Nathan Lane
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Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Known for his outrageous, divinely comedic performances on stage and screen, Nathan Lane has led a career encompassing Broadway, television, and film. Born Joe Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey on February 3, 1956, Lane took his stage name from Nathan Detroit, the character he played to great acclaim in the 1992 Broadway version of Guys and Dolls.Lane made his film debut in 1987's Ironweed, and he spent the rest of the 1980s and early 1990s playing secondary roles in films like Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), Frankie and Johnny (1991), and Addams Family Values (1993). During this time, his stage career was thriving; in addition to his celebrated turn in Guys and Dolls (for which he won a Tony nomination, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards), he frequently collaborated with playwright Terrence McNally, who cast him in a number of his plays, including The Lisbon Traviata, in which Lane played an opera queen, and Love! Valour! Compassion!, in which he starred as Buzz, an HIV-positive musical aficionado who provides much of the play's comic relief and genuine anger. The actor won particular acclaim for his portrayal of the latter character, taking home Obie and Drama Desk Awards, as well as other honors, for his work.In 1994, the same year that he starred in the stage version of Love! Valour! Compassion! (his role was played in the film version by Jason Alexander), Lane gained fame of a different sort, lending his voice to Timon, a hyperactive meerkat in Disney's animated The Lion King. He reprised the role for the extremely successful movie's 1998 sequel. Two years after playing a meerkat, Lane finally became widely visible to screen audiences as Robin Williams' flamboyantly limp-wristed lover in The Birdcage, Mike Nichols' remake of La Cage aux Folles. The film helped to establish Lane--who was at the time starring on Broadway in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum--as a comic actor worthy of big-screen exposure, and in 1997 he was given his own vehicle to display his talents, Mouse Hunt. Unfortunately, the film was a relative disappointment, as was Encore! Encore!, a 1998 sitcom that cast the actor as a Pavorotti-like opera singer alongside Glenne Headly and Joan Plowright. However, Lane continued to work steadily, appearing both on stage and in film. In 1999, he could be seen in At First Sight and Get Bruce, a documentary about comic writer Bruce Vilanch. The same year, he could also be heard in Stuart Little, a live action/animated adaptation of E.B White's celebrated children's book.Over the coming years, Lane would appear in several films, including a new big screen adaptation of The Producers and the fairy tale Mirror Mirror.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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74% | Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn |
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— | 2019 |
11% | The Vanishing of Sidney Hall |
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— | 2018 |
62% | Carrie Pilby |
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$19.5k | 2017 |
No Score Yet | National Theatre Live: Angels In America Part Two - Perestroika |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | NT Live: Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches |
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— | 2017 |
71% | No Pay, Nudity |
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$20.5k | 2016 |
99% | Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me |
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$0.4M | 2014 |
41% | The English Teacher |
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$60.7k | 2013 |
50% | Mirror Mirror |
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$65M | 2012 |
0% | The Nutcracker in 3D |
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$0.2M | 2010 |
50% | Astro Boy (AstroBoy) |
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$19.6M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Letters to Santa: A Muppets Christmas |
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— | 2008 |
38% | Swing Vote |
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$16.3M | 2008 |
84% | Trumbo |
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$28.6k | 2007 |
51% | The Producers |
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$19.2M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song |
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— | 2004 |
78% | The Lion King 1 1/2 |
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— | 2004 |
54% | Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! |
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$16.9M | 2004 |
76% | Teacher's Pet |
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$6.3M | 2004 |
78% | Nicholas Nickleby |
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$1.4M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Comedy Central Presents: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase |
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— | 2002 |
81% | Stuart Little 2 |
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$64.8M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Neil Simon's 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor' |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | The Man Who Came to Dinner |
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— | 2000 |
28% | Trixie |
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— | 2000 |
50% | Titan A.E. |
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— | 2000 |
49% | Love's Labour's Lost |
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— | 2000 |
25% | Isn't She Great |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs |
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— | 2000 |
67% | Stuart Little |
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— | 1999 |
71% | Get Bruce |
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— | 1999 |
32% | At First Sight |
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— | 1999 |
62% | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride |
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— | 1998 |
42% | Mouse Hunt |
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— | 1997 |
81% | The Birdcage |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | The Boys Next Door |
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— | 1996 |
68% | Jeffrey |
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— | 1995 |
93% | The Lion King |
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$94.3M | 1994 |
77% | Addams Family Values |
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— | 1993 |
25% | Life with Mikey |
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— | 1993 |
66% | Frankie & Johnny |
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— | 1991 |
31% | He Said, She Said |
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— | 1991 |
63% | Joe Versus the Volcano |
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— | 1990 |
14% | The Lemon Sisters |
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— | 1989 |
58% | Ironweed |
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— | 1987 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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76% |
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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85% |
Modern Family
2009-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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91% |
The Blacklist
2013
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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93% |
American Crime Story
2016-2018
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No Score Yet |
American Masters
2001
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96% |
Difficult People
2015-2017
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No Score Yet |
Charlie Rose
2013-2017
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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No Score Yet |
Late Show With David Letterman
1993-2015
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No Score Yet |
Live From Lincoln Center
2000-2019
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
1999-2015
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No Score Yet |
Great Performances
2000
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No Score Yet |
In Performance at the White House
2010-2016
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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33% |
The Marriage Ref
2010-2011
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78% |
30 Rock
2006-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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96% |
Absolutely Fabulous
1992-2012
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No Score Yet |
Lass es, Larry!
2000-2017
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92% |
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-2020
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70% |
Sex and the City
1998-2004
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No Score Yet |
Teacher's Pet
2000-2002
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No Score Yet |
Sesame Street
1969-2020
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No Score Yet |
Mad About You
1992-1999
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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93% |
Frasier
1993-2004
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33% |
Encore! Encore!
1999
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No Score Yet |
George and Martha
1999-2000
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Quotes from Nathan Lane's Characters
Carl Kapinas: | All great art comes from pain. |
Preed: | An intelligent guard. I didn't see that one coming. |
Albert Goldman / Starina: | I know what you're thinking: dress like this, I'm even more obvious. |
Albert Goldman / Starina: | Tannins?! |
Albert Goldman / Starina: | Tannins? |
Timon: | What's going on here?!! |
Timon: | What's going on here? |
Timon: | Woah! Jeez, why do I always have to save your a-aaaaahhhhh! |
Uncle Albert: | It's all relative. |
The Evil Queen: | Brighton, a word, please. |
Brighton: | Yes, Your Majesty. |
The Evil Queen: | Loose lips, sink ships. |
Brighton: | Yes, indeed, Your Majesty. Exactly which ship would you like sunk? |
The Evil Queen: | It's an expression, Brighton! |
Uncle Albert: | Reality is really an illusion. |
Phil Webster: | Virgil, you can see a lot, but none of that matters if you lose sight of what you want. |
Phil Webster: | Basically, your eyes work, but you brain hasn't learned to process the information. You are mentally blind. |
Pumbaa: | Ya know, in times like these, my buddy Timon says "You gotta put your behind in the past" |
Pumbaa: | Ya know, in times like these, my buddy Timon says 'You gotta put your behind in the past' |
Timon: | No, no, no....amateur. Lie down before you hurt yourself. It's "You gotta put your past behind ya." |
Timon: | No, no, no....amateur. Lie down before you hurt yourself. It's 'You gotta put your past behind ya.' |
Banzai: | Hey, who's the pig? |
Pumbaa: | Are you talking to me? |
Timon: | Oh, you called him a pig. |
Timon: | You shouldn't have done that. |
Pumbaa: | ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? |
Timon: | Now you're in for it! |
Pumbaa: | THEY CALLED ME, MR. PIG! |
Timon: | (Singing) Luau! If you're hungry for a hunk of fat & juicy meat Eat my buddy, Pumbaa, here because he is a treat Come on down and dine on this tasty swine All you gotta do is get in line! Are you aching? adsf a |
Timon: | [singing] Luau! If you're hungry for a hunk of fat & juicy meat Eat my buddy, Pumbaa, here because he is a treat Come on down and dine on this tasty swine All you gotta do is get in line! Are you aching? |
Pumbaa: | Yup, yup, yup! |
Timon: | (Singing) For some bacon?! |
Timon: | [singing] For some bacon?! |
Timon: | (Singing) He's a big pig! |
Timon: | [singing] He's a big pig! |
Pumbaa: | Yup, yup! |
Pumbaa: | (Singing) You can be a big pig, too! Oi! |
Pumbaa: | [singing] You can be a big pig, too! Oi! |
Leopold Bloom: | Thank you very much for smiling. That helped a great deal. |
Max Bialystock: | Well, you know what they say. Smile and the whole world smiles with you. Ha ha ha (Whispers to Shakespeare bust) This man belongs in a strait jacket! |
Max Bialystock: | Well, you know what they say. Smile and the whole world smiles with you. Ha ha ha [whispers to Shakespeare bust] This man belongs in a strait jacket! |
Timon: | This stinks |
Timon: | This stinks. |
Pumbaa: | Oops! Sorry. |
Timon: | Not you, them. |
Snowbell: | I'm alive! I'm alive! |
Falcon: | I'll be back with you later, furball! |
Snowbell: | Don't hurry! |
Snowbell: | [Teasing Stuart] One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do! Ha ha ha ha! |
Stuart Little: | [Hands on hips; sarcastically] Ha, ha, ha. |
Snowbell: | Go away! There's no food here! |
Monty: | Please?? |
Snowbell: | Shoo! |
Monty: | Hey, Snow. What's wrong with you? |
Snowbell: | Nothing. |
Monty: | You know, you're the one acting strange. What is it, worms? Fleas? Yeah, you look pale. Eww. Maybe you should see a vet. |
Snowbell: | A vet?! What a swell idea! Do you know one? I'm not happy with mine. He makes us wait and his hands are always cold! |
Monty: | [After seeing the door close] What was that? |
Snowbell: | What was that what? |
Monty: | What-- what was that... what? |
Snowbell: | [Confused] Huh? |
Snowbell: | Talk to the butt. |
Snowbell: | [Lunges at Stuart] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH... |
Stuart Little: | [Jumps off of the trash bin, which he then opens up] |
Snowbell: | ...AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH... [Falls into the trash bin, which then closes] OW!! |
Stuart Little: | [Runs away] |
Snowbell: | [Crawling out of the trash bin] All right! No more Mr. Nice Kitty! |
Stuart Little: | [Runs back] |
Snowbell: | YOU! |
Stuart Little: | Aaah! [Runs away] |
Snowbell: | [After Monty farts] WHOA! Phew! That was gross! |
Snowbell: | [Screeches and catches Stuart in his mouth] |
Mrs. Little: | Ohh! Snowbell! Drop him right now! |
Mr. Little: | You spit Stuart out this instant, Snowbell! Spit him right out! |
Mrs. Little: | [Nods] |
Snowbell: | [Spits Stuart out] |
Snowbell: | All right! No more Mr. Nice Kitty! |
Monty: | [After seeing the door close] What was that? |
Snowbell: | What was that what? |
Monty: | What-- what was that... what? |
Snowbell: | [Confused] Huh? |
Smokey: | [After Snowbell gets rid of the other cats] Not bad for a *dead* housecat. Say good night... Tinkerbell! |
Snowbell: | [Gulps] |
Stuart Little: | [Sing-song voice] Hey, Smokey! |
Smokey: | [Turns to look at Stuart] |
Stuart Little: | [Grabbing ahold of a branch] His name is Snowbell! [Lets go of the branch, which hits Smokey in the face] |
Snowbell: | [Flinches] |
Smokey: | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! [Splashes into the water] |
Stuart Little: | [Upon meeting Monty] Oh, hello. You must be a friend of Snowbell's. I'm Stuart. |
Monty: | Aren't you gonna run? |
Stuart Little: | Why? |
Monty: | 'Cause you're a mouse? |
Stuart Little: | I'm-- I'm not just a mouse. I'm-- I'm also a member of this family. |
Snowbell: | [Starting to get embarrassed] Ohhh... |
Monty: | A mouse with a pet cat? [Rolls on the counter laughing] A mouse with a pet cat?! |
Stuart Little: | I guess that-- that is... pretty funny! |
Monty: | Pretty funny?! I'm gonna wet my fur! A mouse with a pet cat! |
Stuart Little: | [Laughs] |
Monty: | Ha ha! [To Snowbell] He's your little master! Ho ho, wait 'til the boys hear about this! Ho ho! |
Snowbell: | Ohhhh! The humiliation! |
Monty: | [Laughs along with Stuart] |
Snowbell: | [To Stuart, angrily] I'm gonna KILL YOU! |
Stuart Little: | Oh, dear! [Jumps off the counter] |
Snowbell: | [Sees Stuart running away] Come back here! |
Pumbaa: | I ate like a pig. |
Timon: | You are a pig, Pumba. |
Ernie Smuntz: | I don't think we're dealing with an ordinary mouse... |
Max Bialystock: | What happened? |
Ulla: | Tidy up! Make look nice? |
Hold Me-Touch Me: | ... How about the virgin milkmaid, and the well hung stableboy? |
Hold Me-Touch Me: | ...How about the virgin milkmaid, and the well hung stableboy? |
Max Bialystock: | Oh... ohohoho. Today? |
Hold Me-Touch Me: | Don"t worry, I'll be gentle! Oh, this milk is so heavy! I don't think I'll ever make it to the house. You there, well hung stableboy! Would you care to help me with my milk? |
Max Bialystock: | But of course, little lady. First I'll take your milk... and then, I'll take, your virginity!!! |
Max Bialystock: | But of course, little lady. First I'll take your milk... and then, I'll take, your virginity! |
Max Bialystock: | There's a lot more to you than there is to you!! |
Max Bialystock: | There's a lot more to you than there is to you! |
Franz Liebkind: | .... And swear my eternal alleigence to Adolf Elizabeth Hitler. |
Max Bialystock: | (with Bloom) And swear my eternal aleigence to ... Elizabeth? |
Franz Liebkind: | Ja! Not many people know this, but the fuhrer was descended from a long line of English queens. |
Timon: | Eat my buddy pumba here because he is a treat! |
Pumbaa: | Maybe you should look beyond the big pointy rock. |
Timon: | Hey, I know: maybe I should look BEYOND the big pointy rock! |
Timon: | What do you want me to do? Dress in drag and do the hula? |
Armand Goldman: | I think I need a doctor. |
Albert Goldman / Starina: | Oh, don't be silly. It isn't even swollen. |
Armand Goldman: | Maybe we should go to the emergency room. Y'know I can get it x-rayed. |
Albert Goldman / Starina: | Oh, dear, you're overreacting Don't be such a baby. Just sit down on the-AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! We've been robbed. |
Albert Goldman / Starina: | Oh, dear, you're overreacting Don't be such a baby. Just sit down on the-AAAAAAHHHHHH! We've been robbed. |
Timon: | Gee. He looks blue. |
Pumbaa: | I'd say brownish-gold. |
Timon: | No, no, no, no. I mean he's depressed. |
Pumbaa: | Oh. |
Timon: | Hey, where are you going? |
Simba: | Nowhere. |
Timon: | You okay kid? |
Simba: | I guess so... |
Pumbaa: | You nearly died. |
Timon: | I saved you! |
Pumbaa: | [Snorts] |
Pumbaa: | [snorts] |
Timon: | Well, uh, Pumbaa helped. A little. |
Timon: | O.K, so how are we going to get past those hyenas? |
Simba: | Well, we need some bait. |
Timon: | O.K. (Realising) Hey! |
Simba: | Oh, c'mon! |
Timon: | What do you want me to do, dress in drag and do the hula? |
Timon: | (Cheering while Nala and Simba fight, turns around to Pumbaa) See, I told you having a lion on our side wasn't such a bad idea. |
Timon: | [cheering while Nala and Simba fight, turns around to Pumbaa] See, I told you having a lion on our side wasn't such a bad idea. |
Timon: | Hakuna matata! |
Young Simba: | Hakuna matata? |
Pumbaa: | It's our motto. |
Young Simba: | What's a motto? |
Timon: | I don't know, what's the matter with you? |
Pumbaa: | What's eating you? |
Timon: | Nothing, he's at the top of the food chain! |
Snowbell: | I'm a house cat. We're prestigious creatures. We don't just yell, BOMBS AWAY! AND GO WHERE EVER WE ARE! |
Timon: | What do you want me to do, dress in drag and do the hula? |
Timon: | Pumbaa, hey. What's going on? |
Pumbaa: | She's gonna eat me! |
Timon: | Huh? (looks at Nala running towards them) Whoa! Geez, why do I always have to save your- Ahh! |
Timon: | Huh? [looks at Nala running towards them] Whoa! Geez, why do I always have to save your- Ahh! |
Simba: | (Attacks Nala to protect Timon and Pumbaa) |
Simba: | [attacks Nala to protect Timon and Pumbaa] |
Timon: | Hey, he looks blue. |
Pumbaa: | I'd say brownish-gold. |
Timon: | No,no,no,no, I mean he is depressed. |
Timon: | No, no, no. I mean he's depressed. |
Pumbaa: | Oh. |
Pumbaa: | What do we do? What do we do? |
Timon: | There's one thing, Pumbaa. "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." That's our motto. |
Timon: | There's one thing, Pumbaa. 'When the going gets tough, the tough get going.' That's our motto. |
Pumbaa: | I thought our motto was, "Hakuna Matata." |
Pumbaa: | I thought our motto was, 'Hakuna Matata.' |
Timon: | Pumbaa, stop living in the past! We need a new motto. Yee-haw. (Both screaming "for war," lion roars at them, both scream) Like I said, "Let's get going!" |
Timon: | Pumbaa, stop living in the past! We need a new motto. Yee-haw. [both screaming 'for war,' lion roars at them, both scream] Like I said, 'let's get going! |
Timon: | Geez, it's a lion! Run Pumbaa! Move it! |
Pumbaa: | Hey, Timon! It's just a little lion. Look at him. So cute, and all alone. Can we keep him? |
Timon: | Pumbaa, are you nuts!? We're talking about a lion. Lions eat guys like us! |
Pumbaa: | But he's so little. |
Timon: | It's gonna get bigger. |
Pumbaa: | Maybe he'll be on our side. |
Timon: | Ha! That's the stupidest thing I have ever heard! Maybe he'll be... Wait, I got it. What if he is on our side? You know having a lion around might not be such a bad idea. |
Timon: | Hakuna Matata |
Timon: | ...just us and the little guy. |
Timon: | Just us and the little guy. |
Rafiki: | hehehe.. It's a girl. |
Rafiki: | [laughing] It's a girl. |
Timon: | oh, A GIRL!!!??? |
Timon: | Oh, a girl?! |
Timon: | The good news is, we found your daughter. The bad news is, we dropped a warthog on her. |
Timon: | What do you want me to do, dress in drag and do the hula? |
Akima: | Well this is great: travel halfway across the galaxy, nearly getting our butt shot off by the Drej, just so we can save the window washer. |
Akima: | Well this is great, travel halfway across the galaxy, nearly getting our butt shot off by the Drej, just so we can save the window washer. |
Cale: | Hey! For your information I happen to be humanity's last great hope. |
Preed: | I weep for the species. |
Preed: | An intelligent guard..didn't see that one coming. |
Preed: | [after Stith knocks out the guard outside Akima's cell] An intelligent guard... didn't see that one coming. |
Zazu: | LET ME OUT, LET ME OUT! |
Zazu: | [caged while the battle rages around him] Let me out! Let me out! |
Timon: | LET ME IN! |
Timon: | [fleeing the hyenas] Lemme in! Lemme in! |
Ulla: | God Bless America |
Ulla: | God bless America. |
Max Bialystock: | God Bless Sweden |
Max Bialystock: | God bless Sweden. |
Timon: | That's no king! That's a fuzzy maraca! |
Timon: | That's not a king! That's a fuzzy maraca! |
Timon: | Why do I always have to save your...Aaah! |
Simba: | Yes, Timon. This is my home. |
Timon: | Whoa. Talk about your fixer-upper. |
Pumbaa: | It's our motto. |
Young Simba: | What's a motto? |
Timon: | Nothing. What's a motto with you? |