4 Best The Dark Knight Monologues

The Dark Knight

Wanna know how I got these scars???……..My father was a drinker….and a fiend….. So one night, he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself….He doesn’t like that. Not….one….bit…..So,… me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. He looks at me…. and he says “Why so serious?!”….He comes at me with the knife……”Why so serious?!!”…”Let’s put a smile on that face!!”……And……(looks at other gangster) Why so serious?

From The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger’s Academy Award-winning Joker has mobster Gambol savor his last moments on earth by regaling the frightened man with a story about his scars

The Dark Knight (Bruce Wayne)

Category: Movie Role: Bruce Wayne From: The Dark Knight

[Thank you.] You don’t have to thank me. [Yes I do. The Joker won. Harvey’s prosecution, everything he fought for, undone. Whatever chance you gave us at fixing the city dies with Harvey’s reputation. We bet it all on him. The Joker took the best of us and tore him down. People will lose hope.] They won’t. They must never know what he did. [Five dead. Two of them cops. You can’t sweep that.] But the Joker cannot win. Gotham needs its true hero. You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become a villain. I can do those things, because I’m not a hero, not like Dent. I killed those people. That’s what I can be. [No, no, you can’t. you’re not] I’m whatever Gotham needs me to be. Call it in. … [They’ll hunt you.] You’ll hunt me. You’ll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that’s what needs to happen. Because sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.

The Dark Knight (The Joker)

Category: Movie Role: The Joker From: The Dark Knight

Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was… a drinker. And a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn’t like that. Not-one-bit. So – me watching – he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it! Turns to me, and he says, “why so serious, son?” Comes at me with the knife… “Why so serious?” He sticks the blade in my mouth… “Let’s put a smile on that face!” And…Why so serious?

The Dark Knight (The Joker)

Category: Movie Role: The Joker From: The Dark Knight

Don’t talk like one of them, you’re not! Even if you’d like to be. To them, you’re just a freak – like me! They need you right now, but when they don’t… they’ll cast you out. Like a leper. See, their morals, their code: it’s a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They’re only as good as the world allows them to be. I’ll show you. When the chips are down, these, uh… these civilized people, they’ll eat each other. See, I’m not a monster; I’m just ahead of the curve.