The translation of a script from page to screen is one of the most magical parts of the process of making a film or a TV show. When the right actor meets the right script, sparks can fly. The room for interpretation left by the written word can lead to truly incredible line readings. It’s this wondrous algorithm that was on Twitter’s mind the other day when writer Sean T. Collins posted a prompt asking for the single best TV or film line reading that other users could think of.
What’s the single best line reading you’ve ever heard in a movie or TV show?
— Sean T. Collins (@theseantcollins) May 21, 2022
In my mind, the answers to this could be just composed of entries from Heat, The Before Trilogy, The Simpsons, The Wire, Arrested Development, and It’s Always Sunny—but we’re here to give other contenders a shot too, so take it away, Twitter:
— Thomas Kula (@thomaskula) May 22, 2022
I’ve never laughed harder watching any show than I did the first time I heard Donald Glover draw out “fight” at the end of this clip. https://t.co/A24XiiI5HR
— Tyler Jett (@LetsJett) May 21, 2022
I can’t stop saying “Mischief? Mischief?! Were you chasing a mouse around?” in my best Christine Baskets voice — so, even though I know this can’t be the “best” line reading ever, it’s the one that comes to mind (also RIP Louie Anderson) https://t.co/PqlyylnCkX
— Jeremy (▲5 4▼) (@HI54LOFI) May 21, 2022
https://t.co/IFYt46E1Uq I could prob give you twenty instances from the wire alone but shoutout to wood harris
— one day i will return to your side, im sorry (@serbianworm) May 21, 2022
no regrets https://t.co/RVjwcLb1WI
— Matt (@IrregularMatt) May 21, 2022
Brosnan in Taffin obviously https://t.co/jPNe8FUlEW pic.twitter.com/k5wjyvglLB
— Peter Rees (@Ultrapete) May 22, 2022
Richard E Grant delivering Hamlet’s soliloquy to an empty park at the end of Withnail and I. Really every line in that film.https://t.co/mTQVOw67W5
— CVickery (@kafkascampi) May 21, 2022
this entire sequence from Best in Show kills me every time https://t.co/gOYLbZuSOq
— chinese walter becker #LFGMFFL (@fleetwoodmx) May 22, 2022
— AA (@rath_aa) May 22, 2022
Gene Wilder has so, so many good ones but “I’m wet!” stops me in my tracks every time. https://t.co/QOymPKT9kz
— Qwik Test (@qwiktest1) May 21, 2022
— For Sale: Baby shoes. Never worn. (Baby is dead.) (@LeHarrumph) May 21, 2022
Somehow Bill Paxton manages to steal this scene from the backgroundhttps://t.co/IhMPgYMLwi
— Amuse Bouche (@Amuse_bouche___) May 22, 2022
May be generic, but it’s just gotta be “I am the one who knocks” from Walter White in Breaking Bad. Also probably the entirety of the scene I linked here from Bojack Horseman. Especially Will Arnett reading the poem as Secretariat. https://t.co/JdEBy4n6VR
— Brand (@brandwhal96) May 22, 2022
— Diana D. Drumm (@DianaDDrumm) May 21, 2022
Oh also this one https://t.co/gtQJw1ptZ0
— AD Magic Serple公式 (@atothe_d) May 21, 2022
— James Kimbell (@realmrkimbell) May 21, 2022
The way Dennis Hopper says “Monkey!” in this one scene from the Super Mario Bros movie has hardly ever left my brain for YEARS
It’s silly, but for some reason it brings me so much joy!https://t.co/KoXByHxpuX
— Nealer 🇨🇦 🌻 (@MadCanuk) May 22, 2022
— Tommy Cap (@tcaporale4) May 21, 2022
— Joey Cruz would have totally read from the book (@NeverWanderer) May 21, 2022
The way “I’m just not sure you do” spills out of Charlotte Rampling’s lips is divine.https://t.co/lsFRC5poLf
— Cy Cohen (@The_Gay_Gaze) May 22, 2022
Anyway, we delivered the bombhttps://t.co/GMvGZNMIRl
— I heard you deworm horses (@PacinoWig) May 21, 2022
Every line spoken by Bokeem Woodbine as Mike Milligan on Fargo season 2https://t.co/5M7o6zihDO
— Gus Green (@GusGreen18) May 22, 2022
Mad Men was full of devastating line reads but this one has always stuck with me.
— 🅿️ete Wood〽️an (@PeteDRW) May 22, 2022
Still one of the best final episodes ever.
— Jason McAninch (@JasonMcAninch) May 22, 2022
PSH in Punch Drunk Love yelling “shut shut shut shut up”https://t.co/ex4GEPT6oC
— Sloppy-top Milošević (@FakeJsCommunist) May 21, 2022
Plenty of Wesley Snipes suggestions given, and mine is how his voice goes up an octave to yell at the rent-a-cops here from the first Blade film.https://t.co/WMchyAbW5I
— The Irony Skeleton Left (@jeremy_in_pdx) May 22, 2022
“I, um…can’t quite…see what you’re getting at…Jack”. Actually, this whole scene:https://t.co/GFSNyOx2at
— James Pennington (@oblio88) May 22, 2022
— ShillingAndFarthing (@AndFarthing) May 21, 2022
“Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man” – The Dude, The Big Lebowski
— vituperativeerb (@vituperativeerb) May 21, 2022
“Well, they were wrong then, weren’t they?” https://t.co/yUpci1JacU
— Omnes Omnibus (@OmnesOmnibus64) May 21, 2022
— 𝕯𝖊𝖊☭ (@undeadsocialist) May 22, 2022
“oh… thats why.. you should.. always read the label! you should always read it well! in the most delici—” https://t.co/eHisxxbLU9
— well well well… (@tender_n_mild) May 22, 2022
— couch (@heavyrituals) May 21, 2022
“Why Johnny Ringo… you look like somebody just walked over your grave”
And then “I wasn’t” — there is so much going on with the delivery of those two small wordshttps://t.co/frGQsdn0Wj
— B. Hipquark (@hipquark) May 22, 2022
not best but first one I thought of… UltiMart guy at the end https://t.co/VKA5wdbSQk
— Angela D.constructed (@koanside) May 22, 2022
This line never ceases to be hilarious with how brutal it was pic.twitter.com/hHxhO0Dn8r
— William Has Given Up (@ClodzillaJr) May 22, 2022
Elaine saying “it’s a peach” https://t.co/myNd3V5q9Q
— Tomas (@TomasTomas86) May 22, 2022
Hands down https://t.co/VTLH4qkeln
— Lamperouge (@lamperouge98) May 21, 2022
— туℓєя иєωѕтє∂🌹 (@iRadinVerse) May 21, 2022
Absolute perfection. pic.twitter.com/J8O6ZLROIN
— polly d 🌻 (@TheDesignerd) May 22, 2022
Specifically GOB (Will Arnett) https://t.co/C6njy6WXXi
— Paddy Whack Golf (@PaddyWhackGolf) May 22, 2022
the entire dialogue https://t.co/t0jh5DsHrQ pic.twitter.com/WdYh44QtJM
— elliot (@krasnyel) May 22, 2022
his line delivery should be studied in schools tbh https://t.co/7L6pEKppMt pic.twitter.com/G6bXtyNB8j
— ✰ nonbinary riddler (@hoejackboresman) May 22, 2022
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