The Anchorman is a movie titled the Legend of Ron Burgundy. The film launched in 2009 is based on a newsman working in a male dominated industry. Suddenly his life gets interrupted by a beautiful, ambitious talented and beautiful young woman. The movie is written in a manner that each line is a practical reality. The movie was loved by many due to the wonderful script. This Anchorman Quotes will make you smile and grin at the same time.
“It is terrible. She has beautiful eyes and her hair smells like Cinnamon” Ron Burgundy – Anchorman Quotes
It is just funny how Ron reacts around women. His compliments are weird and demeaning at the same time. The quote starts with a negative term ‘terrible’, then changes into a nice comment, ‘beautiful eyes’. It is surprising how something you deem terrible has beautiful eyes. At the end of the quote he illustrates how terrible the woman was. In this film, Ron is found to be insensitive to women. In other instances, he uses vulgar terms to describe situations and cases.
27 Anchorman Quotes
“Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.” Will Ferrell
“I will smash your face into a car windshield, and then take your mother, Dorothy Mantooth, out for a nice seafood dinner and never call her again.” David Koechner
“I always wanted to be an anchorman, but after college I wound up working behind the scenes at CBS News for 10 years.” Andy Cohen
“I ate fiberglass insulation. It wasn’t cotton candy like the guy said… my tummy itches.” Steve Carell
“Old anchormen, you see, don’t fade away. They just keep coming back for more. And that’s the way it is, Friday, March 6, 1981.” Walter Cronkite
“I don’t think I’m identified as the anchorman, I think I’m identified as the impostor anchorman – there’s a very clear line there … I don’t think it changes the way they respond.” John Oliver
“I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor – not a commentator or analyst. I feel no compulsion to be a pundit.” Walter Cronkite
“As anchorman of the CBS Evening News, I signed off my nightly broadcasts for nearly two decades with a simple statement: “And that’s the way it is.” To me, that encapsulates the newsman’s highest ideal: to report the facts as he sees them, without regard for the consequences or controversy that may ensue.” Walter Cronkite
“I look good. I mean, really good. Hey everyone! Come and see how good I look!” Will Ferrell
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“I really think more about being honest and truthful about feelings and how people behave for the movies that I direct, but I also love movies like Zohan and Anchorman, just balls to the wall, how much can you make people laugh in one 90 minute period.” Judd Apatow
“The format of the nightly newscasts is still very much 1981 “Tremble, onlookers! I am the anchorman and now here is a miracle: a report by satellite from many thousands of miles away. I will return to introduce another one in due course.” Keith Olbermann
“The movie that makes me cry is Anchorman. I have the biggest crush on Will Ferrel I love him in every film he does. I mean, Ryan Gosling could be my child. I’m not going to have a crush on a child.
Will Ferrell is a man.”” Meryl Streep
“The television anchorman Dan Rather turns up in rag-top native drag in Afghanistan, the surrogate of our culture with his camera crew, intrepid as Sir Richard Burton sneaking into Mecca.” Lance Morrow
“I’ve always done theater. I’ve never thought of myself as a comedic actress in any way. ‘Anchorman’ kind of cracked that open. When I got a small part in ‘Anchorman,’ I didn’t know it was possible on camera to improvise. So I was like, ‘What’s happening?” Kathryn Hahn
“I tend to relate more to people on television who are just themselves, for good or for bad, than I do to someone who I believe is putting on some sort of persona. The anchorman on ‘The Simpsons’ is a reasonable facsimile of some anchors who have that problem.” Anderson Cooper
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“In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.” Ted Koppel
“Because I went from the ‘Daily Show’ where I was a fake news guy on a fake news show, to ‘Bruce Almighty’ where I played a news guy, to ‘Anchorman’ where I played a news guy, now I’m… yeah, I tend to gravitate towards suits.” Steve Carell
“I’m a member of the media. I’m America’s Anchorman.” Rush Limbaugh
“When the going gets weird, anchormen punt.” Dan Rather
“I’m not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman’s home with a drool cup.” Tom Brokaw
“Anchorman’ is my favorite movie of all time and Ron Burgundy is one of my favorite characters of all time. It’s my ‘Gone With the Wind.” Eva Mendes
“Some of my colleagues want to be The Anchorman on the Mount. Others see themselves as the Ace Reporter. Because of 60 Minutes, there’s a whole herd of them determined to be The Grand Inquisitor and a heady number want only to be The Friendliest Anchor on the Block. At least one wants to be Jesus.” Linda Ellerbee
“I am a very, very avid ‘Anchorman’ fan.”Zoe Detuch
“When the anchorman is wearing a colonel’s uniform, it tells you something.” Linda Ellerbee
“‘Anchorman’… is not grounded in anything. There is absolutely no heart to that movie, which I love.” Steve Carell
“I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party” Brick Tamland – Anchorman Quotes
Brick one of the actors in a film is a very funny character. He seems to be speaking his mind loud enough. This character can be compared to most people in the society. They talk first, then, think later, instead of doing the opposite. Here we see him extending invitations to a party which does not seem very decent. He ought to have sought first the opinion of these people on what they think about pants party.
“I am very important. I have many leather bound books and my apartment smells of rich Mahogany” Ron Burgundy – Anchorman Quotes
Ron, a very proud man boats about his apartment. He would never be silent about his achievements. This quote is one of Anchorman quotes which best describes his character. At one point in the office, he stops everyone from working just to listen to his latest news. He might be funny, but sometimes he is a little too much of his talking.
So with the announcement of Anchorman 2 rolled out soon, there are expectations for more quotes. In the meantime, as a follower of Anchorman Quotes, the above quotes will help you analyze the movie better. Any other person who has not watched the movie, can also get a clue of what it is all about through these quotes.