Garrick Hagon in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
"Cover me. I'm going in."
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Poll: Lazy Screenwriting
Surely it is possible to write an interesting script without using these same, old, mind-numbingly boring phrases. Break out of your screenwriting malaise, take a stand and say, "Enough!"
Which of these oft-used lines would you ban from use in movie and TV scripts, plays, books, etc.?
Make Your Choice
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Michael Beck and Brian Tyler in The Warriors (1979)
"Sit down and shut up." -
Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, and Ralph Macchio in The Outsiders (1983)
"Let's get outta here." -
Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards, Clarence Gilyard Jr., and Adrian Pasdar in Top Gun (1986)
"I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you." -
Mercedes Ruehl in Big (1988)
"If you touch one hair on his/her head..." -
Michelle Pfeiffer and Dean Stockwell in Married to the Mob (1988)
"You just don't get it, do you?" -
Billy Crystal and Jack Palance in City Slickers (1991)
"(S)he's behind me, isn't (s)he?" -
Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, and Scott Weinger in Aladdin (1992)
"Try me." -
Geena Davis and Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own (1992)
"You look like s***." -
Kim Basinger and Dana Carvey in Wayne's World 2 (1993)
"Shut up and kiss me." -
Matthew Perry in Friends (1994)
"Did I just say that out loud?" -
Benicio Del Toro in The Usual Suspects (1995)
"In English, please." -
Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone in Casino (1995)
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." -
Tom Lister Jr. and Sonita Henry in The Fifth Element (1997)
"Get out of there!" -
Alicia Silverstone and Benicio Del Toro in Excess Baggage (1997)
"We can do this the easy way, or the hard way." -
Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights (1997)
"I was born ready." -
Jason Biggs in American Pie (1999)
"It's not what it looks like." -
Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy in Shrek (2001)
"It's quiet. Too quiet." -
Willem Dafoe and Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man (2002)
"We're not so different..." -
Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
"Don't do anything stupid." -
Tommy Lee Jones in The Hunted (2003)
"If I'm not back in __ minutes..." -
Steve Martin in Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
"It's/she's gonna blow!" -
Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, and Barry Humphries in Finding Nemo (2003)
"We've got company!" -
Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, and Christian Kane in Just Married (2003)
"You're acting like a crazy person." -
Tyrese Gibson and Garrett Hedlund in Four Brothers (2005)
"Don't die on me!" -
Bill Nighy and Andy Serkis in Flushed Away (2006)
"_____ is my middle name." -
Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
"How hard can it be?" -
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz (2007)
"That’s what I'm talking about!" -
Ben Stiller in Tropic Thunder (2008)
"I have a bad feeling about this." -
George Clooney and Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (2009)
"Is that all you've got?" -
Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo in Shutter Island (2010)
"There's a storm coming." -
Jamie Foxx and Will.i.am in Rio (2011)
"Awkward!" -
Jason Statham in Spy (2015)
"Okay, here's what we do..." -
Raymond Ochoa and Jack Bright in The Good Dinosaur (2015)
"You better run!"
