Preston Quotes in King Kong (2005)

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  • 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.

  • Carl Denham: Fay's a size four.

    Preston: Yes, she is, but she's doing a picture with RKO.

    Carl Denham: Cooper, huh? I might've known.

  • Preston: I believe you'll find everything ship-shape, Admiral.

    Kirk: Oh, do you? Do you have any idea, Midshipman Preston, how many times I have had to listen to Mr. Scott on the comm, telling me his trouble? Do you have any idea of the ribbing I've had to endure in the officers' mess... to the effect that the Enterprise is a flying death trap?

    Preston: Oh, no sir! Wha... this is the finest engine room in the whole Starfleet! If the Admiral can't see the facts for himself, then, with all due respect, he's as blind as a Tiberian bat!

    Scotty: Ahem!

    Preston: Sir!

    Kirk: Midshipman, you're a tiger.

    Scotty: My sister's youngest, Admiral. Crazy to get to space.

    Kirk: Every young man's fantasy. Seem to remember it myself.

  • Preston: It's the real Prince. The genuine article.

    Prince: Yes, my friends, I have returned to you at this, our darkest hour. So tell me Winston, what exactly is Lord Dargis up to?

    Winston: He intends to level our homes and kill us all.

    Prince: O... kay. Well, in that case, I decree that we pack our bags and get our scraggy bottoms out of here. Perhaps to the castle next door.

    Garfield: [turns to leave] Oh boy.

    Nigel: Well, that was inspirational.

    Bolero: Brilliant.

    McBunny: I am so fired up.

    Garfield: [walking back] You know, I believe we can do better.

    Preston: I thought you were leaving.

    Garfield: Hey. Button the beak, Froot Loops, or I'll stick that thing on backwards. Look, Lord Doofus is just another bully. And what do we do to bullies?

    Meenie: Well, generally, we run from them.

    Garfield: [confident] No, we don't leave. We stand and we kick royal butt. Trust me, if you beastsssss can bake a two-cheese lasagna, you can beat Dargis.

    Preston: Well, do you have a plan, Garfield?

    Garfield: Tell you what. For the duration of this battle I would prefer to be called "G-Cat". And *we*...

    [indicating Prince]

    Garfield: ... have *two* plans.

    Prince: [realizing] Oh teamwork.

  • Nigel: Got it. Could have just come down and told me that, couldn't he? Alright, listen up. Barnyard newsflash. I've got some good news and some bad news. Which would you like to hear first?

    ChristopheBoleroEenieMcBunny: The bad news.

    Nigel: Lord Dargis just threw Prince in the river.

    [animals panic]

    Winston: Okay, give me the good news.

    Nigel: He was in a lovely picnic basket.

    Eenie: If he throws us in the river, we'll never survive!

    Christophe: You're ducks, you could swim.

    Eenie: Oh.

    Preston: [enters the barnyard with a scroll] Winston, I'm next in line for the throne.

    Bolero: Uh-oh. This could get ugly.

    Preston: [rolls out the scroll] I have here a new list of rules for governance.

    Winston: Preston, I hardly think that's necessary.

    Preston: Rule number one. The barnyard animals congregate entirely too close to the castle. We house pets need our space.

    McBunny: Oh, you've got enough space, laddie, right between your ears!

    [animals laugh]

    Preston: You take that back! I command you! As your new king...

    Winston: Look. There's still a chance Prince may find his way back here. In the meantime, Claudius, you go into the castle and find out what Dargis is up to.

    I, Claudius: I'm on it. I'm your mouse on the inside.

    Winston: I'll see what I can learn from my end.

  • Winston: Oyez, oyez. Prince XII has returned.

    [ducks trumpet]

    Garfield: Thank you windbag, for that flobbering introduction. Hello, everybody!

    [animals look in astonishment]

    Garfield: Hey, listen up...

    [flicks Winston's nose]

    Garfield: is this an audience or a landscape? Okay, great to be back here at the palace. I look out, I see a sea of... of dumb barnyard animals. I'm here in your country to break up a romance between the guy who owns the house I live in and a girl who's way out of his league. I know that whatever it is that you have, there's some sort of affliction that produces this glazed look behind your eyes. I hope you defeat it. Wish I could take everybody home with me. Thank you.

    [walks away]

    Garfield: I killed.

    Winston: Very funny, sire. Well done.

    Nigel: I didn't realize it was amateur hour.

    Eenie: What's up with Prince?

    Christophe: Oh, he's on the catnip again.

    I, Claudius: Hold on, chaps! Have I got news for you!

    McBunny: What's the word, Claudius?

    I, Claudius: Dargis is going to bulldoze the barnyard and feed us to the tourists!

    Nigel: Let him try. He'll have to deal with these fists of fury first, wouldn't he?

    [animals complain]

    Winston: Calm yourselves, everyone. We're alright as long as Prince is alive.

    McBunny: Well, obviously, that feline is not Prince, you idiots!

    Preston: He's not even a cat formerly known as Prince.

    [animals argue]

    Winston: Wait, he doesn't have to be Prince. He just has to look like him. If he fooled me, he'll fool them.

    McBunny: But what's to stop Dargis from getting rid of this cat too?

    Winston: McBunny's right. We must protect this cat at all costs. Our fates rely on it.

  • Garfield: Careful. That's high-quality American cardboard you're tossing around in there. Beautiful, fellas. Hang the plasma over the slip-and-slide.

    Winston: Sire, a word?

    Garfield: Jowls, my lad. Guess what your enlightened, all-powerful ruler has brought to the castle.

    Preston: Oh, I can't wait to hear this.

    Winston: Don't tell me, a Renaissance painting.

    Garfield: Foosball, you know, foosball.

    Winston: Fo-fo-fo-foosball?

    Preston: What do you think this is, a pub?

    Garfield: Just because we don't have opposable thumbs, doesn't mean we don't play bargains.

    Winston: Yes sire, but I feel your life is in danger.

    Garfield: Listen, Winnebago, if I may call you that. When history speaks of me, and she will, I wanna be remembered as the Party Prince.

    Winston: As you wish.

  • Nigel: You chaps know me, I'm no snob, right? But this cat is too much.

    Preston: That is an embarrassment to our whole way of life.

    Nigel: He's a disgrace to the furry race. "My pillow isn't soft enough, my TV remote won't work..."

    Winston: Don't get your knickers in a twist. I know he's a pain in the neck but we just gotta keep him safe till Monday.

    [ducks trumpet]

    Garfield: Yeah, my loyal and fragrant subjects. Please, thank you. Briefly, I hate Mondays. I hate 'em. Therefore I decree, from this day forward, there will be no more Mondays.

    EenieMeenie: What?

    Garfield: Got it? Today is Tuesday, then. Happy Tuesday, everybody.

    Christophe: Yeah, I think he's lost it.

    Winston: Like I said, we just gotta keep him safe till Tuesday.

  • Preston: Hogwash! This cat is mocking us at every turn.

    Winston: Preston, calm yourself. He's only doing what's best for us.

    Preston: How much longer should we sustain this charade?

    [Garfield peeks into the door]

    Preston: I can't believe this cat is so stupid as to think he is actually erotic.

    Winston: Well, he does. And house cat or not, we need him.

    Garfield: Wha - ? House cat?

    Winston: Just have a little patience.

    Preston: Patience? Fine. Admit it, Winston. This buffoon couldn't groom the paws of a real king.

    Garfield: Buffoon?

  • Preston's Mother: [Preston's parents are just heading out for the weekend] Now Preston, I left some money on the kitchen counter. Oh and the emergency numbers are by the phone.

    Preston's Father: And remember son, *no parties*.

    Keg Guy: [Two guys walk by carring a beer keg] Keg commin' through! Hey Preston.

    Preston: Whats up, man?

    Preston's Father: We're really trusting you here, Preston.

    Roadie: [Behind them two more guys roll in a huge set of speakers] Where to you want these speakers set up, Preston?

    Preston: Yeah, just move all the shit in the dinning room.

    [to his parents]

    Preston: Well, you guys really should hit the road, huh? Because I'm about to take your antique Ferrari to the inner-city to buy some hookers.

    Preston's Mother: Well, alright, sweetie. We'll call you later to check in.

    Preston: Oh, mom. By that point I'll be so high I won't even know where the phone is.

    Preston's Mother: Haha! Thats my boy.

  • Preston: Hey guys, welcome to the party. If you're gonna have sex, please - do it in my parents' bedroom.

  • Dean Sampson: I mean, the girl's an institution in this place. Every girl wants to be her, and every guy wants to nail her.

    Preston: Basically she's you, with tits.

  • Denise: Besides, I heard that song was about his dog.

    Preston: It's not about a dog. It's about a woman named Amanda. Who the hell names their dog Amanda?

    Denise: My cousin had a dog name Samantha.

    Preston: Shut up about the dog, OK?

  • Preston: [narrating] It was October, freshman year. First time in history that I'd ever missed the bus. If I had arrived on time, I never would've seen her. But as it was, I was the first person at Huntington Hills High to set eyes on Amanda Beckett. It was her first day at school. Then, I'm sitting in class enjoying a late breakfast when out of all the classrooms in the entire school, she walks into mine. And where does the teacher sit her? Right next to me! Now, up until now, one could write this off to coincidence. But then she reaches in her bag and pulls out a strawberry Pop-Tart - the very same breakfast pastry I was consuming at that moment! What was I to do? How was I to proceed?

  • [sees Kenny Fisher posing in a mirror]

    Denise: Looks like someone's auditioning for "Soul Train."

    Preston: Do you have to rat out on everybody?

    Denise: Oh, come on! His wardrobe alone leaves him open for public mockery.

  • Denise: Just so you know, judging from my little experience, I kind of believe in fate. It just works in really fucked up ways sometimes.

    Preston: Especially in your case. I'm sorry. You gave that to me, I just had to take it. Take care. Peace out, G!

  • Preston: I don't know about you, but I really believe that there's one person out there, and for me it's gotta be Amanda.

  • Preston: I can't believe you pointed at her!

    Denise: Look, she didn't see me! What are you, hyperventilating?

    Preston: No, I'm hiransing my chi.

    Denise: What?

    Preston: I'm harnessing my chi.

    [Denise laughs]

    Preston: Don't laugh at me!

    Denise: Were you this weird when we went out?

    Preston: Were you this bitchy when we went out?

    Denise: Yes, I was a bitchy eighth grader for that whole week, actually!

  • Preston: This is officially the worst night of my entire life. Thank you very much.

    Angel: Try having forty drunk men grabbing your ass, one groom to be throwing up all over you and then have your car break down at 2am and then you can talk to me about having a bad night, OK?

  • Preston: Hey, I've got one for ya. Remember that time when I was about to talk to that beautiful girl, and you came up to me and started telling me all these asinine stories? Remember that, huh?

    Reminiscing Guy: No.

    Preston: Gee, that's funny. Because it *just happened*!

    Reminiscing Guy: [saddened] Hey, I ain't gonna forget this, man! You just wait, I ain't inviting you to any 10-year reunion!

  • [the crying drunk girl walks up to Preston and Denise up on their arrival at the party]

    Mary, Crying Drunk Girl: Thush bezt tea weveram sisu gizem chext ear!

    [subtitle translation: This is the best party ever! I'm so gonna miss you guys next year!]

    Preston: [watching the drunk girl stumble away] There's one at every party.

    Denise: Kind of makes you never want to drink, huh?

  • Reminiscing Guy: Yo, Preston? Preston Meyers? Dude, what's going on? I'm so glad I got a chance to see you! I know you're leaving tomorrow. I'm gonna miss you man, you know?

    Preston: It's okay, man. Don't worry about it.

    Reminiscing Guy: I was totally remembering that time when we were in 7th grade, and we like mashed up all our food on our lunch trays and you payed me a dollar to eat it, and I did? What was the best!

    Preston: [walking away] Yeah, good times.

    Reminiscing Guy: Hey, what about that time during softball practice when Ricky Feldman hit that line drive and it hit you right in your nuts? That was the funniest!

  • Angel Stripper: You know what? This is just like that Scott Baio thing. When I was 16, I had the biggest thing for Scott Baio.

    Preston: Listen, you don't have to sit here and go through... Scott Baio?

    Angel Stripper: I said I was 16. I mean, this was back in the 'Happy Days' years, you know? Not to mention 'Joanie Loves Chachi'. God... I hated her. Joanie. You see, I always knew that somehow I'd meet him. You know? Like I wanted it bad enough, I could make it happen. And it did. Right after his first season of 'Charles in Charge', he was doing this mall tour, and he came here to our mall in this town. It was like everything was finally falling into place for me, you know? It was like...

    Preston: Fate?

    Angel Stripper: Yeah. So, I went... you know. And I had this red bandanna. 'Cause you know how Chachi always wore that red bandanna? And I waited there outside. And I was the first person there when he pulled up in his limo to the entrance to the mall. He got out of that car... he was so beautiful. And he looked right at me. But... I didn't know what to do. I mean... I couldn't say anything. I couldn't even move. I never talked to him, and he was right there. I think I still have that red bandanna. But the thing is, you never know. Like, had I had least maybe said something... you never know. But anyway, the point is I totally realized that, you know? Fate. There is fate. But it only takes you so far, because once you're there, it's up to you to make it happen.

    Preston: You are so definitely right.

    Angel Stripper: Yeah. So look, don't make the same mistake I did, okay? Because if you really want to be with him, then you get back on that phone and you call Barry Manilow, and you tell him how you feel.

    Preston: No... no. I don't want him. I just...

    Angel Stripper: [walks off] It's okay. Look at me... Scott Baio. We all have our things.

  • Wyatt: Judith says she hasn't moved anything of yours in over four months.

    Maddox: [explaining to Jer] Judy Amato. Big gallery on West Broadway.

    Wyatt: She says if the stuff isn't out by tomorrow it gets junked.

    Preston: What? Wyatt, you've got to convince her that...

    Wyatt: I can't convince her of anything.

    Preston: Wyatt, you're my agent!

    Wyatt: Well... not exactly. Preston, your artistic vision is just not a marketable commodity.

    Preston: Wyatt, I'm broke. I can't live on nothing.

    Wyatt: And I can't live on ten-percent of nothing.

    Preston: [pause] You're a monster.

    Wyatt: I'm an agent. For an agent, being a monster is just credentials.

  • [the gargoyle has Preston in a corner outside the bar]

    Preston: [yells] No! No, please! Please, don't!

    Gargoyle: [demonic voice] Your life in exchange for a promise.

    Preston: You got it!

    Gargoyle: If I let you go, you must swear you'll never say you saw me, never say you heard me speak, never tell anyone how I look, never repeat what I've said. A promise... forever.

    Preston: You gotta be kidding.

    [the monster raises its claws; growls]

    Preston: [convinced] I-I promise!

    Gargoyle: Cross your heart?

    [the monster deeply scratches Preston's chest, then disappears]

    Preston: [screams in pain] I PROMISE!

  • Carola: Preston and I are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the night we first met.

    Margaret (segment "Lover's Vow"): You mean when you thought he was gonna push you up against the wall and rape you?

    Carola: Yes, darling. It's also the night that Wyatt here gave your father the shaft.

    Wyatt: Oh, and I only had to murder three other agents before your mother would let me represent him again.

    Preston: And you're still on probation, you mercenary wretch.

  • Wyatt: [to Carola] You know, you saved Preston from people like me.

    Preston: She saved me from myself.

    Wyatt: Time to go. This kind of sincerity is bad for my self-image.

  • Preston: There's Van Gogh. Degas. Rodin. They didn't have agents. How'd they get so successful?

    Maddox: They died.

  • Preston: Carola. I loved you.

    Gargoyle: And i loved you, too. But you broke your vow, and that sealed our destiny.

  • Elliot: Hello, IBC program room.

    Preston: This is Rhinelander. Who's the idiot that put that nut on the air?

    Elliot: Oh, uh, Brice Cummings is the idiot, sir, but uh... he can't talk to you right now because he's sorta tied up. Uh-huh. Oh, in fact, he just said that you were a flatulating butthead?

    Preston: A butthead?

    Elliot: He said he never felt that way about a man before, but you really looked good in a suit.

  • [Phone rings in the control room]

    Censor Lady: [picks up the receiver, but is snatched by Eliot] Ouch!

    Elliot: Hello, um, Control Room. How can I help you?

    Preston: This is Rhinelander. I wanna talk to the idiot who put that moron on the air

    Elliot: Oh, um, Brice Cummings is the idiot, sir. But he can't talk to you right now 'cause, uh, he's tied up.

    [Brice is tied and restrained to a chair]

    Elliot: Uh-huh. Yes. In fact, he just said that you were an flatulating butthead.

    Preston: [shocked] A butthead?

    Elliot: He said he never felt that way about a man before, but he really liked you in a certain way.

    [Brice growls and mumbles to explain the truth, but to no avail; Preston, furious, then kicks one of his cats out of the way]

  • Preston: Zack ! Hey man ! What the fuck ya doin' here in the garbage ?

    Zack: [without looking at Preston] Just leave me alone, Preston. I'm in a bad mood.

    Preston: Then I'm just the man you've been looking for. In fact, I've been looking for you.

    Zack: That's a bad sign.

    Preston: Now, Zack , baby ! I got somethin' real good for you. An hour's work for a whole lotta scratch.

    Zack: I ain't interested.

    Preston: Then you ARE in a bad mood. You won't even let me propose it to you ! Can you just listen to me for one minute, will ya ? One minute of your, uh... valuable time ?

    Zack: [sighs in exasperation] Just fuck off, Preston.

    Preston: [chuckles and acts like he's going to walk away from him, but then goes back to him] All I wanna do is pay you a grand, in exchange of a single hour of your very very valuable time. But this ain't no break in, no delivery of controlled substances, none of this stuff. It's just to drive a car, from one part of town to another, alone. That's it.

    Zack: What kind of car will that be, Preston ?

    Preston: That will be a very nice car. A very nice, very expensive imported car, which just happens to be in between owners at the present time.

    Zack: [mutters to himself]

    Preston: Look man, all you gotta do is drive the car across town, park it, leave it. I can pay half grand upfront, and the other half later. The whole thing's over in an hour! It's very safe, very clean, and believe me, i can get a million guys to do this for me.

    Zack: Then why don't you do it yourself ?

    Preston: I'm offerin' a grand so I don't have to answer stupid questions like that.

    Zack: Well... I might consider the grand upfront... then I might think about it.

    Preston: Jesus !

    [a pause]

    Preston: Zack... you are in a nasty mood. So just to cheer you up a little bit, I give you 750 upfront. OK ?

    [Zack rises to leave him on the spot but he holds him back]

    Preston: Alright, alright, Mr. All-Mighty-Hot-Shit. I'm gonna do you this favour.

    [he gives Zack the keys of the car]

    Zack: [impressed, but still muttering to himself] Oh man ! A Jaguar !

    Preston: I'll give you the whole thing upfront

    [he gives Zack the money]

    Preston: Now you owe me.

    [long pause]

    Preston: Zack, you know you can buy yourself twenty girls for all of that ?

  • Preston: [stands at the door] Goodbye, Julie.

    Julie: [looks at Preston slightly shocked] Is that all you've got to say to me?

    Preston: There's nothing more to say.

    Julie: Evidently, you've made up your mind.

    Preston: No, Julie. You've made up my mind.

    Julie: [looks at Preston and smiles slightly] Goodbye, Pres.

    [shakes his hand, eyes him carefully, frowns, and then slaps him]

    Preston: Goodbye, Julie.

  • Preston: According to my Uncle Seth, an accident like this is exceptionally rare.

  • Joe Lamb: [shooting Charles' movie] I wouldn't have given you this information if we hadn't served together in Vietnam.

    Preston: Those were bad times.

    Joe Lamb: I'd rather not talk about it.

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