“I’m Walkin’ Here!” (Midnight Cowboy)

The 1969 drama Midnight Cowboy is an ever-lasting cinema classic and features one of the best performances in Dustin Hoffman’s career. His masterful, angry line “I’m walkin’ here!” (directed towards a taxi driver) fits perfectly within the style of his character Ratso. Of course, it was improvised.

Hoffman and co-star Jon Voight were crossing the street when they nearly got hit by a real cab. Most actors would stop filming immediately, but not Hoffman. He was so comfortable as Ratso that he came up with the perfect, Ratso-like reaction right there and then. And that’s how how “I’m walkin’ here!” became one of the best-known movie quotes ever.