“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubblegum.” The scene: Armed Nada, played by Roddy Piper, attempts to avoid the police by going into a bank. If “They Live!” is not director John Carpenter’s best movie, then its certainly his most ambitious.
The movie gives a brilliant exhibition of satire and is based on the 1963 short story “Eight O’clock in the Morning” by author Ray Nelson. Roddy Piper states that his direction that day was, “Roddy, you’ve got bullets on you, you’ve got a shotgun, you’ve got sunglasses, you go into a bank, you’re not gonna rob it, say something…action!” And chewing bubblegum is what he came up with!
Animal House
"I'm a zit. Get it?"
The scene: John Blutarsky, who is played by John Belushi, sits down at a table in the cafeteria. As a joke, he fills his mouth with whipped cream and punches his cheeks, making the whipped cream appear to be a zit spraying everywhere. You cannot have a movie about a Frat house if you don’t include young guys doing stupid stuff.
Luckily, John Belushi was able to pull off an unscripted action of something a frat dude would definitely do. His work paid off, given this became a famous cult film. The movie didn’t get a lot of raging recognition, but according to the site Rotten Tomatoes, the movie got a stellar 91% rating from audiences.
When Harry Met Sally
"I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie."
The scene: Harry and Sally are on a seemingly platonic date when Harry throws flirtatious comments her way. There’s no denying that “When Harry Met Sally” is one of the best rom-coms out generation has ever seen.
Rob Reiner instructed Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan to make up their own lines in hopes of more authentic and real dialogue. Billy Crystal tells Meg Ryan that they will be speaking in goofy voices for the rest of the day, so he starts speaking nonsense. This exchange resulted in the iconic line that made Meg Ryan laugh so hard she almost broke character.
RoboCop
"Give me my f***ing phone call!"
The scene: Clarence Boddicker is at the police station after being attacked by Robocop. The first “Robocop” movie was released in 1987. This classic flick boasts science fiction in an artful way and somehow manages to fuse the nature of human identity with artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and robotics.
It was such a hit that it got two sequels in 1990 and 1993. This line was kind of planned, but it was not officially written in the script. The director’s goal was to get the cast’s genuine reaction from blood being spat on the desk, and it worked!
Titanic
"I'm the king of the world." The scene: Jack experiences being on a ship for the first time in his life. There were countless iconic moments in Titanic, from "draw me like one of you French girls" to the heartbreaking 'floating piece of wood scene' (which we all know was terribly unjust).
But of the many memorable moments, none can quite compare to Jack screaming "I'm the king of the world!" The director James Cameron loved Leo's little input that he decided to leave it in. We’re not sure if that had anything to do with the success of the film, but the movie did go on to win a mighty 11 Oscars.