The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter

Michael: Stanley, see this? This is this. This ain't something else. This is this. From now on, you're on your own.

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The Deer Hunter

Nick: I'm thinking about the deer. Going to 'Nam. I like the trees, you know? I like the way that the trees are on mountains, all the different... the way the trees are.

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The Deer Hunter

Nick: I don't think about that much with one shot anymore, Mike.
Michael: You have to think about one shot. One shot is what it's all about. A deer's gotta be taken with one shot.

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The Deer Hunter

Michael: We gotta play with more bullets.
Nick: What?
Michael: More bullets...
[gunshot]
Michael: I gotta get more bullets in the gun.
Nick: What?
Michael: We gotta play with more bullets.
Nick: More bullets in the gun?

Michael: More bullets in the gun.
Nick: How many more bullets?
Michael: Three. That means we gotta play each other.
Nick: More bullets against each other?
Michael: We gotta do it!
Nick: What? Are you crazy?
Nick: Nicky, it's the only way.

I'll pick the moment. The game goes until I move. When I start shootin', go for the nearest guard, get his gun, and zap the fucker!
Nick: I'm not ready for this!
Michael: You gotta listen to me... You wanna stay down here and die? Go on. It's up to you. Now it's up to you.
Nick: NOOOOOOOO!
Michael: Hey!

Him against me! Side by side! Side by side!
Nick: Get away! Get away!
Michael: Side by side! Me and him! Me against him!

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The Deer Hunter

Michael: A deer has to be taken with one shot. I try to tell people that but they don't listen.

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The Deer Hunter

Stan: Alright you guys, whoever took my boots, I want them back.
Axel: I got a boot for you, Stan, right up your ass!
Stan: Hey Mike, lemme borrow your spears, eh?
Michael: No, Stan.
Stan: No? What do you mean no?
Michael: Just what I said, no. No means no.

Stan: Some fuckin' friend. You're some fuckin' friend, you know that?
Michael: You gotta learn, Stanley. Every time you come up here, you got your goddamn head up your ass.
Axel: Maybe he likes the view from up there.
[John and Axel laugh]

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The Deer Hunter

Julien: When a man says no to champagne, he says no to life.

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The Deer Hunter

Michael: Every time he comes up, he's got no knife, he's got no jacket, he's got no pants, he's got no boots. All he's got is that stupid gun he carries around like John Wayne.

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The Deer Hunter

Nick: I sound like some asshole, right?
Michael: I tell you, Nick, you're the only guy I go hunting with, you know. I like a guy with quick moves and speed. I ain't gonna hunt with no assholes.
Nick: Well, who's an asshole?
Michael: Who's an asshole? Who do you think is an asshole? They're all a bunch of

assholes. I mean, I love 'em, they're great guys, but, you know, without you, I hunt alone. Seriously, that's what I'd do.
Nick: You're a f*ckin' nut! You know that, Mike? You're a maniac. A control freak.
Michael: I just don't like no surprises.

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The Deer Hunter

Michael: [after he sights the deer but points the rifle upward and fires so that the deer just looks at him] Okay? Okay?

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The Deer Hunter

Army Doctor: Chevotarevich, is that a Russian name?
Nick: No, it's an American name.

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The Deer Hunter

Axel: Lemme ask you a question: how come I never see you eat?
Nick: I like to starve myself. It keeps the fear up.

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The Deer Hunter

VC guard: MAU! MAU! DIDI MAU!

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The Deer Hunter

[last lines]
Michael: Here's to Nick.
Steven: [whispering] To Nick.
[All]: To Nick.

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The Deer Hunter

Nick: You trying to look like a prince?
Michael: What do you mean, "trying?"

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The Deer Hunter

Michael: Nicky, do you remember the trees? Remember all the different ways of the trees? Remember that? Remember? Huh? The mountains? Do you remember all that?
Nick: One shot?
Michael: One shot! One shot.
Nick: [Smiles] Yeah.

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The Deer Hunter

Michael: Sh*t! I must be outta my f*ckin' mind! I must be outta my mind. Everything's going so fast. Man, oh man. Hey, Nick, do you think we'll ever come back?
Nick: From 'Nam?
Michael: Yeah.
Nick: You know something, the whole thing, it's right here. I love this f*ckin' place. I know that sounds crazy. If

anything happens, Mike, don't leave, don't leave me over there. You got, you gotta, hey, just don't leave me. You gotta promise me that, Mike. No, man, you gotta, you gotta promise, definitely.
Michael: Hey, Nick, you got it, man.

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The Deer Hunter

Nick: Did you hear about the happy Roman?
Man in Locker Room: Yeah.
Nick: He was "glad he ate her."

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The Deer Hunter

Michael: You wanna play games? All right, I'll play your fucking games.

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The Deer Hunter

Michael: I'll tell ya one thing, if I find out my life had to end up being in the mountains, it'd be all right, but it has to be in your mind.
Nick: What? One shot?
Michael: Two is pussy.