Oliver Reed: 10 Movie Quotes with Audio

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1 The silence before you strike and the noise afterwards. It rises. It rises up, like a storm. As if you were the thunder god himself.

As Proximo in Gladiator (2000)

2 Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how, but we can decide how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered as men.

As Proximo in Gladiator (2000)

3 Then listen to me. Learn from me. I wasn't the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me.

As Proximo in Gladiator (2000)

4 Win the crowd, and you'll win your freedom.

As Proximo in Gladiator (2000)

5 Those giraffes you sold me, they won't mate. They just walk around eating and not mating. You sold me queer giraffes.

As Proximo in Gladiator (2000)

6 Thrust this into another man's flesh, and they will applaud and love you for that. And you, you may begin to love them for that.

As Proximo in Gladiator (2000)

7 All you do is kill, kill, kill. The crowd don't want a butcher, they want a hero. We want them to keep coming back. So don't just hack them to pieces, remember you are an entertainer.

As Proximo in Gladiator (2000)

8 What do you want? Girl? Boy?

As Proximo in Gladiator (2000)

9 And the great whore will suckle us until we are fat and happy and can suckle no more.

As Proximo in Gladiator (2000)

10 And then, when enough men have died, perhaps you will have your freedom.

As Proximo in Gladiator (2000)