Ratatouille Quotes
[ to Remy referring to his home ]
Linguini : So this is it. It's not much but it's, y'know... not much.
Linguini : So this is it. It's not much but it's, y'know... not much.
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Gusteau : [ sees that Remy is about to eat a piece of bread at a get-together ] What are you doing?
Remy : [ groans ] I'm hungry! I-I don't know where I am and I don't know when I'll find food again.
Gusteau : Remy, you are better than that. You are a cook! A cook makes! A thief takes. You are not a thief.
Remy : I am hungry.
Gusteau : [ chuckles ] Food will come, Remy. Food always comes to those who love to cook. [ disappears ]
Remy : [ groans ] I'm hungry! I-I don't know where I am and I don't know when I'll find food again.
Gusteau : Remy, you are better than that. You are a cook! A cook makes! A thief takes. You are not a thief.
Remy : I am hungry.
Gusteau : [ chuckles ] Food will come, Remy. Food always comes to those who love to cook. [ disappears ]
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Linguini : Bonjour, ma chérie. Join us. We were just talking about my inspiration.
Colette : Yes, he calls it his tiny chef.
Linguini : Not that, dearest, I meant you.
Colette : Yes, he calls it his tiny chef.
Linguini : Not that, dearest, I meant you.
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Django : [ to Remy ] Food is fuel. You get picky about what you put in the tank, your engine is gonna die. Now shut up and eat your garbage.
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Gusteau : What do I always say? Anyone can cook.
Remy : Yeah. Anyone can, that doesn't mean that anyone should.
Gusteau : Well, that is not stopping him. See?
Remy : Yeah. Anyone can, that doesn't mean that anyone should.
Gusteau : Well, that is not stopping him. See?
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Remy : [ cooking a mushroom over the chimney ] The key is to keep turning it to get the smoky flavor niiice and even. [ thunder rumbles in the distance ]
Emile : That storm's getting closer. Hey, Remy? You think that maybe we shouldn't be so... [ lightning strikes both; they fall off the roof ]
Remy : [ laying still, Remy reaches up and tastes food, sits up suddenly ] You gotta taste this! This is... oh, it's got this kind of... mmm, it's burny, it's melty... it's not really a smoky taste. It's kind of like a certain... Pshah! It's got like this " Ba-boom! Zap!" kind of taste. Dont you think? What would you call that flavor?
Emile : Lightningy?
Remy : Yeah! It's lightningy! We gotta do that again! Okay, when the next storm comes, we'll go up on the roof... I know what this needs! Saffron. A little saffron would make this!
Emile : Saffron. Why do I get the feeling...
Remy, Emile : [ together ] It's in the kitchen.
Emile : That storm's getting closer. Hey, Remy? You think that maybe we shouldn't be so... [ lightning strikes both; they fall off the roof ]
Remy : [ laying still, Remy reaches up and tastes food, sits up suddenly ] You gotta taste this! This is... oh, it's got this kind of... mmm, it's burny, it's melty... it's not really a smoky taste. It's kind of like a certain... Pshah! It's got like this " Ba-boom! Zap!" kind of taste. Dont you think? What would you call that flavor?
Emile : Lightningy?
Remy : Yeah! It's lightningy! We gotta do that again! Okay, when the next storm comes, we'll go up on the roof... I know what this needs! Saffron. A little saffron would make this!
Emile : Saffron. Why do I get the feeling...
Remy, Emile : [ together ] It's in the kitchen.
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Linguini : [ Remy is controlling his movements by pulling his hair ] That's strangely involuntareeee!
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Remy : [ testing food with Emile ] Are you dectecting a certain oaky nuttiness?
Emile : Oh, I'm detecting nuttiness, all right!
Emile : Oh, I'm detecting nuttiness, all right!
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Django : [ showing the exterminator shop to Remy with the dead rats in the window ] Take a good long look, Remy. This is what happens when a rat gets a little too uncomfortable around humans. The world we live in belongs to the enemy, we must live carefully. We look out for our own kind, Remy. When all is said and done, we're all we've got.
Remy : [ Django starts to walk away ] No.
Django : What?
Remy : No. Dad I don't believe it. You're telling me that the future is - can only be more of *this*?
Django : This is the way things are. You can't change nature.
Remy : Change is nature, Dad. The part that we can influence. And it starts when we decide.
Django : [ Remy turns to leave ] Where are you going?
Remy : With luck, forward.
Remy : [ Django starts to walk away ] No.
Django : What?
Remy : No. Dad I don't believe it. You're telling me that the future is - can only be more of *this*?
Django : This is the way things are. You can't change nature.
Remy : Change is nature, Dad. The part that we can influence. And it starts when we decide.
Django : [ Remy turns to leave ] Where are you going?
Remy : With luck, forward.
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Skinner : [ interrogating Linguini after plying him with wine ] Have you ever had a pet rat?
Linguini : No.
Skinner : Did you work in a lab with rats?
Linguini : Nooope.
Skinner : Perhaps you lived in squalor at some point?
Linguini : Nopity, nopity noo.
Linguini : No.
Skinner : Did you work in a lab with rats?
Linguini : Nooope.
Skinner : Perhaps you lived in squalor at some point?
Linguini : Nopity, nopity noo.
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Anton Ego : What is it, Ambrister?
Ambrister Minion : Gusteau's, sir.
Anton Ego : Finally closing, is it?
Ambrister Minion : No, sir.
Anton Ego : More financial troubles?
Ambrister Minion : No -...
Anton Ego : Announced a new line of microwave egg rolls? What? What? Spit it out!
Ambrister Minion : It's come back. It's popular.
Anton Ego : [ spits and swallows is wine in astonishment ] I haven't reviewed Gusteau's in years!
Ambrister Minion : No, sir.
Anton Ego : My last review condemned it to the tourist train.
Ambrister Minion : Yes.
Anton Ego : I said, "Gusteau has finally found his rightful place in history right alongside another equally famous chef: Monsieur Boyardee."
Ambrister Minion : Yes.
Anton Ego : That is where I left it. That was my last word - THE last word.
Ambrister Minion : Yes.
Anton Ego : Then tell me, Ambrister, how could it be POPULAR?
Ambrister Minion : Gusteau's, sir.
Anton Ego : Finally closing, is it?
Ambrister Minion : No, sir.
Anton Ego : More financial troubles?
Ambrister Minion : No -...
Anton Ego : Announced a new line of microwave egg rolls? What? What? Spit it out!
Ambrister Minion : It's come back. It's popular.
Anton Ego : [ spits and swallows is wine in astonishment ] I haven't reviewed Gusteau's in years!
Ambrister Minion : No, sir.
Anton Ego : My last review condemned it to the tourist train.
Ambrister Minion : Yes.
Anton Ego : I said, "Gusteau has finally found his rightful place in history right alongside another equally famous chef: Monsieur Boyardee."
Ambrister Minion : Yes.
Anton Ego : That is where I left it. That was my last word - THE last word.
Ambrister Minion : Yes.
Anton Ego : Then tell me, Ambrister, how could it be POPULAR?
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Remy : [ voice over ] If you are what you eat, then I only want to eat the good stuff.
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Lawyer : Well, the will stipulates that after two years from the date of death, no heir appears, Gusteau's business will pass on to his sous-chef, you.
Skinner : I know what the will stipulates! What I want to know, is if this letter - if this boy changes anything. [ looking at Linguini through the window ]
Lawyer : There's not much resemblance.
Skinner : There NO resemblance at all! He's not Gusteau's son. Gusteau had no children. And what of the timing of this. The deadline in the will expires in less than a month! Suddenly some boy arrives with a letter from his recently deceased mother claiming Gusteau is his father? Highly suspect!
Lawyer : [ about a chef's toque in a glass container ] ... And this was Gusteau's?
Skinner : Yes.
Lawyer : May I?
Skinner : Of course, of course. [ the lawyer takes a hair out of the toque ]
Lawyer : But, the boy does not know?
Skinner : She claims she never told him, or Gusteau, and asks that I not tell.
Lawyer : Why you? What does she want?
Skinner : A job, for the boy.
Lawyer : Only a job? Well, then this is easy. You keep the boy in line, while I do a little digging, find out how much of this is real. Meanwhile, I'll need you to collect some DNA samples from the boy, hair preferrably.
Skinner : Mark my words, the whole thing is highly suspect. He knows something.
Lawyer : Relax, he's a garbage boy. I think you can handle him.
Skinner : I know what the will stipulates! What I want to know, is if this letter - if this boy changes anything. [ looking at Linguini through the window ]
Lawyer : There's not much resemblance.
Skinner : There NO resemblance at all! He's not Gusteau's son. Gusteau had no children. And what of the timing of this. The deadline in the will expires in less than a month! Suddenly some boy arrives with a letter from his recently deceased mother claiming Gusteau is his father? Highly suspect!
Lawyer : [ about a chef's toque in a glass container ] ... And this was Gusteau's?
Skinner : Yes.
Lawyer : May I?
Skinner : Of course, of course. [ the lawyer takes a hair out of the toque ]
Lawyer : But, the boy does not know?
Skinner : She claims she never told him, or Gusteau, and asks that I not tell.
Lawyer : Why you? What does she want?
Skinner : A job, for the boy.
Lawyer : Only a job? Well, then this is easy. You keep the boy in line, while I do a little digging, find out how much of this is real. Meanwhile, I'll need you to collect some DNA samples from the boy, hair preferrably.
Skinner : Mark my words, the whole thing is highly suspect. He knows something.
Lawyer : Relax, he's a garbage boy. I think you can handle him.
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Gusteau : [ an illustration of Gusteau in the cookbook appears to a hungry Remy who just got separated from the rat clan ] If you are hungry, go up and look around, Remy.
Gusteau : [ Remy nearly turns the page but stops ] Why do you wait and mope?
Remy : Well, I just lost my family. All my friends. Probably forever.
Gusteau : How do you know?
Remy : Well, I... [ scoffs ]
Remy : You are an illustration. Why am I talking to you?
Gusteau : You just lost your family. All your friends. You are lonely.
Remy : [ chuckles sarcastically ] Yeah, well you're dead.
Gusteau : Ah, but that is no match for wishful thinking. If you focus on what you left behind. You will never be able to see what lies ahead. Now go up and look around.
Gusteau : [ Remy nearly turns the page but stops ] Why do you wait and mope?
Remy : Well, I just lost my family. All my friends. Probably forever.
Gusteau : How do you know?
Remy : Well, I... [ scoffs ]
Remy : You are an illustration. Why am I talking to you?
Gusteau : You just lost your family. All your friends. You are lonely.
Remy : [ chuckles sarcastically ] Yeah, well you're dead.
Gusteau : Ah, but that is no match for wishful thinking. If you focus on what you left behind. You will never be able to see what lies ahead. Now go up and look around.
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Colette : I know the Gusteau style cold. In every dish, Chef Gusteau always has something unexpected. I will show you. I memorize all his recipes.
Linguini : [ writing in notebook ] Always do something unexpected.
Colette : No. Follow the recipe.
Linguini : But you just said that...
Colette : [ interrupts ] No, no, no, no. It was his job to be unexpected. It is our job to follow the recipe.
Linguini : [ writing in notebook ] Always do something unexpected.
Colette : No. Follow the recipe.
Linguini : But you just said that...
Colette : [ interrupts ] No, no, no, no. It was his job to be unexpected. It is our job to follow the recipe.
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Linguini : [ to Remy ] This is not gonna work, Little Chef! I'm gonna lose it if we do this any more. We gotta, we gotta figure out something else. Something that doesn't involve any biting, or nipping, or running up and down my body with your little rat feet. Biting: no! Scampering: no!
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Linguini : Don't look at me like that! You aren't the only one who's trapped, they expect me to cook it again! I mean, I'm not ambitious, I wasn't trying to cook, I was just trying to stay out of trouble! You're the one gettin' fancy with the spices! What'd you throw in there, Oregano?
Remy : [ shakes his head "no" quickly ]
Linguini : No? What, Rosemary? That's a spice isn't it, rosemary?
Remy : [ nods head ]
Linguini : You didn't throw rosemary in?
Remy : [ shakes head "no" again ]
Linguini : Then what was all the flipping... and all the throwing... [ sighs, sits down and places Remy next to him ]
Linguini : I need this job. I've lost so many. I dunno how to cook and now I'm actually talking to a rat as if you... Augh! Did you nod? Have... Have you been nodding?
Remy : [ nods head hesitantly ]
Linguini : [ laughs nervously ] You understand me?
Remy : [ nods head again ]
Linguini : So I'm not crazy! [ laughs again ]
Linguini : Wait a second, wait a second... Uh... I can't cook, can I?
Remy : [ sadly shakes his head ]
Linguini : But you... you can, right?
Remy : [ shrugs uncertainly ]
Linguini : Look, don't be so modest, you're a rat, for Pete's sake. Whatever you did, they liked it... Yeah... This could work. Hey, they liked the soup- [ accidentaly knocks Remy in the river ]
Linguini : Augh! [ dives in after him and returns sopping wet with Remy next to him again ]
Linguini : They liked the soup. D'you think you could... Do it again?
Remy : [ pauses for a second, then nods "yes" ]
Linguini : ...Okay, I'm gonna let you out now. Bu
Remy : [ shakes his head "no" quickly ]
Linguini : No? What, Rosemary? That's a spice isn't it, rosemary?
Remy : [ nods head ]
Linguini : You didn't throw rosemary in?
Remy : [ shakes head "no" again ]
Linguini : Then what was all the flipping... and all the throwing... [ sighs, sits down and places Remy next to him ]
Linguini : I need this job. I've lost so many. I dunno how to cook and now I'm actually talking to a rat as if you... Augh! Did you nod? Have... Have you been nodding?
Remy : [ nods head hesitantly ]
Linguini : [ laughs nervously ] You understand me?
Remy : [ nods head again ]
Linguini : So I'm not crazy! [ laughs again ]
Linguini : Wait a second, wait a second... Uh... I can't cook, can I?
Remy : [ sadly shakes his head ]
Linguini : But you... you can, right?
Remy : [ shrugs uncertainly ]
Linguini : Look, don't be so modest, you're a rat, for Pete's sake. Whatever you did, they liked it... Yeah... This could work. Hey, they liked the soup- [ accidentaly knocks Remy in the river ]
Linguini : Augh! [ dives in after him and returns sopping wet with Remy next to him again ]
Linguini : They liked the soup. D'you think you could... Do it again?
Remy : [ pauses for a second, then nods "yes" ]
Linguini : ...Okay, I'm gonna let you out now. Bu
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Narrator : [ on television ] Although each of the world's countries would like to dispute this fact, we French know the truth: the best food in the world is made in France. The best food in France is made in Paris. And the best food in Paris, some say, is made by Chef Auguste Gusteau. Gusteau's restuarant is the toast of Paris, booked five months in advance. And his dazzling ascent to the top of fine French cuisine has made his competitors envious. He is the youngest chef ever to achieve a five-star rating. Chef Gusteau's cookbook "Anyone Can Cook!" climbed to the top of the bestseller list. But not everyone celebrates its success. [ cutting away to Ego ]
Anton Ego : Amusing title, "Anyone Can Cook!". What's even more amusing is that Gusteau actually seems to believe it. I, on the other hand, take cooking seriously. And, no, I don't think anyone can do it.
Narrator : [ on television ] Although each of the world's countries would like to dispute this fact, we French know the truth: the best food in the world is made in France. The best food in France is made in Paris. And the best food in Paris, some say, is made by Chef Auguste Gusteau. Gusteau's restuarant is the toast of Paris, booked five months in advance. And his dazzling ascent to the top of fine French cuisine has made his competitors envious. He is the youngest chef ever to achieve a five-star rating. Chef Gusteau's cookbook "Anyone Can Cook!" climbed to the top of the bestseller list. But not everyone celebrates its success. [ cutting away to Ego ]
Anton Ego : Amusing title, "Anyone Can Cook!". What's even more amusing is that Gusteau actually seems to believe it. I, on the other hand, take cooking seriously. And, no, I don't think anyone can do it.
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Emile : [ notices Remy walking on his hind legs ] Why are you walking like that?
Remy : I don't want to constanly have to wash my paws. Did you ever think about how we walk on the same paws that we handle food with? You ever think about what we put on our mouths?
Emile : All the time.
Remy : When I eat, I don't want to taste everywhere my paws have been.
Emile : Well, go ahead. But if dad sees you walking like that, he's not gonna like it.
Remy : I don't want to constanly have to wash my paws. Did you ever think about how we walk on the same paws that we handle food with? You ever think about what we put on our mouths?
Emile : All the time.
Remy : When I eat, I don't want to taste everywhere my paws have been.
Emile : Well, go ahead. But if dad sees you walking like that, he's not gonna like it.
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Emile : W-w-wait. You read?
Remy : Well, not excessively.
Emile : Oh, man. Does dad know?
Remy : You could fill a book - a lot of books - with things Dad doesn't know. And they have. Which is why I read. Which is also our secret.
Emile : I don't like secrets. All this cooking and-and reading and TV-watching, while we read and cook. It's like you're involving me in crime and I let you. Why do I let you?
Remy : Well, not excessively.
Emile : Oh, man. Does dad know?
Remy : You could fill a book - a lot of books - with things Dad doesn't know. And they have. Which is why I read. Which is also our secret.
Emile : I don't like secrets. All this cooking and-and reading and TV-watching, while we read and cook. It's like you're involving me in crime and I let you. Why do I let you?
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Colette : Larousse ran gun for the Resistance.
Linguini : Which resistance?
Colette : He won't say. Apparently, they didn't win.
Linguini : Which resistance?
Colette : He won't say. Apparently, they didn't win.
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Lawyer : What are you so worried about? Isn't it good to have the press? Isn't it good to have Gusteau's name getting headlines?
Skinner : Not if they're over his face! Gusteau's already has a face, and it's fat and lovable and familiar. And it sells burritos! Millions and millions of burritos!
Skinner : Not if they're over his face! Gusteau's already has a face, and it's fat and lovable and familiar. And it sells burritos! Millions and millions of burritos!
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Skinner : I want you to work up something for my latest frozen food concept: Gusteau's Corn Puppies. They're like corn dogs, only smaller. Bite size.
Francois : What are corn dogs?
Skinner : Cheap sausages dipped in batter and deep fried. You know, American. Whip something up. Maybe Gusteau in overalls and Huckleberry Tom hat.
Francois : Or as a big ear of corn in doggie make-up.
Skinner : Y-yes. But, please, with dignity.
Francois : What are corn dogs?
Skinner : Cheap sausages dipped in batter and deep fried. You know, American. Whip something up. Maybe Gusteau in overalls and Huckleberry Tom hat.
Francois : Or as a big ear of corn in doggie make-up.
Skinner : Y-yes. But, please, with dignity.
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Remy : [ the others have him sniffing their food for poison ] Clean... clean... cleanerific... cleanerino... close to godliness... [ rat looks confused ]
Remy : Which means clean. You know, cleanliness is close to... Never mind. Move on.
Remy : Which means clean. You know, cleanliness is close to... Never mind. Move on.
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Remy : [ sniffing a cake ] Flour, eggs, sugar, um... vanilla bean... Oh, small twist of lemon.
Emile : Whoa! You can smell all that? You have a gift!
Remy : [ voiceover ] This is Emile, my brother. He's easily impressed.
Django : So you can smell ingredients? So what?
Remy : This is my dad. He's never impressed.
Emile : Whoa! You can smell all that? You have a gift!
Remy : [ voiceover ] This is Emile, my brother. He's easily impressed.
Django : So you can smell ingredients? So what?
Remy : This is my dad. He's never impressed.
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Gusteau : [ on the TV ] How can I describe it? Good food is like music you can taste, color you can smell. There is excellence all around you. You need only to be aware to stop and savor it.
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Colette : [ to Linguini ] Ugh! Your sleeves look like you threw up on them. Keep your hands and arms in, close to the body. Like this, see? Always return to this position. Cooks move fast. Sharp utensils, hot metal, keep your arms in, you will minimize cuts and burns and keep your sleeve clean. Mark of a chef: messy apron, clean sleeves.
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Francois : [ to Skinner ] Easy to cook, easy to eat, Gusteau makes Chinese food... Chine-easy!
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