Waterworld (1995)

Dennis Hopper: Deacon

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• Mariner : I want the girl.

  Deacon : You know, I thought you were stupid, friend. But I underestimated you. You are a total freaking retard! Ha-ha-ha...

  Mariner : I want the girl. That's all.

  Deacon : Well, what on this screwed-up earth of ours makes you think you're gonna get her?

  [the Mariner takes a flare from his belt, and holds it over a hole leading down to the Deez's fuel hold] 

  Mariner : You know what this is. I drop it, you burn.

  Doctor : We all burn...

  Deacon : Now-now-now, let's not do anything rash here. I mean, are you sure this kid is worth it? I mean, she never does stop talking, she never shuts up!

  Mariner : I noticed.

  Deacon : So what is it, then? It's the map.

  Mariner : She's my friend.

  Deacon : Golly gee, a single tear rolls down my cheek. You're gonna die for your friend.

  Mariner : If it comes to that.

  [He ignites the flare, and holds it over the hole again] 

  Nord : He's bluffing! I'll kill him.

  Enola : He's not bluffing, he never bluffs.

  Deacon : SHUT UP!

  [to the Mariner] 

  Deacon : I-I-I-I-I don't think you're gonna drop that torch, my friend.

  Mariner : Why not?

  Deacon : Because you're not crazy.

  [the Mariner smiles, lifts his hand, and drops the flare down the hole] 

  Deacon : NO-O-O-O-O!

• [after painting a ball bearing in the Deacon's eye socket to look like a real one] 

  Deacon : Well? How's it look?

  [the other smokers say, "not bad," "not bad at all", etc] 

  Doctor : I-I like it better than your real eye.

  [One smoker says, "much better," to general agreement] 

  Deacon : What do you say, Toby? The truth.

  Toby : Looks like shit.

  Deacon : That's why I love children: no guile.

  [after looking at his new eye in a mirror] 

  Deacon : It does look like shit.

• Deacon : Don't just stand there, kill something!

• Deacon : If you'll notice the arterial nature of the blood coming from the hole in my head, you can assume that we're all having a real lousy day.

• Depth Gauge : Sir? Your Deaconship? Good day! Or night. Whatever the case may be...

  Deacon : What is it? I'm a busy man.

  Depth Gauge : I thought you should know. There's exactly nine feet and four inches of THE BLACK STUFF...

  [the Deacon spits on the Depth Gauge's head] 

  Depth Gauge : Oh, thank you!

• [after the deck of the Deez clears, one lone figure walks toward the bridge] 

  Deacon : Why aren't you rowing?

  [the Mariner removes his mask] 

  Nord : [laughs]  It's him.

  Enola : It is him! You guys are in so much trouble.

• Deacon : Maybe he doesn't answer to Chuck. Call him Charles.

• Deacon : Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!

• Deacon : Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start.

• Deacon : Let's have an intelligent conversation here: I'll talk, and you listen.

• [while holding Helen and the Mariner at gunpoint] 

  Deacon : All right, that's it! If you won't tell us where she is, let's just KILL 'EM ALL!

  [He fires a gun into the air] 

  Enola : [popping up from her hiding place]  NO!

  Deacon : Ha-ha, so gullible!

• Nord : So which way we rowin'?

  Deacon : I don't have a goddamn clue. Don't worry, they'll row for a month before they figure out I'm fakin' it.

• Deacon : Look, it's the gentleman guppy.

• Deacon : Well, I'll be damned. It's the gentleman guppy. You know, he's like a turd that won't flush.

• Deacon : If I ever see him again, I'm going to cut open his head and eat his brain.

• Deacon : How 'bout a cigarette? Nothing like a good smoke when you miss your mom... Never too young to start...

• Deacon : You know, I thought you were stupid, friend. But I underestimated you; you're a total freakin' retard!

• Deacon : Bring out the kamakazees.

  [Kamakazees are flying out of water on jet skis and skid on ski jumps to fly over the Floating Cage's walls and take out the inhabitants. One kamakazee is sent in a tugboat to drive into the base of the Floating Cage] 

  Deacon : Well, that made a hole!

• Deacon : I've had a vision so great, as it came to me I wept.

• Deacon : He'll see what's left of you in a goddamn jar!