Kent Mansley: You know, Hogarth, we live in a strange and wondrous time: the Atomic Age. But there's a dark side to progress, Hogarth. Ever hear of Sputnik? Hogarth Hughes: Yeah, first satellite in space. Kent Mansley: Foreign satellite, Hogarth, and all that that implies. Even now it orbits overhead - Boop! Boop! - watching us. We can't see it but it's there, much like that giant thing in the woods. We don't know what it is or what it can do. I don't feel safe, Hogarth. Do you? Hogarth Hughes: What are you talking about? Kent Mansley: What am I talking about? [Loses patience] Kent Mansley: What am I talking about? I'm talking about your goldarned security, Hogarth! While you're snoozing in your widdle jammies, back in Washington we're wide awake and worried! Why? Because everyone wants what we have, Hogarth! Everyone! You think this metal man is fun, but who built it? The Russians? The Chinese? Martians? Canadians? I don't care! All I know is we didn't build it, and that's reason enough to assume the worst and blow it to kingdom come! Now, you are going to tell me about this thing, you are going to lead me to it, and we are going to destroy it before it destroys us!
(5 votes)
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Dean McCoppin: Found your pet. Hogarth Hughes: Where? Dean McCoppin: It's in my leg, man. Squirrel's in my pants, Hogarth, and it's climbing it' way out of here. Hogarth Hughes: Don't wig out. Dean McCoppin: Okay, it's heading north now. I'm sorry, kid. [to the people in the restaurant] Dean McCoppin: Excuse me! I would like to apologize in advance for this! [zips down his fly to let the squirrel out, which cause a loud commotion] Dean McCoppin: Check, please.
(2 votes)
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Hogarth Hughes: Welcome to downtown Coolsville! Population: us.
(1 vote)
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[the Iron Giant is eating one of Dean's sculptures] Dean McCoppin: There are two kinds of metal in this yard: scrap and art. If you gotta eat one of them, eat the scrap. What you currently have - IN YOUR MOUTH! - is ART.
(1 vote)
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Kent Mansley: Hogarth? That's an embarrassing name. They might as well have called him Zeppo or something
(1 vote)
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Hogarth Hughes: So she moved me up a grade 'cause I wasn't fitting in, so now I'm even more not fitting in. I was getting good grades, you know, like all A's. So my mom says, "You need stimulation." I said, "No, I don't. I'm stimulated enough right now." Dean McCoppin: That's for sure. Hogarth Hughes: So she says, "Uh-uh. You don't have a challenge. You need a challenge." So now I'm challenged, all right- I'm challenged to hold on to my lunch money because of all the big mooses who wanna pound me, 'cause they think I'm a shrimpy dork who thinks he's smarter than them! But I don't think I'm smarter, I just do the stupid homework! If everyone else JUST DID THE STUPID HOMEWORK, they could move up a grade and get pounded, too! Is there anymore coffee?
(1 vote)
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Dean McCoppin: I'm gonna have coffee. What do you want, some milk, or... what? Milk? Dean McCoppin: Coffee's fine. [Dean looks at Hogarth skeptically] Dean McCoppin: Yeah, I drink it. I'm hip. Dean McCoppin: I dunno. This is espresso, you know? It's like Coffee-zilla. Hogarth Hughes: I said I'm hip.
(1 vote)
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General Rogard: That missle is targeted to the giant's current position! Where's the giant, Mansley? Kent Mansley: Oooh... We can duck and cover. There's a bomb shelter not far from... General Rogard: There's no way to survive this! Kent Mansley: You mean we're all going... General Rogard: To die, Mansley. For our country. Kent Mansley: Screw our country! I WANT TO LIVE!
(1 vote)
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Kent Mansley: Hey there, scout! Kent Mansley, I work for the government.
(1 vote)
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[as the Giant flies toward the missle] Hogarth Hughes: [in the Giant's mind] You are what you choose to be. The Iron Giant: Superman.
(1 vote)
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Dean McCoppin: Sorry about the crowbar, kid. You'd be surprised how many people want to steal scrap. But, man, once I make it into art, I can't give it away. I mean, what am I? A junkman who makes art or an artist who sells junk? You tell me.
(1 vote)
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[a nuclear missile threatens Rockwell] The Iron Giant: I... fix. Hogarth Hughes: Giant? The Iron Giant: Hogarth, you stay. I go. No following. Hogarth Hughes: I love you.
(1 vote)
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Hogarth Hughes: You can fly? YOU CAN FLY!
(1 vote)
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Dean McCoppin: Oh, hey, I know you. Squirrel boy. Hogarth Hughes: Uh, Hogarth. Dean McCoppin: By night known as Hogarth.
(1 vote)
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Hogarth Hughes: Wow, my own giant robot! I am now the luckiest kid in America! This must be the biggest discovery since, I don't know, television or something!
(1 vote)
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"I am not a gun."--the Iron Giant (Vin Diesel) to Hogarth (Eli Marienthal)
(1 vote)
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The Iron Giant: I am not a gun.
(1 vote)
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Hogarth Hughes: [to the Giant, in battle mode] It's bad to kill. Guns kill. And you don't have to be a gun. You are what you choose to be. You choose. Choose.
(1 vote)
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Annie Hughes: Strange. He's so tight-lipped now, and yesterday he wouldn't stop talking. I mean, hundred-foot robots and whatnot. Kent Mansley: Hundred-foot robot? He, he. That's nutty. [they both laugh] Kent Mansley: What else did he say?
(1 vote)
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General Rogard: You'll be Chief Inspector of Subway Toilets by the time I'm through with you!
(1 vote)
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Hogarth Hughes: I know you feel bad about the deer, but it's not your fault. Things die. That's part of life. It's bad to kill, but it's not bad to die. The Iron Giant: You die? Hogarth Hughes: Well, yes, someday. The Iron Giant: I die? Hogarth Hughes: I don't know. You're made of metal, but you have feelings, and you think about things, and that means you have a soul. And souls don't die. The Iron Giant: Soul? Hogarth Hughes: Mom says it's something inside of all good things, and that it goes on forever and ever. [Hogarth leaves. The Iron Giant lays back to look at the stars] The Iron Giant: Souls don't die.
(1 vote)
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The Iron Giant: No Atomo... I Superman!
(1 vote)
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[Hogarth groans as he struggles to push the giant's hand out the bathroom window] Kent Mansley: You know, this sort of thing is why it's important to always chew your food.
(1 vote)
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Annie Hughes: [to other waitress in background] So, he wants us to hold the mustard and the mayo. How about just hold the flavor altogether?
(2 votes)
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Kent Mansley: The biggest thing in this town is probably the homecoming queen.
(1 vote)
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General Rogard: Nothing can stop this thing. We've hit it with everything we got. Kent Mansley: Not everything, General... the Bomb. The Nautilus has first strike capability and is anchored just off shore. General Rogard: You scare me, Mansley. You want us to bomb ourselves in order to kill it? Kent Mansley: The robot seems to go after whatever attacks it. We can lure it away from the town, then destroy it. General Rogard: [to soldier] Radio the Nautilus. Tell them to stand by and await my command.
(1 vote)
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Marv Loach: United States Government, eh? That must mean something big is happening here. Kent Mansley: No, Marv. Big things happen in big places, and the sooner I file my report, the sooner I can get back to them.
(1 vote)
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Hogarth Hughes: Hey, mom! You won't believe our good luck. Guess what I found? Annie Hughes: Hogarth, we've been through this before. No pets. Hogarth Hughes: But he's not a pet, mom. He's a friend. Annie Hughes: Hogarth, we've got to rent a room this year if we're gonna make ends meet, and no one wants to live in a place with shredded upholstery. Hogarth Hughes: You'll never know he's there. I'll keep him in a cage... Annie Hughes: ... until you feel sorry for him and set him free in the house. You remember the racoon, Hogarth? [Shudders] Annie Hughes: Oooooh! I remember the racoon.
(1 vote)
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Dean McCoppin: If we don't stand up for the kooks, who will?
(1 vote)
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Dean McCoppin: It was being defensive. He reacted to the gun.
(1 vote)
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