23 One-Word Lines That Were Delivered Perfectly
Acting is a lot more than just reading lines. There’s body language, the inner life of the character, convincingly making out with someone who has a “sexual misconduct allegations” section on their Wikipedia page, etc. But you can’t deny the power of a masterful line reading. Like, can you even imagine Tommy Lee Jones saying, “I don’t care” in any other way? Or Daniel Day-Lewis saying, “I drink your milkshake”? Or Posh Spice saying, “This dress is dry-clean only, Melanie”?
Even a single word, spoken by a true artist, can have as much impact as a whole soliloquy. For Redditor FewAdhesiveness7146, it’s Gary Oldman in Léon: The Professional shouting, “Everyone!” It’s hard to argue with that, but other Redditors did their best when they asked r/Film for the “greatest delivery of a single word in film history?”
Friday
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Lethal Weapon
Spider-Man
Pulp Fiction
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Iron Giant
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
The Princess Bride
Braveheart
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
There Will Be Blood
Dog Day Afternoon
Citizen Kane
A Fish Called Wanda
Evil Dead II
Home Alone
Rocky
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Wire
