This collection features memorable Buck Quotes from the Disney animated film Chicken Little (2005), showcasing his humorous and sometimes bewildered perspective on the events unfolding around him.
Buck Quotes on Storytelling and Reality
- “Now, where to begin? (clicks tongue) How ’bout, “Once upon a time?””
- “How many times have you heard that to begin a story? Let’s do somethin’ else. (gasps) I got it, I got it, here we go. Here’s how to open a movie!”
- “No, I don’t think so. It sounds familiar. Doesn’t it, to you?”
- “Oh, no, no, not the book. How many have seen “opening the book” before?”
- “Close the book (the storybook opening goes into rewind and goes black again). We’re not doing that. (Walt Disney Pictures Presents appear then fades out) Here’s what we’re gonna do. Why don’t I just go back to the day things took a turn for the worse?”
- “[chuckling] A movie. A movie. They’re makin’ a movie. When? When will everybody forget your big mistake? First it was all over the papers, then they wrote a book about it, then the book on tape, then the board game, the spoons with your face on it… …and the Web site, the commemorative plates. …and the Web site, the commemorative plates. You saw them, right?”
- “You can’t eat off ‘em, but they’re there!”
- “Ha! There’s a bumper sticker. I knew it was only a matter of time. Billboards I could live with. Posters I could even live with. But a bumper sticker. It’s… it’s like glued on forever.”
Buck Quotes on Parenting and Family
- “No. Son? What?”
- “[picks up the acorn] Son, is this what hit you?”
- “A piece of a sky. [to the crowd] It’s okay, everyone! There’s been, like, a little mistake. It was just an acorn that-that hit my son. A little acorn that hit my son.”
- “Quiet, son. This is embarrassing enough already.”
- “Well, uh, what, I mean, tell you, folks, uh, my son, you know… ha-ha, Kids do crazy stuff. You have kids. It’s…”
- “Yeah, about that. Well, remember how I told you it would be better for you to lay low, don’t call attention to yourself? Right?”
- “See, it’s like a game. Yeah, a game of hide-and-seek, except the goal is never to be found, ever!”
- “Great! [chuckles] Now, we’ve got a plan, right? I’II see ya later! Remember, lay low.”
- “OK. Thank you for talking to me. I’II take care of my son.”
- “AII right. It’s fine. You don’t have to explain anything.”
- “Sorry, there, buddy! Sorry, sorry! Baseball? Son, we talked about this.”
- “Really, son? Baseball. Are you sure?”
- “Yeah, why not, but why?”
- “But, son, you know,”
- “I’m just wondering…”
- “Maybe baseball isn’t exactly your thing, you know?”
- “Have you considered the chess team or the glee club?”
- “And some teenagers, you know, they get quite a rush from stamp collecting.”
- “Wanna stop? We’ll get some stamps.”
- “Colors, colorful things…”
- “Just do me one favor, son.”
- “Why, sure, Dad. Anything.”
- “Just please try not to get your hopes too high.”
- “Oh, Chloe. If only you were here. You’d know what to do.”
- “Go, son! Run! Run!”
- “No, no, no! Not that way! Run the other way!”
- “Yes!”
- “Jeez, you know, I guess that puts the whole “sky is falling” incident behind us once and for all. Hey, kiddo?”
- “I… [clears throat]”
- “Unless you think we need… closure?”
- “Closure? What’s to close here?”
- “Unless you think we need to close…”
- “Not me.”
- “It’s closed!”
- “I agree. Vacuum sealed.”
- “Shut tight!”
- “OK, great, Dad. You… Closure, I dunno.”
- “AII right. Enough fun.”
- “Good talk. Good talk, son.”
- “[straining]”
- “Here, I’II give you a push.”
- “Rock me a little. Help me.”
- “OK.”
- “OK, I’m up.”
- “Hey.”
- “Good night, Ace.”
- “Hey! Son! You all right? I’m coming! I’m coming! I’m comin’ upstairs! What’s wrong?”
- “Nothing.”
- “You sure? I thought I heard you yell.”
- “No. Uh, I, uh… I fell out of bed.”
- “Huh? How’d you get over there?”
- “Over where?”
- “There.”
- “Where?”
- “There! How’d you get over there?”
- “Who’re we talking about?”
- “Never mind. What’s the difference? Look, the past is behind us, right?”
- “Mmm.”
- “Tomorrow’s gonna be a new day.”
- “Wait, wait, whoa, son! Where’s the fire here?”
- “Ha! You got to be ready to listen to your children, even if they have nothing to say.”
Buck Quotes on Baseball
- “Here’s the wind-up and the pitch!”
- “He swings!”
- “t’s going.”
- “He rounds first, to second!”
- “Hits high off the wall!”
- “He flies past third and heads for the plate!”
- “It’s a scramble for the ball! It’s gonna be close! He is safe!”
- “Here’s the wind-up… and the pitch!”
Buck Quotes on Embarrassment and Apology
- “It was just an acorn. A little acorn! I can’t tell you how embarrassed I am, folks.”
- “Hello? I’m sorry. Hello? I apologize.”
- “Sorry. That wasn’t very funny.”
- “Oh, yes. I do see the skywriting there. Thank goodness the cloud blocked the last letter. Hello? Hey! Watch your mouth. Yeah? Oh, yeah? Well, I’d like to see you try. OK, I love you too, Mom. Bye.”
- “No, son. I don’t. [chuckling] I can’t tell you how embarrassed I am, folks. I’m really sorry about this, everyone. Looks like this is just a big, crazy misunderstanding.”
- “Hello? I’m sorry.”
- “Hey, hey! Just… [gulps] Just hold on there, buddy! My son did not take your kid! You were the one that left him behind! That’s bad parenting! And I should know!”
- “Oh, snap.”
- “[sighs] That was close.”
- “They got their kid.”
- “What?”
Buck Quotes on the Movie Within a Movie
- “So I’d like to see the movie they make about you now.”
- “Oh, son, these people are from Hollywood! The one thing they’ll never do is mess with a good story.”