Best monologue ever?

[PhiGam]

First four that came to mind for me:

Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday- "Inches"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9rFx6OFooCs&feature=related

Hugo Weaving in V For Vendetta- "Introduction by Alliteration"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uW6HbZXI9Y0

Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans- "Gettysburg"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=0

Bill Pullman in Independence Day- "Mankind"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRGUqd_M6Mg

[cuteASAbug]

Billy Crystal from When Harry Met Sally:
Well, how about this way? I love that you get cold when it’s seventy-one degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you’re looking at me like I’m nuts. I love that after I spend a day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes, and I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it’s not because I’m lonely, and it’s not because it’s New Years Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of the life to start as soon as possible.

[squirrely girl]

any of the vagina monologues

[James]

The Vagina speaks?

Originally Posted by squirrely girl

any of the vagina monologues

[kathykd2005]

Yes, loud and clear. Vaginas ROAR!

[nittanyalum]

Macbeth from Macbeth
Lady Macbeth from Macbeth
Juliet from Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet from Hamlet
Oh, I could go on and on... that Shakespeare... monologue king.

Doesn't this thread belong under Entertainment?

[kathykd2005]

You took the words right off of my keys. Those are my favorite monologues!

[cuteASAbug]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Macbeth from Macbeth
Lady Macbeth from Macbeth
Juliet from Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet from Hamlet
Oh, I could go on and on... that Shakespeare... monologue king.

Doesn't this thread belong under Entertainment?

Don't forget Mark Antony's funeral oration from Julius Caesar.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Macbeth from Macbeth
Lady Macbeth from Macbeth
Juliet from Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet from Hamlet
Oh, I could go on and on... that Shakespeare... monologue king.

Doesn't this thread belong under Entertainment?

I love Mid Summer's Night Dream and Othello. Now that's entertainment!

[kathykd2005]

Out, out damned spot! Is there a Shakespeare thread? If not, we need one.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Michael Douglas, as President Andrew Shephard in The American President:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112346/quotes

"For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was, to a certain extent, about character, and although I have not been willing to engage in his attacks on me, I've been here three years and three days, and I can tell you without hesitation: Being President of this country is entirely about character. For the record: yes, I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU. But the more important question is why aren't you, Bob? Now, this is an organization whose sole purpose is to defend the Bill of Rights, so it naturally begs the question: Why would a senator, his party's most powerful spokesman and a candidate for President, choose to reject upholding the Constitution? If you can answer that question, folks, then you're smarter than I am, because I didn't understand it until a few hours ago. America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours. You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can't just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the "land of the free". I've known Bob Rumson for years, and I've been operating under the assumption that the reason Bob devotes so much time and energy to shouting at the rain was that he simply didn't get it. Well, I was wrong. Bob's problem isn't that he doesn't get it. Bob's problem is that he can't sell it! We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections. You gather a group of middle-aged, middle-class, middle-income voters who remember with longing an easier time, and you talk to them about family and American values and character. And wave an old photo of the President's girlfriend and you scream about patriotism and you tell them, she's to blame for their lot in life, and you go on television and you call her a whore. Sydney Ellen Wade has done nothing to you, Bob. She has done nothing but put herself through school, represent the interests of public school teachers, and lobby for the safety of our natural resources. You want a character debate, Bob? You better stick with me, 'cause Sydney Ellen Wade is way out of your league..."

Continues at the link.

[kathykd2005]

Sounds like a plan! haha

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Michael Douglas, as President Andrew Shephard in The American President:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112346/quotes

"For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was, to a certain extent, about character, and although I have not been willing to engage in his attacks on me, I've been here three years and three days, and I can tell you without hesitation: Being President of this country is entirely about character. For the record: yes, I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU. But the more important question is why aren't you, Bob? Now, this is an organization whose sole purpose is to defend the Bill of Rights, so it naturally begs the question: Why would a senator, his party's most powerful spokesman and a candidate for President, choose to reject upholding the Constitution? If you can answer that question, folks, then you're smarter than I am, because I didn't understand it until a few hours ago. America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours. You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can't just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the "land of the free". I've known Bob Rumson for years, and I've been operating under the assumption that the reason Bob devotes so much time and energy to shouting at the rain was that he simply didn't get it. Well, I was wrong. Bob's problem isn't that he doesn't get it. Bob's problem is that he can't sell it! We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections. You gather a group of middle-aged, middle-class, middle-income voters who remember with longing an easier time, and you talk to them about family and American values and character. And wave an old photo of the President's girlfriend and you scream about patriotism and you tell them, she's to blame for their lot in life, and you go on television and you call her a whore. Sydney Ellen Wade has done nothing to you, Bob. She has done nothing but put herself through school, represent the interests of public school teachers, and lobby for the safety of our natural resources. You want a character debate, Bob? You better stick with me, 'cause Sydney Ellen Wade is way out of your league..."

Continues at the link.

"Nice Shoes"!

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

Out, out damned spot! Is there a Shakespeare thread? If not, we need one.

Oh, let's just hijack this one...

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

Don't forget Mark Antony's funeral oration from Julius Caesar.

Ugh, we had to memorize that in high school.

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him..."