On the Waterfront (1954)

Marlon Brando: Terry Malloy

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• Charley Malloy : Look, kid, I... how much you weigh, son? When you weighed one hundred and sixty-eight pounds you were beautiful. You coulda been another Billy Conn, and that skunk we got you for a manager, he brought you along too fast.

  Terry Malloy : It wasn't him, Charley, it was you. Remember that night in the Garden you came down to my dressing room and you said, "Kid, this ain't your night. We're going for the price on Wilson." You remember that? "This ain't your night"! My night! I coulda taken Wilson apart! So what happens? He gets the title shot outdoors on the ballpark and what do I get? A one-way ticket to Palookaville! You was my brother, Charley, you shoulda looked out for me a little bit. You shoulda taken care of me just a little bit so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money.

  Charley Malloy : Oh I had some bets down for you. You saw some money.

  Terry Malloy : You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley.

• Terry Malloy : Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.

• Terry Malloy : You think you're God Almighty, but you know what you are? You're a cheap, lousy, dirty, stinkin' mug! And I'm glad what I done to you, ya hear that? I'm glad what I done!

• Terry Malloy : Conscience... that stuff can drive you nuts!

• Edie Doyle : Isn't everybody a part of everybody else?

  Terry Malloy : Boy, what a fruitcake you are!

• Terry Malloy : If I spill, my life ain't worth a nickel.

  Father Barry : And how much is your soul worth if you don't?

• Edie Doyle : Which side are you with?

  Terry Malloy : Me? I'm with me, Terry.

• [Terry has just been badly beaten by Johnny Friendly and his goons] 

  Terry Malloy : Get me on my feet.

  [Father Barry and Edie help Terry stand up] 

  Father Barry : How're you doing?

  Terry Malloy : Am I on my feet?

• Edie Doyle : I've never met anyone like you. There's not a spark of sentiment or romance or human kindness in your whole body.

  Terry Malloy : What good does it do you but get you in trouble?

• Terry Malloy : You know this city's full of hawks? That's a fact. They hang around on the top of the big hotels. And they spot a pigeon in the park. Right down on him.

• Edie Doyle : I want you to stay away from me.

  Terry Malloy : Edie, you love me... I want you to say it to me.

  Edie Doyle : I didn't say I didn't love you. I said, "Stay away from me."

• Charley Malloy : You're getting on. You're pushing thirty. You know, it's time to think about getting some ambition.

  Terry Malloy : I always figured I'd live a bit longer without it.

• Terry Malloy : You know, I seen you a lot of times before. Remember parochial school out on Paluski Street? Seven, eight years ago. Your hair, you had your hair uh...

  Edie Doyle : Braids.

  Terry Malloy : Looked like a hunk of rope. And you had wires on your teeth and glasses and everything. You was really a mess.

• Terry Malloy : Quite a nose, huh? Some people just have a face that sticks in your mind.

• [Terry returns to Johnny Friendly's bar after setting up Joey Doyle] 

  Charley Malloy : So, how'd it go?

  Terry Malloy : He up on the roof.

  Charley Malloy : The "pigeon"?

  Terry Malloy : Uh, yeah, it worked.

• Terry Malloy : Yeah his racket, everybody's got a racket.

• Terry Malloy : You know you're not too funny today, fat man.