142 Movie Quotes about Mistakes (+ Sound Clips) - page 14

Updated: Mar 23, 2026

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

131 Well, I don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.

George C. Scott as General Buck Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove

132 I made a mistake. I don't know what to tell you, babe. I... I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

133 Well, if I I've made a mistake, I'm sorry and I hope you'll forgive me.

Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939)

134 You need to call the FBI, tell them you made a mistake.

Jackie Chan as Yang Naing Lee in Rush Hour (1998)

135 You cannot guarantee you would not make a mistake again.

Steve Martin as Captain Smek in Home (2015)

136 Anybody with that kind of record is gonna make a mistake.

Henry Gibson as Head Nazi in The Blues Brothers (1980)

137 Look, I made a mistake. Don't you ever make a mistake?

Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

138 You want to believe those lies because you want to believe that I made a mistake.

Claire Trevor as Mary McCloud in Dark Command (1940)

139 When you're my age and you make as many tragic errors as I do, it is a different tune that you will sing.

Helen Slater as Supergirl in Supergirl (1984)

140 It was a mistake, of course. My wires got crossed somewhere.

Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's