When Actors Came Up With Their Own Iconic Lines in Movies!

Here are some of the improvised movie lines
(When Actors Improvised Movie Scenes)
Thanks, Alex for the voiceover.

[@PaulusHutagalung]

"I cant see a thing in this helmet". That confirms why stormtroopers shoot poorly in every scenes

[@mr.martian7065]

😂😂

[@classifiedveteran9879]

Or why they bonk their head into doors.

[@MetalizedButt]

Can you believe that’s the voice of The Joker???

[@adamkozakiewicz6766]

Well, it's an Empire. Cheapest contractor.

[@jesperjee]

That line was ADR, not live on camera. This guy knows very little about movies.

[@andretheshadow]

Dustin Hoffman turning a near accident into the stereotypical New Yorker moment is amazing.

[@teresag2015]

Same thing Sandra Bullock did in Miss Congeniality with Michael Caine right beside her.

[@truthlogiclove]

agreed. he nailed it.

[@proosee]

The fact it actually happened proves it isn't just stereotypical...

[@wolfgang4534]

I work in the filming industry, and that "accident" is impossible. You have a character crossing a street? Circulation is cut for the duration of filming. I call BS on that.

[@proosee]

@@wolfgang4534 well, they said they didn't have money to cut the circulation, so they timed scene for them to cross on a green light, but cab driver caught the red light. Anyway, why would anyone BS on something like that?

[@StargateMaker]

“And I’m all out of bubblegum”……… Hands-down, the best improvised line of this compilation.

[@Larstig81]

Duke Nukem was the first one I heard saying it. I didn't know back then it was from a movie.

[@StargateMaker]

@@Larstig81 Dude totally. I think the first time I heard it was in dazed and confused? I’m not sure. But I definitely know I heard it in the Zeitgeist long before I heard the original.

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

It was common among pro wrestlers to invent catch phrases in advance to remember and use. Many pro wrestlers were known to keep notebooks with them just for this thing. Rumour has it that this is one of those phrases that Rowdy Roddy Piper had been practising. One rumour claims that Carpenter was allowed to read Piper's notebook and selected this one.

[@whutzat]

This is one movie line I quote the most.

[@RUBIZEN]

Don't forget Clint from Dazed and Confused... "I Only Came Here To Do Two Things: Kick Some A*s, And Drink Some Beer..." - Clint Bruno

[@vectorm4]

This was GREAT, no wasted time. The video moved along withOUT excess narration.

[@jrobs1133]

You added excess commentary to your comment.

[@vectorm4]

@@jrobs1133 OK, that was funny - I laughed.

[@DunningKrugerJnr]

@@vectorm4 he wasn’t joking….you’re making it worse.

[@Kyrelel]

Yup, narration ruins videos

[@Harvey_Mod]

Such a great narration

[@sjaaktrekhaak253]

... "here you're all equally worthless!" Brutally hilarious

[@locutusofnubz]

"Carpe Dentum, sieze the teeth." Robin William, folks. Yet another reason why we miss this man.

[@wallacememberships]

That's what I thought too!

[@lindildeev5721]

From one Tom H. to another: Loki's last line "I know what kind of god I need to be. For you. For all us" was improvised by Tom Hiddleston after he remembered all the time he spent in the MCU.

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

Han Solo's response to Princess Leia telling him she loves him was Harrison Ford's ad lib. He just says "I know" instead of "I love you too" or something. Harrison thought that's what Han would say in that moment and it was kept in the movie.

[@mxslick50]

He also left out the classic ad lib during the jail break...."We're fine....how are you?" That whole exchange was ad-libbed by Ford.

[@Growly.]

Actually that's incorrect. It was that they had done so many retakes of the scene that Harrison was like... "i know... "

[@mxslick50]

@@Growly. No it's not incorrect. Harrison and the director Irvin Kershner met and had an extended discussion about the line, and Harrison thought up "I know." It is documented in the book on the making of ESB, and in many interviews by Harrison and Kersh.

[@Growly.]

@@mxslick50 Then i guess they lied on the directors commentary track on the dvd cause I'm pretty sure that's where i heard it

[@mxslick50]

@@Growly. That is most likely the case as the dvd tracks are made many years after the actual filming, and the book came out the same year ESB did. I would trust the book far more as it was written DURING the filming, as opposed to the remembrances many years later. And who said it in the dvd commentary? George Lucas? Kersh? Harrison?

[@paulocalinao2267]

Because of the "I can't see a thing in this helmet" scene in Star Wars, it has since then been expanded upon in the star Wars universe, where the helmet will provide weaker vision if the wearer is not the original suit owner/stormtrooper. Crazy how one line created a whole subplot.

[@davidhooper259]

“But why male models?”

[@theylied1776]

Nope, in the documentary for the movie warriors. Director said that he only told the actors in the car to taunt the warriors. So the one actor picked up some bottles that were on the side of the street and start a clanking them together and just started chanting warriors come out and play.

[@arekpetrosian4965]

Exactly what I've read, from the Director and from the actor himself.

[@andreasgriffable]

The actor is quoted as saying he came up with the bottles and the way he said it, but the director gave him the lines.

[@StaceyGames]

GSW vs Houston 😂

[@robw1138]

"David Doo-shauve-knee".... lol bro.

[@launchpad79]

0 effort these days man

[@KingOfSpite]

I was looking for this comment. lol

[@MystiqWisdom]

At this point I stopped watching the video 🤦‍♂

[@ftolead]

My favorite movie quote is the first one in the list. It's just perfection.

[@StargateMaker]

Wrong, “I’m all out of bubblegum”

[@vanthursday]

@@StargateMakerNah

[@Stuart267]

*07:50** Always thought Cleavon's laugh was too genuine to be part of the script.*

[@husbandmiles8215]

$21,000 a WORD for Terminator. Geez. I know he didn't talk a BUNCH but, my my lol

[@dammitjim9131]

7:55 "you know, morons". Gene Wilder was a genius. Still the best Willy Wonka!

[@U2QuoZepplin]

R Lee Ermey's whole routine in the opening scene of Full Metal Jacket has to be top of this list. He improvised the whole of that scene to my knowlege. Ordinarily I would give top spot to Han Solo's reply I know, when Princess Leia tells him "I love you ," in The Empire Strikes Back and the scripted line before he's frozen in carbonite was supposed to be "I love you too." But Harrison Ford had it changed to "I know."

[@rathofturkey]

“The Warriors” is such an awesome movie, I quote it every time I watch it. Occasionally I’ll mess with my wife and kids, call out their names and say “come out to play!” while clanking some random objects together.

[@mechanic6682]

Can you dig it?

[@xlfc]

Those lines like "Alright, alright, alright, how you doin'?" - simply amazing! How are they able to achieve such an incredible skill in improvisation? It's like listening to heaven's music while looking into the face of God. No wonder they are paid millions dollars.

[@user-hm5zb1qn6g]

ISWYDT

[@anonygent]

Right? It's like Shakespeare reincarnated.

[@slyfor2]

really surprised Johnny Depps "Ive got a jar of dirt" from POTC Dead Mans Chest isnt on here. It was so random and unscripted that Orlando Blood and Kiera Knightly both look at the crew to see if theyre still rolling despite Depps shenanigans

[@whutzat]

Lmao "Orlando Blood"

[@dedyarief996]

​@@whutzatthat BLOODY Orlando 😂

[@azynkron]

"Mein Fuhrer, I CAN WALK!" together with the Alien hand syndrome is comedy gold.

[@adonian]

Bill Murray doesn’t need a script 😂

[@solesoulsorrow]

3:16 David... Due- Shov- knee? Really?!

[@bsport48]

I was looking for this

[@hadoken95]

AI voice over I guess, it's becoming so stupidly common now

[@barghest94]

​@hadoken95 That's a person.

[@Sportstalkative773]

Don't forget "oh Shakespeare in the park, doth mother know you weareth her drape" 😂😂😂😂😂 best line by RDJ in the mcu

[@andrewgracia1443]

My fiancé watches scream two times a month. I’ve always liked that movie since I was a kid, but I never knew the phone slipped out of his hand. It makes me like the line better knowing that he meant it. 😂 lol

[@DownstairsTunes]

R. Lee Ermey is the one who inserted himself into that scene, they didn't pick him, he basically said he could do a better job than the actor they had already hired, and they let him.

[@iamchillydogg]

That was the guy who played the door gunner and he had one of the best lines, "How do you kill women and children?" "Easy you just don't lead them as much!"

[@GackFinder]

I miss Robin Williams...

[@KaijuBiologist]

Same here.😢

[@MB-xl8nx]

We all do

[@Scottlp2]

For “I don’t wanna go” all I can think of is he watched David Tennent in Dr Who.

[@TikiStanford]

❤️❤️❤️

[@nwgverified]

Same

[@yellowstone024]

He’s always saying that

[@jmalk304]

For a number of reasons Bill Murray and Chevy Chase adlibbed an entire scene in Caddy Shack (when Ty is practicing at night and stumbles into Murray's shack) . Hell, Murray adlibbed almost the entire movie. Classic!

[@epickett63]

The whole "Cinderella Story" was an adlib. From what I read, Murray just asked for a bunch of geraniums(or whatever kind of flowers those were)...

[@mayorb3366]

I believe it was their only scene together. There was bad blood on Chevy's part as after he left SNL for movie offers, Murray was cast in the show. Lorne Michaels told Chevy that he could return to the show later but then changed his mind because Murray was killing it. That was when they had a limited comedy troupe of seven members, (which I think gelled better than the laundry list of actors in each show later). By the way, that pitchfork Murray was jabbing into Chevy's throat was not a prop, it was the real thing.

[@AndyHoward]

The thing about RRP's "chew bubblegum and kick ass" is that RRP wrote a bunch of phrases and zingers in a notebook when he was doing WWF/Wresteling. That wszan unused line from his notebook. In GWH. Robin Williams' story of his wife farting in her sleep was ad-libbed.

[@chriscripplercruz1833]

You could do two separate videos of the top 50 best improvised scenes from Jim Carrey and Robin Williams that would be pretty cool

[@tylisirn]

Robin Williams? That'll just be watching his movies start to finnish... 😂

[@alm2187]

I've read that DH's impulse was to shout "I'm actin', here!" He said he caught himself in the nick of time and managed to say something less witty but, of course, more germaine to the character and scene.

[@LoFiHaven693]

"I can't see a thing in this helmet." This probably explains why stormtroopers can't shoot for shit.

[@nielsdorhout058]

The boat line is one of the most used lines in the boating world 😂

[@TotalRookie_LV]

IT's a boat to get serious!

[@mirtholomew]

Kick ass and chew bubblegum. Also featured in duke nukem

[@marvthedog1972]

why yes, yes it was

[@writerintherye]

you know you pulled a good move when STANLEY KUBRICK allows your improv to be in the movie

[@morrischan932]

Full Metal Jacket... from advisor to star by sheer personality

[@The84Chambers]

David “Dooshawvknee”

[@johnpaton4246]

David was french

[@sjpummer]

Frickin’ AI narrators

[@johnrodgers8457]

I threw up a little

[@miongskie]

Wtf, man!

[@slayerje1884]

God that was fucking awful... I want to punch something after that LMAO

[@glensmith5721]

Joe pesci, goodfellas "funny how".

[@SteveBoyer10]

I couldn’t breathe for a whole minute, watching that scene, it was so intense!

[@bawbremy]

Do I amuse you?

[@kosh7911]

R Lee Ermey was a Drill Instructor, not a Drill Sergeant. Ermey was a US Marine, Marines have Drill Instructors.

[@spaddriver1957]

Sir,yes, Sir!.. I CAN'T HEAR YOU!... SIR,YES, SIR!...

[@travismiles5885]

Thats why I can't stand civilians. They think everyone in the military is called the same thing regardless of the branch they serve in.

[@silencedmaxim5889]

@@travismiles5885 typical

[@travisforeman9412]

I just made the same comment Devil Dog! Semper Fi!

[@arekpetrosian4965]

@@travismiles5885 So you can't stand people not having specialized knowledge that only comes from exposure to that particular thing? Would you feel the same about doctors saying that they can't stand you for not knowing medical terminology? Cut people the slack you would want cut for you.

[@samkresil6011]

You also forgot Robert De Niro improvised "Are you talkin to me" in Taxi Driver Jack Nicholson came up with the line "here's Johnny!" in The Shining and Robert Downey Jr. saying "I am Iron Man" at the end of Iron Man

[@jeromepudwill]

Right you are on De Niro's line. Scorsese told him to improve something. So De Niro cribbed an actor's training technique where you repeat a phrase, changing your delivery each time.

[@mozaynab3]

Thats probably in another video 😂

[@monolithsoft_guy]

"Iconic lines" - "My name is Forrest Gump" SO ICONIC!

[@user-lh7mt7zo7l]

Are you pretending to be dumb as a joke?

[@tapio_m6861]

Kubrick did have a guy chosen to the part of the drill sergeant, Ermey just knew that he would be not only the best guy to teach the original actor, but also better to do the role itself.

[@LaureninGermany]

In Heat you can see they‘re both laughing, though. Fantastic. They kept it in just enough that we‘d have missed it if we were‘t aware it was ad-libbed. Great video, thanks.

[@NickolaiVolkov]

3:16 I'm sorry....David who?! Hahahahaha!!!

[@realtime4559]

David Doo Shove Knee

[@NickolaiVolkov]

@@realtime4559 It's mispronounced, which I don't *really* care, but when you're making a video about actors/people/anybody and you're not certain how to to say their name, you gotta do your research - much like ensuring an essay has no spelling/grammatical errors.

[@jacobnash9755]

Yeah especially with big names. I can't believe he got that wrong.

[@MDMARaver]

OMG, how can it be that THE most iconic scene is not included when it comes to improvising actors? Namely Rutger Hauer's "I've seen things..." monologue in Bladerunner.

[@UDRF]

Not exactly improvised but not part of the script. He spent some time before the scene writing out the monologue from what I've read

[@davidcordial8287]

It was improvised, he revised the speech because he felt it was too wordy He does deserve credit for making it so iconic

[@AshenElk]

I also don't understand how this was skipped.

[@santyclause8034]

The "Tears in Rain" soliloquy...

[@DavisBrendon29]

Robin Williams also ad-libbed the part where he said his late wife farted in her sleep. Matt Damon’s laugh was genuine and the whole crew was laughing in the background.

[@jonvia]

They Live is such a great movie! Directed by John Carpenter, who also directed Halloween

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

Sing of a great actor to spot when their co-star is improvising and go with the flow.

[@ramasama]

Loved that you left the meme intact with the Mcconaughey line.

[@robertelliott2026]

In Full Metal Jacket, Kubrick did in fact have an actor picked for the drill instructor, R Lee Ermey sneakily was pushing the producer to get Kubrick to change it. The actor who initially was meant to be the drill instructor became the helicopter door gunner.

[@ironman4do]

The Zoolander exchange is one of the best, ever. It was SOOO perfect for the Zoolander character. Christine Taylor's facial expression of "Seriously?" as she turns to look at him is such an absolutely natural reaction, not surprising as she's Ben's IRL wife. And Duchovny's dry, sardonic, off the cuff response is also just perfect for his character and the scene. It's not common that I actually laugh out loud at movies, but that scene and that exchange made it happen the first time I watched it.

[@Adzerk]

That's odd......they bleep the N word but not all the other racial slurs.

[@koltoncrane3099]

Ya Hollywood is a joke. The movie with three black veterans going back to Vietnam talks about racism against African Americans etc but then those same black guys use racial slurs against Vietnamese in the movie. It’s like WTF?

[@terrencejackson2604]

It's odd that either of you are perplexed about this.

[@sergiodelrioreyes7655]

@@koltoncrane3099which film?

[@terrencejackson2604]

@@Lord602099 Your comment is extremely ignorant.

[@redmille1000]

@@terrencejackson2604true, not ignorant, they will also steal TV’s when they have no electricity but leave food behind!

[@RylanStorm]

There's no way that "I can't see a thing in this helmet" line was actually Mark talking to Harrison. It's delivered in a completely different tone from his normal voice.

[@kesmith35]

kinda thought the same thing

[@Sly88Frye]

Actors who can improvise so well are just so damn good.

[@madaramaxanthonie5825]

"we gonna need bigger boat" every movie with boat always use this

[@JJP316]

The R. Lee Ermey story in Full Metal Jacket is far, FAR more complicated than that.

[@Armor8377]

My favorite part of infinity war was seeing spiderman turn to dust

[@whutzat]

It hit HARD

[@brianthomason5022]

You mean spider boy

[@docsavage8640]

My favorite part was turning it off midway through because it's total shit

[@xcloudx01alt]

8:40 Mordecai.. PUT YOUR PHONE AWAAAYYY! Mordecai, put your phone away!! Haha so that's what scene Regular Show were copying in that one episode

[@devilsadvocate1441]

David doooshovney😂

[@aionanyx4462]

David Patrick Kelly sitting in a car while clanking bottles together and saying, "Abashed the devil stood ..."

[@alm2187]

"Hey, where do these stairs go?" "They don't go anywhere. You have to climb them." 🤗

[@BlueIvysAssistant]

I've always heard that the "You're gonna need a bigger boat." line was improvised because that was his first time seeing the shark animatronic.

[@videogames9972]

"supposed to slip out of his hands" my dude, he was full on throwing it he cocked his arm back and everything,

[@skyttyl]

Granted, if I were playing opposite Matt Lillard, I'd chuck it at his head too. Lol Lord knows he played a lot of iconic characters, but man, I've always found this portrayal annoying as all get out.

[@likestoospooge]

3:16. David DuShawvny is one of the greats.

[@TalkingHands308]

1:47 "They go up" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kd8opi]

I was gonna watch this, but skipped through a few scenes, realized the narrator was talking over everything and “noped”.

[@silencedmaxim5889]

I like your attitude

[@doctaflo]

Lol you really showed them by leaving a comment to drive up their engagement score for the algorithm. if they don’t talk over the clips enough to “meaningfully transform the work,” the whole video can be removed for copyright infringement

[@kd8opi]

@@doctaflo Fully aware of the algorithm. Maybe, just maybe, they stop making crap. I won’t come back.

[@jmspiers]

​@@kd8opiif we care we'll let you know

[@lwills8609]

Blazing Saddles!!! One of THE best movies....EVER!!! Cleavon & Gene!!!

[@norm9069]

The line from The Warriors was scripted, the bottles clanking was not.

[@mayorb3366]

"Danny's not here Mrs, Torrence" (The Shining) Similarly, the line was in the script, but the kid bending his finger in the air was not.

[@anonygent]

I'm personally impressed by the TWO ad libs by Bruce Willis and Bonnie Bedelia. The script just said they argue, and Bruce and Bonnie ad-libbed the whole argument, including the talking over each other.

[@WanKin581]

David doochoveny 😂😂😂

[@CharlieTwoDelta]

I liked Roy Scheider in SeaQuest ^^

[@bosoerjadi2838]

In which he did have a bigger boat.

[@ploppill34]

“… like tears in rain" Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner

[@Pendragon667]

Bad Boys 1: the line "You know you drive almost slow enough to drive Miss Daisy." from Martin Lawrence might not be iconic but he made it up and improvised because he wanted to PO Will Smith and Smiths' reaction was genuine. He was mad a Lawrence and the line made it in the movie

[@fakeperson9788]

Actually int the “Heat” it’s discussed in the interview that the director kept making Al reshoot that scene a bunch. Al was frustrated and yelled out the lines, to which the director loved it.

[@pauledunn]

Marines don't have drill Sargeants, they have drill instructors.

[@rodneystorick6453]

Semper Fi

[@pauledunn]

Oorah devil dog

[@kc3749]

So in honor of R Lee Ermie, who I actually heard correct a fan on the subject at a trade show few years ago, he was a drill INSTRUCTOR, not a drill sgt.

[@Cinncinnatus]

I'm dying from Tom Hanks reaction at the end...

[@truthof7382]

You’re gonna need a bigger boat. My favorite

[@mikestarr6634]

I love the narrator never bothers to look up how to pronounce anyone's name...opposite of respect.

[@bdepas1813]

As someone who never gets his name pronounce correctly, who care's?

[@thePavuk]

2:25 Full metal jacket: Kubrick promised role of gunny to Tim Colceri (that sadistic helicopter gunner). He spend 2 years intensive preparations so he almost collapsed and broke down, and in the end, Kubrick replaced him because he found Ermey. And then Tim Colceri get his little but famous role of door gunner. Joker: How can you shoot women and children? Door Gunner: Easy. You just don't lead 'em so much. Ain't war hell?

[@ArcanePath360]

Where do these stairs go? They go up is brilliant. Reminds me of my best ever come back at work many years ago which got a few laughs.... We found a mirror and while deciding where to use it, we left it leaning against a wall in the office. My boss walked in and said "What's that mirror doing there?" Without hesitation I just said "Reflecting". I doubt I will ever say anything that funny again.

[@StevePringle]

They Live FTW. 😂 I have actually used that line a few times in the past.

[@thorssensgamesNCC1701]

The kick ass and chew bubble gum line also appeared in the game Duke Nukem. It had various movie lines

[@dynad00d15]

Roddy Piper was truely a oneliner machine. In one of his most famous promos, he said : "When you think you know the answer, i vhamge the question."

[@marshallartsentertainment3741]

When people on KZbin overuse/misuse the word iconic.

[@wtfmanicanthaveaname]

3:16 ... David WHAT!?

[@hugh_jasso]

Just watched Ghostbusters on YT yesterday 😂

[@jackshadowdragon]

You have succeeded in life if you can improvise one line so well it goes down in history of cinematography. Then there's Heath Ledger

[@mcairborne82]

The US Marines have Drill Instructors. I was a Drill Sergeant in the US Army. Don't cross the US Marines that way. 😉

[@bdepas1813]

You know that most people watching this are not even American right ? I don't even understand the difference between the two words as a foreigner. I'll try to remember tho

[@bbenjoe]

"It's time to kickass and chew bubblegum, and I am all out of gum." - Duke Nukem

[@kamanama3671]

My brother and I quoted each other that Warriors quote for decades after

[@OldFellaDave]

R Lee Ermy made up ALL of his own dialogue. They had already cast another actor for the role. Ermy worked with the cast before the actor who they hired to play Hartman arrived in England. Ermy also worked in the background to get himself the role by making it known he wanted it and thought he was doing it much better than any actor could etc ... When the original actor arrived and started rehearsing, Kubrick and others were less than impressed with his performance compared to Ermy's (which is understandable given that R Lee Ermy was an actual Marine Corps Drill Instructor) so they gave the role to Ermy. The original actor was given a few lines in the movie as the door gunner in the helicopter.

[@Critter145]

Dew-covny. David Dew-covny is how its said

[@yourbookdesign]

Robert Duvall and Viggo Mortensen, in The Road, their campfire talk was completely improved.

[@Deuteromis]

Mark Hamill is right about the helmets they had poor visibility and it wasn't uncommon for the extras to trip because they couldn't see where they were going.

[@alwenke212]

,,,,,or bump into low doorways !

[@Kragnar1]

David Doushadnee? Who the heck is that?

[@TalkingHands308]

3:20 Hey, you have to also give credit to the female actress too, not just Duchovny, she also didn't break character and actually reacted perfectly by giving him a look like "are you dumb?"

[@dtceballos]

David Du-shove-any??? 3:17 🙄

[@wheelch0ck]

I came here to say that too! 🤣

[@shannonmcbride2010]

Although most of the DI's lines from Full Metal Jacket did, indeed come from Ermey, they weren't exactly improvised. Kubrick gave him a tape recorder and had him go off and record several hours of stuff he would have said to new recruits. Then the tape was given to a secretary to transcribe and Kubrick selected his favorite lines to get worked into the scene. Apparently, the secretary was an older and quite polite British woman, which conjures a funny image of her listening to some of the saltiest language ever to be featured in a mainstream film.