Ned Plimpton Quotes in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

Ned Plimpton: Stevesy, what's going on? Are those hijackers?

Steve Zissou: Well, out here we call them "pirates," Ned.

Ned Plimpton: I've never seen so many electric jellyfish in all my life!

Ned Plimpton: Why didn't you ever try to contact me?

Steve Zissou: Because I hate fathers, and I never wanted to be one.

Steve Zissou: [talking about two men who were talking about him] People say that when someone says something like that, it's because they're jealous. But it still hurts. It hurts bad.

Ned Plimpton: That man was damn rude. He can go straight to hell.

Steve Zissou: I hope you're not gonna bust our chops on this on, Bill.

Bill Ubell: Why would I do that?

Steve Zissou: Because you're a bond company stooge.

Bill Ubell: [scoffs] I'm also a human being.

Steve Zissou: All right, I take that back. How about a little teamsmanship?

[he holds out his hand flat. Bill and Ned put theirs on top of his]

Steve Zissou, Bill Ubell, Ned Plimpton: Ho!

Steve Zissou: Can you hear the Jack Whales singing?

Ned Plimpton: [Tanker goes off] Beautiful. I wonder what they're saying.

Steve Zissou: Well actually that's a Sludge Tanker over there...

[Several whales sing]

Steve Zissou: There you go!

Ned Plimpton: You don't know me, you don't want to know me... I'm just a character in your stupid film.

Ned Plimpton: I'm gonna fight you, Steve.

[Steve hits Ned in the face]

Steve Zissou: You never say, "I'm gonna fight you, Steve." You just smile and act natural, and then you sucker-punch him.

Ned Plimpton: You fight your way, and I'll fight mine.

Steve Zissou: Oh, listen, Ned. Don't you try to...

[Ned hits Steve in the face]

Steve Zissou: I think your Team Zissou ring might've caught me on the lip.

Ned Plimpton: [introducing himself] Captain Zissou my name is Ned Plimpton...

Steve Zissou: [congratulating him] OK, man.

Klaus Daimler: So, you really think you're a Zissou.

Ned Plimpton: I don't know.

Klaus Daimler: Well, you traveled a long way for "I don't know," sonny.

Ned Plimpton: That's true. But it's important to me.

Klaus Daimler: Yeah? Well, there are a lot of things that are important to some people around here, sonny.

Ned Plimpton: Klaus, don't call me "sonny."

Klaus Daimler: And one more thing: It's the Steve Zissou show, not the Ned show.

[Klaus slaps Ned in the face]

Klaus Daimler: You hear me?

Ned Plimpton: Yes, I do.

[Klaus starts walking away]

Ned Plimpton: Klaus?

Klaus Daimler: Ja?

Ned Plimpton: If you ever touch me again, I will kick your goddamn teeth out. Is *that* understood?

Klaus Daimler: Not if I don't see you first, sonny.

[arriving at Alistair Hennessey's underwater sea-lab]

Ned Plimpton: Who locked us out?

Anne-Marie Sakowitz: No-one, we're trespassing.

Ned Plimpton: Steve, are we allowed in here?

Steve Zissou: It's a scientific community, man.

Steve Zissou: You're supposed to be my son, right?

Ned Plimpton: I don't know. But I did want meet you, just in case.

Steve Zissou: This bull dyke's got something against us.

Ned Plimpton: I don't think she's a lesbian. She's pregnant.

[on a speaker-phone]

Oseary Drakoulias: I spoke with Larry Amin, and it's a pass.

Steve Zissou: In other words, you fucked us!

Oseary Drakoulias: Let's not cast stones at one another, my dear.

[suddenly mad]

Oseary Drakoulias: Do you hear me, damn it? Do you?

Steve Zissou: No, I don't! I told you how to play it!

Oseary Drakoulias: Oh, bloody hell! You listen here, mate!

Ned Plimpton: Can I interrupt for a second?

Oseary Drakoulias: Who the blazes is that?

Ned Plimpton: It's me, Ned. Maybe this is nothing, maybe it's something. I don't know what your problems are, I don't know... but I just inherited $275,000. Would that amount make any difference?

[silence]

Oseary Drakoulias: What sort of expression is the lad wearing on his face?

Steve Zissou: I let you call me Stevesy, didn't I?

Ned Plimpton: Yeah, but it doesn't mean the same thing...

Steve Zissou: Would you like to join my crew?

Ned Plimpton: Would I like to...

Steve Zissou: I want you, on Team Zissou.

Ned Plimpton: I don't think I can do that.

Steve Zissou: Why not?

Ned Plimpton: Well, it's not my field, I don't have the background for it.

Steve Zissou: No one here does. Klaus used to be a bus driver, Wolodarsky was a high school substitute teacher. We're a pack of strays, don't you get it?

Ned Plimpton: Steve I'm not even that strong a swimmer,

[pause]

Ned Plimpton: the answer's yes.

Steve Zissou: Well it's got to be. I'll order you a red cap and a speedo.

[to Klaus]

Steve Zissou: Cut.