The Best The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Quotes

Movie and TV Quotes
Updated June 14, 2018 24.2K views53 items

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou quotes are certainly quotable for movie fans. These are some of the best quotes from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, as determined by you and your votes. The fourth feature-length film from Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou starred the auteur's oft-time collaborator Bill Murray as the eponymous oceanographer Zissou. The film was released on Christmas Day 2004. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou centers on Zissou's determination to find the "jaguar shark" that ate his chief diver, Esteban du Plantier, and document the shark's demise. A tale of revenge that many have compared to Moby-Dick, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was also an homage to the late Jacques Cousteau and his famous expeditions.

What are the best The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou quotes? Do you like Steve's declarative "Estaban was eaten!" line? Or do you like some of the lesser known lines from the film? Let it be known. Vote for your top The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou quotes and watch them rise to the top of the list.

  • Esteban Was Eaten!
    Photo: user uploaded image
    1

    Esteban Was Eaten!

    Steve: Encounter with highly abnormal sharklike fish! Ten meters in length, unfamiliar dorsal features, spots all over it! I shot it dorsally with a homing dart! Esteban was eaten! Check the scanning monitor! Start tracking before it dives too deep!
    Klaus: Esteban was bitten?
    Steve: Eaten!
    Klaus: Is he dead?
    Steve: Esteban was eaten!
    Klaus: He was swallowed whole?
    Steve: No! Chewed!
  • Revenge
    Photo: user uploaded image
    2

    Revenge

    Festival Director: That's an endangered species at most. What would be the scientific purpose of killing it?
    Steve: Revenge.
  • ...Seriously
    Photo: user uploaded image
    3

    ...Seriously

    Antonia Cook: You must be so excited.
    Steve: I hope so. You think it went OK?
    Antonia Cook: No. Congratulations... Seriously.
    Steve: Thanks. I wish it didn't require the "seriously," but thank you.
  • 4

    Jaguar Shark

    Alistair: How are things going with your - what are you calling it? Leopard fish?
    Steve: Jaguar shark.
    Alistair: Jaguar shark! So tell me - does it really exist?
    Steve: You know, Allie, I don't want to give away the ending.
  • Hello Skinny
    Photo: user uploaded image
    5

    Hello Skinny

    Alistair: You're the most ravishing creature that I've ever seen in my life.
    Eleanor: Hello Skinny.
    Alistair: Hello Eleanor.
    Eleanor: Is that a new merit badge?
    Alistair: Oh, yeah, as a matter of fact it is. I just became a Knight in Portugal, the Presidente gave a special ball...
    Steve: Don't be nice to Ali, he's my nemesis.
  • 6

    I Was In Love With Him

    Steve: [referring to Hennessy] How could you lay that slick faggot?
    Eleanor: Well, I was in love with him at the time...