Gene Hackman

You know why I like you? I like you because you're tall.

Do they know me?

Who's them?

I don't know what you're talking about.

You're either very smart... or incredibly stupid.

Come on Erv what the hell is that!

People some people marry.

Racing for money ain't sport. It's war.

Save me. You don't look like you can save a turkey from Thanksgivin'.

Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin' the cemetery?

If you spend half as much time tryin' to be a lawyer instead of tryin' to be Dick Tracy, I might not be dead in five days.

Save me. You don't look like you can save a turkey from Thanksgivin'

You know, Richie, this illness, this closeness to death... it's had a profound affect on me. I feel like a different person, I really do.

Dad, you were never dying.

But I'm going to live.

All right, Popeye's here! Get your hands on your heads, get off the bar and get on the wall!

Do you know what the sun is? It is nothing more than a huge nuclear bomb.

Mr. Hunter, I've made the decision. I'm captain of this ship. NOW SHUT THE F**K UP!

Are you shitting me? That car is dirty!

Are you shitting me? That car is dirty!

Hey, you wanna hear a story 'bout this boy? He owned a dairy farm, see. And his ol' Ma, she was kinda sick, you know. And the doctor, he had called him come over, and said, uh, "Uhh listen, your Ma, she's lyin' there, she's just so sick and she's weakly, and uh, uh I want ya to try to persuade her to take a little brandy," you see. Just to pick her spirits up, ya know. And "Ma's a teetotaler," he says. "She wouldn't touch a drop." "Well, I'll tell ya whatcha do, uh," - the doc - "I'll tell ya whatcha do, you bring in a fresh quart of milk every day and you put some brandy in it, see. And see. You try that." So he did. And he doctored it all up with the brandy, fresh milk, and he gave it to his Mom. And she drank a little bit of it, you know. So next day, he brought it in again and she drank a little more, you know. And so they went on that way for the third day and just a little more, and the fourth day, she was, you know, took a little bit more - and then finally, one week later, he gave her the milk and she just drank it down. Boy, she swallowed the whole, whole, whole thing, you know. And she called him over and she said, "Son, whatever you do, don't sell that cow!"

[upset, walking over to Martin seated] What are you doing here?

Take it easy I'm just a messenger. I brought you a drink

I don't want your drink. Why are you following me?

I'm not following you I'm looking for you. There's a big difference.

I'll see you in hell Bill Munny

I'll see you in hell Bill Munny.

I'm not afraid of death...I am afraid of murder.

I'm not afraid of death... I am afraid of murder.

to Pagoda: That's the last time you put a knife in me!

[to Pagoda] That's the last time you put a knife in me!

It's curiosity. Did you ever hear of that? It's just god-damned human nature.

Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business is that I don't know anything about human nature. I don't know anything about curiosity. That's not part of what I do. This is my business.

It had nothin' to do with me, I mean, I just turned in the tapes...What they do with the tapes is their own business.

[As the monster runs out the door.] Wait. Where you going? I was going to make espresso.

[as the monster runs out the door.] Wait. Where you going? I was going to make espresso.

Is that how a warped brain like yours gets its kicks? By planning the death of innocent people?

No, by causing the death of innocent people.

[to Otis] Do you know why the number two hundred is so vitally descriptive to both you and me? It's your weight and my I.Q.

You don't even care where that other missile is headed, do you?

Of course I do. I know exactly where it's headed. Hackensack, New Jersey.

It's a wonder that brain can keep its his legs moving

It's a wonder that brain can keep its his legs moving.

You know why the number is important? I'll tell you. It's your weight and my IQ

You know why the number is important? I'll tell you. It's your weight and my IQ.

This guy here is the Duck of Death...

Duke

Duck I say

I don't deserve this... to die like this. I was building a house.

Deserve's got nothin' to do with it.

My mother lives on the east coast.

This is Lex Luthor. Only one thing alive with less than four legs can hear this frequency, Superman, and that's you.

Trials are too important to be left up to juries.

I don't understand.

He's a man, the're both men.

Can't be, you can't be jewish.

No Kevin, Kevin, Kevin. This is a man.

What?

Don't you understand the're gay. They own the drag club downstairs, the're two men.

I don't understand.

This is my adopted daughter, Margot Tenenbaum

This is my adopted daughter, Margot Tenenbaum.

"I'm not afraid of death, I am afraid of murder."

I'm not afraid of death, I am afraid of murder.

Do you like baseball, do you, Anderson?

Yeah, I do. You know, it's the only time when a black man can wave a stick at a white man and not start a riot.

Well sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch. You just shot an unarmed man.

He should have armed himself....... if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend.

We'll need transportation... preferably four-wheel drive.

Buy it or "borrow" it?

Buy it or 'borrow' it?

Steal the fucker!

I'll see you in hell.

......Yeah

Yeah.

Everybody loses, just not me.

I don't really drink.

Yeah, well now's the time to pretend.

strange ending,big time. Gene Hackman doesn't get charged or caught for his actions, weird to say the least.

Strange ending, big time. Gene Hackman doesn't get charged or caught for his actions, weird to say the least.

Did you smile Pell ?

Did you smile Pell?

You can't raise boys to be scared of life. You got to brew some recklessness into them.

I think that's terrible advice.

Pagoda's in possession of a parcel containing my will and some instructions for the funeral including my epitaph, for when the time comes. Proofread it for me before they carve it on the headstone, okay?

If that swede had been any slower he'd a had birds nesting in his hat

If the swede had been any slower, he'd had birds nest in his hat.

As soon as the rain ends I'm going to make an example out of you

As soon as the rain ends I'm going to make an example out of you.

It takes a lot to scare me and I love the sensation

It takes a lot to scare me. I love the sensation.

duck of death, I sez

Duck of death, I says.

Burnett! Zero six, you are a combat naval aviator. Start acting like one. You've been shot down. Life is tough. I am very sorry. Now you pull yourself together. You do whatever it takes. Create some angles between you and your pursuers. Use your training. Use your head. Evade and survive, and we will bring you home. Do you understand? We will bring you home!

What the hell just happened?

What the hell is happening?

I blew up the Building.

Why?

Because you mad a phone call!

Because you made a phone call!

What'd you think, son? That I was just some crazy old coot, putting everyone in harm's way as I yelled "YEE-HA!"?

What'd you think, son? That I was just some crazy old coot, putting everyone in harm's way as I yelled 'YEE-HA!'?

What do you hope to achieve if you win? You gonna bring Jacob Wood back to life? No. You just ensure that his wife goes to the cemetery in a better car, and that the heel that she snaps on the way to the graveside belongs to a $1,200 shoe. You get your name in the paper. But Jacob Wood and all the other gun violence victims remain rotting in their crypts.

Everybody has a secret they don't want you to find.

Little Bill: ...you just shot an unarmed man! Bill Munny: Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend!

You just shot an unarmed man!

Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend.

Henry Sherman, do you know him?

Yeah.

Is he worth a damn?

[emphatically] I believe so.

You probably don't even know my middle name.

That's a trick question. You don't have one.

Helen.

That was my mother's name.

I know it was.

I didn't think so much of him at first. But now I get it, he's everything that I'm not.

[after he faked a terminal illness, took residence in the house under false pretenses, tried to instigate a fight with his estranged wife's fiancé, generally lied to his family and was then found out] I know I'm going to be the bad guy here.

[after he faked a terminal illness, took residence in the house under false pretenses, tried to instigate a fight with his estranged wife's fiancee, generally lied to his family and was then found out] I know I'm going to be the bad guy here.

Are you okay?

Fuck do you care?

Hell of a damn grave. Wish it were mine.

I've had a rough year, dad.

I know you have, Chassie.

I got a pretty bad case of cancer.

[yawns] How long you gonna last?

Not long.

A month? A year?

About six weeks. Let me get to the point, the three of you and your mother are all I've got and I love you more than anything. [Chas scoffs and mock laughs]

Chas, let me finish here. I've got six weeks to set things right with you and I aim to do it. Will you give me a chance?

No?

Do you speak for everyone?

Let's shag ass.

Everyone's against me.

It's your fault, man.

I know but dammit, I want this family to love me. How much money you got?

I don't have.

What? You're broke? You gotta be kidding me! How are we gonna pay for this room?

All right, I'll think of something... Ow.

All right, I'll think of something. Ow.

I always wanted to be a Tenenbaum.

Me too, me too.

Let's shag ass.

Look son, being a good shot, being quick with a pistol, that don't do no harm, but it don't mean much next to being cool-headed. A man who will keep his head and not get rattled under fire, like as not, he'll kill ya. It ain't so easy to shoot a man anyhow, especially if the son-of-a-bitch is shootin' back at you.

When's the last time you picked your feet, Willy? Who's your connection, Willy? What's his name? I've got a man in Poughkeepsie who wants to talk to you. You ever been to Poughkeepsie?

I'll see you in hell, William Munny.

Yeah. [Shoots Little Bill]