In honor of the loss of a great actor and a the coming of an amazing
movie. I give you my top ten favorite lines from Heath Ledger’s Joker in
The Dark Knight. It was hard to pick a top ten because basically every
single one of is lines is made memorable by this incredible performance,
but I did my best. Here they are:
P.S.: This post contains spoilers, if you have not seen the movie
(do), but don’t read this until you have.
!!!SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!
First, the quotes that almost made it on the list (in no particular
order):
- “It’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message. Everything
burns!”
- “I’m like a dog chasing cars, I wouldn’t know what to do if I caught one, you know, I’d just do…things.”
- “Let’s put a smile on that face!”
- “Those mob fools want you gone. So they can get back to the way things were. But I know the truth, there’s no going back. You’ve changed things…forever.”
- “And I thought my jokes were bad.”
Top Ten:
10. “The only sensible way to live in this world is
without rules. And tonight, you’re gonna break your one rule.”
9. “Do you want to know why I use a knife? You see, guns are too
quick. You can’t savor all of the little…emotions. In their last
moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way…I knew your
friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them
were cowards?”
8. “I believe… whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you…stranger.”
7. (When told that he has a 50% chance of living) “Ummm, Now we’re
talkin.”
6. “Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and
everything becomes chaos, I’m an agent of chaos , and you know the thing
about chaos? It’s fair.”
5. “I don’t wanna kill you, what would I do without you? Go back to
rippin’ off mob dealers… no, no, no… no you, you complete me.”
4. “You can’t rely on anyone these days, you gotta do everything
yourself, don’t we? That’s ok, I came prepared, it’s a funny world we
live in. Speaking of which, you know how I got these scars?”
3. “I took gotham’s white knight and I brought ‘im down to our level.
Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity, all it takes is a little
push. “
2. “Don’t talk like one of them, you’re not! Even if you’d like to
be. To them, you’re just a freak–like me. They need you right now. When
they don’t…they’ll cast you out. Like a leper. See, their morals, their
code: it’s a bad joke. They’re dropped at the first sign of trouble.
They’re only as good as the world allows them to be. You’ll see, when
the chips are down these civilized people will eat each other. Ya see
I’m not a monster, I was just ahead of the curve.”
1. “You… you just couldn’t let me go could you? This is what happens
when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You are truly
incorruptable aren’t you. You won’t kill me because of some misplaced
sense of self-rightousness. And I won’t kill you because…you’re
just too much fun. I get the feeling that you and I are destined to do
this forever.”
