78 Movie Quotes about Excuses (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Apr 18, 2026

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

1 Don't give me excuses. Give me results!

Tom McGrath as Skipper The Penguin in Madagascar

2 Excuse me. I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening.

Peter Weller as Alex Murphy Robocop in RoboCop (1987)

3 Sorry. I can't talk right now. I'll explain later.

Quote from Jumanji (1995)

4 I want that ship, not excuses. Yes, lord.

Quote from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

5 Sorry, miss, I was giving myself an oil job.

Marvin Miller as Robby The Robot in Forbidden Planet (1956)

6 Just wrap it up. You will say you are going in the pool and act excited. And then you will say you hurt your back and you have to leave.

Quote from Hotel Transylvania

7 If you'll excuse me, I really do have to be somewhere. -Somewhere where? -Somewhere else?

John Fiedler as Piglet in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

8 The only thing you can invent is excuses for not working.

Ken Sansom as Rabbit in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

9 Then you're coming with me. -I can't. When the moon sets, I'll turn back into a swan.

Howard McGillin as Prince Derek; Michelle Nicastro as Princess Odette in The Swan Princess

10 You've got to excuse him, sir. You see, he just came to life and he doesn't know much about such things.

June Foray as Karen in Frosty the Snowman (1969)