Top Gun Quotes

Top Gun is a TV show that appeared on TV in 1970 . Top Gun completed its run in 1970.

It features Don Simpson as producer, Harold Faltermeyer in charge of musical score, and Jeffrey L. Kimball as head of cinematography.

Top Gun is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Top Gun is 110 minutes long. Top Gun is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Tom Cruise as Maverick, Meg Ryan as Carole, Rick Rossovich as Slider, Kelly McGillis as Charlie, Val Kilmer as Iceman, Tom Skerritt as Viper, Barry Tubb as Wolfman, James Tolkan as Stinger, Whip Hubley as Hollywood, Tim Robbins as Merlin, Clarence Gilyard as Sundown, and John Stockwell as Cougar.

Top Gun Quotes

Tom Cruise as Maverick

• (Tom Cruise) "Jesus Christ, and you think I'm reckless? When I fly, I'll have you know that my crew and my plane come first."
• (Kelly McGillis) "Well, I am going to finish my sentence, Lieutenant. My review of your flight performance was right on."
• (Tom Cruise) "Is that right?"
• (Kelly McGillis) "That is right, but I held something back. I see some real genius in your flying, Maverick, but I can't say that in there. I was afraid that everyone in the TACTS trailer would see right through me, and I just don't want anyone to know that I've fallen for you."

• (Tom Cruise) "I can see it's dangerous for you, but if the government trusts me, maybe you could."
• (Kelly McGillis) "It takes a lot more than just fancy flying."

• (Tom Cruise) "Talk to me, Goose."

• (Tom Cruise) "Too close for missles, I'm switching to guns."

• (Tom Cruise) "She's lost that loving feeling."
• (Goose) "She's lo -- No she hasn't."
• (Tom Cruise) "Yes, she has."
• (Goose) "She's not lost that lo --"
• (Tom Cruise) "Goose, she's lost it, man."
• (Goose) "Come on."
• (Goose) "Aw sh -- I hate it when she does that."

• (Tom Cruise) "Standby, Viper's coming down."

• (Tom Cruise) "I feel the need --"
• (Goose) "-- the need for speed."

• (Radio Operator) "Maverick, you're at 3/4 of a mile. Call the ball."
• (Tom Cruise) "Roger. Maverick has the ball."

• (Tom Cruise) "That son of a bitch cut me off."

• (Tom Cruise) "There's Viper."
• (Goose) "Hey Mav, stay with Hollywood."
• (Whip Hubley) "Yeah Mav, stay with me."
• (Tom Cruise) "Hollywood, you look good. I'm going after Viper."
• (Whip Hubley) "God dammit, Maverick."

• (Goose) "No. No, Mav, this is not a good idea."
• (Tom Cruise) "Sorry, Goose, but it's time to buzz the tower."

• (Tom Cruise) "Any of you boys seen an aircraft-carrier around here?"

• (Tom Cruise) "Mustang, this is Maverick, requesting fly-by."
• (Air Boss Johnson) "Negative, Ghost Rider. The Pattern is full."
• (Tim Robbins) "Uh, excuse me, something I should know about?"
• (Air Boss Johnson) "Thank you."
• (Air Boss Johnson) "god**** that guy."

• (Tom Cruise) "I think I'll go embarrass myself with Goose."

• (Tom Cruise) "I'll hit the brakes, he'll fly right by."

• (Tom Cruise) "Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby."
• (Air Boss Johnson) "Negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full."

• (Tom Cruise) "Jesus, this guy's good."

Kelly McGillis as Charlie

• (Kelly McGillis) "So, lieutenant, where exactly were you?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Well, we --"
• (Goose) "Thank you."
• (Tom Cruise) "Started up on a 6, when he pulled from the clouds, and then I moved in above him."
• (Kelly McGillis) "Well, if you were directly above him, how could you see him?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Because I was inverted."
• (Val Kilmer) "Bulls***."
• (Goose) "No, he was man. It was a really great move. He was inverted."
• (Kelly McGillis) "You were in a 4g inverted dive with a MiG28?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Yes, ma'am."
• (Kelly McGillis) "At what range?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Um, about two meters."
• (Goose) "It was actually about one and a half I think. It was one and a half. I've got a great Polaroid of it, and he's right there, must be one and a half."
• (Tom Cruise) "Was a nice picture."
• (Goose) "Thanks."
• (Kelly McGillis) "Eh, lieutenant, what were you doing there?"
• (Goose) "Communicating."
• (Tom Cruise) "Communicating. Keeping up foreign relations. You know, giving him the bird."
• (Goose) "You know, the finger"
• (Kelly McGillis) "Yes, I know the finger, Goose."
• (Goose) "I-I'm sorry, I hate it when it does that, I'm sorry. Excuse me."

• (Kelly McGillis) "Sit down. I love that song. How long have you two been doing this act?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Oh, since uh --"
• (Kelly McGillis) "Puberty?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Right, puberty."

• (Kelly McGillis) "Maverick, you big stud -- Take me to bed or lose me forever."

• (Kelly McGillis) "Hello, Pete Mitchell. I heard the best of the best were going to be back here, so uh --"
• (Tom Cruise) "This could be complicated. You know on the first one I crashed and burned."
• (Kelly McGillis) "And the second?"
• (Tom Cruise) "I don't know, but uh, it's looking good so far."

• (Kelly McGillis) "Listen, can I ask you a personal question?"
• (Tom Cruise) "That depends."
• (Kelly McGillis) "Are you a good pilot?"
• (Tom Cruise) "I can hold my own."
• (Kelly McGillis) "Great, then I won't have to worry about you making your living as a singer."
• (Tom Cruise) "I'm going to need a beer to put these flames out. Yo. Great Mav, real slick."

• (Kelly McGillis) "I'll have what he's having. Hemlock, is it?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Ice water."

Val Kilmer as Iceman

• (Goose) "It's the bottom of the 9th, the score is tied. It's time for the big one."
• (Val Kilmer) "You up for this one, Maverick?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Just a walk in the park, Kazansky."

• (Val Kilmer) "Maverick, it's not your flying, it's your attitude. The enemy's dangerous, but right now you're worse. Dangerous and foolish. You may not like who's flying with you, but whose side are you on?"

• (Val Kilmer) "You can be my wingman any time."
• (Tom Cruise) "Bulls***. You can be mine."

• (Val Kilmer) "The plaque for the alternates is down in the ladies' room."
• (Goose) "Oh Jesus, oh YOU KILL ME. You really do."
• (Goose) "No no no, there's two o's in "Goose", boys."

• (Val Kilmer) "You two really are cowboys."
• (Tom Cruise) "What's your problem, Kazansky?"
• (Val Kilmer) "You're everyone's problem. That's because every time you go up in the air, you're unsafe. I don't like you because you're dangerous."
• (Tom Cruise) "That's right. Ice -- man. I am dangerous."

• (Val Kilmer) "Mitchell, I'm sorry about Goose. Everybody liked him. I'm sorry."

• (Val Kilmer) "Mayday, mayday, Mav's in trouble. He's in a flat spin, he's heading out to sea."

John Stockwell as Cougar

• (John Stockwell) "I'm gonna break high and right, see if he's really alone."

• (John Stockwell) "God dammit, Mustang. This is Ghost Rider 117. This bogey is all over me. He's got missile lock on me. Do I have permission to fire?"
• (James Tolkan) "Do not fire until fired upon --"

Barry Tubb as Wolfman

• (Goose) "Yeeha, Jester's dead."
• (Barry Tubb) "Won this bulls***?"
• (Goose) "Didn't everybody?"
• (Whip Hubley) "Hell no, man. We got our butts kicked."
• (Barry Tubb) "Thirty seconds. We went like this, he went like that. I said to Hollywood, "Where'd he go?" Hollywood says, "Where'd who go?""
• (Whip Hubley) "Yeah, and he's laughing at us, right on the radio, he's laughing at us."
• (Rick Rossovich) "That was me laughing, dickhead."

• (Barry Tubb) "Hey, it's Wolfman. Yeah, Maverick just quit."

Tim Robbins as Merlin

• (Tim Robbins) "What are you doing? You're slowing down, you're slowing down."
• (Tom Cruise) "I'm bringing him in closer, Merlin."
• (Tim Robbins) "You're gonna do what?"

• (Tim Robbins) "Mustang, this is Voodoo 3. Remaining MiGs are bugging out."

James Tolkan as Stinger

• (James Tolkan) "How's it feel to be on the front page of every newspaper in the English-speaking world, even though the other side denies the incident? Congratulations."
• (James Tolkan) "They gave you your choice of duty, son. Where do you think you want to go?"
• (Tom Cruise) "I thought of being an instructor, sir."
• (James Tolkan) "Top Gun?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Yes, sir."
• (James Tolkan) "God help us."

• (James Tolkan) "Maverick, you just did an incredibly brave thing. What you should have done was land your plane. You don't own that plane, the tax payers do. Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash. You've been busted, you lost your qualifications as section leader three times, put in hack twice by me, with a history of high speed passes over five air control towers, and one admiral's daughter."
• (Goose) "Penny Benjamin?"
• (James Tolkan) "And you asshole, you're lucky to be here."
• (Goose) "Thank you, sir."
• (James Tolkan) "And let's not bulls*** Maverick. Your family name ain't the best in the Navy. You need to be doing it better, and cleaner than the other guy. Now what is it with you?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Just want to serve my country, be the best pilot in the Navy, sir."
• (James Tolkan) "Don't screw around with me Maverick. You're a hell of an instinctive pilot. Maybe too good. I'd like to bust your butt but I can't. I got another problem here. I gotta send somebody from this squadron to Miramar. I gotta do something here, I still can't believe it. I gotta give you your dream shot. I'm gonna send you up against the best. You two characters are going to Top Gun."

• (James Tolkan) "They gave you your choice of duty, son. Anything, anywhere. Do you believe that s***? Where do you think you wanna go?"
• (Tom Cruise) "I thought of being an instructor, sir."
• (James Tolkan) "Top Gun?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Yes, sir."
• (James Tolkan) "God help us."

• (James Tolkan) "And if you screw up just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog s*** out of Hong Kong."
• (Tom Cruise) "Yes, sir."

• (Unnamed) "Both Catapults are broken, sir."
• (James Tolkan) "How long will it take?"
• (Unnamed) "It'll take ten minutes."
• (James Tolkan) "Bulls*** ten minutes. This thing will be over in two minutes. Get on it."

Tom Skerritt as Viper

• (Tom Skerritt) "In case some of you are wondering who the best is, they are up here on this plaque."
• (Tom Skerritt) "Do you think your name will be on that plaque?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Yes, sir."
• (Tom Skerritt) "That's pretty arrogant, considering the company you're in."
• (Tom Cruise) "Yes, sir."
• (Tom Skerritt) "I like that in a pilot."

• (Tom Skerritt) "Good morning, gentlemen, the temperature is 110 degrees."
• (Barry Tubb) "Holy s***, it's Viper."
• (Goose) "Viper's up here, great -- oh s*** --"
• (Tom Cruise) "Great, he's probably saying, "Holy s***, it's Maverick and Goose.""
• (Goose) "Yeah, I'm sure he's saying that."

• (Jester) "He can't get back in the saddle, won't engage."
• (Tom Skerritt) "It's only been a few days."
• (Jester) "You know, he just might not make it back."
• (Tom Skerritt) "Keep sending him up."

• (Tom Skerritt) "Damn, this kid is good."

• (Tom Skerritt) "You'll pick up your RIO when you get to the ship, and if you don't, give me a call. I'll fly with you."

• (Tom Skerritt) "Top Gun rules of engagement are written for your safety and for that of your team. They are not flexible, nor am I. Either obey them or you are history. Is that clear?"

• (Tom Skerritt) "How ya doin'?"
• (Tom Cruise) "I'm all right."
• (Tom Skerritt) "Goose is dead."
• (Tom Cruise) "I know."
• (Tom Skerritt) "You fly jets long enough, something like this happens."
• (Tom Cruise) "He was my R.I.O., my responsibility."
• (Tom Skerritt) "My squadron, we lost 8 of 18 aircraft. 10 men. First one dies, you die too. But there will be others. You can count it. You gotta let him go. You gotta let him go."

• (Jester) "His fitness report says it all. Flies by the seat of his pants. Completely unpredictable."
• (Tom Skerritt) "He got you, didn't he?"
• (Jester) "Yeah."

• (Tom Skerritt) "Okay, knock it off, gentlemen. Let's go home, Viper has the lead."

• (Tom Skerritt) "I flew with your old man. VF-51, the Oriskany. You're a lot like he was. Only better -- and worse. He was a natural heroic son of a bitch that one."
• (Tom Cruise) "So he did do it right."
• (Tom Skerritt) "Yeah, he did it right -- Is that why you fly the way you do? Trying to prove something? Yeah, your old man did it right. What I'm about to tell you is classified. It could end my career. We were in the worst dogfight I ever dreamed of. There were bogeys like fireflies all over the sky. His F-4 was hit, and he was wounded, but he could've made it back. He stayed in it, saved three planes before he bought it."
• (Tom Cruise) "How come I never heard that before?"
• (Tom Skerritt) "Well, that's not something the State Department tells dependents when the battle occurred over the wrong line on some map."
• (Tom Cruise) "So you were there?"
• (Tom Skerritt) "I was there. What's on your mind?"
• (Tom Cruise) "My options, sir."
• (Tom Skerritt) "Simple. First you've acquired enough points to show up tomorrow and graduate with your Top Gun class, or you can quit. There'd be no disgrace. That spin was hell, it would've shook me up."
• (Tom Cruise) "So you think I should quit?"
• (Tom Skerritt) "I didn't say that. The simple fact is you feel responsible for Goose and you have a confidence problem. Now I'm not gonna sit here and blow sunshine up your ass, Lieutenant. A good pilot is compelled to evaluate what's happened, so he can apply what he's learned. Up there, we gotta push it. That's our job. It's your option, Lieutenant. All yours."
• (Tom Cruise) "Sorry to bother you on a Sunday, sir, but thank you very much for your time."
• (Tom Skerritt) "No problem. Good luck."

Rick Rossovich as Slider

• (Jester) "Maverick, you and Goose get your butts outta that flight gear and up to Viper's office now."
• (Rick Rossovich) "Remember, boys, no points for second place."
• (Goose) "You're a lot brighter than you look."
• (Rick Rossovich) "Oh, you shut up."

• (Rick Rossovich) "Goose, whose butt did you kiss to get in here anyway?"
• (Goose) "The list is long, but distinguished."
• (Rick Rossovich) "Yeah, well so is my Johnson."

• (Rick Rossovich) "Crashed and burned. Huh, Mav?"
• (Tom Cruise) "Slider --"
• (Tom Cruise) "You stink."

• (Rick Rossovich) "Splash that sucker, yeah."

Clarence Gilyard as Sundown

• (Clarence Gilyard) "Hey, man, we could have had him. Hey, we could have had him, man."
• (Tom Cruise) "I will fire when I am god**** good and ready. You got that?"

Meg Ryan as Carole

• (Meg Ryan) "Hey, Goose, you big stud."
• (Goose) "That's me, honey."
• (Meg Ryan) "Take me to bed or lose me forever."
• (Goose) "Show me the way home, honey."

Whip Hubley as Hollywood

• (Whip Hubley) "Gutsiest move I ever saw, Mav."

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