On the Waterfront Quotes

On the Waterfront is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . On the Waterfront ended its run in 1970.

It features Sam Spiegel as producer, Leonard Bernstein in charge of musical score, and Boris Kaufman as head of cinematography.

On the Waterfront is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of On the Waterfront is 108 minutes long. On the Waterfront is distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation.

The cast includes: Rod Steiger as Charlie, Marlon Brando as Terry, Karl Malden as Father Barry, Eva Marie Saint as Edie, and James Westerfield as Big Mac.

On the Waterfront Quotes

Marlon Brando as Terry

• (Marlon Brando) "Quite a nose, huh? Some people just have a face that sticks in your mind."

• (Marlon Brando) "Conscience -- that stuff can drive you nuts."

• (Marlon Brando) "You know, I seen you a lot of times before. Remember parochial school out on Paluski Street? Seven, eight years ago. Your hair, you had your hair uh --"
• (Eva Marie Saint) "Braids."
• (Marlon Brando) "Looked like a hunk of rope. And you had wires on your teeth and glasses and everything. You was really a mess."

• (Marlon Brando) "You know you're not too funny today, fat man."

• (Marlon Brando) "Get me on my feet."
• (Karl Malden) "How're you doing?"
• (Marlon Brando) "Am I on my feet?"

• (Marlon Brando) "Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you."

Karl Malden as Father Barry

• (Karl Malden) "Some people think the Crucifixion only took place on Calvary. They better wise up. Taking Joey Doyle's life to stop him from testifying is a crucifixion. And dropping a sling on Kayo Dugan because he was ready to spill his guts tomorrow, that's a crucifixion. And every time the Mob puts the pressure on a good man, tries to stop him from doing his duty as a citizen, it's a crucifixion. And anybody who sits around and lets it happen, keeps silent about something he knows that happened, shares the guilt of it just as much as the Roman soldier who pierced the flesh of our Lord to see if he was dead."

• (Karl Malden) "Isn't it simple as one, two, three? One: The working conditions are bad. Two: They're bad because the mob does the hiring. And three: The only way we can break the mob is to stop letting them get away with murder."

• (Karl Malden) "Some people think the Crucifixion only took place on Calvary. Well, they better wise up."

• (Karl Malden) "You'd better get rid of that gun, unless you haven't got the guts, and if you don't, you'd better hang on to it."

• (Karl Malden) "Boys, this is my church. And if you don't think Christ is down here on the waterfront you've got another guess coming."

Rod Steiger as Charlie

• (Rod Steiger) "So, how'd it go?"
• (Marlon Brando) "He up on the roof."
• (Rod Steiger) "The "pigeon"?"
• (Marlon Brando) "Uh, yeah, it worked."

• (Rod Steiger) "Look, kid, I; how much you weigh, son? When you weighed one hundred and sixty-eight pounds you were beautiful. You coulda been another Billy Conn, and that skunk we got you for a manager, he brought you along too fast."
• (Marlon Brando) "It wasn't him, Charley, it was you. Remember that night in the Garden you came down to my dressing room and you said, "Kid, this ain't your night. We're going for the price on Wilson." You remember that? "This ain't your night". My night. I coulda taken Wilson apart. So what happens? He gets the title shot outdoors on the ballpark and what do I get? A one-way ticket to Palooka-ville. You was my brother, Charley, you shoulda looked out for me a little bit. You shoulda taken care of me just a little bit so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money."
• (Rod Steiger) "Oh I had some bets down for you. You saw some money."
• (Marlon Brando) "You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley."

Eva Marie Saint as Edie

• (Eva Marie Saint) "I've never met anyone like you. There's not a spark of sentiment or romance or human kindness in your whole body."
• (Marlon Brando) "What good does it do you but get you in trouble?"

• (Eva Marie Saint) "But Pop, I've seen things that I know are so wrong. Now how can I go back to school and keep my mind on -- on things that are just in books, that-that-that aren't people living?"

• (Eva Marie Saint) "I want you to stay away from me."
• (Marlon Brando) "Edie, you love me -- I want you to say it to me."
• (Eva Marie Saint) "I didn't say I didn't love you. I said, "Stay away from me.""

• (Eva Marie Saint) "Which side are you with?"
• (Marlon Brando) "Me? I'm with me, Terry."

James Westerfield as Big Mac

• (James Westerfield) "The only arithmetic he ever got was hearing the referee count up to ten."

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