The Doors (film)

"The movie will begin in five moments," the mindless voice announced. All those unseated will await the next show. We filed slowly, languidly into the hall. The auditorium was vast and silent. As we seated and were darkened, the voice continued, "The program for this evening is not new. You've seen this entertainment through and through. You've seen your birth, your life and death. You might recall all the rest. Did you have a good world when you died? Enough to base a movie on?"

"Is everybody in?... Is everybody in?... Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin..."

"It was the first time I tasted fear. I musta been about four, like a child is just like a flower, his head is floating in the breeze."

"The reaction I get now looking back is the soul of the ghosts of those dead Indians—maybe one or two of them were just running around freaking out and just leaped into my soul—and they're still there."

"We gotta take the planet back, reinvent the gods, make new myths."

"[to John] What's a rock and roll band for man, if you can't party all night and do bad things?"

"The music was new black polished chrome and came over the summer like liquid night."

"I like a man who wears his soul on his face."

"Hey! I am the Lizard King. I can do anything! Raise your hands if you understand! Alive, any of you alive—let's take a poll—how many of you know you're really alive?! [numerous people raise their hands and yell] BULLSHIT! Plastic soldiers in a miniature dirt war! C'mon! How many of you people know you're alive? How many of you people know you're really alive!"

"When the serpent appears, his head is ten feet long and five feet wide. He has one red eye and one green eye. He's deadly and he's seven miles long. As he moves—on his scales is written all the history of the world, all people, all actions, all of us our little pictures on the scales, God it's big! -- and it's eating as it moves all the time, devouring, digesting consciousness, power, a monster of energy! We must kiss the snake on the tongue, if it senses our fear, it will eat us instantly. But if we kiss it without fear, the snake will take us through the garden and out the gate. To our freedom -we must ride this snake. To the end of time."

"Some of the biggest mistakes in my life have been haircuts."

"Where's your will to be weird man?"

"Actually, I don't really remember being born. It musta happened during one of my blackouts."

"Y'all believe what you want to believe, you will anyway... but it does kinda show you what excites people? Fear, pity, horror—all those good things that count. It's sorta I guess like being on the edge of an orgasm, y'know... that mystery just before you come. When? If? Should I? Will you die for me, eat me, this way, the end..."

"Maybe I should always fuck my critics."

"Hatred is very underestimated emotion."

"I drink so I can talk to assholes. This includes me. Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality—that's-all—I was curious... I kinda always preferred to be hated. Like Eric von Stroheim in the movies, the man you love to hate, it's meant to be ironic, courage wants to laugh. Y'know it's a stupid situation."

"I go out on a stage and I howl for people. In me they see what they want to see—some say the Lizard King, whatever that means, or some black-clad leather demon whatever that means... but really I think of myself as a sensitive, intelligent human being but with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most crucial moment... a fake hero... The joke the gods played on me... it's okay, I accept the joke... and smile. Death old friend, death and my cock, I can forgive my injuries in the name of wisdom, luxury, romance. Words got me the wound and will get me well. All join now in lament of my cock, a tongue of knowledge in the feathered night. Boys get crazy in the head and suffer. I sacrifice my cock on the altar of silence."

"[to Pam] I'm the poet and you're my muse."

"[to audience] You're all a buncha fucking slaves!"

"Well uh, it's designed to wear you down y'know... when that rap sheet says the "United States of America versus You" it takes you down day by day, specially when no one really gives a shit about, y'know, the First Amendment that's on trial here... Nobody says anything about that, it's just uh did you take your pants off y'know, I mean that's not what it's about, it's about freedom, that's what it's about... but who cares, right? Freedom exists in a schoolbook."

"I can only open doors, Ma'am. I can't drag people thru 'em. I'm no savior."

"Take your time, Jim... There's no hurry, I'm all you have to do tonight."

"Jim, don't go away! Come dance with me!"

"You're a poet, not a rock star."

"What am I gonna do about these papers? Jim, Jim—you really need to organize this stuff! You handwriting's just like a little kid! My God look at this. I wonder if William Blake was ever this disorganized."

"I get scared thinking of all the choices inside. I could go. I could stay. I can live everywhere. I could die now if I wanted. It's limitless choice... and no one cares."

"[to Jim] You said you love pain man, but you run from it every chance you get."

"Well far as I'm concerned, Jim, I made music with Dionysus man. We had some moments on stage like no one will ever fucking know."

"I'm afraid of my father, I can't be what they want me to be."

"Ray Manzarek: [to Jim] Things are about to explode man. You can feel it in the air. Vietnam's right out there. Sides are being chosen. People wanna fight or fuck, love or kill, everything's gonna flame. The planet's screaming for change, Morrison. Make the myths man!"

"Patricia Kennealy: [to Jim] Come on rock god, fuck me, fuck me good."

"Gloria Stavers: [to Jim] You control the audience, like dogs, manipulate them Jim, one picture can control a million people, be anything you want—growl at them, be ugly, be frightened, be selfish. Be man, woman, whild, animal. Live, die, return again. Anything you want. Everything is permitted. Go on look at yourself, fall in love with yourself. You're your own audience now Jim. They want you. Worship and love and adore you...Jim Morrison, the god of Rock and Cock..."

"Andy Warhol: [handing Jim a golden telephone] Edie gave this to me and said mmmmm, I could talk to God with this. But I don't really have anything to say. So... mmmm now you can talk to God."

"Tom Baker: [to Jim] You're bored, you're not free. You tested all the limits, fame, fucking, money, -- whatcha gonna do now Jimbo? When the music's over, when you're too fat and ugly to get on a stage, whatcha gonna do for act three—puke on Heaven's door?"

"The ultimate story of Sex, Drugs & Rock 'N' Roll"

""There are things known and things unknown and in between are The Doors."—Jim Morrison"

"The ceremony is about to begin."

"Val Kilmer - Jim Morrison"

"Kyle MacLachlan - Ray Manzarek"

"Meg Ryan - Pamela Courson"

"Kevin Dillon - John Densmore"

"Frank Whaley - Robby Krieger"

"Kathleen Quinlan - Patricia Kennealy"

"Michael Wincott - Paul Rothchild"

"Michael Madsen - Tom Baker"

"Dennis Burkley - Dog"

"Billy Idol - Cat"

"Crispin Glover - Andy Warhol"