Super Mario Quotes

• Video games don't make people go nuts. I played Super Mario forever. Not once hopping on a turtle or smash my head through a brick ceiling.

  Dane Cook

  Turtles, Nuts, Games

  Twitter post from Aug 29, 2013

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• I grew up on Nintendo. Mario was my best friend. I can't wait to get inside and play Nintendo GameCube.

  Mandy Moore

  Play, Waiting, My Best Friend

  "The E3 of The Hollywood". www.ign.com. October 11, 2001.

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• Who knows how Mario will look in the future. Maybe he'll wear metallic clothes!

  Shigeru Miyamoto

  Clothes, Looks, Mario

  "Mario Mania Player's Guide". 1991.

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• What comes next? Super Mario 128? Actually, that's what I want to do.

  Shigeru Miyamoto

  Want, Next, Mario

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• When you get called the n-word, as a black person you can do anything. It's like getting a gold star in Super Mario Brothers and junk. I hear the music when I hear the n-word. I get right into it; I get really into it. You can do anything. You could be in a fancy restaurant - just start throwing poop at the walls. People be like, 'What are you doing?' 'Someone called him the n-word.

  Donald Glover

  Brother, Stars, Wall

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• My whole life has been instinctual for me. I wouldn't do well in the computer world. My children look at me for a question and then they quickly look away because they know that I'm not going to know how to make Super Mario or do anything.

  Kevin Costner

  Children, Looks, World

  "Kevin Costner Talks DRAFT DAY, His Career, What We Can Learn from the Movies, How GIANT Influenced His Outlook on Life, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 7, 2014.

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• I don't know video games.The last video game I played, apart from Dance Dance Revolution at Jeremy's house, which I was very good at - Scarlett [Johansson] and I will always have "Billie Jean" - was Super Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo. I'm from the Dark Ages.

  Joss Whedon

  Dark, Mario Kart, Games

  Source: collider.com

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• I looked like a 'Super Mario Bros.' Goomba. It's arguably the ugliest haircut on the planet.

  Matthew Gray Gubler

  Bros, Mario, Planets

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I respect Shigeru Miyamoto, so there will be a lot of mushrooms in 'Metal Gear Solid 3.' But you cannot eat turtles.

  Hideo Kojima

  Turtles, Mushrooms, Gears

  Electronic Gaming Monthly, May 2004.

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• I don't let Mario appear in just any kind of game. Mario could not appear in Zelda games. They are two distinct game worlds.

  Shigeru Miyamoto

  Games, Two, World

  Next Generation magazine, Volume 4 No. 46, October 1998.

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• When we were designing 'Mario Kart 64,' we wanted it to feel like the player is controlling an RC car. If you play this game and get this feeling, then we will be happy because we accomplished our goal.

  Hideki Konno

  Player, Mario Kart, Games

  Nintendo Power, Volume 92, January 1997.

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• Super Mario Bros. is equivalent to the Big Bang of our gaming universe. If it were not for this blindingly spectacular creation, digital entertainment as we know it today would not exist.

  Hideo Kojima

  Bangs, Today, Digital

  Nintendo Power, November 2010.

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• We are sorry about [the E3] media briefings, specifically for those who were expecting to see Nintendo show something about ‘Super Mario’ or ‘Legend of Zelda.’

  Satoru Iwata

  Sorry, Media, Nintendo

  "Nintendo: We're Sorry, Hard-core Gamers" by Chris Kohler, www.wired.com. July 22, 2008.

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• I made a picture called Super Mario Bros., and my six-year-old son at the time - he's now 18 - he said, 'Dad I think you're probably a pretty good actor, but why did you play that terrible guy King Koopa in Super Mario Bros?' And I said, 'Well Henry, I did that so you could have shoes,' and he said, 'Dad, I don't need shoes that badly.'

  Dennis Hopper

  Kings, Dad, Son

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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