I love movie quotes. I must drive my husband nuts because I am constantly quoting my favorite movies around the house. But, there are some instances where I misquote. Oh, I get the general idea of the quote and I’d swear I was right, until I see the actual movie and hear the character say the line.
However, I am not the only one. The other day, I came across some of the most commonly misquoted movie lines. See if you fall for any of these:
Even those that haven’t seen Casablanca know this quote. But, while close, this is not exactly what Bogart said in the movie. The real line is “You played it for her, you can play it for me. If she can stand it, I can. Play it!”
“Beam me up, Scotty.”
I don’t know if he ever said it in the television show, but Captain Kirk never said “Beam me up, Scott” in the 1979 movie Star Trek: The Motion Picture. What he actually said was “Scotty, beam us up.”
This one goes all the way back to 1932’s Tarzan, the Ape Man. When Jane introduced herself by pointing to herself and saying “Jane,” she followed it up by pointing at Tarzan and saying “You?” He told her “Tarzan” then poked her, saying “Jane” and poked himself, saying “Tarzan” several times.
“Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?”
This one isn’t too far off the original, but rather than a question, it was a statement. What Benjamin Braddock really said in 1967’s The Graduate was “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me.”
“You dirty rat.”
Yes, this may hurt some of the old timers, but James Cagney never said, “You dirty rat” in Blonde Crazy. The closest he came to the line was when he said, “Mmm, that dirty, double-crossin’ rat.”
Stay tuned tomorrow for more movie misquotes!