Hellboy (2004)
Jeffrey Tambor: Tom Manning
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Quotes
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Hellboy : Are you okay?
[manning nods weakly. Hellboy brings out a cigar and fires up his Zippo]
Hellboy : You'd better stay here. I'll find a way out. We'll come back for you.
Tom Manning : You call that thing a cigar?
Hellboy : Yup.
Tom Manning : You never, ever light a cigar that way.
Tom Manning : [he digs out one of his fine cigars, cuts it and hands it to Hellboy] Use a wooden match. It preserves the flavor.
Hellboy : [he lights it for him and Hellboy grins] Thank you.
Tom Manning : [smiles] My job.
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Tom Manning : Let me tell you - let me tell you something about the Bureau of...
Television Host : Paranormal Research and Defense.
Tom Manning : ...of Paranormal Research and Defense: there is no such thing.
[cut to BPRD headquarters in New Jersey]
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Tom Manning : [two government agents have died under Hellboy's command and Manning is displeased] You know what my problem with you is? You're reckless. Those two men trusted you to lead them as a team. Where were you?
Hellboy : I knew those men better than you did.
Tom Manning : Ah, I see. That makes it all right then.
Hellboy : No, it doesn't make it all right, but I stopped that thing, didn't I?
Tom Manning : Yeah, that's what you do. That's why we need you. You have an insight. You know monsters.
Hellboy : What are you trying to say?
Tom Manning : This whole thing is a farce, because in the end, after you've killed and captured every freak out there - there's still one left: you.
Hellboy : [sighs and acts natural] Manning, I wish I could be more gracious, but...
[furiously pulls a machine from off the floor, lifts it and heaves it in Manning's direction]
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[in a large cemetery, searching for Rasputin's mausoleum]
Tom Manning : Where are you going?
Hellboy : To ask for directions.
[opens an amulet]
Hellboy : Come on, find me a talker...
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[on TV, Manning is confronted with the latest picture of Hellboy]
Tom Manning : I have a question. Why is it, in these pictures, pictures of aliens, UFOs, the yeti, Hellboy, why is it they're always out of focus?
[audience laughs]
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Tom Manning : So, how many escapes, this year alone? Five!
Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : Tom, he's our guest, not a prisoner!
Tom Manning : Yeah, well, your guest happens to be six-foot five, bright red, has a tail, and is government funded.
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Tom Manning : Hey, fish stick. Don't touch anything.
Abe Sapien : I need to touch it to see.
Tom Manning : See what?
Abe Sapien : Past, future. Whatever this object holds.
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Hellboy : Let me ask her directions...
Tom Manning : What did it say?
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Tom Manning : Have you found them yet?
Hellboy : I got 'em right below me. Matter of minutes.
Tom Manning : Okay, good. Could you hurry up, because it's a... it's a little spooky in here.