Escape from New York (1981) quotes

Director
John Carpenter.

Cast
Kurt Russell.
Lee Van Cleef.
Ernest Borgnine.

In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

You going to kill me, Snake?
– Bob Hauk
Not now, I’m too tired.
– Snake Plissken
Maybe later.
– Snake Plissken

We’d make one hell of a team, Snake!
– Bob Hauk
The name’s Plissken!
– Snake Plissken

I’m not a fool, Plissken!
– Bob Hauk
Call me “Snake.”
– Snake Plissken

It’s the survival of the human race, Plissken. Something you don’t give a shit about.
– Bob Hauk

God save me, and watch over you all.
– President

You’re a cop!
– Girl in “Chock Full O’Nuts”
I’m an asshole…
– Snake Plissken

Plissken? Plissken, what are you doing?
– Hauk
Playing with myself! I’m going in.
– Snake Plissken

Swear to God, Snake, I thought you were dead…
– Brain
Yeah, you and everybody else!
– Snake Plissken

Remember, once you’re inside you’re on your own.
– Bob Hauk
Oh, you mean I can’t count on you?
– Snake Plissken
No.
– Bob Hauk
Good!
– Snake Plissken

I swear to God, Snake, I thought you were dead.
– Brain
Yeah. You and everybody else.
– Snake Plissken