Film Quotes by Walter Matthau
70 quotes
Year: 1966
Director:
Billy Wilder
Director:
Billy Wilder
Charlotte Gingrich:
[as their kids skateboard around the hospital's halls] Children! Jeffery, Ginger, cut that out. This is a hospital.
Willie Gingrich: Let 'em. If they're gonna break a leg, this is the place to do it.
Willie Gingrich: Let 'em. If they're gonna break a leg, this is the place to do it.
--
Walter Matthau
(as Willie Gingrich)
in
The Fortune Cookie
(1966)
Year: 1968
Director:
Gene Saks
Director:
Gene Saks
Sports Writer:
Well, that's the ballgame.
Oscar Madison: It's not over yet.
Sports Writer: Bases loaded, Mazeroski up, ninth inning - you expect the Mets to hold a one-run lead?
Oscar Madison: What's the matter? You've never heard of a triple play?
Oscar Madison: It's not over yet.
Sports Writer: Bases loaded, Mazeroski up, ninth inning - you expect the Mets to hold a one-run lead?
Oscar Madison: What's the matter? You've never heard of a triple play?
--
Walter Matthau
(as Oscar Madison)
in
The Odd Couple
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Gene Saks
Director:
Gene Saks
Felix Ungar:
[serving refreshments at the poker game] Cold glass of beer for Roy...
Roy: Thank you.
Felix Ungar: Where's your coaster?
Roy: My what?
Felix Ungar: Your coaster. The little round thing that goes under the glass.
Roy: I think I bet it.
Oscar Madison: [tosses the coaster back to Roy] Here, here, here. I knew I was winning too much! Here.
Felix Ungar: Always try to use your coasters, huh, fellas? A scotch and a little bit of water...
Speed: Scotch and a little bit of water and I have my coaster.
Felix Ungar: I don't want to be a pest, but you know what glasses can do.
Oscar Madison: [under his breath] They leave little rings on the table.
Felix Ungar: They leave little rings on the table!
Oscar Madison: [under his breath] And we don't want little rings on the table.
Roy: Thank you.
Felix Ungar: Where's your coaster?
Roy: My what?
Felix Ungar: Your coaster. The little round thing that goes under the glass.
Roy: I think I bet it.
Oscar Madison: [tosses the coaster back to Roy] Here, here, here. I knew I was winning too much! Here.
Felix Ungar: Always try to use your coasters, huh, fellas? A scotch and a little bit of water...
Speed: Scotch and a little bit of water and I have my coaster.
Felix Ungar: I don't want to be a pest, but you know what glasses can do.
Oscar Madison: [under his breath] They leave little rings on the table.
Felix Ungar: They leave little rings on the table!
Oscar Madison: [under his breath] And we don't want little rings on the table.
--
Walter Matthau
(as Oscar Madison)
in
The Odd Couple
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Gene Saks
Director:
Gene Saks
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Walter Matthau
(as Oscar Madison)
in
The Odd Couple
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Gene Saks
Director:
Gene Saks
Felix Ungar:
I put order in this house. For the first time in months, you're saving money. You're sleeping on clean sheets. You're eating hot meals for a change and I did it.
Oscar Madison: Yes, that's right. And then at night after we've had your halibut steak and your tartar sauce, I have to spend the rest of the evening watching you Saran Wrap the leftovers.
Oscar Madison: Yes, that's right. And then at night after we've had your halibut steak and your tartar sauce, I have to spend the rest of the evening watching you Saran Wrap the leftovers.
--
Walter Matthau
(as Oscar Madison)
in
The Odd Couple
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Gene Saks
Director:
Gene Saks
Felix Ungar:
I was just repeating what I thought you said.
Oscar Madison: Well, don't repeat what you THOUGHT I said, repeat what I said! My god, that's irritating!
Oscar Madison: Well, don't repeat what you THOUGHT I said, repeat what I said! My god, that's irritating!
--
Walter Matthau
(as Oscar Madison)
in
The Odd Couple
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Gene Saks
Director:
Gene Saks
Felix Ungar:
In other words, you're throwin' me out.
Oscar Madison: Not in other words. Those are the perfect ones!
Oscar Madison: Not in other words. Those are the perfect ones!
--
Walter Matthau
(as Oscar Madison)
in
The Odd Couple
(1968)
Year: 1966
Director:
Billy Wilder
Director:
Billy Wilder
Harry Hinkle:
[as Mother Hinkle weeps over him] I'll be all right, Mother.
Willie Gingrich: Sure he will. Every week you read in Time Magazine how they're transplanting kidneys and making new spines out of fiberglass. Don't you think the doctors read that stuff, too?
Willie Gingrich: Sure he will. Every week you read in Time Magazine how they're transplanting kidneys and making new spines out of fiberglass. Don't you think the doctors read that stuff, too?
--
Walter Matthau
(as Willie Gingrich)
in
The Fortune Cookie
(1966)
Year: 1966
Director:
Billy Wilder
Director:
Billy Wilder
Harry Hinkle:
Florida and Mustangs and foxes, how are you gonna pay for all of this?
Willie Gingrich: Our credit is good.
Harry Hinkle: Well don't you think we better wait 'til we see some of that insurance money?
Willie Gingrich: Wait? Who waits nowadays? Take the government. When they shoot a billion dollars worth of hardware into space, do you think they pay cash? It's all on the Diner's Club!
Willie Gingrich: Our credit is good.
Harry Hinkle: Well don't you think we better wait 'til we see some of that insurance money?
Willie Gingrich: Wait? Who waits nowadays? Take the government. When they shoot a billion dollars worth of hardware into space, do you think they pay cash? It's all on the Diner's Club!
--
Walter Matthau
(as Willie Gingrich)
in
The Fortune Cookie
(1966)
Year: 1963
Director:
Stanley Donen
Director:
Stanley Donen
Hamilton Bartholomew:
[watching Reggie light another one of his cigarettes, immediately after snuffing one out she had barely puffed] Do you know what these things cost over here?
--
Walter Matthau
(as Hamilton Bartholemew)
in
Charade
(1963)