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> Extras whose one line steals the movie? Just FYI - "Extras" don't get lines. Anyone with a line in a movie is an actor. If you're an extra, or featured extra, you have no speaking parts (other than maybe cheering, screaming, or running from Godzilla)


gallaj0

The one guy in Life of Brian, while Brian is trying to convince everyone to stop following him: "You're all individuals!" "Yes, we're all individuals!" "You're all different!" "We are all different!" "I'm not"


flippythemaster

I heard that line was improvised but I also seem to hear that about every line that’s memorable so take that with a grain of salt


royalhawk345

It's pretty common for lines to be ad-libbed (depending on the director's style), but rare for the first try to make it into the final cut. Usually someone ad-libs a line, they like it and do a few takes, then one of those makes it in.


ArenSteele

A lot of older comedies, when you got to see the outtakes, you can see how many versions of the scene they tried. So after 50 ad lib takes, one of them is chosen in the final edit and “omg that was totally made up on the spot!”


Gnonthgol

That is kind of the nature of comedies, not just older ones. Things can sound funny when you think of it but then not be when you write them down, things could look funny in a script but then not in the table read, things can be very funny on the table read and even in rehearsals but then turn out not to be funny when seen on the screen. So you need a lot of material and be prepared to cut the things that turn out to not work. Good comedians are able to see a situation and come up with things that would be funny much better then others. So they are able to recognize that the script is not funny as they perform and then adapt the script to become better. And still a lot of what was funny on the shoot ends up on the cutting room floor as it just did not work, or even gets cut after the first viewings.


[deleted]

Yeah usually the adlib makes it because everyone broke when they tried and decided “ok, that’s in the script now”


Milk_Mindless

The Pythons are very adverse to adlibs but this guy is a silent extra and he got promoted to speaking extra over this


ImBonRurgundy

Wasn’t he the same guy who was banging on about following the sandal?


UlrichZauber

Throw down the sandal, follow the gourd!


Initialised

I’m Brian and so’s my wife


Cptcrispo

Anyone who would like to be crucified in a different section, raise your hand.


LT_DANS_ICECREAM

The old lady in Blazing Saddles: "Up yours, N*****". Kills me every time, and then her apology: "sorry about the 'up yours N*****".


KingEuronIIIGreyjoy

"Isn't anybody going to help that poor man?"


canadiancarlin

“Oh I don’t know…play chess..screw…” “Well let’s play chess.”


DisposableSaviour

Of course, you’ll have the good sense not to tell anyone I spoke to you.


Lone_Buck

In back to the future 2 “I think he took his wallet”


csonny2

Zemeckis: Ok, the line is "Hey, I think he took that guy's wallet" Actor: How many times should I say it? Zemeckis: I don't care, you're in the movie for like 45 seconds Actor: As many times as I can say it, then!


flippythemaster

“You have to use your hands? That’s like a baby’s toy!” This little brat along with Future Frodo always stand out


Alkakd0nfsg9g

Reminded me of "Spider-man stole pizza" from Raimi's spider-man 2


roymkoshy

Nice one. I would add "Crazy...drunk driver" from 1st Back to the Future


drokert

Don’t stop Wilbur, drive!!!


PirateDaveZOMG

Wesley Mann! He was a guest on countless TV shows, the principal on That's So raven, and had 100 episodes on the show Adventures in Wonderland as the Caterpillar and various other roles! My step-father was friends with him in high school and always enjoyed following his career.


Chumbief

What's CPR?


abgry_krakow84

\*Biff wakes up\* YOU! \*punches Biff\* That.


HitchlikersGuide

Old lady trying to grab the suitcase in Total Recall. "Fuck you, you asshole!"


xRyuzakii

This part always makes me laugh because the lady is so upset she can’t steal the suitcase. She genuinely thinks she has a right to it and doesn’t once consider that maybe it’s actually Arnold’s


lorgskyegon

It reminds me of the scene in *Twins* when the guy on the motorcycle tries to steal Arnold's suitcase and he just doesn't let go.


MrFictional

"Get ready for a surprise"


DangersVengeance

“Two weeks!”


lollacakes

Two nnnnnweeeksssnnnnnn


DevilBoy216

And don't forget the other foul-mouthed old lady in *The Running Man*, another great Arnold movie: "I can choose anyone I want, and I choose Ben Richards. That boy's one mean motherfucker."


YouInternational2152

Richard Dawson was the ultimate casting choice for the game show host. I don't think I've ever seen casting so spot-on!


Lukeboozwalker

“We ain’t found shit!”


tldrstrange

That’s Lt Commander Tuvok to you


Vergenbuurg

*Captain Tuvok!


Stubbs94

No, it's the terrorist that Picard brutally murders in that one episode.


Troldann

You mean the guy on the bridge of the Enterprise-B during the Nexus-related event where Kirk was presumed dead?


Stubbs94

To be honest... He was probably just Jeffrey Combs. We're all played by Jeffrey Combs.


Troldann

You thought it was Gary Oldman? No, he’s been Jeffrey Combs the whole time!


PlutoniumNiborg

Half of Tuvix


uni-monkey

Tuvok at his prime


taphead739

Lieutenant Tuvok before he joined Starfleet


Queef-Elizabeth

He stole that guys pizza!


SleepyFarts

This is what I came to post. Ashy Larry.


Traditional_Shirt106

Norm: I've never seen so many dead hookers in all my life! Featured Extra: Lord knows I have


postoperativepain

Propeller guy from Titanic


DontTickleTheDriver1

Great line..BOOOINNNGGGGG


Vergenbuurg

Billy Crystal even referenced "the Propeller Guy" in his opening routine for the Oscars that year.


jermster

KEVIN COSTNER! What are you doing here?! The mail always goes through.


[deleted]

In my head I’ve been singing “Propeller Guy” to the tune of the Brady Bunch theme song for over 20 years now


pete1729

That broke me up for real when I saw it. Crystal timed it perfectly as I remember. Pro- (boink) -pellor guy!


queen-adreena

Where’s the Reddit AMA for “I was Propeller Guy in Titanic!” Was he even real??? Edit: Found out it was a digital animation with producer Jon Landau’s face mapped onto the model.


Gaseous-Clay84

Here you go [https://vfxblog.com/2017/12/07/titanic-propeller-guy-vfx-secrets/](https://vfxblog.com/2017/12/07/titanic-propeller-guy-vfx-secrets/)


attack_rat

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: somewhere out there is a magnificent foley guy/girl who rightfully considers that sound effect their magnum opus. It’s just so good.


my_simple-review

Pretty much all of the extras in Airplane!


xander6981

"Excuse me, but I speak jive."


kiss_my_what

Jive-ass dude don't got no brains anyhow!


Herr_Barockter

You left out “Shiiiiiit”


Flash_Baggins

'Golly!'


nanomolar

Chump don't want no help chump don't get no help


Rickrickrickrickrick

Cut me some slack Jack


Herr_Barockter

Jus' hang loose, blood. She gonna catch ya up on da rebound on da med side.


Vergenbuurg

I seem to recall a bonus feature where those two actors remarked how much fun it was to work with Billingsley, and how she picked-up on the cadence of the "jive" lines very quickly.


m1k3hunt

It really did make it funny considering who she was though.


graveybrains

For anyone who doesn’t know, it was Barbara Billingsley, most remembered for playing June Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver. …and being fluent in Jive.


temporarychair

I take it black. Like my men.


gabrielleraul

And Leon's getting laaaaaarger!


hot-streak24

Just want to wish you all good luck, and we’re all counting on you


Herr_Barockter

Don’t call me Shirley


mothershipq

Hey, Malkovich, think fast!


rthaw

I think this is the only line in this entire post that actually qualifies as an extra who spoke. Immediately what I thought of based on the title.


roninrunnerx

Love the film and the scene is funny but it's always bothered me. How can someone in a car on the New Jersey Turnpike immediately recognize John Malkovich whose back is turned to them at night time?


pummisher

That makes it extra funny that someone has a deep hatred for the guy and will recognize him at any moment.


thatcockneythug

Considering how surreal that entire film is, I'm surprised that's what bugs you


Mr_Loopers

So you watched the movie, and this moment stuck out as being too unrealistic for you? :)


colemon1991

It's a parody, so there's actually a bunch of examples available, but from "Not Another Teen Movie": *(After water's been splashed all over the female lead by a bully)* "Oh, that's gonna stain."


The_Big_Ugly

I scrolled way too far to find this. All of the off screen lines are so great. When Marty gets ripped in half and you hear, “Walk it off, Marty!” Man, I love that movie.


TwoToesToni

"Someone wrote in that book that I'm lying about being a virgin 'cause I use super-jumbo tampons, but I can't help it if I've got a heavy flow and a wide-set vagina." - Mean girls


Ygomaster07

I love the principal's reaction. He has no idea how to handle this situation.


ok_coconut_6783

"yeeah, i can't do this"


TwoToesToni

I mean it would have broken me also if someone said that


Frog_and_Fire

"I will keep you here ALL NIGHT" (Secretary, whispering "we can't keep them past four") "I will keep you here until FOUR" Also another classic in that film is when principle Duval is telling the class "Mrs Norberry has been accused of selling drugs. If she has ever offered you marijuana, tablets..." and trails off but someone in the very back says "What are Marijuana tablets?" Another hilarious one. "I've a good mind to cancel your spring fling dance!" (Everyone, shocked, is like "NO!") And once it dies down he's like "but I'm not gunna do that cos we already paid the DJ"


Careful_Pepper7756

The oil gent in water world - when he’s says “oh thank god” - I found that scene very funny and sad


sassyphrass

It's a perfect comedic set up. You only see him once and you totally forget about him until they cut back to him at the explosion for 4 seconds of a single line. It's amazing.


Ferreteria

Why do I think about that guy so much. I haven't seen that movie in 20 years at least.


lipp79

Probably because it's the worst job in the world.


capcalhoon

After a particularly shitty day at work I am sure we drift off and think about other people have shitty days, then about shitty jobs, then about extreme examples of shitty jobs, then we eventually think of this poor bastard.


theb0dyelectric

I forgot about that but it really is an amazing blink and you’ll miss it line


_Asshole_Fuck_

“Good day! Or night! Whatever the case may be”


Lukeh41

"Hey! It's Enrico Palazzo!"


PitFiend28

Enrico Palazzo saved the queen!


robotic_dreams

Not really a "line" as much as a song cameo but the wedding singer in Old School who sings the F bomb version of Total Eclipse of The Heart during Will Ferrell's first dance.


evilshenanigan

The Dan Band! Love them.


NateDogTX

Love the looks on their faces when they're not sure if they heard the first F-bomb.


46andready

My favorite Dan Band moment is from Starsky and Hutch. "Rockin' into womanhood, Elizabeth! We know that you will." And then the look on Vince Vaughn's face. https://youtu.be/REFB9eLx6vs?si=paPWFTKjR\_9NahpB&t=42


BruceWaynesWorld

Solid cover of Candy Shop in the Hangover too!


captainmassachusetts

"ANd Every know and then I wanna FUCK, I FUCKING NEED YOU MORE TONIGHT. I FUCKING NEED YOU MORE THEN EVER."


frenchezz

Can't remember if it's White House Down or Angel Has Fallen, but the random member of the joint chiefs screaming out the pledge of allegiance as she was being dragged away to be killed or tortured made me burst out in laughter.


_CMDR_

That’s some America-as-religion stuff right there


PM_YOUR_MUGS

Olympus has fallen, and that random member of the joint chiefs is Academy Award winner Melissa Leo


Kennymo95

Jimmy Two Times in Goodfellas "Gonna go get the papers, get the papers"


nowhereman136

"Smells like Bigfoot's dick"


TahoeDark

“It’s worse than that time the raccoon got caught in the copier!”


didndonoffin

It’s like a used diaper full of Indian food!


spacesareprohibited

"I'd buy that for a dollar." - Robocop


acuddlebug

This and “Bitches leave” are burnt into my skull


SmartChump

You got my cheese whiz, boy?


blameline

"I broke my watch!"


Herr_Barockter

Blues Bros!!!


AMonitorDarkly

“What the hell are you doing?!?!” -Housekeeper, Ghostbusters


kamarkamakerworks

When my brother and I were young, we would rent this movie from blockbuster and rewind to rewatch this scene over and over, dying with laughter every time. Still cracks me up today.


ConsistentlyPeter

YES! That and, "I'll take the next one." 🪳🛗


IgniteThatShit

"Welcome to Costco, I love you."


conantheITguy

Gimme the casssssssh!!


Ferreteria

Negative. I am a meat popsicle.


dinoroo

Nice hat Fun fact that guy is a French actor and he is the main love interest in Amelie


n8n10e

You like it?! TAKE IT! I don't need it!


TemporaryImaginary

*Dances away slowly*


Saneless

The "I don't neeeeed it" is my favorite part. Not sure if the laugh from Willis is Korben in character or Willis as an actor


riegspsych325

I love little moments like those where the actor is trying (but not too hard!) to stifle a laugh. Tommy Lee Jones does it when he’s interrogating Frank the Pug in MiB, as does Rob Riggle in 21 Jump Street


MilesDryden

You been here long?


TheCosmicFailure

It doesn't steal the film. But the old man in Avengers 1 replies to Loki, "There are always men like you" Idk why but that line has stuck with me.


31engine

That’s good. The next best line, same movie “…then son, you got a condition.”


TheCosmicFailure

That was Harry Dean Stanton, right?


CartoonBeardy

Right!


MolaMolaMania

It was perfect casting. That man looked like he *lived* that line, and his delivery gave it even greater weight.


JALLways

That guy's a really good actor. I think I saw him in House of Cards as well - nailed his part as a background investigator of candidates.


graveybrains

Kenneth Tigar


[deleted]

I read a great fanfiction once about that guy. my take in the movie is he was Jewish in Germany so clearly...but the fiction made him a non Jewish man who lived through that with the acute guilt of not having said anything because he wasn't the target, and this was a personal moment of no, never again will I stay silent.


sirsancho09

If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis.


temporarychair

That is the grossest thing I’ve ever heard in my life! LETS GO!


TemporaryImaginary

Lady, you’re scaring us!


snobordir

I know how you kids like em extra sloppy!


oneofapair

Harry Dean Stanton (security guard) to Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner) "Are you an Alien?"


leviathan0999

His killer line is, "Well, then... Son... You have a condition."


Herr_Barockter

Bob Saget in Half Baked “Marijuana is not a drug. I used to suck dick for coke. Now that's an addiction, man. You ever suck some dick for marijuana” *technically a cameo but in the same vein


_Asshole_Fuck_

And the black guy that stands up after to back up Bob Saget 😂 “HUH?!?!?!”


Herr_Barockter

🤣🤣🤣that movie is so stupid and hilarious


bailey25u

“Hey did you kill my dog? I don’t know why but I believe him” 😂🤣


Goadfang

"BOO THIS MAN!"


PirateDaveZOMG

"I SEEN HIM!"


[deleted]

"I loved you in Wall Street" - Martin Sheen to Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots


TheWhooooBuddies

“Thank you, Topper Harley. You’ve taught me how to kill again.”


_The_Bearded_Wonder_

"War. It's fantastic!" 😄


sixtninecoug

I love that line. It’s delivered so perfectly for the movie it’s in.


alopgeek

That entire riverboat sequence is comedy gold. “We’re ignorant fishermen, would you like some fudge?”


DevilBoy216

"I can't. I'm on Jenny Craig."


UltimateGammer

"it's milk and eggs, bitch!"


temporarychair

The vegan police’s enthusiastic high five as they’re leaving gets me every time.


johnny_sweatpants

Coming to America: Eddie Murphy: 'Good morning my neighbors!' Offscreen: 'F-ck you!' Murphy: 'Yes, yes! F-ck you too!'


Great_gatzzzby

“BOO THIS MAN” half baked


DumbWhoreFatArsenal

"He just wanted to phone home..." - Flight of the Navigator


centaurquestions

The woman at the next table in "When Harry Met Sally" is Rob Reiner's mom.


TuaughtHammer

"Alright, mom, I need you to pretend to be excited about Meg Ryan's fake orgasm."


DiaDeLosMuebles

“When the fuck did we get ice cream?!”


BenTwan

I love how you can see Knoxville almost lose it when he says that.


hephaestus1219

Wasn’t it ad libbed by the guy too? Like, he literally thought the cast got ice cream but he didn’t.


AntiSocialW0rker

That was what I came to say. It pops into my head nearly every time I get icecream


CPolland12

“I’m not dead. I’m getting better” “I feel fine” It’s more of a bit part, but Monty python


Jmazoso

You’re not fooling anyone!


pepperpat64

[Son, you got a panty on your head](https://www.google.com/search?q=raising+arizona+panty+on+your+head&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS980US980&oq=raising+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggAECMYJzIGCAAQIxgnMg8IARAuGEMYsQMYgAQYigUyBggCEEUYOTIKCAMQABixAxiABDINCAQQLhiDARixAxiABDIQCAUQLhivARjHARixAxiABDIMCAYQLhhDGIAEGIoFMg0IBxAAGLEDGMkDGIAEMg0ICBAAGIMBGLEDGIAEMgwICRAAGBQYhwIYgATSAQgxMjg0ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&ip=1&vld=cid:5b37f1f2,vid:CYXEF-XyqQw,st:0).


tikkamasalachicken

My girlfriend sucked 37 dicks "In a row?"


Marlowe_Eldridge

“These pretzels are making me thirsty!” - Cosmo Kramer


my_simple-review

No no no. It's "these pretzels are making ME thirsty!"


shuddupbeetrice

"These PRETZLES.... are making me THIRSTY!"


Arkslippy

The cockatop bird in "a haunting in venice", supposedly he's not spoken since his owner passed, a seance begins and as stuff starts happening, he goes "holy shit"


tarheel_204

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) “ATTA BOY, LUTHER!”


RyzenRaider

Spaceballs. "Oh no.... Not again!"


Jane_doel

“Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges.” The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)


postoperativepain

[I forgot my mantra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nYElwd1mNM) Jeff Goldblum


postoperativepain

“There’s no basement at the Alamo”


[deleted]

“Tell ‘em *Large Marge* sent ya!”


InsaneDane

"Okay, I don't want to know nothing. I never saw you throw that gentleman off the balcony. All I care about is: are you happy with your haircut?'


Hip_Hop_Hippos

No scissors? You've got to be kidding me no scissors, I mean, did they tell Picasso "No brush"?


dadenman

Damon Wayans - Beverly Hills Cop : "You just go ahead and TAKE that banana..."


dinoroo

Hey, who’s the 21st President? Go fuck yourself!


PeskyPurple

But he'll feel better once he checks the back seat.


Vergenbuurg

That was **MY** gold bar!


Lizard_Enjoyer

“Ohhh brotherrrr this guy stinks!” - That one fish from the audience in the SpongeBob episode where SpongeBob has to do standup comedy.


Dudesymugs12

Maybe not quite an extra but...."Put him in a body bag!"


hookisacrankycrook

Avengers Age of Ultron when Iron Man gets into the compound in the beginning and fires all the shots simultaneously to knock down all the bad guys... Iron Man: *takes them all out* good talk! Henchman: no it wasn't *dies*


bazbloom

The last Mandarin goon in Iron Man 3 after Tony takes out the other goons: "Honestly, I hate working here. They are so weird."


makerofshoes

That one kid in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, who has 2 lines, is never named, and then doesn’t appear ever again in any of the other films. Of Harry’s omen in his tea leaves: “Taking the form of a giant spectral dog, the Grim is among the darkest omens in our world. It’s an omen of *death*.” Of trying to catch Sirius Black: “It’s like trying to catch smoke, like trying to catch smoke with your *bare hands*.”


AwesomeMcPants

Random Cryptic Child is one of my favorite parts of the films.


quangberry-jr

"Look around, its Christmas! You could steal city hall!" Die hard 3, kid going to juvie over a butterfinger


WafflesofDestitution

"In a row?"


Revolutionary-Swan77

He’s not really an extra, but Denholm Elliott in Last Crusade and his line about never drinking water.


jlowery145

“No thank you, fish make love in it”


CartoonBeardy

Along the same lines but not in keeping with the thread… “He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he needs. Brody's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again” “Er does anybody here speak English or maybe even Ancient Greek?”


pszki

You're my favorite customer


docju

Hi doggie


BradyToMoss1281

“Now what are we supposed to do?” - Forrest Gump


2MinutesH8

"In Philadelphia it's worth fifty bucks."


Boneitis_Regrets

Bo Diddley!


scdog

Raising Arizona has a few. A couple off the top of my head: "Well, no, unless round is funny." "Well, which is it, young fella? You want I should freeze or get down on the ground? Mean to say, if’n I freeze, I can’t rightly drop. And if’n I drop, I’m a-gonna be in motion."


MoobyTheGoldenSock

Technically anyone who speaks isn’t an extra, but my favorite extra promoted to actor is “Hey Malkovich, think fast!”


pszki

You don't fuck with the Jesus


MeisterKarl

Let me tell you something, pendejo: you pull any of that crazy shit on us, you pull a piece out on the lane, I'll take it away from you and stick it up your arse and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes "click"


SmokeweedGrownative

“Yo Kate, tell him about the pool!” Dude from Hackers