Rat Race (2001)

John Cleese: Donald P. Sinclair

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Quotes 

• [after Sinclair has told them repeatedly to "go", to no avail] 

  Merrill : So, when you say "go", you mean, just go?

  Donald Sinclair : Uh, begin, commence, start moving... theoretically you have been racing for about forty seconds now, and so far Mr. Schaffer is winning because he's nearest to the door.

• [Donald Sinclair welcomes all the people who are invited to compete in the "race."] 

  Donald Sinclair : Excuse me. Thank you all for coming. I'm Donald Sinclair, I own this hotel. We don't have much time. There's a meteor the size of North Carolina heading straight for Earth. The impact is going to kill every thing and everyone on this planet. I built a bunker in the basement to this casino strong enough to withstand the blast. There's room enough for eight people. I have chosen the seven of you, plus me. When this is over, it'll be up to us to repopulate and re-civilize the planet.

  [Everyone looks shocked for about 5 seconds, before Sinclair begins laughing hysterically] 

  Donald Sinclair : I couldn't resist! I'm sorry.

• Donald Sinclair : Ah! This is my attorney, Mr. Grisham, who tragically was born without a personality.

• Harold Grisham : Vicki, you let go of this bag! Or I swear - I swear to God - I'll report you to the escort service!

  Donald Sinclair : Uh, Mr. Grisham, what's going on?

  Harold Grisham : The hooker! The hooker! The hooker is taking the money!

  Donald Sinclair : What hooker?

  Harold Grisham : Vicki! From the hotel!

  High Roller : Pepto Bismol?

  Harold Grisham : Vicki, I told you to wait in the car!

  Donald Sinclair : What the hell is she doing there?

  Harold Grisham : I brought her! I'm sorry, Mr. Sinclair. She said she liked me, but I'm beginning to think she was only interested in the money!

• Donald Sinclair : Go!

• Donald Sinclair : I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric. Aaarrrgh.

• Enrico Pollini : [Gets thrown out of the train by the conductor]  I-I-I-I-I-I--

  [yells] 

  Harold Grisham : [on the phone with Sinclair and the high rollers]  It's Pollini. Enrico Pollini on a train. He just rolled into the station.

  Donald Sinclair : Well, what do you know? Rip van Winkle pulled it off. You gotta love a long shot.

  [laughs] 

  Enrico Pollini : [as all of the other racers run towards the station, he enters first]  It's here. It's here. It's here.

  Harold Grisham : [on the phone]  Here he comes.

  Enrico Pollini : [points to Grisham]  Oh! It's you.

  Harold Grisham : [on the phone]  He's holding the key.

  Enrico Pollini : [see the locker and points to it]  Ah. Sí.

  Harold Grisham : [on the phone]  And he's going to the locker.

  [to Pollini] 

  Harold Grisham : Mr. Pollini, well done, sir. And congratulations. On behalf of Mr. Donald Sinclair, The Venetian Hotel and Casino...

  Enrico Pollini : [while unlocking the locker, he falls asleep and starts snoring] 

  Donald Sinclair : [to the phone on speaker]  Mr. Grisham, is it over?

• High Roller : [Watching Enrico Pollini sleeping in the main lobby]  What is he doing?

  Donald Sinclair : Well, I think he's sleeping.

  High Roller : Sleeping?

  Donald Sinclair : Well, he must be narcoleptic. It's a rare sleeping disorder.

  High Roller : But I bet on him!