The Retroactive 1st Annual Celebration of the Wit and Wisdom of the Good Mister Bob Hoskins

In loving honor of the man born an atheist turned agnostic, we here at MINE would like to honor the ever swelling romance that is Bob Hoskins.  As of this September, and promptly every succeeding September forthwith that still finds a pulse within this blog, we shall do our utmost to honor the venerable thespian himself. 

To show our appreciation for the man, as well as the enigma, we have congregated a list of 11 Bob Hoskins Character Quotes.  The list has been sorted in an order for climactic tension.

Relish the man, and discover the mystery!

11.

There's already been one radical in the White House. I don't believe it could survive another. 

J. Edgar Hoover

Nixon

10.

What you are suggesting isn't possible. That kind of thing isn't done here. Nudity? In England?

Vivian Van Damm

Mrs. Henderson Presents

9.

I'll get you a medal for modesty, Private Williams, would you like that?

C.S.M Williams

Zulu Dawn

8.

Like my saint of a mum used to say, "Get 'em young, and the possibilities are endless."

Bart

Unleashed/Danny the Dog

7. 

Someone oughta take out your brain and pickle it!  

Owney Madden

The Cotton Club

6.

He's Peter Pan or I've got a dead man's dinghy.  

Smee

Hook

5.

Come on, Luigi. You'll be talking to the mildew in the shower next. 

Mario Mario

Super Mario Bros.

4.

Who needs a car in L.A.? We have the best public transportation system in the world. 

Eddie Valiant

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

3.

[addressing a roomful of Soviet political officers] My name... is Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev. I've come to take things in hand here. This city... is not Kursk, nor is it Kiev, nor Minsk. This city... is Stalingrad. *Stalingrad*! This city bears the name of the Boss. It's more than a city, it's a symbol. If the Germans... capture this city... the entire country will collapse. Now... I want our boys to raise their heads. I want them to act like they have *balls*! I want them to stop shitting their pants! That's your job. As political officers... I'm counting on you.

Nikita Khrushchev

Enemy at the Gates

2.

No one's heard nothing? That just ain't natural. It's like one of them silent, deadly farts. No clue, and then pow, you go cross-eyed. 

Harold Shand

The Long Good Friday

1.

More whimpering? Between you and Balto it's like a Dostoyevsky novel around here. Lighten up. 

Boris the Goose

Balto*

Here's to the Hoskins' inside all of us!  Cheers, mate!  

And, uh, let's all lighten up, eh?

*Picture may be unrelated to quoted film.