These Unscripted Lines Actually Made Movies So Much Better

It's more than likely that your favorite movie moments were made up on the spot. From Taxi Driver to Clueless, find out which gifted actors took creative liberties when deciding what lines fit their characters better than the script...

"You can't handle the truth!"

Jack Nicholson improvised this line from A Few Good Men. His character, Colonel Nathan Jessup is being interrogated by Tom Cruise's character, Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, in an intense courtroom scene. When Cruise says, "I want the truth!" Nicholson didn't think the original line, "You already have the truth!" was powerful enough.

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