Film Quotes by Peter Lorre
84 quotes
Year: 1938
Director:
James Tinling
Director:
James Tinling
Lieutenant Riggs:
A sock in the eye ain't homicide. Maybe his ticker went bad on him. Who knows?
Kentaro Moto: No one... except the coroner.
Kentaro Moto: No one... except the coroner.
--
Peter Lorre
in
Mr. Moto's Gamble
(1938)
Year: 1938
Director:
James Tinling
Director:
James Tinling
Lee Chan:
Oh, Mr. Moto?
Kentaro Moto: Yes, Lee?
Lee Chan: I though you would like to know I got a letter from Pop yesterday.
Kentaro Moto: Oh, you did?
Lee Chan: Mm-hmm. He sent his best to you.
Kentaro Moto: Thank you. And, uh, how is your honorable father enjoying his homelife in beautiful Honolulu?
Lee Chan: He seems fine, but he kind of worries about me. Y'see, I'm really supposed to be studying art here at the university... but gosh, I want to be a detective!
Kentaro Moto: [chuckles] I understand. My parents wanted me to be an acrobat.
Kentaro Moto: Yes, Lee?
Lee Chan: I though you would like to know I got a letter from Pop yesterday.
Kentaro Moto: Oh, you did?
Lee Chan: Mm-hmm. He sent his best to you.
Kentaro Moto: Thank you. And, uh, how is your honorable father enjoying his homelife in beautiful Honolulu?
Lee Chan: He seems fine, but he kind of worries about me. Y'see, I'm really supposed to be studying art here at the university... but gosh, I want to be a detective!
Kentaro Moto: [chuckles] I understand. My parents wanted me to be an acrobat.
--
Peter Lorre
in
Mr. Moto's Gamble
(1938)
Year: 1939
Director:
Norman Foster
Director:
Norman Foster
Danforth - aka Richard Burke:
Moto, I'm beginning to believe all the stories I've heard about you.
Mr. Kentaro Moto: Please do not. I do not.
Mr. Kentaro Moto: Please do not. I do not.
--
Peter Lorre
in
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
(1939)
Year: 1939
Director:
Herbert I. Leeds
Director:
Herbert I. Leeds
Capt. Dahlen:
[as Moto lays in pain on a gurney] Well, Mr. Moto, you picked a bad time to get afflicted.
Kentaro Moto: [Marr sadistically presses his foot on Moto's appendix] Unfortunately we cannot select a time for our afflictions.
Kentaro Moto: [Marr sadistically presses his foot on Moto's appendix] Unfortunately we cannot select a time for our afflictions.
--
Peter Lorre
in
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
(1939)
Year: 1939
Director:
Herbert I. Leeds
Director:
Herbert I. Leeds
Twister McGurk:
[amazed by Moto's martial arts abilities] If you was a pro, I could never get to be world champion.
Kentaro Moto: You may depend on me retaining my amateur status.
Kentaro Moto: You may depend on me retaining my amateur status.
--
Peter Lorre
in
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
(1939)
Year: 1939
Director:
Herbert I. Leeds
Director:
Herbert I. Leeds
Twister McGurk:
[in awe of judo techniques] Hey, I've seen everything, but a little shrimp like you throwing The Sailor gets me!
Kentaro Moto: What I've used is simple, but it has served me well on many occasions.
Kentaro Moto: What I've used is simple, but it has served me well on many occasions.
--
Peter Lorre
in
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
(1939)
Year: 1939
Director:
Herbert I. Leeds
Director:
Herbert I. Leeds
Twister McGurk:
Hey, Mr. Moto! Indemnify me for these mugs!
Kentaro Moto: Please release him, Colonel. He is my assistant... self-appointed.
Kentaro Moto: Please release him, Colonel. He is my assistant... self-appointed.
--
Peter Lorre
in
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
(1939)
Year: 1944
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Mr. Peters:
Mr. Leyden, can I use your paper?
Cornelius Leyden: [Sarcastically] Why not? You've used everything else!
Cornelius Leyden: [Sarcastically] Why not? You've used everything else!
--
Peter Lorre
in
The Mask of Dimitrios
(1944)
Year: 1944
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Mr. Peters:
What did you think of him?
Cornelius Leyden: It was Dimitrios all right - ruthless and primitive. I was afraid of him.
Cornelius Leyden: It was Dimitrios all right - ruthless and primitive. I was afraid of him.
--
Peter Lorre
in
The Mask of Dimitrios
(1944)
Year: 1942
Director:
Lew Landers
Director:
Lew Landers
Amelia Jones:
Everybody in this town knows you made your fortune on snake oil hair restorer.
Dr. Lorenz: Well, what's wrong with that? Where's the hair follicle that can resist 2000 international units of Vitamin A? Where is it?
Prof. Nathaniel Billings: [Bending over and pointing to a spot on top of his head] Right here.
Dr. Lorenz: [Examining it] Hmmm! Oh, hardening of the skull!
Dr. Lorenz: Well, what's wrong with that? Where's the hair follicle that can resist 2000 international units of Vitamin A? Where is it?
Prof. Nathaniel Billings: [Bending over and pointing to a spot on top of his head] Right here.
Dr. Lorenz: [Examining it] Hmmm! Oh, hardening of the skull!
--
Peter Lorre
(as Dr. Arthur Lorencz)
in
The Boogie Man Will Get You
(1942)