Godzilla (I) (1998)

Matthew Broderick: Dr. Niko Tatopoulos

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Quotes 

• [being questioned at a military checkpoint] 

  Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Well, Sergeant O'Neal just called down for us, he wants us to joint him right now, sir. Thank you.

  Tunnel Guard : [to Philippe]  You got a problem talkin'?

  Philippe Roaché : [Southern accent, without a trace of French]  Why, no sir, I'm fine.

  [a car honks from the line behind them] 

  Tunnel Guard : All right, keep it movin'.

  Philippe Roaché : Well, thank you very much.

  [They drive on. Nick looks questioningly at Philippe] 

  Philippe Roaché : [normal French accent]  Elvis Presley movies. He was The King.

• Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : That's a lot of fish.

• Audrey Timmonds : Wait, I don't get it... If he's the first of his kind, how can he be pregnant? Doesn't he need a mate?

  Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Not if he reproduces asexually.

  Audrey Timmonds : Where's the fun in that?

• Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : [Repeated line after someone mispronounces his name]  It's Tatopoulos.

• Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : [after Godzilla discovers one of his dead offspring]  He looks angry.

  Victor 'Animal' Palotti : [stammers]  What do we do?

  Philippe Roaché : Running would be a good idea.

• Sergeant O'Neal : I can't believe it, uh... he did all of this and... we did nothing to him.

  Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Ah, that's not true. We fed him.

• Victor 'Animal' Palotti : Where did you find this guy?

  Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : He's from France.

• Philippe Roaché : I am Philippe Roaché, DGSE - Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure.

  Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : It sounds big.

  Philippe Roaché : French Secret Service.

  Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Oh.

• Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : I've always wanted to join the French Foreign Legion.

• Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Wrong floor.

• Colonel Hicks : Well, don't tell me what it isn't; tell me what the hell it is.

  Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Well, what do we know? Uh, it was first sighted off the French Polynesian Pacific. That area has been exposed to dozens of nuclear tests over the past 30 years.

• Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : This thing is much too big to be some lost dinosaur.

• Audrey Timmonds : How close did you get to the thing?

  Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : ...I got pretty close.

• Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : What's with the chewing gum?

  Philippe Roaché : It makes us look more American.

• Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : He's not some monster trying to evade you. He's just an animal. If you find what he wants, then he'll come to you.

• Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : The radiation isn't an anomaly, it's the clue.

• [about breaking up with Nick] 

  Audrey Timmonds : It's been eight years. Some people change.

  Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Most people don't.

• Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : This is not good! This is not good!