My Favorite Performances of 1998 (Male)

Capt. James 'Bugger' Staros - The Thin Red Line
"You are my sons, my dear sons. You live inside me now. I'll carry you wherever I go."

Honorable Mentions:
Archie - Apt Pupil

Truman Burbank - The Truman Show
"Somebody help me, I'm being spontaneous!"

Jacob Mitchell - A Simple Plan
"Hank, do you ever feel evil? I do."

Honorable Mentions:
Dan Truman - Armageddon

Derek Vinyard - American History X
"If you come near Danny again, I will feed you your fucking heart, Cameron."

Honorable Mentions:
Worm - Rounders

Captain Miller - Saving Private Ryan
"He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb."

Honorable Mentions:
Joe Fox - You've Got Mail

The Dude - The Big Lebowski
"Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not "Mr. Lebowski". You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Jake Shuttlesworth - He Got Game
"Let me tell you something son, you get that hatred out your heart, or you'll end up just another nigga, like your father."

Honorable Mentions:
Anthony Hubbard - The Siege
John Hobbes - Fallen

Hank Mitchell - A Simple Plan
"There are days when I manage not to think of anything at all. Not the money... Or the murders... Or Jacob. Days when Sarah and I try to pretend we're just like everyone else... as if none of it ever happened. Those days are few and far between."

Max Fischer - Rushmore
"I saved Latin. What did you ever do?"

Raoul Duke - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."

Christof - The Truman Show
"We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented. It's as simple as that."

Walter Sobchak - The Big Lebowski
"This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass!"

Honorable Mentions:
Jonesy - Fallen

Maximillian Cohen - Pi
"When I was a little kid, my mother told me not to stare into the sun, so when I was six I did..."

Lt. Col. Gordon Tall - The Thin Red Line
"It's not necessary for you to ever tell me that you think I'm *right*. Ever. We'll assume it."

Danny Vinyard - American History X
"It's hard to look back and see the truth about people you love."

Brill - Enemy of the State
"The government's been in bed with the entire telecommunications industry since the forties. They've infected everything. They get into your bank statements, computer files, email, listen to your phone calls... Every wire, every airwave. The more technology used, the easier it is for them to keep tabs on you. It's a brave new world out there. At least it'd better be."

Dr. Gonzo - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
"As your attorney, I advise you to take a hit out of the little brown bottle in my shaving kit. You won't need much, just a tiny taste."

Jack Foley - Out of Sight
"Yeah, I got a problem: this is the dumbest fuckin' shakedown in the history of dumb shakedowns. Five hundred bucks for a pillow?"

Honorable Mentions:
Capt. Bosche - The Thin Red Line

Sol Robeson - Pi
"That is the truth of our world, Max. It can't be easily summed up with math."

Private Ryan - Saving Private Ryan
"It doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make any sense, sir. Why? Why do I deserve to go? Why not any of these guys? They all fought just as hard as me."

Honorable Mentions:
Mike McDermott - Rounders

Pat Healy - There's Something About Mary
"We agreed I wouldn't fuck you, and you wouldn't fuck me until we got this fuck outta the fuckin' picture!"

Honorable Mentions:
Sam Lombardo - Wild Things

Lester Long - Clay Pigeons
"I'm like a big fireworks show. I'm pretty bright. Like Lite Brite."

Robert Clayton Dean - Enemy of the State
"You're the only woman for me. You and Janet Jackson."

Herman Blume - Rushmore
"She's sweet, but she's fucked-up."

Honorable Mentions:
Ken Bowden - Wild Things

Sam - Ronin
"Either you're part of the problem or you're part of the solution or you're just part of the landscape."