38 Movie Quotes about Manipulation (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jun 12, 2026

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

1 It's Lotso. He's made us into a pyramid, and he put himself on top!

Michael Keaton as Ken Doll in Toy Story 3

2 You were duped, brainwashed.

Quote from Batman (1966)

3 Conjure magic for them, and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom, and still they'll roar.

Derek Jacobi as Senator Gracchus in Gladiator (2000)

4 Would you say it has the ability to manipulate its own environment?

Quote from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

5 No, no, don't give me those crocodile tears.

Minnie Driver as Jane Porter in Tarzan (1999)

6 He must be stopped. -No, he must be encouraged, enticed and only then... entrapped.

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

7 I manipulated you like a puppet. -Yeah? Well... I manipulated you into manipulating me.

Jim Cummings as Darkwing Duck; Tim Curry as Taurus Bulba in Darkwing Duck (1991)

8 He poisons your minds to obtain that which he desires.

Kevin Clash as Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

9 I'm not your puppet, and you're not my puppet-controlling guy!

Quote from Ratatouille

10 And there are insects out there that will take advantage of you.

Quote from A Bug's Life