<P> Born and raised in Los Angeles , Conrad Dunn studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts - Los Angeles and with Stella Adler in New York . After seeing him on the stage , a casting director asked him to read for the role of Francis `` Psycho '' Soyer in Stripes ( 1981 ) , his first feature film . His introductory speech , described by one reviewer as `` Conrad Dunn 's adroit tribute to Travis Bickle '' , was singled out by film critic Roger Ebert : `` The movie has especially good writing in several scenes . My favorite comes near the beginning , during a session when recruits in the new platoon get to know one another . One obviously psycho draftee , who looks like Robert De Niro , quietly announces that if his fellow soldiers touch him , touch his stuff , or interfere in any way with his person or his privacy , he will quite simply be forced to kill them . '' The response from drill sergeant Warren Oates -- `` Lighten up , Francis '' -- became a popular movie quote . </P>
<P> Born and raised in Los Angeles , Conrad Dunn studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts - Los Angeles and with Stella Adler in New York . After seeing him on the stage , a casting director asked him to read for the role of Francis `` Psycho '' Soyer in Stripes ( 1981 ) , his first feature film . His introductory speech , described by one reviewer as `` Conrad Dunn 's adroit tribute to Travis Bickle '' , was singled out by film critic Roger Ebert : `` The movie has especially good writing in several scenes . My favorite comes near the beginning , during a session when recruits in the new platoon get to know one another . One obviously psycho draftee , who looks like Robert De Niro , quietly announces that if his fellow soldiers touch him , touch his stuff , or interfere in any way with his person or his privacy , he will quite simply be forced to kill them . '' The response from drill sergeant Warren Oates -- `` Lighten up , Francis '' -- became a popular movie quote . </P>
what movie is the line lighten up francis from
what movie is the line lighten up francis from
Stripes
Stripes