"The creature was the most beautiful design I'd ever seen, and I saw him swimming under Julie Adams, and I loved that the creature was in love with her, and I felt an almost existential desire for them to end up together. Of course, it didn't happen."

"When I was in my 30s, I went to Universal and I said, "Can we do the movie from the point of view of the creature?" They didn't go for it. I said, "I think they should end up together." They didn't go for that, either."

"Experience a connection beyond words."

"A Fairy Tale for Troubled Times."

"It's not the creature, I don't think that creature is designed in a way that he can be a romantic lead. It's beautiful, but it's not a romantic lead."

"[to Elisa] Yeah. That's good. Keep that up. Lookin' like you don't know anything."

"Sally Hawkins — Elisa Esposito"

"You know, sometimes I think I was either born too early or too late for my life."

"He's a wild creature. We can't ask him to be anything else."

"Short people are mean. I never met a short man that stays nice all the way through. No sir. Mean little backstabbers, all of 'em. Maybe it's the air down there. Not enough oxygen or somethin'."

"Some of the best minds in the country peein' all over the floor in this facility here"

"[repeated line] This is some of my best work."

"[interpreting Elisa] When he looks at me, the way he looks at me, he does not know what I lack... or how... I am incomplete. He sees me for what I am, as I am. He's happy to see me, every time, every day. And now, I can either save him... or let him die."

"Get him out? What are you talking about? No! Absolutely not. Because it's breaking the law, that's why. We're probably breaking the law just talking about it."

"[to Elisa] Whatever this thing is, you need it."

"[to Elisa] Oh! Woman, we gon' burn in hell!"

"If I told you about her, what would I say? That they lived happily ever after? I believe they did. That they were in love, that they remained in love? I'm sure that's true. But when I think of her, of Elisa, the only thing that comes to mind is a poem, whispered by someone in love hundreds of years ago. Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with your love. It humbles my heart, for you are everywhere."

"[Last words, to the Amphibian Man before being killed by him] Fuck. You are a god."

"Man is as silent as the grave. But if farts were flattery? Honey, he'd be Shakespeare"

"If I spoke about it... if I did... what would I tell you? I wonder. Would I tell you about the time? It happened a long time ago, it seems, in the last days of a fair prince's reign. Or would I tell you about the place? A small city near the coast... but far from everything else. Or, I don't know. Would I tell you about her? The princess without voice. Or perhaps I would just warn you about the truth of these facts... and the tale of love and loss... and the monster who tried to destroy it all."

"[to Strickland] F-U-C-K Y-O-U"

"[To Giles] If we do nothing, neither we are."

"[From Trailer] The Natives in Amazon worshiped it. Like a God. We need to take it apart, learn how it works"

"[After Elisa offers him a towel] Oh, no. No, a man washes his hands before or after tending to his needs. It tells you a lot about man. He does it both times-it points a weakness in character."

"[to Elisa and Zelda; about the Amphibian Man] Let me say this up front: You clean that lab, you get out. The thing we keep in there is an affront. Do you know what an affront is, Zelda? [Zelda: Something offensive?] That's right. And I should know, I dragged that... filthy thing... out of the river muck in South America all the way here. And along the way we didn't get to like each other much. Now. You may think, "That thing looks Human". Stands on two legs, right? But... we're created in the Lord's image. You don't think that's how the Lord looks like, do you?"

"There he is. Dr. Fucking Shitbird."

"I do not fail. I deliver."

"Giovonnie Samuels — Ronelle"

"Matt Winston — Stephen"

"Camille Balsamo — Sadie"

"Lance Henriksen — Graff"

"Terror is just beneath the surface."

"A big part of it for me was that the set has to be very authentic looking. And even though there are a lot of design elements that went into the set. We tried to make them as connected to each other as possible. To enhance the realism and part of what we are trying to do here is bring back a more practical sensibility to movie making. I think we’ve kind of run the course of these green screen movies where people are standing in a green room acting against nothing. I think audiences are starved for some kind of reality and they see that in the old movies in the 80’s."

"And Sixpack, if you call me Becky one more time I'm going to pop your tops, all six of them."

"[about to throw a stick of dynamite at the creature] Say 'ahhhhh', motherfucker!"

"This whole thing is unnecessary, Doc. The only skin problem I can see is white people. How come you are wearing those gloves? It ain't bend-over time, is it?"

"And another thing. I am getting tired of hearing about your goddamn skiing. You don't know shit about skiing. They don't ski in Spanish Harlem."

"Ronn Carroll — Osborne"

"Greg Evigan — McBride"

"Elya Baskin — Burciaga"

"Thom Bray — Johnny Hodges"

"Taurean Blacque — Capt. Phillip Laidlaw"

"Nancy Everhard — Joyce Collins"

"Cindy Pickett — Dr. Diane Norris"

"Save Your Last Breath... To Scream."

"Miguel Ferrer — Snyder"

"Matt McCoy — Jim Richardson"

"Not All Aliens Come From Space."

"Michael Carmine — Tony 'DeJesus' Rodero"

"Lisa Eilbacher — Bridget 'Bow' Bowman"