Sgt. Donny Donowitz Quotes in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Lt. Aldo Raine: My name is Lt. Aldo Raine and I'm putting together a special team, and I need me eight soldiers. Eight Jewish-American soldiers. Now, y'all might've heard rumors about the armada happening soon. Well, we'll be leaving a little earlier. We're gonna be dropped into France, dressed as civilians. And once we're in enemy territory, as a bushwhackin' guerrilla army, we're gonna be doin' one thing and one thing only... killin' Nazis. Now, I don't know about y'all, but I sure as hell didn't come down from the goddamn Smoky Mountains, cross five thousand miles of water, fight my way through half of Sicily and jump out of a fuckin' air-o-plane to teach the Nazis lessons in humanity. Nazi ain't got no humanity. They're the foot soldiers of a Jew-hatin', mass murderin' maniac and they need to be dee-stroyed. That's why any and every son of a bitch we find wearin' a Nazi uniform, they're gonna die. Now, I'm the direct descendant of the mountain man Jim Bridger. That means I got a little Injun in me. And our battle plan will be that of an Apache resistance. We will be cruel to the Germans, and through our cruelty they will know who we are. And they will find the evidence of our cruelty in the disemboweled, dismembered, and disfigured bodies of their brothers we leave behind us. And the German won't not be able to help themselves but to imagine the cruelty their brothers endured at our hands, and our boot heels, and the edge of our knives. And the German will be sickened by us, and the German will talk about us, and the German will fear us. And when the German closes their eyes at night and they're tortured by their subconscious for the evil they have done, it will be with thoughts of us they are tortured with. Sound good?

Sgt. Donny Donowitz, Pfc. Hirschberg, Pfc. Andy Kagan, Pfc. Simon Sakowitz, Pfc. Omar Ulmer, Pfc. Smithson Utivich, Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki, Pfc. Michael Zimmerman: YES, SIR!

Lt. Aldo Raine: That's what I like to hear. But I got a word of warning for all you would-be warriors. When you join my command, you take on debit. A debit you owe me personally. Each and every man under my command owes me one hundred Nazi scalps. And I want my scalps. And all y'all will git me one hundred Nazi scalps, taken from the heads of one hundred dead Nazis. Or you will die tryin'.

Lt. Aldo Raine: [Drawing a map] Up the road apiece, there's an orchard. Now, besides you, we know there's another kraut patrol fuckin' around there somewhere. Now if that patrol were to have any crackshots, that orchard would be a goddamn sniper's delight. Now, if you ever want to eat a sauerkraut sandwich again, you gotta show me on this here map where they are, you gotta tell me how many there are, and you gotta tell me what kinda artillery they're carrying with 'em.

Sgt. Werner Rachtman: You can't expect me to divulge information that would put German lives in danger.

Lt. Aldo Raine: Well, now Werner, that's where you're wrong, because that's exactly what I expect. I need to know about Germans hiding in them trees, and you need to tell me, and you need to tell me right now. Now, just take that finger of yours and point out on this here map where this party's being held, how many's coming, and what they brought to play with.

Sgt. Werner Rachtman: [puts his hand over his heart] I respectfully refuse, sir.

Lt. Aldo Raine: [a smack is heard offscreen] Hear that?

Sgt. Werner Rachtman: Yes.

Lt. Aldo Raine: That's Sgt. Donny Donowitz. You might know him better by his nickname: "The Bear Jew". Now, if you heard of Aldo the Apache, you gotta have heard of the Bear Jew.

Sgt. Werner Rachtman: I've heard of the Bear Jew.

Lt. Aldo Raine: What d'you hear?

Sgt. Werner Rachtman: He beats German soldiers with a club.

Lt. Aldo Raine: He bashes their brains in with a baseball bat is what he does. Now, Werner, I'm gonna ask you one last goddamn time, if you still respectfully refuse, I'm callin' the Bear Jew over. He's gonna take that big bat of his, and he's gonna beat your ass to death with it. Now, take your wiener schnitzel lickin' finger and point out on this map what I want to know.

Sgt. Werner Rachtman: [after brief pause] Fuck you... and your Jew dogs!

[the Basterds all laugh]

Lt. Aldo Raine: Actually, Werner, we're all tickled to here you say that. Quite frankly, watchin' Donny beat Nazis to death is the closest we ever get to goin' to the movies. Donny!

Sgt. Donny Donowitz: [from offscreen] Yeah?

Lt. Aldo Raine: We got a German here who wants to die for his country! Oblige him!

Sgt. Donny Donowitz: [Aldo is carving a swastika into Private Butz's forehead] You know, Lieutenant, you're getting pretty good at that.

Lt. Aldo Raine: You know how you get to Carnegie Hall, don't ya? Practice.

Sgt. Donny Donowitz: Teddy fuckin' Williams knocks it out of the park! Fenway Park on its feet for Teddy fuckin' Ballgame! He went yardo on that one, out to fuckin' Lansdowne Street!

Bridget von Hammersmark: There have been two recent developments regarding Operation Kino. One, the venue has been changed from the Ritz to a much smaller venue.

Lt. Aldo Raine: Enormous changes at the last minute? That's not very Germatic. Why the hell is Goebbels doin' stuff so damn peculiar?

Bridget von Hammersmark: It probably has something to do with the second development.

Lt. Aldo Raine: Which is?

Bridget von Hammersmark: [sits up] The Führer is attending the premiere.

Adolf Hitler: [cut to Hitler] I've been rethinking my position in regards to your Paris premiere of "Nation's Pride". As the weeks have gone on and the Americans are on the beach, I do find myself thinking more and more about this Private Zoller. This boy has done something tremendous for us. And I'm beginning to think my participation in this event could be meaningful.

Sgt. Donny Donowitz: [cut back to the Basterds] Fuck a duck!

Sgt. Donny Donowitz: [points to Iron Cross medal with his bat] You get that for killin' Jews?

Sgt. Werner Rachtman: [as-a-matter-of-factly] Bravery...

Sgt. Donny Donowitz: Speaking of Frau von Hammersmark, whose idea was it for the death trap rendezvous?

Lt. Archie Hicox: She chose the spot.

Sgt. Donny Donowitz: Well, isn't that just dandy!

Lt. Archie Hicox: Look, she's not a military strategist. She's just an actress.

Lt. Aldo Raine: Well, you don't got to be Stonewall Jackson to know you don't want to fight in a basement!

Sgt. Donny Donowitz: After I kill that guy, you have 30 feet to get to that guy. Can you do it?

Pfc. Omar Ulmer: I have to.

Sgt. Donny Donowitz: [to Butz, after beating Rachtman to death with his Louisville Slugger] GET THE FUCK UP! You're on deck!

Sgt. Donny Donowitz: We punch those goons out, take their machine guns, and burst in there blasting!