Elvis (2022 film)

"I would do anything to make sure my momma and daddy never had to live in poverty ever again."

"There's a lot of people saying a lot of things. But in the end, you got to listen to yourself."

"If I can't move, I can't sing."

"I'm ready. Ready to fly."

"I'm going to show you what the real Elvis is like tonight!"

"I‘m so tired of playing Elvis Presley. People rely on me."

"I need to get back to who I really am."

"Some people wanted to put me in jail, because of the way I was moving."

"You know, the first thing I ever recorded, the very first thing was an old rhythm and blues type song called "That's All Right little Mama", and uh back then we only had two or three instruments at the time. But this ain't no nostalgia show. We're gonna do something different."

"I'm going to do what I want to do. Sing the music that I want."

"I just got to be making the most of this thing while I can. This could be over in a flash."

"A reverend once told me, "When things are too dangerous to say... sing.""

"The papers say I shot my mother and smoke marijuana."

"For those of you who are wondering who this fella here is, I am the legendary Colonel Tom Parker. I am the man who gave the world Elvis Presley. Without me, there would be no Elvis Presley. And yet, there are some who'd make me out to be the villain of this here story."

"No, no, I didn't kill him. I made Elvis Presley. Nothing all those muckrakers said in their books was true. Me and Elvis, we was partners. It was Elvis the Showman and the Colonel the Snowman. I always knew I was destined for greatness. As an orphan, I ran away to the carnival, where I learned the art of the "snow job," of emptying a rube's wallet while leaving them with nothing but a smile on their face. But a carnival act that would get you the most money, the most snow, had great costumes and a unique trick, that gave the audience feelings they weren't sure they should enjoy. But they do. And I knew if I could find such an act, I could create the greatest... show... on... Earth."

"It doesn't matter if you do ten stupid things, as long as you do one smart one."

"Comic book heroes all find their superpowers. Elvis found music."

"Are you born with a destiny? Or does it just come knocking at your door?"

"In that moment, in a flash of lightning, I watched that skinny boy transform into a superhero."

"Now, I don't know nothing about music. But I could see in that girl's eyes, he was a taste of forbidden fruit. She could have eaten him alive!"

"It was the greatest carnival attraction I'd ever seen. He was my destiny. Right under my nose... in Memphis. Just why a truck driver from Memphis, Tennessee, liked to hang out on Beale Street, I do not know. But it did him no favors, fitting into them white housing projects. He was crazy for that Beale Street music. Beale Street style. He had Beale Street stars in his eyes."

"That night, I happened to see him. Alone. Lost. A snowman is only as good... as his attraction."

"Tomorrow, all America will be talking about Elvis Presley!"

"He had no idea what he had done."

"Since the day he was born, she had feared losing her second son. While he was in basic training, she worried and drank. Worried and drank."

"Those know-it-all hippies had brainwashed Elvis, acting like he was one of them radicals, throwing his career away to sing spirituals with a bunch of longhairs."

"I always said, when it came to music, my boy knows best. But the special was my idea. It was a tremendous hit. We was back on top. But some people were putting ideas in his head that he didn't need me no more."

"Now you listen to me. The only thing that matters is that that man gets up on that stage tonight!"

"I'm a promoter. That's what I do."

"The Man. The Legend. The King of Rock & Roll."

"Austin Butler - Elvis Presley"

"Tom Hanks - Col. Tom Parker"

"Olivia DeJonge - Priscilla Beaulieu Presley"

"Helen Thomas - Gladys Presley"

"Richard Roxburgh - Vernon Presley"

"Kelvin Harrison Jr. - B.B. King"

"Xavier Samuel - Scotty Moore"

"David Wenham - Hank Snow"

"Kodi Smit-McPhee - Jimmie Rodgers Snow"

"Luke Bracey - Jerry Schilling"

"Leon Ford - Tom Diskin"

"Dacre Montgomery - Steve Binder"

"Alton Mason - Little Richard"

"Yola Quartey - Sister Rosetta Tharpe"

"Gary Clark Jr. - Arthur Crudup"

"Kate Mulvany - Marion Keisker"

"Josh McConville - Sam Phillips"

"Christopher Sommers - Horace Logan"

"Nicholas Bell - Senator James Eastland"

"Anthony LaPaglia - Bernard Lansky"