Biographical Films

"Alan Reed – Pancho Villa"

"Old General: Sometimes a dead man can be a terrible enemy."

"Harold Gordon – Francisco Ignacio Madero"

"Mildred Dunnock – Señora Espejo"

"[to Fernando] I love you—but I do not like you."

"This is all very disorganized."

"Jean Peters – Josefa Zapata"

"Frank Silvera – Victoriano Huerta"

"Henry Silva – Hernández"

"Anthony Quinn – Eufemio Zapata"

"Margo – Soldadera"

"[to courier] General Zapata is busy. [sound of a shot] General Zapata will see you now."

"Marlon Brando – Emiliano Zapata"

"Here is a man... Here is a love... Here is a motion picture masterpiece!"

"Abner Biberman – Captain"

"Ross Bagdasarian – Officer"

"Florenz Ames – Señor Espejo"

"Arnold Moss – Don Nacio"

"Fay Roope – Porfirio Díaz"

"Richard Garrick – Old General"

"Lou Gilbert – Pablo"

"Joseph Wiseman – Fernando Aguirre"

"Pedro Regas – Innocente"

"Will Kuluva – Lazaro"

"Frank de Kova – Colonel Guajardo"

"Afemo Omilami - Mr. Merriman"

"Patrick Wilson - Rollie Smith"

"Kate Kneeland - June Martino"

"Griff Furst - Jim Zien"

"Laura Dern - Ethel Kroc"

"Linda Cardellini - Joan Smith"

"Wilbur Fitzgerald - Jerry Cullen"

"You've had their food, but do you know their story?"

"He took someone else's idea and America ate it up."

"In the world of business, it's founders keepers."

"Risk taker. Rule breaker. Game changer."

"Michael Keaton - Ray Kroc"

"Nick Offerman - Richard "Dick" McDonald"

"Mac McDonald: This is not your company, Ray!"

"John Carroll Lynch - Maurice "Mac" McDonald"

"B. J. Novak - Harry J. Sonneborn"

"Dick McDonald: Ray, we have no interest in a milkshake that contains NO MILK."

"Justin Randell Brooke - Fred Turner"

"Harry J. Sonneborn: Mr. Kroc, if you're not making money hand over fist, something's terribly wrong."

"I'm looking for a few good men... and women. Who aren't afraid of hard work. Aren't afraid to roll up their sleeves. I'm looking for scrappers, hustlers, guys that are willing to roll up their sleeves. They're livin' on drive, they got a little fire in their belly. I stand right here before you today, I'm gonna offer you something as precious as gold. And you know what that is? Anybody? Anybody? Opportunity. It's opportunity. Opportunity. Opportunity to advance, to move forward, to move up, to advance... To succeed. To win. To step up. The sky's the limit. The sky is the limit. Grab the brass ring. To give yourself a shot at the American dream. Put your arms around the American dream. Opportunity. 'Cause I'll tell ya somethin'... At McDonald's? It's like this great nation of ours... Some of that elbow grease. I guarantee ya, if you got the guts... the gumption, the desire... I guarantee ya you can succeed. There's gold to be had. At the end of... those Golden Arches... Golden Arches. Golden Arches. Now who's with me? Who wants to jump on that ladder to success? Be part of the McDonald's "mishpokhe". Now who's with me? Come on, lemme see some hands."

"Now, I know what you're thinkin'. How the heck does a 52-year-old, over-the-hill milkshake-machine salesman... build a fast-food empire with 16,000 restaurants, in 50 states, in 5 foreign countries... with an annual revenue of in the neighborhood of $700,000,000.00... One word... PERSISTENCE. Nothing in this world can take the place of good old persistence. Talent won't. Nothing's more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius won't. Unrecognized genius is practically a cliche. Education won't. Why the world is full of educated fools. Persistence and determination alone are all powerful. ... It's these core principles... that enabled me to rise to the top of a heap... at a point in life when most men would be thinking about retirement. Why, we appear to have that in common, governer Reagan."

"Mac McDonald: Dick. We will never beat him. We will never be rid of him."

"If you've got time to lean, then you've got time to clean."

"McDonald's... is... family. Isn't that great? You know what I see when I see that? Family. We're one big family. Aren't we? We have mouths to feed. That's a family."

"[to Ethel during dinner] I want a divorce."