20 Memorable Natural Born Killer Quotes and More

The movie Natural Born Killers received 1 star when it was released. Shunned by film critics (except Siskel and Ebert) all over the United States, Oliver Stone’s attack on American culture wasn’t well received by adults or movie purists. I happen to think it was an ingenious movie that shed light on how grimy America can actually be when it really comes down to it.

I skipped almost the entire first two weeks of my senior year in high school to trip shrooms and watch this flick on DVD. Every line, song, and scene is burned into my memory. With some of these inclusions, whether you’ve seen the movie or not, you’ll almost certainly agree that Natural Born Killers was deserving of greater acclaim.

The Quotes:

1. This is not about you, you egomaniac. I kinda like you. But if we let you go, we’d be just like everybody else. Killing you–and what you represent–is a statement. I’m not 100% exactly what it’s saying, but Frankenstein killed Dr.Frankenstein. (Mickey to Wayne Gale)

2. A moment of realization is worth a thousand prayers. (Mickey)

3. That’s the worst fuckin’ head I ever got in my life! Next time don’t be so fuckin’ eager! (Mallory to a guy she actually killed for such a poor performance)

4. I’ll show her a little tenderness after I eat. When I get up there, she wont see my face for an hour. (Mallory’s dad, speaking about his own daughter and to his wife)

5. We’re not killing anybody on our wedding day. (Mickey)

6. Live on national TV? JESUS HAROLD CHRIST ON A FUCKING RUBBER CRUTCH, IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME? (Dwight McClusky on finding out Mickey and Mallory had kidnapped Wayne Gale and were airing live the prison riot)

7. Once upon a time a woman was picking up firewood. She came upon a poisonous snake frozen in the snow. She took the snake home and nursed it back to health. One day the snake bit her on the cheek. As she lay dying, she asked the snake, “Why have you done this to me?” And the snake answered, “Look bitch, you knew I was a snake.” (American-Indian caretaker telling a joke)

8. Right now, I’d go down on a lawman for a gallon of gas. (Mickey to Mallory)

9. Birth, I was thrown into a flaming pit of scum forgotten by God. (Mickey to Wayne Gale)

10. It’s just murder. All God’s creatures do it. You look in the forest and you see species killing other species, our species killing all species–including the forests. And we just call it industry, not murder. (Mickey to Wayne Gale)

11. Don’t think! You’re a fucking idiot. Who am I now, the bad guy? Did I ever ask you to fuck my friends? If it wasn’t for me, you’d still be slingin’ hash in that shithouse and fuckin’ your boss. (Mallory’s dad to Mallory’s mother)

12. You’ll never understand, Wayne. You and me, we’re not even the same species. I used to be you, then I evolved. From where you’re standing, you’re a man. From where I’m standing, you’re an ape. You’re not even an ape. You’re a media person. Media’s like weather, only it’s man-made. Murder? It’s pure. You’re the one made it impure. You’re buying and selling fear. You say “why?” I say “why bother?” (Mickey to Wayne Gale)

13. Put a bottle of Dom on ice and get some ecstasy. I’m gonna come over tonight and put a hot pepper in your arse. (Wayne Gale in the middle of a prison riot in a telephone call to his mistress)

14. Remember the last time you got fucked? What I want you to do is close your eyes, and remember the last time Mickey gave you the high hard one. You thinking about it? Good. Well, you can forget it, ’cause it’s never gonna happen again. Because when they get through with all the electroshock shit they got lined up for that cocksucker, ol’ Mickey ain’t gonna be worth a damn. (Jack Scagnetti to Mallory in jail)

15. Mickey and Mallory Knox are without a doubt the most depraved pair of shitfucks it has ever been my displeasure to lay my god damn eyes on. I tell you these two motherfuckers are a walking reminder of just how fucked up this system really is. (Dwight McClusky)

16. How sexy am I now, huh? Flirty boy! How sexy am I now? (Mallory after a few nut-checks in scene 1)

17. No. Not really. You’re scum, Wayne; you did it for RATINGS. You don’t give a shit about us or anybody else except yourself; that’s why nobody gives a shit about YOU. That’s why “helicopters” were not “deployed.” (Mickey in response to Wayne’s comment, “I thought a bond developed between us!”)

18. I will personally hunt you down, blow the head off your fucking whore wife, AND PLANT YOUR SICK ASS IN THE GROUND ALL BY MYSELF. (Dwight McClusky to Mickey as they walk out of the prison)

19. Uh, Aloha? Chief? Yeah, uh… rattlesnake took a chunk outta us a few miles back… me and my wife are pretty sick–could be dyin,’ you never can tell about these things, so… how’s about you ungluein’ your fat ass from that boob-tube and gettin’ us some snakebite juice. Pronto. (Mickey to a chunky Polynesian-looking pharmacist)

20. I eat what I want! So what! I mean, with this fucking food here, you pray “after” you eat. (Mallory’s dad to the family)

The Scenes:

Rodney Dangerfield plays the best white-trash over-the-top incest intent parent ever. Reminds me a bit of Married With Children on meth.

(This is a two-part segment. Start the second video at 2:00)Robert Downey Jr., I’m guessing, was supposed to have a terrible Australian accent for his part. Awesome interview with a convincingly crazy Woody Harrelson. “I don’t spend a lot of time with regret. It’s a wasted emotion.”

(If you’re hooked, here are the final portions of the movie– 10, 11, and 12)

Mallory (Juliette Lewis) kicks the shit out of this chump. Keep an eye out for the man with the newspaper who disappears. He turns out to be the same guy that helps them in the end of the movie during their escape.

The Music:

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