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Antz Quotes (1998)
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Famous Antz Quotations
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Woody Allen as a worker ant with an inferiority complex? Sylvester Stallone as an affable soldier ant who discovers that digging tunnels is cool? The animation playground we all knew so well is turning into a theme park full of in-jokes for grownups. Antz explores age-old topics (one person--err, insect--can make a difference, individuality and social responsibility must exist side by side, war is hell) with comic asides and Woody Allen's funniest quips this side of PG (adults will chuckle at the socialist slogans bandied about as he campaigns for workers' rights). Sharon Stone voices the rebellious princess with a fun-loving streak that doesn't quite overcome her royal bearing and court training, but she can learn. Gene Hackman is all teeth (ants have teeth?) and menacing grins as the Army general plotting insect-icide. This bug's-eye view of life on Earth gives Allen's neurotic nonconformist an epic adventure of microscopic proportions: a devastating war with a termite colony, an odyssey to the fabled land of plenty (a picnic ground), and a race to save his fellow workers from certain death. Other voices include Anne Bancroft as the Queen, Christopher Walken, Jennifer Lopez, Danny Glover, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and John Mahoney. The computer animation isn't exactly realistic but feels as solid and contoured as puppet animation with the smoothness and slickness of traditional cel cartoons, and the character designs and animation offer a marvelous range of expressions. The PG rating includes a gritty battle sequence that may frighten youngsters. --Sean Axmaker
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- Azteca: Come on, Z. Help us build a bigger, stronger colony, and for crying out loud, try to be happy about it.
Z: Sure, why not?
Z: Why should I be unhappy being a piece of construction equipment? »
- Bala: Don't you get it? I chose you because you were the most pathetic bug in the joint.
Z: You know, I was going to let you become a part of my most erotic fantasies, but now you can just write it off. »
- Bala: Excuse me. I guess you didn't recognize me. I've been traveling, and I'm all... schlumpy. »
- Bala: Haven't I seen you somewhere before?
Z: Well, maybe, then again, maybe not, and then again... yowch.
Bala: That's it. You're the guy from the bar.
Z: Shhh.
Queen: Bar? What bar?
Bala: I... danced with this guy at the bar the other night. He was just a worker, then.
Queen: What were you doing at a bar?
General Mandible: Precisely what I want to know.
Bala: No. This isn't about me. I mean, Look at this worker. Look what he's done.
Z: I think - I think you're thinking of someone else. After all, I am a soldier.
Bala: Exactly. You WERE a worker, but now you're a war hero.
Queen: He's a worker?
General Mandible: A worker danced with my fiance?
Z: F-fiance? Hey, w-wait a minute. Th-this is not how it looks. I-I can explain this... hey, SHE was the one making all the moves. »
- Bala: I've been kidnapped by the village idiot.
Z: Hey, who's the bigger idiot? The idiot, or the idiot who gets kidnapped by the idiot? »
- Bala: Labor? What you YOU know about labor? How would YOU feel if you were expected to give birth every 10 seconds for the rest of your life? »
- Bala: Oh, good. Here they come to rescue me... and to kill you. »
- Bala: Z's dead.
Colonel Cutter: Dead? Well... he was an ant with ideas. Too bad for him. »
- Bala: Z, I've gotta help my Mom.
Z: Don't worry, I know almost exactly what I'm doing. »
- Barbatus: Don't make my mistake, kid. Don't follow orders your whole life. Think for yourself. »
- Chip: Oh, please, Muffy. Not another crusade. »
- Colonel Cutter: Attack a termite colony? That's suicide.
General Mandible: Exactly. »
- Colonel Cutter: I have my orders.
Bala: Don't you ever think for yourselves?
Colonel Cutter: Well, that was impressive. Ah, where's Z? »
- Colonel Cutter: Time stands still for no ant. »
- Foreman: Look, I got orders, and those orders say dig.
Z: What if someone ordered you to jump off a bridge? You-you...
Z: Oh, brother. I'm asking the wrong guy here. »
- General Mandible: Cutter, what are you doing?
Colonel Cutter: Something I should have done a long time ago, sir.
Colonel Cutter: This is for the good of the colony.
General Mandible: You useless, ungrateful maggot! I am the colony! »
- General Mandible: Seal up the doors. Cutter, did you hear me?
Colonel Cutter: Sir, I've been thinking. Do we need to go through with this? Look at what these workers have done. They've got the right stuff. Isn't there any other way?
General Mandible: Cutter, you're a fine officer. You have discipline, courage, ability... but you seem to have a weakness for the lower orders that I find disturbing. Now, are you with me? »
- General Mandible: You're an ant after my own heart, an ant who looks death in the face and laughs.
Z: Actually, I generally just make belittling comments and snicker behind death's back. »
- Princess Bala: Worker, climb that tree and tell me where I am. »
- Weaver: Don't you want your aphid beer?
Z: Call me crazy, but I have a thing about drinking from the anus of another creature. »
- Weaver: What are you bitching about? in case you haven't noticed, we ants are running the show. We're the Lords of the Earth.
Z: Hey, don't talk to me about earth, okay, because I just spent all day hauling it around. »
- Weaver: Would I meet some worker girls?
Z: Are you kidding? They always go after the new guy. It's like a SPORT for them. »
- Weaver: You da ant. »
- Z: And, y'know, I finally feel like I've found my place. And you know what? It's right back where I started. But the difference is, this time I chose it. »
- Z: Handling dirt is not my idea of a rewarding career. »
- Z: I think everything must go back to the fact that I had a very anxious childhood. You know, my - my mother never had time for me. You know, when you're - when you're the middle child in a family of five million, you don't get any attention. »
- Z: I was not cut out to be a worker, I'll tell you right now. I feel physically inadequate. I,I... My whole life, I've never... I've NEVER been able to lift more than ten times my body weight. »
- Z: I'm supposed to do everything for the colony? What about my needs? »
- Z: I've got to believe there's someplace better for me. Otherwise I'll just curl up into a larval position and weep. »
- Z: Let me ask you something - what made you come to the bar that night?
Bala: I guess I was looking for a little trouble.
Z: Well, trouble's my middle name. Actually, my middle name is Marion, but I don't want you spreading that around. »
- Z: Let's be real about this. Bala and I... Bala is a princess, and I'm a soil relocation engineer. »
- Z: Okay, I've gotta give myself a positive attitude. A good attitude even though I'm utterly insignificant. I'm, I'm insignificant... but with attitude. »
- Z: So, these... these termites, they're... they're, they're... these guys aren't going to put up much of a fight, right? I mean, we're talking about pushovers, right?
Barbatus: Not really, kid. They're five times our size and spit acid from their foreheads. »
- Z: The whole system makes me feel... insignificant.
Psychologist: Excellent. You've made a real breakthrough.
Z: I have?
Psychologist: Yes, Z. You ARE insignificant. »
- Z: There you have it: your average boy-meets-girl, boy-likes-girl, boy-changes-the-underlying-social-order story. »
- Z: This is just a lawsuit waiting to happen. »
- Z: We rebuilt the colony. Its better than before, because now we have a very large indoor swimming pool. »
- Z: What a bunch of losers. Mindless zombies capitulating to an oppressive system.
Princess Bala: Hi. Wanna dance?
Z: ABSOLUTELY. »
- Z: Who the HELL is that? »
- Z: Why'd I have to be born a worker? You soldiers get all the glory. Plus, you get to go out in the world. You know, you meet interesting insects; you get to kill them.
Weaver: Yeah, but you get to spend all day with those beautiful worker girls.
Z: Weaver, they're CAREER girls. They're obsessed with digging. »
- Z: Will you calm down? You're not going to let a little near-death experience ruin your mood, are you? »
- Z: Wow, the whole colony is here. Hey, that guy owes me money. »
- Z: Yes, yes, I understand. I dropped the ball. »
- Z: You know, I think there's been a terrible mistake. Truth is, I just came for the speech. »
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