Jack Driscoll Quotes in King Kong (2005)

Preston: He was right. There is still some mystery left in this world, and we can all have a piece of it for the price of an admission ticket.

Jack Driscoll: That's the thing you come to learn about Carl, his undying ability to destroy the things he loves.

Ann Darrow: Why would you do that?

Jack Driscoll: Why would I write a play for you? Isn't it obvious?

Ann Darrow: Not to me.

Jack Driscoll: It's in the subtext.

Carl Denham: Oh! Ann, this is... uh... Ann?

Ann Darrow: That's all right Mr. Denham. I know who this is. Thrilled to meet you. It's an honor to be a part of this.

[shakes hands with Mike]

Mike: [confused] Gee, thanks.

Ann Darrow: Actually, I'm quite familiar with your work.

Mike: [very confused] Really?

Ann Darrow: Yes, and what I most admire is the way you've captured the voice of the common people.

Mike: [smiling now] Well, uh, that's my job.

Ann Darrow: I'm sure you've heard this before, Mr. Driscoll, if you don't mind me saying, but, you don't look at all like your photograph.

[Jack Driscoll looks over]

Mike: [smile disappears] I'm sorry...

Carl Denham: Wait a minute, Ann.

Ann Darrow: [to Carl] He's so much younger in person. And much better looking.

Carl Denham: [as Jack approaches Ann from behind] Ann, stop. Stop right there.

Ann Darrow: [to Mike again] You see. I was just afraid that you might be one of those self-obsessed, literary types.

Mike: I'm sorry. I'm not...

Ann Darrow: You know, the tweedy twerp with his nose in his book and his head up his a...

[Jack snaps his book shut just behind her head. She turns around]

Jack Driscoll: It's nice to meet you too, Miss Darrow.

Jack Driscoll: I always knew you were nothing like the tough guy you play on the screen. I just never figured you for a coward.

Bruce Baxter: Hey, pal. Hey, wake up. Heroes don't look like me - not in the real world. In th real world they got bad teeth, a bald spot, and a beer gut. I'm just an actor with a gun who's lost his motivation. Be seeing you.

Jack Driscoll: Taxi! Follow that ape!

Jack Driscoll: It's not about words.

Jack Driscoll: Actors! They travel the world, all they ever see is a mirror.

Bruce Baxter: What do you think, Driscoll? Dialogue's got some flow now, huh?

Jack Driscoll: [sarcastically] That was pure effluence.

Bruce Baxter: I beefed up the banter.

Jack Driscoll: Try to resist that impulse.

Bruce Baxter: It's just a bit of humor, bud. What are you a Bolshevik or something?

Jack Driscoll: Actors. They travel the world, all they ever see is a mirror.

Jack Driscoll: She doesn't want the chocolate...

Ann Darrow: [Jack reminiscing] You're writing a comedy?

Jack Driscoll: I guess, I am. I'm writing it, for you.

Ann Darrow: Why would you do that?

Jack Driscoll: Why would I write a play for you?

[pause]

Jack Driscoll: Isn't it obvious?

[Play going on: "Cry Havoc!" by Jack Driscoll]

Theatre Actor: So he took me to this fancy french restaurant, and half way through the hors d'oeuvres, he clutches my hand...

Theatre Actor: ...and that's when he told you how he felt?

Theatre Actor: No. He never said it.

Theatre Actor: He never said it?

Theatre Actor: [Man disguised as a Woman] He probably thought he didn't need to say it!

Theatre Actor: Well then how does she know that it's real?

Theatre Actor: He said that it was not about the words.

Theatre Actor: Oh! Please! If you feel it, you say it! It's really very simple.

Theatre Actor: He said we'd talk about it later. Only, there was no later. It never happened.

Theatre Actor: [Lady 1 Stands, walks towards the audience] Lady 1: That's how it ended.

Theatre Actor: He just let you walk away? He didn't try to save it?

Theatre Actor: I honestly believed things might actually work out, which was really very...

Jack Driscoll: [along with Lady 1] foolish.

Theatre Actor: Men! Oh, they'll give you the world! But they let the one thing that truly matters slip through their fingers, typical!...

Jack Driscoll: Where's Carl?

Bruce Baxter: Carl? He's up there, filming.

[the boat is leaving the dock, and Carl made Jack stay because he hasn't finished the script]

Carl Denham: I keep telling you, Jack, there's no money in theater. That's why you should stick with film.

Jack Driscoll: No Carl, it's not about the money. I love theater.

Carl Denham: No you don't. If you really loved it, you would've jumped.

Carl Denham: I'm finished.

Jack Driscoll: How did you think this would end, Carl?

Jack Driscoll: [the crew has finally released the ship from the rocks where it was wrecked] Stop! We've got to go back! They've taken Ann!

Carl Denham: [Denham stalls as the ship prepares to depart] Alright. We might as well settle up.

Jack Driscoll: You're gonna pay me?

Carl Denham: I'm not gonna stiff a friend.

Jack Driscoll: I've never known you to volunteer cash before.

Carl Denham: How does two grand sound?

Jack Driscoll: That sounds great... sounds great.

Carl Denham: Here ya go.

Jack Driscoll: Carl, you... you've written, "two grand".

Carl Denham: Thought I did. I'm sorry, let's just do this from the beginning.

Jack Driscoll: Actors. They travel the world, but all they ever see is a mirror.

Carl Denham: She's standing at the railing. She doesn't know it yet, but they are sailing toward disaster. You got that?

Jack Driscoll: Okay, so she turns and the first mate is staggering toward her. There's a knife sticking out of his back.

Carl Denham: Wait a second... We're killing off the first mate?

Jack Driscoll: Well that's assuming she knows who the first mate is.

Carl Denham: Come on, Jack. It was an honest mistake. Anne is near-sighted. It could'a happened to anyone.

Jack Driscoll: I was joking, Carl.

Jack Driscoll: [looking at map] What is that?

Carl Denham: What?

Jack Driscoll: That. That right there.

Carl Denham: I don't know. What is it? A coffee stain?

Jack Driscoll: You don't have to be nervous, Miss Darrow.

Jack Driscoll: [to Ann] Hey... I guess I love you.

Carl Denham: [protesting the agent's lack of confidence in the safety of Denham's voyage] You act as if I've never brought anybody back alive! Look at the Captain and first mate - - they've gone on several of my last missions, and they don't look any the worse for wear.

Jack Driscoll: [sarcastically, in wary half-hearted agreement with Denham's assertions] Yeah - - we're healthy!

Carl Denham: Listen, there are dozens of girls in this town tonight that are in more danger than they'll ever see with me.

Jack Driscoll: Yeah, but they know that kind of danger.

Ann Darrow: I thought you didn't like woman?

Jack Driscoll: Yeah, but you're not woman.

Carl Denham: Wait a minute, what about Kong?

Jack Driscoll: Well, what about him?

Carl Denham: We can here to get a moving picture, and we've found something worth more than all the movies in the world!

Captain Englehorn: [incredulous] What?

Carl Denham: We've got those gas bombs. If we can capture him alive...

Jack Driscoll: Why, you're crazy. Besides that, he's on a cliff where a whole army couldn't get at him.

Carl Denham: Yeah, if he stays there...

[looks at Ann]

Carl Denham: but we've got something he wants.

Jack Driscoll: [holds Ann] Yeah. Something he won't get again.

Jack Driscoll: [to Ann] Say... I think I love you.

Jack Driscoll: What do you call that thing?

Carl Denham: Something from the dinosaur family.

Jack Driscoll: Dinosaur, eh?

Carl Denham: Yes, Jack; a prehistoric beast.

Ann Darrow: Don't you think the skipper's a sweet old lamb?

Jack Driscoll: Ha ha ha! I'd hate to have him hear me say that!

Carl Denham: [talking to Jack across the ravine] Why, you wouldn't follow that beast alone?

Jack Driscoll: Someone's got to stay on his trail while it's hot!

Captain Englehorn: And you expect to photograph it?

Carl Denham: If it's there, you bet I'll photograph it!

Jack Driscoll: Suppose it doesn't like having its picture taken?

Carl Denham: Well, now you know why I brought along those cases of gas bombs

Jack Driscoll: There's one thing we haven't thought of...

Police Lieutenant: What?

Jack Driscoll: Airplanes. If he should put Ann down, and they can fly close enough to pick him off without hitting her...

Police Lieutenant: You're right! Planes! Call the field!