Pop Culture Quotes

Pop Culture Quotes is an ongoing public interest project that shares quotes from the famous (and the infamous).

Bruce Spence from Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | PopCultureQuotes.com

They've got you wrong. You're not a coward. STUPID, maybe. But not a coward.

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By: Bruce Spence
Characters: The Gyro Captain
From: Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Genres: Action | Adventure | Cult Cinema | Thrillers

Context:
Steve Spears character The Gyro Captain, attempts to convince Max Rockatansky to drive a trailer filled with gasoline, through the hideout of a dangerous gang attempting to kill them and steal the gasoline for themselves.

Steve J. Spears from Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | PopCultureQuotes.com

The last of the V8 Interceptors... a piece of history! Would've been a shame to blow it up.

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By: Steve J. Spears
Characters: Mechanic (The Road Warrior)
From: Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Genres: Action | Adventure | Cult Cinema | Thrillers

Context:
Steve J. Spears plays a mechanic who picks up a booby trap he's just removed from underneath Max's (Mel Gibson) vehicle.

Quentin Tarantino | PopCultureQuotes.com

There’s a lot of feet in a lot of good directors’ movies. That’s just good direction. Like, before me, the person foot fetishism was defined by… Luis Buñuel, another film director… Hitchcock was accused of it, and Sofia Coppola has been accused of it.

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By: Quentin Tarantino

Context:
Quentin Tarantino comments during an interview with GQ, light-heartedly defending himself against accusations he has a foot fetish in his movies.

Brad Pitt | PopCultureQuotes.com

Margot Robbie, Margot Robbie’s feet, Margaret Qualley’s feet, Dakota Fanning’s feet... Seriously, Quentin has separated more women from their shoes than the TSA.

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By: Brad Pitt

Context:
During actor Brad Pitt's 2020 Screen Actors Guild Award acceptance speech for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Pitt thanked his co-stars along with their feet, implying Tarantino has a foot fetish.

Zoe Saldana from Avatar: The Way of Water | PopCultureQuotes.com

I feel grateful and like the luckiest girl in this town knowing that I was invited to join films with special directors in a special cast. And they resonated with people so much so that we get a chance to come back again and come back another time. If anything, I’ve reaped all the benefits of that, I’ve gained friends. I still have mentors that I call and I lean into.

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By: Zoe Saldana

Context:
While walking the red carpet at the Avatar: The Way of Water premiere, actress Zoe Saldaña set the record straight about a comment she made in late November 2022 to Women's Wear Daily about feeling 'stuck' in big franchises like Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Trek and Avatar. The Avatar star was speaking with Deadline.

David Duchovny from The X-Files | PopCultureQuotes.com

Fear. It's the oldest tool of power. If you're distracted by the fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above.

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By: David Duchovny
Characters: Fox Mulder
From: The X-Files
Genres: Cult Television | Drama | Mystery | Science Fiction | Suspense | Television

Context:
Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) is speaking to Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) about their current case - a series of violent killings committed by seemingly normal residents of a small town. Mulder is pondering whether a rogue government agency may be responsible for purposely spreading a chemical in the area, causing the behavior as a means of controlling the population. This episode of The X-Files (Season 2, Episode 3) originally aired on September 30, 1994.

Kanye West | PopCultureQuotes.com

I don't care about people's responses. I care about the fact that there's more Black babies being aborted than born in New York City at this point, that 50% of Black Death in America is abortion. So I really don't care about people's response. I perform for an audience of one and that's God.

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By: Kanye West

Context:
Rapper and entrepreneur Kanye West comments during an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson after controversy arose over a "White Lives Matter" T-shirt he wore alongside his friend and political commentator Candace Owens during a fashion event in Italy. The comment was specifically in response to Carlson's inquiry into why West's lanyard credential for Milan Fashion Week featured a photograph of a baby's ultrasound.

Kathy Hochul | PopCultureQuotes.com

I'm sorry this dark day has come, that we're supposed to go back to what was in place since 1788 when the Constitution of the United States of America was ratified. And I would like to point out to the Supreme Court justices that the only weapons at the time were muskets. I'm prepared to go back to muskets.

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By: Kathy Hochul

Context:
Part of a speech given by New York Governor Kathy Hochul. The Governor was reacting to a Supreme Court ruling that struck down New York State's restrictive concealed carry gun laws.

source: www.foxnews.com,  

Dave Chappelle | PopCultureQuotes.com

The more you say I can't say something, the more urgent it is for me to say it. It has nothing to do with what you are saying I can't say. It has everything to do with my freedom of artistic expression... They said everything about gender… they didn't say anything about art.

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By: Dave Chappelle
Genres: Comedy

Context:
Comedian Dave Chapelle on why he declined to have his Washington DC high school's new theater named after him. The decision was made over student backlash to his Netflix comedy special "The Closer." Chapelle said he was "sincerely hurt" by the protests from students when he visited his alma mater in November of 2021.

Naomi Osaka | PopCultureQuotes.com

There has been an explosion of creators of color finally being equipped with resources and a huge platform. In the streaming age, content has a more global perspective. You can see this in the popularity of television from Asia, Europe and Latin America that the unique can also be universal. My story is a testament to that as well.

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By: Naomi Osaka

Context:
A press release quote from tennis star Naomi Osaka, discussing her partnership with LeBron James' SpringHill Company to launch her own media company called Hana Kuma. The company's goal is the tell diverse stories on television, film and other formats.

Dale Dye, Henry Czerny from Mission: Impossible | PopCultureQuotes.com

Eugene Kittridge: You and I know about this, that's where it stops. You understand? It never happened.
Frank Barnes: What about him?
Eugene Kittridge: I want him manning a radar tower in Alaska by the end of the day; just mail him his clothes.

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By: Dale Dye | Henry Czerny
Characters: Eugene Kittridge | Frank Barnes
From: Mission: Impossible
Genres: Action | Adventure | Spy and Espionage

Context:
Henry Czerny (as Eugene Kittridge) speaks to his associate Frank Barnes (played by actor Dale Dye) just after finding out that a top secret list of undercover agents has been stolen from CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Kittridge wants to avoid the embarrassment that would come from others learning of the theft out of one of the most secure buildings in the world.

Henry Czerny from Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One | PopCultureQuotes.com

Your days of fighting for the so-called greater good are over. This is our chance to control the truth, the concepts of right and wrong, for everyone, for centuries to come. You're fighting to save an ideal that doesn't exist... never did. You need to pick a side.

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By: Henry Czerny
Characters: Eugene Kittridge
From: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sequels | Spy and Espionage

Context:
Ominous words from Henry Czerny (as Eugene Kittridge), presumably to Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt, in the trailer for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One.

Mel Gibson from Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | PopCultureQuotes.com

Two days ago, I saw a vehicle that would haul that tanker. You want to get out of here? You talk to me.

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By: Mel Gibson
Characters: Max Rockatansky
From: Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Genres: Action | Adventure | Cult Cinema | Thrillers

Context:
Mel Gibson's Max overhears a group of settlers at a gasoline refinery discuss finding a trailer to haul their precious fuel through the Wasteland and sees the opportunity to make a deal to nab some fuel for his vehicle.