33 Movie Quotes about Elevators (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jul 22, 2025

Memorable quotes about elevators, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Could we take the elevator this time, sir?

Edgar From The Aristocats in The Aristocats

2 Why not just take the elevator? -They'll be expecting that.

Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear; John Ratzenberger as Hamm in Toy Story 2

3 I'll be waiting at the elevator.

Adam West as Bruce Wayne - Batman in Batman (1966)

4 To the elevator, boys!

Adam West as Bruce Wayne - Batman in Batman (1966)

5 Oh, that birdcage? Poppycock. Elevators are for old people.

Eva Gabor as Duchess in The Aristocats

6 It's a Wonkavator. An elevator can only go up and down, but the Wonkavator can go sideways and slantways and longways and backways... And frontways? -And squareways and frontways and any other ways that you can think of.

Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

7 Had an aunt once who built a nest in the top of an elevator. But her life was full of ups and downs.

Owl From Winnie The Pooh in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

8 Where does that elevator go? -Downstairs, obviously... to an abandoned submarine dock on the river.

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

9 Do you realize what people are shelling out up there for a few miserable rooms off a common elevator?

Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor in Superman (1978)

10 That elevator only goes one way... down.

Frank Nelson as Satan in Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie