Frank Whaley Quotes

Vacancy

Neighborly Disturbance in Hotel Room 3

Mason Everything alright, Mr. Fox?

David Fox Uh, no, because the asshole in the room right beside us keeps banging on the walls and won't stop. You got any ideas?

Mason The room beside you?

David Fox Yeah, room 3. Uh, I go over there to talk with the guy to try to get him to stop, but he just kind of keeps doing it. So, uh, I gotta say I don't know what his problem is.

Mason It's very strange, seeing as you folks are the only guests I've got in here tonight.

David Fox Well, somebody's in there, okay, and I gotta say I'm pretty exhausted.

Mason You sure it's room 3?

David Fox Yeah. We're in the corner, right? Number 4? Well, it's the room right besides us with the big rusty 3 on it!

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Career Opportunities

Beauty and Deception in Small Town Life

Jim Dodge She's so beautiful. And I'm the town liar.

[to himself]

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Swimming with Sharks

The Lesson of the Bagel Stain

Guy That's a bagel stain.

Dawn Bagel stain?

Guy I put too much cream cheese on Buddy's bagel and he threw it at me. But I learned a very valuable lesson... never put too much cream cheese on Buddy's bagel.

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Pulp Fiction

Confrontation Over Best Intentions

Brett Look, I'm sorry, I-I didn't get your name. I got yours, uh, Vincent, right? But-But I-I never got your...

[to Jules]

Jules My name is Pitt, and your ass ain't talking your way outta this shit.

Brett No, no, no. I just want you to know how – I just want you to know how sorry we are that-that things got so fucked up with us and-and Mr. Wallace. I-I-It...we-we got into this thing with the best intentions. Really. I never...

[rising; Jules motions him to sit down]

Jules Oh, I'm sorry. Did I break your concentration? I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue. You were sayin something about "best intentions"? What's the matter? Oh, y-you were finished? Oh, well, allow me to retort. What does Marsellus Wallace look like?

[silence]

Brett ..What?

[unsure of how to respond]

Jules What country are you from!?

[angrily throws the small table in the room]

Brett Wha-what?

[starts hyperventilating]

Jules What" ain't no country I ever heard of! They speak English in "What"!?

Brett What?

Jules ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER! DO YOU SPEAK IT!?

Brett Yes!!

Jules THEN YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING!

Brett Yes..!

Jules DESCRIBE WHAT MARSELLUS WALLACE “LOOKS” LIKE!

Brett Wha-what I—?

Jules SAY "WHAT" AGAIN! SAY "WHAT" AGAIN! I DARE YA! I DOUBLE-DARE YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!! SAY "WHAT" ONE MORE GODDAMN TIME!

[points gun directly in Brett's face]

Brett H-H-He's black...

Jules GO ON!

Brett ...He's bald...!

Jules Does he look like a bitch?!

Brett What? AGHH!! Anh..!!

[Jules shoots Brett in the shoulder]

Jules DOES! HE! LOOK!... LIKE! A BITCH?!?!

[furiously shouting at the top of his lungs]

Brett NO!

Jules Then why'd you try to fuck him like a bitch, Brett?

Brett I didn't...!

Jules Yes, you did! YES, you DID, Brett! You tried to fuck him.

Brett No... no....

Brett Yes...!

[gasping for breath]

Jules Well, there's this passage I've got memorized, it sorta fits the occasion. ] 25:17: "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is He who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for He is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. AND YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LORD... ...when I lay My vengeance upon thee.

[[Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel; begins pacing about the room; pulls out his gun and aims at Brett]

Marvin Oh fuck. I'm fucked. Oh fuck, oh fuck.

Vincent Is he a friend of yours?

Jules Hmm? Oh, Vincent, Marvin. Marvin, Vincent.

Vincent Better tell him to shut the fuck up, he's getting on my nerves.

Jules Marvin. Marvin. MARVIN! I'd knock that shit off if I was you.

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Pulp Fiction

Breakfast Choices in a Tense Encounter

Jules Looks like me and Vincent caught you boys at breakfast. Sorry about that. Whatcha having?

Brett Uh, hamburgers.

Jules Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast! What kind of hamburgers?

Brett Uh, Ch-cheeseburgers.

Jules No, where'd you get them? ], ], ], Where?

[[McDonald's; [W:Wendy's|Wendy's; [W:Jack in the Box (restaurant)|Jack in the Box]

Brett Um, ].

[[W:Big Kahuna Burger|Big Kahuna Burgers]

Jules Big Kahuna Burgers! That's that Hawaiian burger joint. I hear they've got some tasty burgers. I ain't never had one myself, how are they?

Brett ...They're good.

Jules You mind if I try one of yours? This is yours here, right?

Brett Yeah.

Jules Mmm, this is a tasty burger! Vincent, you ever had a Big Kahuna Burger? Want a bite? They're real tasty.

[Vincent shakes his head]

Vincent Ain't hungry.

[pulling out a cigarette]

Jules Well, if you like burgers, give them a try sometime. Me, I can't usually get em because my girlfriend's a vegetarian, which, pretty much makes me a vegetarian. I do love the taste of a good burger. You know what they call a ] with cheese in France?

[turns to Brett; [w:Quarter Pounder|Quarter Pounder]

Brett Um, no.

Jules Tell em, Vincent.

Vincent Royale with cheese.

Jules Royale with cheese." Know why they call it that?

Brett Uh, because of the metric system?

Jules Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart motherfucker. That's right, the metric system. What's in this?

[smiles at Brett; places burger back down on table, pointing at Brett's drink]

Brett S-Sprite.

Jules Sprite, good. You mind if I have some of your tasty beverage to wash this down with?

Brett Go right ahead.

Jules Ahh. That hit the spot. You. Flock of seagulls. You know why we're here? Why don't you tell my man Vincent here where you got the shit hid at?

[he takes the cup and slowly yet surely drains the contents; he places the cup back down; he dusts his hands and approaches Roger; Roger nods]

Marvin It's over there –

[pointing]

Jules I don't remember askin you a goddamned thing! You were saying?

[suddenly a bit hostile; tense pause before he speaks back to Roger]

Roger It's in the cupboard. No, the one by your knees.

[pointing in kitchen; Vincent starts rummaging through the cabinets; Vincent finds the briefcase and takes it out as he unlocks it, the contents inside glowing golden yellow as he takes his cigarette out of his mouth in shock]

Jules We happy? Vincent. ...we happy?

[Vincent looks at him]

Vincent Yeah, we happy.

[he closes the case and locks it again]

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Broken Arrow

The Consequences of Misleading Information

Secretary Baird The U.S. Air Force regrets to announce that a C-141 cargo plane went down over the Utah desert... the status of the crew have yet to be determined, yaddah yaddah yaddah..." Well, that's very nice bullshit, Rick.

Giles Prentice Wait. We're making a mistake.

Secretary Baird Giles? You have something you wish to share with us?

Prentice Yes. ] has been following the development of the B3 for years. They have "stringers" - guys camping out in lawn chairs all night by the Whiteman perimeter fence- watching just in case one of these things take off. They're gonna know that one took off last night, and they're gonna know that it didn't come back. Now, we put out a press-release saying a C141 went down in Utah, they're going to put two and two together, Aviation Week is going to run a story, everyone's gonna know what really happened, and we're all going to look extremely... stupid. We're better off just telling the truth.

[[w:Aviation Week and Space Technology|Aviation Week]

Baird The truth? How'd you get this job? Write it down, like Giles said.

[''The officers and officials in the room laugh. Baird speaks to an aide.]

Baird Guys in lawn chairs"... I don't know, Giles. Sometimes you scare me.

Prentice Hell, sir. Sometimes I scare myself.

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Career Opportunities

A Humorous Exchange on Work Ethic

Custodian Are you a slacker?

Jim Dodge No... Presbyterian actually.

Custodian What did you say? What did you say? Now I'm asking you a simple question: Are you lazy?

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Vacancy

Manager's Acceptance of Enforced Rules

Mason Rules are rules. I don't make them, I'm just the manager.

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Swimming with Sharks

Misunderstanding Between Sweeteners in Conversation

Buddy Ackerman Excuse me — what is this?

Guy Sweet-N-Low.

Buddy No! this is not Sweet-N-Low, this is Equal, the blue packet. Sweet-N-Low is pink. See, Equal blue, Sweet-N-Low pink, its not the same thing, is it?

[Looks at the packet]

Guy I think they both contain the same...

Buddy What Equal contains is none of my concern here! I don't care if it has fucking fairy dust in it. What I am concerned with is detail. I asked you go get me a packet of Sweet-N-Low. You bring me back Equal. That isn't what I asked for. That isn't what I wanted. That isn't what I needed and that shit isn't going to work around here!

Guy I, I just thought...

Buddy You thought. Do me a fucking favor. Shut up, listen, and learn. Look, I know that this is your first day and you don't really know how things work around here, so I will tell you. You have no brain. No judgement calls are necessary. What you think means nothing. What you feel means nothing. You are here for me. You are here to protect my interests and to serve my needs. So, while it may look like a little thing to you, when I ask for a packet of Sweet-N-Low, that's what I want. And it's your responsibility to see that I get what I want.

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Career Opportunities

Conflict Over Living Arrangements

Jim Dodge I'm getting a feeling that you want me out of your life.

Bud Dodge I don't want you out of my life, I want you out of my house.

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Career Opportunities

Seeking Adventure Beyond Boundaries

Josie McClellan Would you go with me somewhere?

Jim Dodge Where?

Josie McClellan Florida. Wyoming, Spain. It doesn't really matter, just away somewhere.

Jim Dodge I'd love to. I just can't afford to be... capricious and carefree like yourself. I... I... I got to set my sights on something and then really go for it.

Josie McClellan Like janitor?

Jim Dodge It's a beginning. I... I'm looking at...

Josie McClellan It's an end.

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Career Opportunities

Unlikely Confessions of Two Unique Characters

Josie McClellan I don't think you see what I'm getting at.

Jim Dodge I see what you're getting at. I'm a lying monk with an Oedipus complex and an appetite for home cooking. Don't forget, you are the indecisive shoplifter.

Josie McClellan Yes! Exactly! I would do anything to be in your shoes.

[elated jump]

Jim Dodge These are Darnell's shoes.

Josie McClellan You know, you have freedom, and you're not using it. It makes me sad.

Jim Dodge Well, you have the collective wealth of the entire town, and you're trying to get yourself arrested, now that makes me sad.

Josie McClellan It makes me sad too.

Jim Dodge It's pretty stupid.

Josie McClellan It's very stupid.

Jim Dodge Are you serious? I mean, you haven't been drinking? This isn't the bottle talking?

Josie McClellan No.

Jim Dodge Then why don't you just talk to the guy?

Josie McClellan For the same reason you can't leave home. I can't tell my father to go to hell.

Jim Dodge Why not?

Josie McClellan Because I don't want to be alone.

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Vacancy

Desperate Call for Help at the Motel

Mason 911 Emergency?

David Fox Yeah, hello. We need some help. Some people are trying to kill us.

Mason Where are you located, sir?

David Fox Me and my wife, we're at this motel, the Pinewood Motel. It's near the mountains. They've got us trapped.

Mason Who has you trapped, sir?

David Fox I don't know. We just need help. The Pinewood Motel.

Mason Yes, sir. Do you have an address?

David Fox No! It's near some woods. Jesus Christ, look it up!

Mason You're going to need to settle down, sir. You'll never survive if you lose control, Mr. Fox.

Mason You shouldn't be wandering around in the dark by yourself.

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Swimming with Sharks

The Struggle Between Experience and Entitlement

Buddy What, you think somebody just handed me this job? I've handled the phones, I've juggled the bimbos, I've put up with the tyrants, the yellers, the screamers. I've done more than you can even imagine in that small mind of yours. I paid my dues!

Guy I didn't spend one year...

Buddy And I spent 10! Dammit, it's my turn to be selfish! it's my turn. That's the trouble with your whole MTV, microwave dinner generation. You want it all now. You think you deserve it just because you want it? It doesn't work like that. You have to earn it, you have to take it, you have to make it yours. but before you do that, Guy, you need to decide what it is you really want.

Guy I want you to stop calling me in the middle of the night! I want you to stop sending me the fucking office for your goddamn phone numbers or your fucking sunglasses! I want my life back!

Buddy What life? I gave you life. Before me, you were nothing. Before me, you were an ink spot, and now you're playing in the majors! I made you. You will always be "Guy from Buddy Ackerman's office"! You wanna go back to your shitty little existence? Go ahead. Leave. There's the door. No one's stopping you. You could have left any day, but you stayed. So let's just forget the Dudley-damn-Doright crap, because out here it's kill your parents, fuck your friends, and have a nice day!

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Career Opportunities

Dreams and Aspirations in Youthful Conversations

Jim Dodge I hope you don't take this the wrong way. I've had dreams about you.

Josie McClellan You've had dreams about me?

Jim Dodge Not recently. I've had... dreams about you in the past. I've had dreams about entire cheerleading squads, don't get me wrong. Kid's stuff, you know. How about you?

[defensively:; shaking his head; laughs]

Josie McClellan Do I dream? It's about all I do.

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Career Opportunities

Expectations of Pleasure and Danger

Jim Dodge Any little fraulein who expects anything more from me than a little bit of pleasure, a little bit of danger, and a great set of pectorals, she's looking for a fall right on her ass.

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Swimming with Sharks

Misunderstanding About Yom Kippur and Identity

Buddy Get me packed up, I gotta get to services.

Guy What services? Who died?

Buddy No one... yet. It's Yom Kippur, you idiot.

Guy Oh, I didn't realize Ackerman was a Jewish name.

Buddy It's Jewish enough, especially when the big players are involved. Besides, I have a sudden need to atone for my sins.

[sarcastically]

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Swimming with Sharks

Embracing Pain as a Familiarity

Guy You can't imagine what I've come up with. Paper cuts, now they can be a bitch, occupational hazard I guess. But I bet its been a while since you've had one. Me, I'm starting to get used to them. Stings, doesn't it? Well, like I said, you'll get used to them.

[shows Buddy an envelope; slices the envelope into Buddy's face]

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Vacancy

Sticky Door Handle Instructions

Mason It's right there in the corner, number 4. You might have to jiggle the handle a little bit to open her up, she's as sticky as an old whore.

[pointing to motel room]

Career Opportunities

Debate on Store Cleanliness and Time Management

Josie McClellan Shouldn't you be cleaning up the store?

[after eating dinner]

Jim Dodge I've got plenty of time.

[puffing cigar]

Josie McClellan It's a big store.

Jim Dodge Huge.

Josie McClellan Always smoke cigars?

Jim Dodge I enjoy a good one after a fine meal. It settles the stomach.

Josie McClellan You're the town liar, right?

Jim Dodge What?

Josie McClellan I'm sorry, that... ah, that really came out wrong.

Jim Dodge As if something like that could come out right.

Career Opportunities

Struggles of Happiness and Perception

Josie McClellan And you're happy, you know. You're happy.

Jim Dodge I'm not happy. I'm working nights, everybody thinks I'm a liar, my whole family's laughing at me... Reverand Harwell gave me the finger last week!

Swimming with Sharks

Finding Comfort in Small Moments

Guy It makes me feel so much better.

[While torturing Buddy]

Vacancy

Boredom and Assistance in Late-Night Conversations

Mason Hey folks. How can I help you?

David Fox Everything, uh, okay back there?

[hearing screaming coming from the office]

Mason Oh! Sorry. Things get a little boring around here late nights!

[walks back to the office and turns off tape]

Swimming with Sharks

Unanswered Questions About the Past

Guy That's another thing. All this time that I've worked for you, I still don't know a thing about your ex-wife. Jesus, there's not even a trace or a picture in the whole house. Was she beautiful?

Buddy Yes.

Guy Did you love her?

Buddy Yes.

Guy How nice. When she coming home? I forgot, she left you.

[lights a cigarette]

Buddy What do you want?

Guy What do I want? What do I want? Tell me a story. Tell me about a young Buddy in love with a woman who just didn't want him. Was it a painful separation? Did you find her in the passionate throes of a secret lover? Did you take it from everything she had? Or did the lousy bitch only get half?

[thinks for a moment]

Buddy She died.

Guy Oh. Well, is that all? Well, boo-hoo! What a line. "My wife just died, can you come home with me. Hold me. Love me. Fuck me." Christ, you are such an asshole!

[taken aback; sarcastically]

Buddy Christmas eve, twelve years ago. She was on her way to the mall. I was supposed to have gone with her. We hadn't started our Christmas shopping yet, but it was going to be simple, just some stuff for our parents. Money was tight and shopping was a hassle anyway. We even promised not to give each other gifts. On the way, there was a car that had broken down, Mallory pulled over to help. I always told her that she was such a busybody, but she called it "just being nice". She got out and asked if everything was all right, or something stupid. Anyway, it was a scam, bunch of punk kids stealing cars. They shot her. And all this time, I was stuck at the office wrapping Christmas gifts for my boss. A lot of gifts, we had a good year, that year - I was there till 3 A.M. And the whole time I'm thinking to myself, "Oh boy, she is gonna be pissed. When I get home, I am a dead man". Anyway, I got home, got the message, went down to the hospital to identify her. It was a whole week into the new year before I found them, these stupid wind up toys and a note: "In the constant rat race of life, don't ever forget to unwind". She was never any good at writing notes.

[numb; pause; pause; pause]

Guy Look, I didn't know...

[sheepish]

Buddy Oh, Guy didn't know! imagine that! Boy genius here didn't know something!

Vacancy

Room Upgrade Offer in Vacancy Scene

David Fox Yeah, we'll go ahead and stay here. Thanks.

Mason I'll give you two the honeymoon suite, for five dollars extra. It's got a few perks that the others don't.

Amy Fox Regular room will be fine, thank you.

Mason What the heck, I'll give it to you for the same rate.

Swimming with Sharks

Debating the Status of a Director

Buddy You wanna talk big directors? Think ], think ], think ].

[[w:Richard Attenborough|Attenborough; [Steven Spielberg|Spielberg; [w:David Lean|Lean]

Guy Lean's dead.

Buddy No, he's not, don't you ever say that! He's just... unavailable.

Swimming with Sharks

Reflection on Past Insults and Revenge

Guy I want you, to think and remember, every insult, every offence, everything you have ever taken away from me. Think to yourself. Its pay back time.

[After shooting Buddy's phone]

Career Opportunities

Reflections on High School Experiences

Jim Dodge I look at my high school yearbook, and I don't see four fabulous years. Actually, what I'm reminded of, is what it feels like to have my underwear yanked up my ass by some big football player with arms like telephone poles.

Josie McClellan Okay, and where are those guys now?

Jim Dodge I know they're not working nights at Target, I can tell you that.

[self-effacing; aiming a playful slap at her shoulder]

Josie McClellan Yeah, you know, I look at my yearbook, and I see four fabulous years... that are gonna be the highlight of my life.

[laughs]

Jim Dodge Here's what it's like. First, you feel a hand going down the back of your pants, and tighten around the elastic waistband, and then...

Josie McClellan Highlight.

Jim Dodge Sometimes I'd actually see stars.

Josie McClellan It's not gonna get any better.

[muttering to herself]

Jim Dodge And if I was particularly unlucky, my shorts would, like, rip completely free, and I would get this really drastic fabric...

Josie McClellan Do you hear me?

[bothered]

Jim Dodge Yeah.

Josie McClellan I don't really care about a graphic description of a childhood prank.

Jim Dodge Hey, that prank was a motif in my life.

Josie McClellan You know, I'm... locked... in this store here... because I didn't have the guts to steal a skirt so that I could get arrested and embarrass my father in this... this stupid, desperate, childish, pathetic attempt to leave home. You have your underwear yanked up your ass. I have my entire life yanked up my ass!

[scoffs]

Memorable Quotes from Frank Whaley