77 Movie Quotes about Excuses (+ Sound Clips) - page 6

Updated: Feb 20, 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.

51 I'll be honest with you. If I could think of an excuse that you would buy, I'd use it.

John Candy as Buck Russell in Uncle Buck (1989)

52 She's only six. -That is not a valid excuse! I hear that every day and I dismiss it.

John Candy as Buck Russell in Uncle Buck (1989)

53 I've come here to apologize about some of the comments I may have made about Captain Hook and Blackie.

Sacha Baron Cohen as Admiral General Aladeen in The Dictator (2012)

54 But I can make it up, okay? I forgot, 'bro's before ho's.'

Danny Mcbride as Red in Pineapple Express

55 Heroin addiction may explain your actions, but it does not excuse them.

Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton in Trainspotting (1996)

56 I have no excuse at all. No. It it must have been the excitement, probably. Yes.

Charles Laughton as Ruggles in Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

57 Would you mind if I excuse myself for a moment?

Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

58 You don't have to apologize. Everybody's got an angle.

Bing Crosby as Bob Wallace in White Christmas (1954)

59 Do you have an excuse? -No I don't, none at all. -The penalty is death.

Quote from The 14 Amazons

60 I ain't givin' you excuses. But I'm tellin' you... I don't _in'... I'm givin' you _in' reasons.

Robert De Niro as Louis Gara in Jackie Brown