Monologues for Men

Most plays, movies and animations, are often started with a monologue by the lead character himself, or a narrator introducing the characters. This is precisely how a monologue is defined, where a particular character in the play is speaking his/her thoughts out loud usually addressing the audience. Monologues for men, being one of the most well-known throughout history of art, can be used anywhere in the script, not just in the beginning. They describe nothing but one person talking to his own intellect in the form of the audience. Depending on the personality of the movie, these monologues can be comical, dramatic or simply casual. But whichever emotions they portray, they find an identity with the character who narrates them. Writers like William Shakespeare have always included these in their plays, thus, making them a practice in contemporary art as well. To introduce you to some such monologues said by male characters, we have a few examples mentioned below.

Dramatic Monologues for Men

Other than the well-known monologues for women, there are many interesting entries for men too. Most of the monologues for men, are dramatic scenes. The characters who have narrated these monologues are portrayed as great men with inadequacies, often made victims of helplessness. Find out which are these dramatic monologues or movie quotes that have found their fame with their audiences.

The Great Dictator
Charlie Chaplin: "Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness."

Forrest Gump
Forrest: "You died on a Saturday morning, and I had you placed here, under our tree. And I had that house of your father's bulldozed to the ground. Mama always said dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't...."

Scent of a Woman
Lt. Col. Frank Slade: "If I were the man I was five year's ago, I'd take a FLAME THROWER TO THIS PLACE!"

A Few Good Men
Colonel Nathan Jessup: "You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg?"

Wall Street
Gordon Gekko: "The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."

Comedic Monologues for Men

Another great genre of monologues are the funny monologues which also became well-known after their release. Take a look at a few such funny monologues for men, picked up from Hollywood movies.

Pulp Fiction
Chris Walken: "So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something: his ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then, he died of dysentery. He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my ass, two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you."

Fight Club
Tyler Durden: "Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do NOT talk about Fight Club."

Antz
Zee to Psychiatrist: "I think everything must go back to the fact that I had a very anxious childhood, you know my mother never had time for me. You know when you're a middle child in a family of five million, you don't get any attention, I mean how's it possible. And I've always had these abandonment issues, which played me, My father was basically a drone like I've said, you know the guy flew away when I was just a larva... and my job, don't get me started on, cause it really annoys me, I was not cut out to be a worker, I'll tell you right now, I feel physically inadequate." (text missing on purpose). "I mean I gotta believe there's someplace out there that's better than this! Otherwise I'd just curl up in a larva position and weep! (pause) The whole system out there just makes me feel...(thinking) Insignificant!"

With these great examples of monologues for men and famous quotes, hope you had a flashback of all these great movie characters you once watched. Monologues can be very enjoyable and reading them can be a good refreshing break!