Spike Quotes
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[on his role as Spike in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)] "Joss Whedon said to me, `If you think you are taking over the show, you have got another think coming.` He said, `You are here only because I don`t want to kill a villain off every week. I want ...
James Marsters
Keywords: 1997 :: another :: are :: as :: because :: buffy :: coming :: don :: every :: got :: have :: he :: here :: his :: if :: in :: joss :: kill :: me :: my :: off :: on :: only :: over :: role :: said :: show :: slayer :: spike :: taking :: the :: think :: to :: vampire :: villain :: villains :: want :: week :: whedon :: youSource: imdb.com -
I like to see a film where I don`t need to look at the titles to know who did it, where one image is enough to say this is David Lynch, this is Alfred Hitchcock, this is Spike Lee.
Isabella Rossellini
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[on the ending of his role as Spike in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) and "Angel" (1999)] "David [David Boreanaz] and I are from theater. We`re used to shows being really wonderful and then they`re over. You have to be able to reconcile that or everyth...
James Marsters
Keywords: 1997 :: 1999 :: able :: and :: angel :: are :: as :: be :: being :: boreanaz :: buffy :: david :: ending :: everything :: from :: have :: his :: in :: of :: on :: or :: over :: re :: really :: reconcile :: role :: sad :: shows :: slayer :: spike :: that :: the :: theater :: then :: they :: to :: used :: vampire :: we :: wonderful :: yeah :: youSource: imdb.com
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I was flabbergasted. Everybody knows when you`ve got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you`re gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who`s had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw. It was a humbling experience, but Spike taught me more ab...
Anthony Mackie
Keywords: about :: be :: blow :: but :: everybody :: experience :: flabbergasted :: gonna :: got :: had :: happen :: humbling :: in :: it :: knows :: lead :: lee :: me :: more :: movie :: movies :: nobody :: only :: person :: re :: role :: saw :: spike :: taught :: the :: to :: two :: up :: ve :: was :: when :: who :: youSource: imdb.com
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I was flabbergasted. Everybody knows when you`ve got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you`re gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who`s had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw. It was a humbling experience, but Spike taught me more ab...
Anthony Mackie
Keywords: about :: be :: blow :: but :: everybody :: experience :: flabbergasted :: gonna :: got :: had :: happen :: humbling :: in :: it :: knows :: lead :: lee :: me :: more :: movie :: movies :: nobody :: only :: person :: re :: role :: saw :: spike :: taught :: the :: to :: two :: up :: ve :: was :: when :: who :: youSource: imdb.com
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I was flabbergasted. Everybody knows when you`ve got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you`re gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who`s had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw. It was a humbling experience, but Spike taught me more ab...
Anthony Mackie
Keywords: about :: be :: blow :: but :: everybody :: experience :: flabbergasted :: gonna :: got :: had :: happen :: humbling :: in :: it :: knows :: lead :: lee :: me :: more :: movie :: movies :: nobody :: only :: person :: re :: role :: saw :: spike :: taught :: the :: to :: two :: up :: ve :: was :: when :: who :: youSource: imdb.com
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The devil is seductive, and so guns are glorious in the culture. I understand there`s a case to be made. For instance, Spike Lee said something like this, that you can`t have a scene with drugs in a film that doesn`t secretly make you want to do drugs. In...
Ethan Hawke
Keywords: and :: are :: be :: can :: case :: culture :: devil :: do :: doesn :: drugs :: film :: for :: glorious :: guns :: have :: in :: instance :: is :: lee :: like :: made :: make :: said :: scene :: secretly :: seductive :: so :: something :: spike :: that :: the :: there :: this :: to :: understand :: want :: with :: youSource: imdb.com
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[Spike Jonze wanted to borrow photographs from his childhood for Being John Malkovich (1999)] "I gave them my mother`s phone number and told them to tell her that I`m an actor and it was for a film. I don`t think my parents know what I do."
John Malkovich
Keywords: 1999 :: actor :: an :: and :: being :: borrow :: childhood :: do :: don :: film :: for :: from :: gave :: her :: his :: it :: john :: jonze :: know :: malkovich :: mother :: my :: number :: parents :: phone :: photographs :: spike :: tell :: that :: them :: think :: to :: told :: wanted :: was :: whatSource: imdb.com
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[on hearing of plans to bring the Spike character back for a third WB series] As long as I could do it within, say, the next four or five years. Past that, I`m too old. Spike`s a vampire, man, and I`ve got high standards - you have to believe that the guy...
James Marsters
Keywords: ag :: and :: as :: back :: believe :: bring :: character :: could :: do :: five :: for :: four :: got :: guy :: has :: have :: hearing :: high :: it :: long :: man :: next :: not :: of :: old :: on :: or :: past :: plans :: say :: series :: spike :: standards :: that :: the :: third :: to :: too :: vampire :: ve :: wb :: within :: years :: youSource: imdb.com
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[on hearing of plans to bring the Spike character back for a third WB series] As long as I could do it within, say, the next four or five years. Past that, I`m too old. Spike`s a vampire, man, and I`ve got high standards - you have to believe that the guy...
James Marsters
Keywords: ag :: and :: as :: back :: believe :: bring :: character :: could :: do :: five :: for :: four :: got :: guy :: has :: have :: hearing :: high :: it :: long :: man :: next :: not :: of :: old :: on :: or :: past :: plans :: say :: series :: spike :: standards :: that :: the :: third :: to :: too :: vampire :: ve :: wb :: within :: years :: youSource: imdb.com
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I want to be the next Spike Lee. I want to help other black folks to get into Hollywood and be successful in Hollywood.
Halle Berry
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[about Episode 6-19, "Seeing Red," the scene in which Spike tries to rape Buffy:] "That was the hardest day of my life. I have turned roles down because they are rapists. It`s something I don`t even want to watch. If I even click on it on TV, I have to cl...
James Marsters
Keywords: 19 :: about :: are :: because :: buffy :: click :: day :: don :: down :: episode :: even :: hardest :: have :: if :: in :: it :: life :: my :: of :: off :: on :: rape :: rapists :: red :: roles :: scene :: seeing :: something :: spike :: that :: the :: they :: to :: tries :: turned :: tv :: want :: was :: watch :: whichSource: imdb.com
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[on his role as Spike in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) and "Angel" (1999)] "This job is so far beyond any expectations I had. I mean, I`m on a postage stamp in Russia [issued in Karakalpakia, a region within the former Soviet Socialist Republic of Uzb...
James Marsters
Keywords: 1997 :: 1999 :: and :: angel :: any :: as :: beyond :: buffy :: expectations :: far :: former :: had :: his :: in :: is :: issued :: job :: karakalpakia :: mean :: of :: on :: postage :: region :: republic :: role :: russia :: slayer :: so :: socialist :: soviet :: spike :: stamp :: the :: there :: this :: uzbekistan :: vampire :: withinSource: imdb.com
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I don`t know if it`s really important, or intelligent even, when people say to me I`m a white Spike Lee, because they said to Spike Lee you`re a black Woody Allen.
Mathieu Kassovitz
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I don`t know if it`s really important, or intelligent even, when people say to me I`m a white Spike Lee, because they said to Spike Lee you`re a black Woody Allen.
Mathieu Kassovitz
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[on being cast as Spike in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)] "The character was supposed to die in three to five episodes. We did three and I didn`t die. We did two more and I didn`t die. In the script for the fifth episode, I got conked on the head with...
James Marsters
Keywords: 1997 :: an :: and :: as :: being :: buffy :: cast :: character :: conked :: did :: didn :: die :: episode :: episodes :: fifth :: five :: for :: got :: head :: in :: more :: on :: organ :: script :: slayer :: spike :: supposed :: the :: three :: to :: two :: vampire :: was :: we :: withSource: imdb.com
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[on the difference between playing Spike in _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ and playing Brainiac in "Smallville" (2001):] One important thing is that Brainiac is always smiling. He`s so good at what he does, he`s enjoying himself... He`s a very intell...
James Marsters
Keywords: 1997 :: 2001 :: always :: and :: at :: between :: brainiac :: buffy :: character :: difference :: does :: enjoying :: good :: he :: himself :: important :: in :: intelligent :: is :: on :: one :: playing :: slayer :: smallville :: smiling :: so :: sp :: spike :: that :: the :: thing :: vampire :: very :: whatSource: imdb.com
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People like Jim Jarmusch or Spike Jonze make the kind of American cinema that really interests me. And working with them has, so far, been the only thing I haven`t been able to do. But other than that I`m perfectly happy with where I am.
Robert Carlyle
Keywords: able :: am :: american :: and :: been :: but :: cinema :: do :: far :: happy :: has :: haven :: interests :: jarmusch :: jim :: jonze :: kind :: like :: make :: me :: of :: only :: or :: other :: people :: perfectly :: really :: so :: spike :: than :: that :: the :: them :: thing :: to :: where :: with :: workingSource: imdb.com
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(on getting the part of Spike) "I walked in there thinking I was the s***, swaggering around, among other Spikes...and I got up in the middle of the room with all these Spikes, and started doing Shakespeare. They all pulled back, and I told them, `Can`t d...
James Marsters
Keywords: all :: among :: and :: around :: back :: can :: do :: doing :: getting :: good :: got :: in :: luc :: middle :: of :: on :: other :: part :: pulled :: room :: shakespeare :: spike :: spikes :: started :: swaggering :: that :: the :: them :: there :: these :: they :: thinking :: told :: up :: walked :: was :: withSource: imdb.com
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[on his British accent in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)] "I patterned the accent after this guy I was in a play with, but that was three years ago. Now I`m listening to Tony Head [Anthony Head; Giles in "Buffy"], who sounds kind of like Spike in real ...
James Marsters
Keywords: 1997 :: accent :: after :: ago :: anthony :: british :: buffy :: but :: giles :: guy :: head :: his :: in :: it :: kind :: life :: like :: listening :: much :: now :: of :: on :: patterned :: play :: real :: slayer :: sounds :: spike :: that :: the :: this :: three :: to :: tony :: vampire :: was :: who :: with :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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[on whether he would be interested in returning his character Spike to the "Angel" (1999) universe:] "I have no idea what`s in the future - but what I do know is that I play a vampire, and the clock is ticking on how long this face can be believably exact...
James Marsters
Keywords: 1999 :: and :: angel :: be :: believably :: but :: can :: character :: clock :: do :: exactly :: face :: future :: have :: he :: his :: how :: idea :: in :: interested :: is :: know :: long :: no :: on :: play :: returning :: same :: spike :: that :: the :: this :: ticking :: to :: universe :: vampire :: what :: whether :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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People mistake me for Laurence Fishburne all the time. And he always gets mistaken for me. (And why not? We`ve both starred in Spike Lee movies, haven`t we?) Even when we`re standing together, people have called him by my name and me by his. A woman recen...
Samuel Jackson
Keywords: all :: always :: and :: both :: by :: called :: even :: fishburne :: for :: gets :: have :: haven :: he :: him :: his :: in :: laurence :: lee :: me :: mistake :: mistaken :: movies :: my :: name :: not :: people :: ran :: re :: recently :: spike :: standing :: starred :: the :: time :: together :: ve :: we :: when :: why :: womanSource: imdb.com
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[At the Academy Awards in 2002, explaining why he was the one introducing a montage of New York movies] And I said, `You know, God, you can do much better than me. You know, you might want to get Martin Scorsese, or, or Mike Nichols, or Spike Lee, or Sidn...
Woody Allen
Keywords: 2002 :: academy :: and :: at :: awards :: better :: can :: do :: explaining :: get :: god :: he :: in :: introducing :: ke :: know :: lee :: lumet :: martin :: me :: might :: mike :: montage :: movies :: much :: new :: nichols :: of :: one :: or :: said :: scorsese :: sidney :: spike :: than :: the :: to :: want :: was :: why :: york :: youSource: imdb.com
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Within the last six to eight weeks, we`ve seen a spike. A lot of the people riding are new faces.
Mike Carroll
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We worked the factory in Korea to make the 2006 Rio even better for the money, ... And with the recent spike in gas prices, we`ve seen a 20 per cent increase in traffic in our stores in the past weeks which is very encouraging.
Anne Maschmeyer
Keywords: 20 :: 2006 :: and :: better :: cent :: encouraging :: even :: factory :: for :: gas :: in :: increase :: is :: korea :: make :: money :: our :: past :: per :: prices :: recent :: rio :: seen :: spike :: stores :: the :: to :: traffic :: ve :: very :: we :: weeks :: which :: with :: workedSource: thinkexist.com
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Tough guy Spike was always the funnest, but I`m most proud of the more recent stuff, the last season, I think.
James Marsters
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This will be a nasty spike down in quarterly earnings and hopefully that will be the end of it.
Mark Headley
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This continuing spike in gas prices is bad for consumers, bad for our economy, and bad for all other businesses. It is hurting us and costing us jobs.
Alice Lincoln
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The thing about Buffy and Spike is they understand each other on a level that nobody else understands her.
Sarah Gellar
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Spike Lee is obviously more stupid than anyone can be by accident.
Alan Turner
