Mr. Grasshopper: 16 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Apr 23, 2026

Movie quotes spoken by Mr. Grasshopper, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 What's your latitude? What's your longitude? -Hey, hey, hey! That's personal, bub.

Mr. Centipede (Richard Dreyfuss), Mr. Grasshopper (Simon Callow) in James and the Giant Peach (1996)

2 Then there's hope. -Don't be ridiculous. There's no hope at all. We don't have a compass.

Mr. Earthworm (David Thewlis), Mr. Grasshopper (Simon Callow) in James and the Giant Peach (1996)

3 I'm a vegetarian. -I eat dirt.

Mr. Earthworm (David Thewlis), Mr. Grasshopper (Simon Callow) in James and the Giant Peach (1996)

4 Did he say, marvelous pigs in satin? -No, dear lady. Marvelous things will happen.

Mrs. Glowworm (Miriam Margolyes), Mr. Grasshopper (Simon Callow) in James and the Giant Peach (1996)

5 We're in the middle of the... How do you say, the big puddle? -Biggest puddle of them all, angel fangs. The Atlantic Ocean. -Technically, the Pacific is larger. -Well, that goes without saying.

Mr. Centipede (Richard Dreyfuss), Mr. Grasshopper (Simon Callow), Miss Spider (Susan Sarandon) in James and the Giant Peach (1996)

6 Sounds like a rhinoceros. -In the ocean? Scientifically impossible.

James Henry Trotter (Paul Terry), Mr. Grasshopper (Simon Callow) in James and the Giant Peach (1996)

7 Come on, seagulls! -Put your backs into it! -Shake your bloomin' tail feathers!

James Henry Trotter (Paul Terry), Mr. Grasshopper (Simon Callow) in James and the Giant Peach (1996)

8 This is an outrage! You are a disgrace to your phylum, class, order, genus and species! -Say it in English! -You, sir, are an _!

Simon Callow in James and the Giant Peach (1996)

9 What? What? What was that? -The Centipede jumped in! -Good heavens! He's committed pesticide!

James Henry Trotter (Paul Terry), Mr. Earthworm (David Thewlis), Mr. Grasshopper (Simon Callow) in James and the Giant Peach (1996)

10 Oh, this is all my doing. -Don't take all the credit. I helped, too.

Mr. Earthworm (David Thewlis), Mr. Grasshopper (Simon Callow) in James and the Giant Peach (1996)