The inside joke in Jaws
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat” is such an iconic quote that the writers had to be patting themselves on the back when Jaws hit theaters across the world. However, coming up with this line wasn’t entirely the doing of the writing crew. It was an inside joke used behind the scenes when the crew realized that a support boat was far too small for the job.
Throughout filming, Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), repeated the catchphrase over and over again, but it wasn’t until the scene where they actually needed a bigger boat that it hit its mark. This infamous quote ranked 35th on the list of top 100 movie quotes of all time.