Arachnophobia (1990)
Jeff Daniels: Dr. Ross Jennings
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Quotes
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Delbert McClintock : Spiders would find your barn a tad breazy this time of year. In that respect, spiders are a bit like you and me. No, I frankly doubt there are any spiders in your barn.
Dr. Ross Jennings : Well, I frankly know there is Delbert. I saw a web! There is a web in my barn!
Delbert McClintock : ...A web would indicate an arachnoid presence.
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Dr. Ross Jennings : [after killing a spider] Therapy.
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[noticing the dead spider Lloyd took out of the cereal box]
Milt Briggs : What could have killed it?
Dr. Ross Jennings : The shock of seeing Lloyd?
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Dr. Ross Jennings : Not the Chateau.
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Dr. Ross Jennings : Chris, I'm scared to death.
Collins : Yeah, we all are, but our brains secrete a neurotransmitter that enables us to deal with them.
Dr. Ross Jennings : I don't think I have that particular neurotransmitter.
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Dr. Ross Jennings : In my opinion...
Margaret Hollins : In my opinion, Dr. Metcalf isn't aware of the difference between his ass and a hole in the ground
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Dr. Ross Jennings : [Dr. Ross Jennings has just informed his wife that Dr. Sam Metcalf has postponed his retirement, and that he is seeing his only patient Tomorrow]
Dr. Ross Jennings : We're gonna be fine, we'll be alright, just like you said.
Molly Jennings : With ONE patient?
Dr. Ross Jennings : Well, I mean, you know? Maybe I'll get lucky and all of her systems will be ravaged by disease. Ya know, kinda like having seven patients in one.
[scene changes to Dr. Jennings surgery where he has just completed his examination of Margaret Hollins]
Dr. Ross Jennings : Fit as a fiddle, not a damn thing wrong with ya.
Margaret Hollins : Dr. Jennings, I'm sorry.
Dr. Ross Jennings : Oh, sorry? What do ya mean you're sorry?
Dr. Ross Jennings : [under his breath] You think I was hoping you were ravaged by disease?
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Dr. Ross Jennings : The itsy-bitsy spider crawled up the water spout; down came the rain and washed the spider out.
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Molly Jennings : What's wrong?
Dr. Ross Jennings : Metcalf - he's having a seizure.
Molly Jennings : Thank God you didn't examine him this morning.
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Molly Jennings : I'm sure you knew exactly what you were doing when you took Margaret off those pills.
Dr. Ross Jennings : Like I knew what I was doing when I chose this town... with the country doctor from hell!
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Dr. Ross Jennings : What do you wanna bet they're gonna go chase fireflies?
Bunny : Wanna blow up a bullfrog?
Shelley : OK.
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Dr. Ross Jennings : Come on, let's go find that spider. And let's find your mom to take care of that spider. Honey, we're in the living room. We need you to kill a spider.
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Dr. Ross Jennings : Milt, why don't you cover the living room.
[sighs]
Dr. Ross Jennings : Chris, why don't you check out back. And uh Lloyd, take the kitchen. And I'll just uh, I'll oversee the uh, I'll just coordinate the uh, I'll just stay right here.
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Dr. Ross Jennings : Easy, easy with that. Don't want to agitate the sediments. Chateau Margaux, 127 bucks a bottle.
Mover : Tasty, huh?
Dr. Ross Jennings : At that price, who can afford to drink it?
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Dr. Ross Jennings : Respect is fine, but actually I've always wanted to be feared.
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Dr. Ross Jennings : [Whilst looking for a spider specimen, one jumps out from behind a painting on the wall] Is that one of them?
Collins : I'd say it's a damn fine suspect!
