The Shape of Water Quotes

The Shape of Water is a television program that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Shape of Water completed its run in 1970.

It features Guillermo del Toro, and J. Miles Dale as producer, Alexandre Desplat in charge of musical score, and Dan Laustsen as head of cinematography.

The Shape of Water is recorded in American Sign Language, and English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Shape of Water is 123 minutes long. The Shape of Water is distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

The cast includes: Richard Jenkins as Giles, Michael Shannon as Strickland, Sally Hawkins as Elisa, Michael Shannon as Richard Strickland, David Hewlett as Fleming, Nick Searcy as Hoyt, Stewart Arnott as Bernard, Martin Roach as Brewster Fuller, and Nigel Bennett as Mihalkov.

The Shape of Water Quotes

Richard Jenkins as Giles

• (Richard Jenkins) "Now, you said that; you know, he was worshipped like a god. Now, is he a god? I dunno if he's a god. I mean he ate a cat, so I mean, I don't, I don't know. I don't know, but -- I mean, we have to keep him around, a while -- Little while."

• (Richard Jenkins) "Now, whatever this thing is, you need it."
• (Richard Jenkins) "So, you just tell me what to do."

• (Richard Jenkins) "Have you always been alone?"
• (Richard Jenkins) "Did you ever have someone? Do you know what happened to you, do you? Because I don't. I don't know what happened to me."
• (Richard Jenkins) "I don't know. I look in the mirror and the only thing I recognize, are these eyes. In this old man's face. You know sometimes I think I was either born too early or too late for my life. Maybe we're both just relics."

• (Richard Jenkins) "If I told you about her, what would I say? I wonder."

• (Richard Jenkins) "Oh. God, to be young and beautiful. If I could go back"
• (Richard Jenkins) "to when I was 18; I didn't know anything about anything; I'd give myself a bit of advice."
• (Sally Hawkins) "What would you say?"
• (Richard Jenkins) "I would say: Take better care of your teeth and f***, a lot more."
• (Richard Jenkins) "Oh no, no, that's very good advice."

• (Richard Jenkins) "Get him out? What are you talking about? No. Absolutely not."

• (Richard Jenkins) "He's a wild creature. We can't ask him to be anything else."

• (Richard Jenkins) "We can do nothing. I'm sorry. But this, this, this is just; Oh God, it's not even human. God."
• (Richard Jenkins) "What?"
• (Sally Hawkins) "If we / do nothing / neither are we."

• (Richard Jenkins) "When he looks at me, the way he looks at me -- He does not know, what I lack -- Or; how; I am incomplete. He sees me, for what I; am, as I am. He's happy; to see me. Every time. Every day. Now, I can either save him -- or let him die."

• (Richard Jenkins) "I can either save him, or let him die."

• (Richard Jenkins) "If I told you about her, what would I say? That they lived happily ever after? I believe they did. That they were in love? That they remained in love? I'm sure that's true. But when I think of her; of Elisa; the only thing that comes to mind is a poem, whispered by someone in love, hundreds of years ago: "Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere.""

• (Richard Jenkins) "Oh God. It's not even human."

• (Richard Jenkins) "If I spoke about it; if I did; what would I tell you? I wonder. Would I tell you about the time? It happened a long time ago, it seems. In the last days of a fair prince's reign. Or would I tell you about the place? A small city near the coast, but far from everything else. Or, I don't know -- Would I tell you about her? The princess without voice. Or perhaps I would just warn you, about the truth of these facts. And the tale of love and loss. And the monster, who tried to destroy it all."

• (Richard Jenkins) "Y'know, uh; cornflakes were invented to prevent masturbation. It didn't work."

Michael Shannon as Strickland

• (Michael Shannon) "That story about Samson, I never told you how it ends. After the Philistines torture him and blind him, Samson asks God for the strength he needs. And at the last minute he is spared. And the Lord gives him his strength back one last time. And he holds the columns of the temple with his powerful arms, and he crushes them. And he brings the whole building down on the Philistines. He dies, but he gets every single one of those motherf***ers. That is his will. Now, do you know what that particular story means for us, Delilah? It means if you know something you're not telling me you're gonna tell me either before or after I bring this particular temple down upon our heads."

• (Michael Shannon) "Oh, no. No, a man washes his hands before or after tending to his needs. It tells you a lot about a man."
• (Michael Shannon) "He does it both times; points to a weakness in character."

• (Michael Shannon) "Where is it?"
• (Martin Roach) "Listen; fella --"
• (Michael Shannon) "SIT DOWN."

• (Michael Shannon) "Now, do ya know what that particular story means, for us Delilah?"
• (Michael Shannon) "It means if you know somethin' you're not tellin' me, you're gonna tell me."

• (Michael Shannon) "f***. You are a god --"

• (Michael Shannon) "f***. You ARE a god."

• (Hoffstetler) "He's bleeding. What happened?"
• (Michael Shannon) "It's an animal, Hoffstetler. Just keepin' it tame."

• (Michael Shannon) "The natives in the Amazon worshipped it. Like a god. We need to take it apart, learn how it works."

• (Michael Shannon) "I do not fail. I deliver."

• (Michael Shannon) "You deliver. You deliver, that's what you do, you deliver. Right? RIGHT?"

• (Michael Shannon) "What am I doing, interviewing the f***ing help? The s*** cleaners. The piss wipers."

• (Michael Shannon) "Let me say this up-front: You clean that lab, you get out. The thing we keep in there is an affront. Do you know what an affront is, Zelda?"
• (Zelda) "Something offensive?"
• (Michael Shannon) "That's right. And I should know, I dragged that -- filthy thing -- out of the river muck in South America all the way here. And along the way we didn't get to like each other much. Now. You may think, "That thing looks human." Stands on two legs, right? But; we're created in the Lord's image. You don't think that's what the Lord looks like, do you?"

Nick Searcy as Hoyt

• (Nick Searcy) "Their only concern is the asset."
• (Michael Shannon) "The Soviets want it."
• (Nick Searcy) "Do you have it?"
• (Michael Shannon) "Sir, I'm getting it back."

• (Nick Searcy) "So go get some real decency, son. And unf*** this mess."

• (Nick Searcy) "Thirty-six hours from now, this entire episode will be over. And so will you. Our universe will have a hole in it, with your outline. And you will have moved on. To; an alternate universe. A universe of s***. You'll be lost to civilization, and you will be unborn, unmade, and undone."

• (Nick Searcy) "A man has the decency not to f*** up. Now that's one thing. That's real decent of him. But the other kind of decency; it doesn't really matter. We sell it, but it's an export. We sell it because we don't use it."

David Hewlett as Fleming

• (David Hewlett) "Now. I don't want to bolster or overstate the matter, but uh, this may very well be the most sensitive asset ever to be housed in this facility."

Stewart Arnott as Bernard

• (Stewart Arnott) "Oh, and they want the; them happier. The family."
• (Richard Jenkins) "Happier?"
• (Stewart Arnott) "Mm."
• (Richard Jenkins) "Happier? The father looks like he just discovered the missionary position."

Nigel Bennett as Mihalkov

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

Sally Hawkins as Elisa

• (Sally Hawkins) "If we do nothing, neither are we."

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