Joe Pantoliano Quotes

The Fugitive

Unexpected Escape from the Dam

Cosmo Renfro What happened? Where'd he go?

[after Kimble has just leapt off the dam to escape]

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard The guy did a ] right off of this dam, right here!

[[w:Peter Pan|Peter Pan]

Cosmo Renfro What?

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard Yeah! BOOM!

[Laughs in amazement]

Cosmo Renfro Holy shit! All Right, Can we go home now?

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard No.

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Bad Boys for Life

Taking Control of Your Life

Captain Howard The horse represents all of our fears and traumas and it's got us running around a hundred miles an hour to the point where we can't even answer a simple question: Where are you going? Where are you going Mike? ... You gotta take control of your life. You gotta grab the reins before your horse runs you off a cliff.

[''To Mike as they watch his granddaughter play basketball'']

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Baby's Day Out

Blame and Frustration Among Friends

Veeko I worked at Burger King three years. This is worse than that.

Eddie Don't blame me. We'd be resting easy if Butterfingers here hadn't lost the kid.

Norby I lost the kid? I lost the kid?! Oh, well, that's news to me.

Eddie Who putted himself to sleep reading the kid's nursery story?!

Norby Who left the window open?!

Veeko That was me.

Eddie You idiots are why we don't got the kid. As far as I'm concerned, you can drop out and I'll keep the five million myself. Frankly, you don't deserve a penny!

Veeko You'd stiff us?

Norby Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Don't get hot, Eddie. Don't get hot. We're all just tired from getting torn apart.

Eddie Oh, like I like to fall off buildings and jump in ditches! That's the breaks. We're dealing with a baby. Babies are obviously more dangerous than we thought.

Norby It don't figure, Eddie. They're so small.

Eddie When I boxed, the guys I most feared were those who feared nothing. Babies are like that, they ain't afraid of nothing. Baby tracks.

[they notice Bink's foot tracks]

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Bound

Confrontation and Defiance in Crisis

Caesar I'm a dead ], Johnnie? I'm a fucking dead ]? Guess again, Johnnie. Who's the dead ]? Who? Who's dead, fuckface? Who? Who? I can't hear you, Johnnie. Guess again. Take another guess, Johnnie. Take another fucking guess.

[[man; [man; [man]

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Bad Boys

Mimicking Speech for a Character Role

Marcus Burnett Hello, this is Mike Low-rey.

[''Trying to imitate Mike'']

Captain Howard He doesn't talk that way. Try to talk like him, like him! Try to talk sexy. Sexy, you don't talk sexy enough!

Marcus Burnett Cap, Cap! I've been there.

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The Matrix

A Moment of Welcome and Advice

Trinity This is it. Let me give you one piece of advice. Be honest. He knows more than you can imagine.

Morpheus At last. Welcome, Neo. As you no doubt have guessed, I am Morpheus.

Neo It’s an honor to meet you.

[''Extends hand for handshake'']

Morpheus No, the ] is mine. Please, come. Sit. I imagine that right now you’re feeling a bit like ], hmm?

[[honor; ''They sit in armchairs facing each other''; [w:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole]

Neo You could say that.

Morpheus I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you believe in ], Neo?

[[fate]

Neo No.

Morpheus Why not?

Neo Because I don’t like the idea that I’m not in ] of my life.

[[control]

Morpheus I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with this world. You don't know what, but it's there, like a splinter in your ], driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?

[[mind]

Neo The Matrix?

Morpheus Do you want to know what it is? The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your ]. You can feel it when you go to ]. When you go to church. When you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the ].

[''Neo nods in response''; [television; [work; [truth]

Neo What truth?

Morpheus That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage. Born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be... told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in ], and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more. ...Follow me. Apoc, are we online?

[''Leans in closer to Neo''; ''Pause''; ''Opens his pillbox, empties the contents into his palms, outstretches his hands as clenched fists''; ''opens his right hand revealing blue pill''; ''opens his left hand revealing red pill; [Alice in Wonderland|Wonderland; ''Neo, after a pause, reaches for the red pill''; ''Neo takes the red pill''; ''Leads Neo into a room with Trinity, Dozer, Apoc and Switch busy with peculiarly improvised electronic equipment'']

Apoc Almost.

Morpheus Time is always against us. Please, take a seat there.

[''Neo sits in unplugging chair'']

Neo You did all this?

[''Trinity working alongside him'']

Trinity Uh-huh.

Morpheus The pill you took is part of a trace program. It’s designed to disrupt your input/output carrier signals so we can pinpoint your location.

Neo What does that mean?

Cypher It means ].

[[w:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|buckle your seat belt, Dorothy, ’cause Kansas is going bye-bye]

Neo Did you...

[''Watches a cracked mirror become repaired''; ''He touches it and glass becomes viscous on his hand'']

Morpheus Have you ever had a ], Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?

[[dream]

Neo This can’t be...

[''The illusionary glass starts spreading on his arm'']

Morpheus Be what? Be real?

[''The illusionary glass goes up his neck and into his throat; he wakes from the Matrix'']

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The Adventures of Pluto Nash

A Conversation About Robot Models

Mogan Hey, Bruno. What are you? A65?

Bruno Model 63. Deluxe.

Mogan 63? Talk about ancient.

Bruno Your sister didn't seem to mind.

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Bound

Expression of Frustration in Darkness

Caesar It's fuckin dark in here!

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Bound

Unfulfilled promises and unexpected actions

Caesar What did she do to you?

Violet Everything you couldn't.

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Risky Business

Understanding Consequences in a Sluggish Economy

Guido Joel, you look like a smart kid. I'm going to tell you something I'm sure you'll understand. You're having fun now, right? Right, Joel? The time of your life. In a sluggish economy, never ever fuck with another man's livelihood. Now, if you're smart, and I hope you are, you're not gonna make me come back here.

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Risky Business

Conflict Between Characters in Risky Business

Guido Listen to me.

Joel No, no. You listen to ME!

Joel Shit! You listen to me, buster. You, you a-hole.

[calls back]

Guido A-hole?

Joel I want my stuff back right now.

Guido Now you listen to me, you little fuck. Not only you take my two best girls, you call me names. If I didn't have any self-respect, it wouldn't just be the furniture, it'd be your arms, your legs, your head.

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Baby's Day Out

Planning a Strategy to Reach the Baby

Eddie Norby! Veeko!

[calls for help]

Veeko Hey! We're down here!

Norby Hey, Ed! We better go before I dry!

Veeko Ed, can you see the baby from up there? Just hang on and we'll come on up. I got an idea.

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Baby's Day Out

Confronting Risk in a Challenging Situation

Norby Hey, Eddie, you sure you don't wanna go check to see if they left the money?

Eddie Oh, that's a good idea. We get the living hell tore out of us by a baby! Three fully grown men versus fifteen pounds of pink flesh with a mouth. Now, what chance have we got of strolling into that alley and coming out with anything less than one and forty years in prison?

Veeko No way.

Eddie No, thank you! This is a hexed situation. We walk away while we're still ahead.

Veeko We took a licking and kept on ticking.

Eddie We'll go back to banks. Dealing with grownups, I don't want no kiddy stuff.

Norby We did all right with banks.

Veeko Or a convenience store once in a while, keeps things interesting.

Eddie You know, I tell you one thing I learned from all this, I ain't never gonna have any kids of my own.

[to Norby and Veeko]

Norby Yeah, seeing as you burnt down the only tree in your forest, I wouldn't worry about it.

Eddie Why don't you shut up? I don't wanna ever hear another word about that rotten, snake-bit baby.

[about Bink]

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Eddie and the Cruisers

Conflict Over Creative Aspirations and Reality

Doc Robbins Damn it. What the hell are you doing?

Lew Eisen I've heard enough. Tell him to just relax.

Doc Robbins There's nothing can't be fixed, am I right?

[about Eddie's album]

Lew Eisen This won't fix, this is a disaster. You want to be a poet? Try Greenwich Village.

[to Eddie]

Doc Robbins Listen, Lew, another couple of weeks. We've been working for months.

Lew Eisen Doc, take six weeks. I still wouldn't know what to do with it.

Eddie Wilson You want to know what you can do with it? I'll tell you what you can do with it, you son of a bitch!

[angrily to Lew, with Sal and Kenny holding him back]

Lew Eisen Hey! I put up ten grand, and I expect something for my money. This is what I've waiting a year for? A bunch of jerk-offs making weird sounds? You're not gonna see a red penny!

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The Matrix

Introduction to the Real World

Tank Morning, did you sleep? You will tonight, I guarantee it. I’m Tank, I’ll be your operator.

[''Enters Neo's quarters''; ''Neo shakes head'']

Neo You don’t... you don’t have any...

[''Noticing Tank's lack of electrical sockets'']

Tank Holes? Nope. Me and my brother Dozer, we’re both one hundred percent pure, old fashioned, home-grown human, born free right here in the real world. Genuine child of Zion.

Neo Zion?

Tank If the war was over tomorrow, Zion’s where the party would be.

Neo It’s a city?

Tank The last human city. The only place we have left.

Neo Where is it?

Tank Deep underground, near the Earth’s core, where it’s still warm. You live long enough, you might even see it. Goddamn, I... I got to tell you, I’m fairly excited to see what you’re capable of, if Morpheus is right and all... We’re not supposed to talk about this, but if you are... damn, it’s a very exciting time. We got a lot to do. Let’s get to it...

[''Nodding head'']

Tank Now, we’re supposed to start with these operation programs first, that’s major boring shit. Let’s do something a little more fun. How about... combat training?

[''Jumps into operator seat with Neo in his plug-in seat and Tank is rifling through [[w:Floppy disk|floppy discs; ''holds up floppy'']

Neo ]? I’m going to learn Jujitsu? Holy shit!

[''Reading on screen''; [w:Jujutsu|Jujitsu; ''Tank uploads program'']

Tank ]. How about some more?

[[w:Life (cereal)|Hey Mikey, I think he likes it]

Neo Hell yes!

Morpheus How is he?

[''Leaning over Tank'']

Tank Ten hours straight. He’s... a machine.

Neo I know ].

[''To Morpheus leaning over him''; [w:Kung Fun|Kung Fu]

Morpheus Show me. This is a sparring program, similar to the programmed reality of the Matrix. It has the same basic rules, rules like gravity. What you must learn is that these rules are no different that the rules of a computer system. Some of them can be bent. Others can be broken. Understand? Then hit me. If you can. Good. Adaptation, improvisation. But your weakness is not your technique.

[''In the sparring program''; ''They fight a round''; ''Wagging fingers'']

Mouse Morpheus is fighting Neo.

[''To the Nebuchadnezzar crew in the mess''; ''They all scramble to see'']

Morpheus How did I beat you?

Neo You’re too fast.

Morpheus Do you believe that my being stronger or faster has anything to do with my muscles, in this place? You think that’s air you’re breathing now...? Again.

Mouse Jesus Christ, he’s fast. Take a look at his neural kinetics, they’re way above normal.

Morpheus What are you waiting for? You’re faster than this. Don’t think you are, know you are. Come on! Stop trying to hit me and HIT me!

Mouse I don’t believe it.

Neo I know what you’re trying to do.

Morpheus I’m trying to free your mind, Neo, but I can only show you the door, you’re the one that has to walk through it. Tank, load the jump program... You have to let it all go, Neo, fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.

[''The jump program simulation is initiated Neo and Morpheus are on top of a skyscraper''; ''Morpheus jumps from the skyscraper to another skyscraper'']

Neo Whoa. Okie dokie. Free my mind.

[''Makes focus-on-the-task-gestures'']

Mouse So what if he makes it?

Tank No one’s ever made the first jump.

Mouse I know, I know. But what if he does?

Apoc He won’t.

Mouse Come on.

Trinity Come on.

Neo All right, no problem. Free my mind. Free my mind. All right.

[''He jumps only to fall to the street landing softly'']

Mouse Wha- what does that mean?

Switch It doesn’t mean anything.

Cypher Everybody falls the first time. Right, Trin'?

Neo I thought it wasn’t real.

[''unplugged; wipes blood from mouth'']

Morpheus Your mind makes it real.

Neo If you’re killed in the Matrix, you die here?

Morpheus The body cannot live without the mind.

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Memento

Dealing with Unusual Conditions

Leonard Shelby I have this condition.

Teddy I hope it's not as serious as this guy, because he's ].

[examining Jimmy Grantz; [dead]

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Eddie and the Cruisers

Motivations Behind the Music and Tapes

Frank Ridgeway Why did you do this?

Doc Robbins Shortcuts, kid. I never could do things the easy way.

Frank Ridgeway Doc, why this little game and the car business?

Doc Robbins I figured Joann had the tapes, I knew she wasn't gonna give them to me. Maybe you, Wordman, maybe if she'd give them to you.

Joann Carlino What would you do if you had the tapes, Doc?

Doc Robbins Try me, just try me. I have it made. For once in my life, I'd bring home a winner... I'd like that.

Joann Carlino I once asked Eddie why he kept you around. You know what he said? He said, "Doc's a dreamer, and the world needs dreamers.

Doc Robbins He was the only real friend I ever had.

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The Fugitive

Footwear Frustrations Amidst Tension

Cosmo Renfro Shit, I just bought these shoes!

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard Shut up, Cosmo.

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Bad Boys

Tensions Rise Over a Botched Operation

Captain Howard Ho! What did I say? Did you hear what I said? I heard what I said cause I was standing there when I said it. I told you. I told you to secure a witness. Not to shoot up a neighborhood! Not to do another dead body! Just get the dope back, and do it quietly.

Marcus Burnett Look, Captain, this whole situation is getting out of control.

Captain Howard You're goddamn right it's getting out of control!

Marcus Burnett Look, man, I damn near had to pass a pop quiz before she believed I was him.

Captain Howard Going, it's going... Shit. A little off.

[''Shoots the ball''; ''Missed shot'']

Mike Lowrey I haven't killed anybody yet today, Captain.

Captain Howard Hey, do you want me to yell at you? Cause I can do that. Let me tell you something. This witness—is my only good news I got, okay? The only good news. You guys are bad news. So what does that mean? It means if you have to be Mike Lowrey, Santa Claus, FD Hutton—I don't give a shit, that's what you're gonna be!

Mike Lowrey Wait a minute, what the hell is going on here?

Captain Howard I was getting them all in before you showed up.

[''Missed another shot'']

Mike Lowrey Can somebody talk to me, please? Can I know what's going on?

Marcus Burnett Captain, these fools could have gotten a look at my license plate last night.

Captain Howard So where's the girl now?

Marcus Burnett ...His place.

[''Points to Mike'']

Mike Lowrey What!?

Captain Howard You left her by herself? Our only fucking witness?!

Mike Lowrey You left a strange hooker alone in my apartment?!

Marcus Burnett The girl is not a hooker, as far as I know. See, I had to stash her someplace. Her and her dogs, Luke and Dukie.

Mike Lowrey Oh, so y-you left dogs in my house? There's dogs and a hooker in my house? How about you add some chimps, we can have a carnival.

Marcus Burnett I said she isn't a hooker. Can you please—

[''Talking over Mike'']

Mike Lowrey Respect my stuff—

[''Talking over Marcus'']

Captain Howard Shut up!! For years, Sinclair has been up my ass, trying to pin something on me. I'm always taking it for you. Do it for me! Now, if we can get this witness to IDs our shooters, maybe we catch our bad guys. But until then—until then— ] YOU are Mike Lowrey, you be him, that's what you are, you're him—

[''To Marcus]

Marcus Burnett But I—

[''Talking over Howard'']

Captain Howard You're him—I don't wanna hear it! You're him! And you, you're you, you be you, but...not in front of her. You're him! You're you! Fuck!

[''Talking over Marcus''; ''to Mike''; ''To Marcus''; ''To Mike''; ''Takes another shot and misses'']

Mike Lowrey Can we get a time-out, Captain? What am I, the designated homeless?

Captain Howard Does it look like I care? Whatever it takes, all right? Whatever it takes. What did she say to you? The shooters are making their drop in four days? So we got four days.

Marcus Burnett Captain! What kind of plan is that, man? I can't be shacked up with that woman. I have a family to look after. My wife will kill my ass!

Captain Howard You don't like your job? Quit. Damn!

[''Missed another shot'']

Mike Lowrey Look, I'll stay at the house with Theresa and the kids.

Marcus Burnett Thank you—Thank you, but no thank you. You wouldn't last five minutes with my family.

Mike Lowrey Please, married life is easy. You only got one woman to satisfy.

[''Picks up a basketball'']

Marcus Burnett Yo, man, we ain't the ].

[[The Cosby Show|Cosbys]

Mike Lowrey Let's go, I got this.

[''In position to shoot'']

Captain Howard Go.

Mike Lowrey Everybody wants to ].

[''Posing''; [w:Be Like Mike|be like Mike]

Captain Howard Yeah, and you're going to be ], too.

[[w:Michael_Jordan#First_retirement_and_stint_in_Minor_League_Baseball_(1993–1994)|retired like him]

Marcus Burnett I'd have dunked it on your ass...

[''Walks off from the court'']

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The Fugitive

A Tense Standoff on Innocence and Loyalty

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard Doctor Nichols, you really want to help him? You really want to be his friend? Then you'll help us bring him in, unharmed.

Dr. Charles Nichols Why? So he can go back to prison? If you want help, gentlemen, you've come to the wrong man. Richard is innocent and you'll never find him. He's too smart.

[clicks his tongue]

Marshal Bobby Biggs Oh well... we're pretty smart guys.

[sarcastically]

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard Yeah, what about us?

Cosmo Renfro Last time I looked.

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard Yeah, we're smart. We are. I mean, how smart could he be, really? Is he as smart as you are?

Dr. Charles Nichols Smarter.

[thinks and considers his answer, smiles]

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The Matrix

Understanding the True Nature of Reality

Neo Morpheus, what’s happened to me? What is this place?

Morpheus More important than ‘What?’ is ‘When?’

Neo When?

Morpheus You believe it’s the year 1999 when in fact it’s closer to 2199. I can’t tell you exactly what year it is, because we honestly don’t know. There’s nothing I can say that will explain it for you, Neo. Come with me. See for yourself. This is my ship, the Nebuchadnezzar; it’s a hovercraft. This is the main deck. This is the core, where we broadcast our pirate signal and hack into the Matrix. Most of my crew you already know. This is Apoc, Switch, and Cypher.

[''Walking through the hacking floor'']

Cypher Hi.

Morpheus The ones you don’t know, Tank and his big brother, Dozer. The little one behind you is Mouse. You wanted to know what the Matrix is, Neo? Trinity? Try to relax. This will feel a little weird. This is the construct. It’s our loading program. We can load anything from clothing, to equipment, weapons, training simulations, anything we need.

[''Puts hands on Neo's shoulders''; ''Motions head to her''; ''To Neo in plug-in chair''; ''Slips in head plug and Neo becomes sentient in the construct'']

Neo Right now we’re inside a computer program?

Morpheus Is it really so hard to believe? Your clothes are different. The plugs in your arms and head are gone. Your hair has changed. Your appearance now is what we call residual self image. It is the mental projection of your digital self.

Neo This... this isn’t real?

Morpheus What "is" real? How do you define "real"? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then "real" is simply electrical signals interpreted by your ]. This is the world that you know. The world as it was at the end of the 20th century. It exists now only as part of a neural-interactive simulation that we call the Matrix. You’ve been living in a dream world, Neo. This is the world as it exists today... Welcome.. to the desert.. of the real. We have only bits and pieces of information, but what we know for certain is that at some point in the early 21st century, all of mankind was united in celebration. We marvelled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to ].

[[brain; ''Turns on vintage TV set and sits in an antique leather seat''; ''Changes channel to war-ravaged city with blackened thunderous skies, which suddenly surrounds them''; [w:artificial intelligence|AI]

Neo AI? Artificial Intelligence?

Morpheus A singular consciousness that spawned an entire race of machines. We don’t know who struck first, us or them. But we know that it was us that scorched the sky. At the time, they were dependent on ], and it was believed that they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun. Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. The human body generates more bio-electricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 ]. Combined with a form of fusion, the machines have found all the energy they would ever need. There are fields, Neo, endless fields, where human beings are no longer born. We are grown. For the longest time I wouldn’t believe it, and then I saw the fields with my own eyes. Watched them liquefy the dead so they could be fed intravenously to the living. And standing there, facing the pure horrifying precision, I came to realize the obviousness of the truth. What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer-generated ] world, built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into... this.

[''Points upwards''; [w:Solar energy|solar power; [w:British thermal unit|BTUs of body heat; [dream; ''He holds up [[w:Duracell|a Duracell duralock D cell battery]

Neo No. I don’t believe it. It’s not possible.

Morpheus I didn’t say it would be easy, Neo. I just said it would be the truth.

Neo Stop. Let me out! Let me out! I want out!

[''Starts to panic''; ''Gets unplugged'']

Trinity Easy, Neo. Easy.

Neo Take this thing off me. Take this thing...

Morpheus Listen to me...

Neo Don’t touch me. Stay away from me. I don’t want it. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it.

Cypher He’s gonna pop.

Morpheus Breathe, Neo. Just breathe.

[''Neo falls to knees, vomits, and then passes out'']

Baby's Day Out

Discussion of a Kidnapping Incident

Cop 1 Have you guys seen a baby around here?

Eddie The park is full of...babies.

Cop 2 Yeah, well, there's been a kidnapping.

Norby Well, that's a crying shame. It's amazing what people will do for money.

Veeko Yeah, for five million...

Eddie If we see anything... Excuse me. If we see anything, we'll be sure to notify...

[Baby Bink turns on the lighter; absolutely moans]

Cop 2 He's got a bad heart.

Eddie Excuse me. The police. Thank you.

Eddie and the Cruisers

Striving for Greatness Amidst Doubt and Disagreement

Doc Robbins Are you crazy? We had the money in our hands and you blew it. You blew it!

[to Eddie; Eddie pushes him far back]

Sal Amato Eddie, you're wrong! You're wrong! Now listen to me, I love you. I've known you longer than anyone else. But you're wrong. They want "On the Dark Side"! Why are we giving them some damn opera? I don't even know what you're after!

Eddie Wilson I want something great. I want something that nobody's ever done before!

Sal Amato Why? We ain't great. We're just some guys from Jersey.

Eddie Wilson If you can't be great, than there's no sense in ever playing music again, Sal.

Sal Amato Blame this on you. It was you! We were doing good till you came along. And you got us all screwed up!

[to Frank]

Memento

Identity and Trust in Uncertain Circumstances

Leonard Shelby I don't think they'd let someone like me carry a ].

[[gun]

Teddy I fucking ] not.

[[hope]

Baby's Day Out

Bus Driver Denies Baby Passenger Emergency

Norby Did a baby get off this bus?! A little guy, about two feet tall! It's an emergency!

Bus Driver I didn't have nobody today with a baby.

Norby He was by himself!

Memento

The Complexity of Memory and Identity

Teddy So you ] to ] to be ].

[[lie; [yourself; [happy]

The Matrix

Awaiting Instructions in The Matrix

Cypher Where are they?

Tank Making the call.

Cypher Good.

Trinity You first, Neo.

Cypher Shit!

[''Fires lightning thrower at Tank but fails to hit him''; ''Fires it again and succeeds'']

Dozer No!

[''He witnesses it and lunges at Cypher''; ''Cypher fires lightning thrower at Dozer'']

Neo I don’t know, it just went dead.

Cypher Hello, Trinity.

Trinity Cypher? Where’s Tank?

Cypher You know, for a long time, I thought I was in love with you. I used to dream about you. You’re a beautiful woman, Trinity. Too bad things had to turn out this way.

[''Leans over Trinity's face'']

Trinity You killed them!

Apoc What?!

Switch Oh God!

Cypher I’m tired, Trinity. I’m tired of this war. Tired of fighting, tired of this ship, being cold, eating the same goddamn goop everyday. But most of all, I’m tired of that jackoff and all of his bullshit. Surprise, asshole! I bet you never saw this coming, didja? God, I wish I could be there, when they break you. I wish I could walk in just when it happens. So right then, you’d know it was me.

[''Jumps onto Morpheus' body'']

Trinity You gave them Morpheus.

Cypher He lied to us, Trinity. He tricked us. If you’da told us the truth, we woulda told you to shove that red pill right up your ass!

Trinity That is not true, Cypher, he set us free.

Cypher Free? You call this free? All I do is what he tells me to do. If I had to choose between that and the Matrix, I choose the Matrix.

Trinity The Matrix isn’t real!

Cypher I disagree, Trinity. I think the Matrix can be more real than this world. All I do is pull the plug here. But there, you have to watch Apoc die.

Apoc Trinity.

[''Falls down dead'']

Switch No!

[''Rushes down to him'']

Cypher Welcome to the real world, huh, baby?

Trinity But you’re out, Cypher. You can’t go back.

Cypher Oh no, that’s what you think. They’re going to reinsert my body. I go back to sleep, and when I wake up, I won’t remember a goddamn thing. By the way, if you have anything terribly important to say to Switch, I suggest you say it now.

Trinity No, no, please don’t.

Switch Not like this. Not like this.

[''She falls down dead'']

Cypher Too late.

Trinity Goddamn you, Cypher!

Cypher Don’t hate me, Trinity. I’m just the messenger, and right now I’m gonna prove it to you. If Morpheus was right, then there’s no way I can pull this plug. I mean, if Neo’s The One, then there’d have to be some kind of a miracle to stop me. Right? I mean, how can he be The One if he’s dead? You never did answer me before. You bought into Morpheus’ bullshit. Come on – all I want is a little yes or no. Look into his eyes, those big pretty eyes, and tell me. Yes or no?

Trinity Yes.

Cypher No! I don’t believe it!

[''Realizes Tank survived and is aiming the lightning thrower'']

Tank Believe it or not, you piece of shit, you’re still gonna burn!

[''Fires lightning thrower at Cypher who goes flying into pipes'']

Bound

Unexpected Departure Over Towel Misunderstanding

Violet Caesar, I'm leaving.

Caesar What? Why? I didn't use a good towel.

Baby's Day Out

Surprise Reaction to Unexpected News

Veeko Some people.

[noticing Bink is on Ursala's purse]

Norby Eddie, how could he get off?

Veeko I seen him.

Both What?!

Veeko He's in the big broad's purse.

Memorable Quotes from Joe Pantoliano