hell with it”** and starts playing beautifully. He stops one more time, looks up and say, **“I must have had music lessons?”** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QybXY1vWUxI/hqdefault.jpg "Taxi - S04E20 - Elegant Iggy (Jim Plays Piano)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QybXY1vWUxI) * * * * * * Or the classic from the first episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. [“You’ve got Spunk, I hate Spunk.”](https://youtu.be/zj286uBKCu0?t=157) The whole scene is incredible actually. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zj286uBKCu0/hqdefault.jpg "MTM 1x01 Mary's Job Interview") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj286uBKCu0) ---
**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:** [May 26, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/7 "2023-05-26T15:08:38Z")
_Living in Oblivion_ is a pretty funny indie movie about making a terrible indie movie. Peter Dinklage owns the screen for his bit part: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/c4SgiPAhQls/hqdefault.jpg "Peter Dinklage - Living In Oblivion - Dream Sequence Extended") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4SgiPAhQls) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/8 "2023-05-26T15:23:33Z")
I could be here all day. “Oh, no, you can’t!” from Mrs. burpo. _Lost in Space_ – Dr Smith is sent back in time to the launch of the Jupiter 2 where he has to choose to stowaway again or stay behind and the Robinsons will be killed by a meteor. Of course, the Robot gets sent back, too, to convince Smith to get aboard. As they both scramble to embark, Smith gets his foot caught in the main hatch with 30 seconds to go, the Robot is still on the pad: Smith: If we don’t get inside, we’ll be incinerated! Robot: _ **I** _ will be incinerated, you will just look silly hanging by your toes in space. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/9 "2023-05-26T15:48:35Z")
Grosse Point Blank, after the convenience store blows up: Blank: Are you okay? Convenience store clerk: No! I’m hurt, I’m tired, and I need a new job! ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/10 "2023-05-26T16:38:12Z")
Jaws: [You’re going to need a bigger boat.](https://youtu.be/ujUfZ3tH1gQ) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/11 "2023-05-26T16:43:51Z")
**I Heart Huckabees.** A man visits existential detectives as played by Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin. Tomlin: Have you ever transcended space and time? Schwartzman: No. Yes. Uh, time not space. No. I have no idea what you’re talking about. Dawn Campbell: There’s glass between us. You can’t deal with my infinite nature, can you? Brad Stand: That is so not true. Wait, what does that even mean? “How could I not be myself?” is a running household gag whenever one of us does something silly and quintessentially us. I treasure that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/12 "2023-05-26T17:22:20Z")
_Altered States_ (1980) - An X-ray of Eddie is examined shortly after his “tank trip”: Mason Parrish: It looks to me like the architecture is slightly abnormal. Dr. Wissenschaft: Somewhat? This guy’s a fucking gorilla! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/13 "2023-05-26T17:40:22Z")
_Bicentennial Man._ Bradley Whitford as Little Miss’s son. How he suddenly turns cooperative with Andrew’s quest to find the rest of his models when he realizes it’ll take Andrew years, maybe even a decade, to complete. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/14 "2023-05-26T17:41:22Z")
“I looked at the trap, Ray.” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/15 "2023-05-26T17:41:58Z")
Bah. Egon Spengler was hardly a bit part. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/16 "2023-05-26T17:43:45Z")
Guess I missed the “bit part” part. ---
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Eve Arden in _ **Mildred Pierce** _: “Personally, Vida’s convinced me that alligators have the right idea. They _eat_ their young.” > [https://youtu.be/70NH2okaBY4?t=119](https://youtu.be/70NH2okaBY4?t=119) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/18 "2023-05-26T19:24:24Z")
From MASH the TV show (Hawkeye speaking): “Never let it be said I didn’t do the least I could have done.” mmm ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/19 "2023-05-26T19:38:39Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Guess I missed the “bit part” part. Me too. Do you mean character lines where the character only makes a brief appearance? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633/20 "2023-05-26T20:01:19Z")
Yes; the character might not even have a name. Or it could be their only line. You’d have to dig pretty far into the credits to find them, anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-quotes-from-bit-parts-in-movie-and-tv/984633.md?page=2)