Random Famous Movie Lines That Were Unscripted (21 items)

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  (#18) American Beauty

  • Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Mena Suvari, Allison Janney, Chris Cooper, Thora Birch, Amber Smith, Wes Bentley, Scott Bakula, John Cho, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Peter Gallagher, Bruce Cohen, Sam Robards, Barry Del Sherman, Matthew Kimbrough, Nancy Anderson, Ara Celi, Joel McCrary, Sue Casey, David C. Fisher, Kent Faulcon, Alison Faulk, Chelsea Hertford, Reshma Gajjar, Tom Miller, Brenda Wehle, Dennis Anderson, Chekesha Van Putten, Elaine Corral Kendall, Carolina Lancaster, Heather Joy Sher, Lisa Cloud, Ramona Leah, Krista Goodsitt, Erin Cathryn Strubbe, Lily Houtkin, Stephanie Rizzo, Emily Zachary, Fort Atkinson

  Much of the dinner scene in American Beauty was unscripted. The actors were given a rough framework of notes and beats to hit and the rest they improvised, including letting a plate fly (the looks of surprise are genuine).
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  (#12) The Warriors

  • Mercedes Ruehl, Robert Townsend, James Remar, David Harris, David Patrick Kelly, Lynne Thigpen, Michael Beck, Steve James, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Irwin Keyes, Dorsey Wright, Sonny Landham, Thomas G. Waites, Paul Greco, J.W. Smith, Marcelino Sánchez, John Snyder, Craig R. Baxley, Frank Ferrara, Doran Clark, Steven Chambers, Tom McKitterick, Charles McCarthy, A. J. Bakunas, Brian Tyler, Victor Magnotta, Joel Weiss, Bill Anagnos, Harry Madsen, Tommy J. Huff, Antone Pagan, Terry Michos, Apache Ramos, Larry Silvestri, John Gibson, Jery Hewitt, Dennis Gregory, Charles Silvern, Harold Miller, Gerald G. Francis, Pamela Poitier, Gary Baxley, Mike James, Johnny Barnes, Richard Alleman, George Lee Miles, Roger Hill, Gene Bicknell, Charles Zucker, Lisa Maurer, Edward Sewer, Laura Delano, Andy Engel, Eddie Earl Hatch, Victoria Vanderkloot, Iris Klein, Jeffrey Scott, William F. Williams, Leon Delaney, Frazier Prince, Dan Bonnell, Wanda Velez, Gregory Cleghorne, Michael Garfield, T.J. McNamara, Konrad Sheehan, Rob Ryder, Richard Chiotti, Tony Michael Pann, Lane Ruoff, Mark Baltazar, Ron Ferrell, Michael Jeffrey, Hubert Edwards, Carl Brown, Benny Harding, Donna Ritchie, Neal Gold, Ian Cohen, Tony Latham, Gwynn Press, Chris Harley, Harold Jurkiewicz, Kate Klugman, Tom Jarus, Chuck Mason, Kevin Stockton, Brian Colbath, Marvin Foster, Jodi Price, Carrotte, Jordan Cae Harrell, Tony Clark, Pat Flannery, Ginny Ortiz, Fernando Castillo, Joseph Bergmann, Cal Saint John, Dee Dee Benrey, Albert Zavurov, Charles Serrano, Patty Brown, Leo Ciani, Eddie Prather, James Margolin, Ken Thret, Charles Doolan, Dan Battles, Steve Garfanti, Heidi Lynch, Joe Zimmardi, Larry Sears

  All the script called for was Luther (David Patrick Kelly), leader of the vicious New York gang the Rogues to drive up and provoke the Warriors to a fight in the streets by clinking bottles together. Kelly then ad-libbed the most famous line in the film, "Warriors, come out to play!"
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  (#19) Being John Malkovich

  • Cameron Diaz, Brad Pitt, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Winona Ryder, Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Andy Dick, Gary Sinise, Octavia Spencer, Catherine Keener, David Fincher, Spike Jonze, Mary Kay Place, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Isaac Hanson, Orson Bean, Willie Garson, Jester Hairston, Neil Ross, Richard Fancy, James Murray, W. Earl Brown, Ned Bellamy, Gregory Sporleder, Mariah O'Brien, Yetta Ginsburg, Lance Bangs, Byrne Piven, Kacee DeMasi, Carlos Jacott, Bill M. Ryusaki, Pamela Hayden, Reggie Hayes, K. K. Dodds, Kevin Carroll, Gerald Emerick, Eric Weinstein, Victor Isaac, Kristin D'Andrea, Bill Wittman, Michelle Madden, Daniel Hansen, Jayne Hess, Madison Lanc, Sylvester Jenkins, William Buck, Eddie L. Fauria, Christine Coleman, Patricia Tippo, Erica Long, Yvonne Montelius, Kevin Lee, Audrey Gelfund, Jeanne Diehl, Trevor Lawrence Young, Christine Krejer, Flori Wyler, Kelly Teacher, Jennifer Canzoneri, Jessica Neuberger, Elizabeth Rivera, Roy C. Johnson, Judith Wetzell, Charlene Grimsley, Greg O'Neill, David Wyler, Marlowe Bassett, Jacqueline Benoît, Denise Dabrowski, Eddie J. Low, Chelsa Sjostrom, Sara Rifkin, Ralph W. Spaulding, Kristie Cordle

  There's a scene in Being John Malkovich where John Malkovich is beyond the point of frustration, in this moment he's hit in the head with a can from a car driving by with it's passenger yelling "Hey, Malkovich! Think fast!" This great moment brought a genuine moment of surprise and was a perfect tipping point for the character, and it was all unscripted. The man in the car was an extra, and the car was merely supposed to drive by.
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  (#17) Reservoir Dogs

  • Quentin Tarantino, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steven Wright, Edward Bunker, Lawrence Tierney, Kirk Baltz, Randy Brooks, Michael Sottile

  The entire scene following the ear removal in Reservoir Dogs was improvised by Michael Madsen, playing Mr. Blonde. The dancing, the witty retorts, the talking into the ear — it was all Madsen, all in the moment.
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  (#9) Dumb and Dumber

  • Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Teri Garr, Lauren Holly, Cam Neely, Charles Rocket, Harland Williams, Karen Duffy, Lin Shaye, Victoria Rowell, Mike Starr, Anna Anka, Traci Adell, Fred Stoller, Zen Gesner, Felton Perry, Brad Norton, Rob Moran, Joe Baker, Charles Chun, Hillary Matthews, Brady Bluhm, Connie Sawyer, Sean Gildea, Marty Fresca, Brian Mone, Terry Mullany, Hank Brandt, Bill Beauchene, Kirsten Maryott, Brad Blank, Mark Levine, John Stroehman, Paul Pelletier, Tom Leasca, George Bedard, Kenny Griswold, Mark Miosky, Cecile Krevoy, Jesse Borja, Billy Smith, Clem Franek, Vene L. Arcoraci, Lisa Stothard, Ken Duvall, Jim Blake, Helen Mary Boll, Nancy Barker, Clint Allen, Bradley Lockerman, Elaine Wood, Mike Watkis, Chris Spain, Nancy Farrelly, Samantha Carpel, Gary Sivertsen, Mark Charpentier, Karen Ingram, Diane Kinerk, Kevin Constantine, Mike Cavallo, John Dale, Bruce Bowns, Lawrence Kopp, Mike Burke, Anita Rice, James Horrocks, Brad Louder, Josh Shipley, Kathryn Frick, Kevin Sheehan, Doug Caputo, Rolf Sigurd Brekke, Catalina Izasa, James 'Sporty' Ahern, Denise Vienne, Pam Nielson, Samatha Pearson

  This entire scene was apparently made up as they went along. In truth, Mike Starr, the actor getting his ears screamed into, can't tolerate loud noises in real life. So, not only are Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels's lines and obnoxiousness all improvised, but Starr's reactions to them are completely genuine as well.
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  (#10) Caddyshack

  • Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Brian Doyle-Murray, Ted Knight, Cindy Morgan, Henry Wilcoxon, Albert Salmi, Michael O'Keefe, Douglas Kenney, Ann Ryerson, Scott Colomby, Brian McConnachie, Lois Kibbee, Thomas A. Carlin, Dan Resin, John Murray, Fred Buch, Elaine Aiken, Mel Pape, Sarah Holcomb, Scott Powell, Bruce McLaughlin, Ted Swanson, Frank Schuller, Hamilton Mitchell, Jackie Davis, Peter Berkrot, Cordis Heard, Violet Ramis, Kenneth Burritt, Rebecca Burritt, Anna Upstrom, Paige Coffman, Ron Frank, Debbie Howard, Patricia Wilcox, Scott Jackson, Donna M. Wiggin, Dr. Dow, Marge McKenna, Mark Chiriboga, Scott Sudden, James Hotchkiss, Marcus Breece, Dennis McCormack, Bobbie Kosstrin, Judy Arman, Ann Crilley, Tony Gulliver, John F. Barmon Jr., Debi Frank, Kim Bordeaux, Lori Lowe, Minerva Scelza

  In Caddyshack, Carl Spackler (Bill Murray) has a great monologue about being an unknown golfer winning the masters. This entire scene was developed by Murray on the spot. The entire ad libbbed line is: "What an incredible Cinderella story! This unknown, comes out of nowhere, to lead the pack at Augusta. He's at the final hole. He's about 455 yards away, he's gonna hit about a 2-iron, I think. Boy, he got all of that. The crowd is standing on its feet here at Augusta. The normally reserved crowd is going wild ... for this young Cinderella who's come out of nowhere. He's got about 350 yards left, he's going to hit about a 5-iron, it looks like, don't you think? He's got a beautiful backswing ... that's — oh, he got all of that one! He's gotta be pleased with that! The crowd is just on its feet here. He's a Cinderella boy. Tears in his eyes, I guess, as he lines up this last shot. He's got about 195 yards left, and he's got a, looks like he's got about an 8-iron. This crowd has gone silent ... Cinderella story, out of nowhere, former greenskeeper, now about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac— it's in the hole! It's in the hole!"

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