"April Fool’s Day was conceived as a parody of the genre from the very beginning, hence, April Fool’s Day instead of some other holiday. I only tried to make what I thought would be a scary movie; it just didn't happen to involve any gore or any onscreen violence. I have always believed that the anticipation of violence, the threat of violence, is usually much more frightening than the act of violence itself. You can rarely beat the audience’s imagination."

"Brie Larson — Mason Weaver"

"John Goodman — Bill Randa"

"John C. Reilly — Hank Marlow"

"We Don't Belong Here"

"Yeah. That was an unconventional encounter."

"Tom Hiddleston — James Conrad"

"Samuel L. Jackson — Preston Packard"

"Corey Hawkins — Houston Brooks"

"Sometimes, an enemy doesn't exist till you go looking for one."

"The right photo can shape opinions."

"I don't know how to answer that question right now."

"Anti-war photographer."

"(Upon seeing Kong's blood-stained handprint on the side of a mountain.) Magnificent."

"We don't belong here."

"(Last words before being devoured by a Skullcrawler.) Oh shit..."

"We are soldiers! We do the dirty work, so our families and our countrymen don't have to be afraid! They shouldn't even know a thing like this exists!"

"This planet doesn't belong to us. Ancient species owned this earth long before mankind. I spent 30 years trying to prove the truth: monsters exist."

"John Ortiz — Victor Nieves"

"This is a bad idea."

"Die, you motherfu-- [Last words before being crushed to death by Kong]"

"Kong's a pretty good king. Keeps to himself, mostly. This is his home. We're just guests here. But you don't go into someone's house and start dropping bombs unless you're picking a fight."

"Mark my words, there will never be a more screwed up time in Washington."

"I am the cavalry."

"Camera's way more dangerous than a gun. And we didn't lose the war. We abandoned it."

"Remember the tale of Icarus, whose father gave him wax wings to fly. But he flew too close to the sun, and his wings melted, and he fell into the sea. But our wings are not made of wax, but Pennsylvania steel, guaranteed not to melt."

"Ah, you were in the shit. I respect that. But it's people like you that lost us support back home."

"[Points a gun at Bill Randa] You are going to tell me everything that I don't know... or I'm gonna blow your head off."

"Bitch please!"

"Men! What you are looking at is a monster from some bygone era!"

"You set this plan into motion when you put this place on the map. And I will not cut and run. I know an enemy when I see it."

"It's time to show Kong that man is king!"

"Send the cavalry."

"Terry Notary Toby Kebbell — Kong Mo-Cap Services"

"An uncharted island? Let me list all the ways you're going to die. Rain, heat, mud, disease-carrying flies and mosquitos. Sure, you could load up on the atabrine for the malaria, but what about the other bacteria? And we haven't even started on the things that want to eat you alive."

"You came here looking for a tracker. Who or what am I tracking?"

"You're not actually going to blame the people without guns for losing the war, are you?"

"I guess no man comes home from war. Not really."

"We're going to save Kong."

"Kong was just defending his territory."

"Before we leave this island, we are going to bring that ape down."

""Cold War"? Did we take the summers off?"

"The world is bigger than this."

"Jing Tian — San"

"Awaken the King"

"This is one war we are not going to lose!"

"All this, and for what?"

"Beth Kennedy — Marlow's Wife"

"Miyavi — Gunpei Ikari"