Classic American films: The Princess Bride – the 10 best quotes from Rob Reiner’s 1987 fairy tale
- Starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright and Mandy Patinkin, The Princess Bride has become a cult classic in the years since its 1987 release
- It was even inducted into the US National Film Registry in 2016, being deemed as “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”
In this regular feature series on some of the most talked-about films, we examine the legacy of classics, re-evaluate modern blockbusters, and revisit some of the most memorable lines in film. We continue this week with the best quotes from 1987’s The Princess Bride .
1. Buttercup (Robin Wright): “You mock my pain!”
The Man in Black (Cary Elwes): “Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
2. Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin): “You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.”
The Man in Black (Cary Elwes): “You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die.”
3. The Grandson (Fred Savage): “They’re kissing again. Do we have to read the kissing parts?”
4. Vizzini (Wallace Shawn): “He didn’t fall?! Inconceivable!”
Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin): “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
5. Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin): “Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father! Prepare to die!”
6. Buttercup (Robin Wright): “We’ll never survive.”
The Man in Black (Cary Elwes): “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.”
7. Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin): “Who are you?”
The Man in Black (Cary Elwes): “No one of consequence.”
Inigo Montoya: “I must know.”
The Man in Black: “Get used to disappointment.”
8. Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin): “I do not mean to pry, but you don’t by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?”
The Man in Black (Cary Elwes): “Do you always begin conversations this way?”
9. The Man in Black (Cary Elwes): [Drinking from a poisoned goblet] “You guessed wrong.”
Vizzini (Wallace Shawn): “You only think I guessed wrong! That’s what’s so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders – the most famous of which is ‘never get involved in a land war in Asia’ – but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line’! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!” [Dies]
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10. The Grandson (Fred Savage): “Grandpa, maybe you could come over and read it again to me tomorrow.”
Grandpa (Peter Falk): “As you wish.”
