Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.
The Blue Fairy: Now, remember, Pinocchio: be a good boy. And always let your conscience be your guide.
Jiminy Cricket: [seeing Pinocchio for the first time] Good piece of wood, too.
Pinocchio: I'm not a puppet, I'm a real boy! [nose grows] Captain of Guards: Five shillings for the possessed toy. Take it away.
I don't know where we are, but we'll soon find our way home!" Le avventure di Pinocchio
Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself free! Without saying yes or no, he fled from the city and set out on the road that was to take him back to the house of the lovely Fairy.
I could have made a small film and kept all the money from 'Life is Beautiful'. Instead, I spent more money than I had on 'Pinocchio', a very risky film.
Jiminy Cricket: [guietly] Toodle-oo, Stromboli. Pinocchio: Goodbye, Mr Stromb... Jiminy Cricket: Shhh! Quiet! Let's get out of here before something else happens.
Pinocchio: [looking for Geppetto, who has been swallowed by Monstro the whale] Father! Jiminy Cricket: Father! Huh? He ain't *my* father. Uh, Mr. Geppetto!
Twisted and perverse are the ways of the human mind," Jane intoned. "Pinocchio was such a dolt to try to become a real boy. He was much better off with a wooden head.
At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage.
Crawford: That O'Neill's got his nose so far up Top's ass he's gotta be Pinocchio. Why do WE always get fuckin' ambush? Francis: 'Cause it's politics, man, politics.
Jiminy Cricket: [after Pinocchio falls down the stage stairs during Stromboli's puppet show] Go ahead, make a fool of yourself, then maybe you'll listen to your conscience.
Something happened when I was in elementary school. A Disney artist named Bruce McIntyre retired, and he had done drawings for 'Pinocchio' and 'Snow White' that was just classic stuff. He moved to the town I grew up in, Carlsbad, and he became a part...
I might have been made of metal once, but not anymore. Like Pinocchio, I'd turned into a real girl. So far it sucked. But there was nothing I could do about it.
A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage...
Jiminy Cricket: [pointing to Honest John] Remember what I said about temptations? That's him. Pinocchio: Oh, no, Jiminy. That's Mr. Honest John. Jiminy Cricket: [shocked] Honest John?
[trying to unlock the cage lock to Stromboli's cage so Pinocchio can get out] Jiminy Cricket: Needs a little oil. ["Needs a little oil" echoes through the lock] Jiminy Cricket: That's what I said.
Pinocchio: [of Lampwick] Don't hurt him, Jiminy. He's my best friend. Jiminy Cricket: [outraged] Your *best friend*? And what am *I*? Just your conscience? Okay! That settles it!
I think what I reacted to so strongly when I first saw 'Pinocchio' was that I identified with the character so strongly. The movie takes you on a whole journey, a rollercoaster of emotions, and that sometimes means some very scary places. But in the ...
Geppetto: [waking up to a loud crashing noise] Who's there? Pinocchio: It's me. Geppetto: [relieved] Oh, it's me. [starts to lie back down, then suddenly sits up boltright] Geppetto: Huh? Shhh! Figaro, there's somebody in here!
