Other Titles • Bowfinger • Bowfinger's Big Thing (1998)
Quotes from Bowfinger (1999)
1
"A black dude who plays a slave that gets his ass whipped gets the nomination. A white guy who plays an idiot gets the Oscar. That's what I need. I need to play a retarded slave, then I'll get the Oscar."--Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy)
(15 votes)
2
Robert K. Bowfinger: She had the personality of a ZIP code in Kansas.
(15 votes)
3
Robert K. Bowfinger: Yes! We'll be just like Bogey and Bacall! Daisy: Who?
(15 votes)
4
Kit: Them people can't speak English good!
(15 votes)
5
Robert K. Bowfinger: We're finished! It's over between us! Daisy: But why? Robert K. Bowfinger: You slept with Jiff. Daisy: So? Robert K. Bowfinger: You know, I never thought about it that way. Daisy: So I'll see you tonight? Robert K. Bowfinger: What time?
(15 votes)
6
[Interviewing Jiff for the movie] Robert K. Bowfinger: Would you be willing to cut your hair? Jiff Ramsey: Well, yeah, but it would probably be better if someone else did it. I've had a few... accidents.
7
Kit: The white man gets all the best catchphrases!
8
Robert K. Bowfinger: This film is only for Madagascar and Iran, neither of which follow American copyright law.
9
Kit: White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played any of them slave roles, and get my ass whipped. That's how you get the nomination. A black dude who plays a slave that gets his ass whipped gets the nomination, a white guy who plays an idiot gets the Oscar. That's what I need, I need to play a retarded slave, then I'll get the Oscar.
10
Robert K. Bowfinger: Every day that FedEx truck comes through here delivering important things to important people. Someday it's going to stop here, and when that day comes, then we - and by we, I mean me - will be important.
11
Daisy: I know what's going on. I may be from Ohio, but I'm not from Ohio.
12
Terry Stricter, MindHead Honcho: Happy premise #1. Kit: Happy premise #1: There are no aliens. Terry Stricter, MindHead Honcho: Happry premise #2. Kit: Happy premise #2: There is no giant foot trying to squash me. Terry Stricter, MindHead Honcho: Happy premise #3. Kit: Happy premise #3: Even though I feel like I might ignite, I probably won't.
13
Kit: We're trying to make a movie here, not a film!
14
Jiff Ramsey: Oh, gosh, I'm really hoping to get a career running errands. That'd be a major boost for me.
15
Kit: Go call Arnold and Sly!, and Jackie Chan and Van Damne, and tell them the spearchukcer said hello!
16
Robert K. Bowfinger: Now that you and your collages here at Mindfu - , head have had a chance to think, what do you say?
17
Robert K. Bowfinger: ...but what are some of your favorite TV shows? Daisy: I love the Flintstones. Robert K. Bowfinger: Oh I love the Flintstones too, that's so good, do you like that? Now, okay, do you like walks in the park? Daisy: In the rain! Robert K. Bowfinger: Oh God, you know what, I want you to see the Music Man, because... Daisy: I've seen that! I love the Music Man! Robert K. Bowfinger: Isn't Robert Preston good? Daisy: He's so good! Do you LOVE Smashing Pumpkins? Robert K. Bowfinger: Are you kid - I LOVE to do that!
18
Kit's Agent: This is a great script! Look, it's not Shakespeare, but it... Kit: Hey, what did you just say? Agent: I said, 'it's not Shakespeare'... Kit: 'It's not Shake... ', 'It's not Shake... ' (to Freddy) Do you hear what he's doing? Freddy: I know he's doing something, I just can't put my finger on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah... What's he doing? Kit: Shakespeare, Freddy, Shakespeare! Freddy: Shakespeare? Kit: Shake a spear! Spearchucker! I'm a spearchucker now!
19
[first lines] Robert K. Bowfinger: Great script.
20
Kit: I want you to find Van Dam and Jackie Chan and tell 'em Spear Chucker said hello!
21
Robert K. Bowfinger: We need a guy with a fabulous ass! And mine is the wrong color!
22
Robert K. Bowfinger: Think of this as an errand. Your errand is to run across the freeway until I yell, "Cut!"
23
[on filming someone without their permission] Robert K. Bowfinger: Did you know that Tom Cruise didn't know he was in that vampire movie until three months later?
24
[on the ending of the script Chubby Rain] Robert K. Bowfinger: I mean, at the end of this movie. When our hero, Keith Kincade, looks up at the alien anteanae and says "Gotcha suckas!"... I mean, that is a moment.
25
Dave: But movies cost millions of dollars to make. Robert K. Bowfinger: That's after gross net deduction profit percentage deferment ten percent of the nut. Cash, every movie cost $2,184.
26
Terry Stricter, MindHead Honcho: And what is it that we don't do? Kit: Oh, man! Terry Stricter, MindHead Honcho: What is it? Kit: Look, I have to show it to the Laker Girls. Terry Stricter, MindHead Honcho: You cannot show it too the Laker Girls. I know you want to show it to the Laker Girls but you can never show it to the Laker Girls. Keep Mr Weenie in the pants. Always in the pants.
Mooviees.com is not the official site for this film.
All editorial views and opinions expressed here are for entertainment purposes only.
Movie Database
In Theaters
