Memorable Quotes from Joseph Mascolo
2 quotesTension Rises in Jaws 2 Dialogue Scene
Mayor Vaughn
Brody is riding his tower.
Len Peterson
Oh, shit!
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Debate Over Shark Identification
Brody
What are you talking about? Look at this. That's a shark. Look at the outline. Look at the mouth, the eyes.
[showing an underwater photo]
Len Peterson
Is that what it is? Sorry, I just don't see it.
Mrs. Taft
Neither do I. It's nothing.
Mayor Vaughn
Martin, it could be anything.
Brody
Wait a minute. Are you people telling me I don't know what a shark looks like?
Len Peterson
Brody, this is nothing. Seaweed, mud, something in the lens.
Brody
Lens, my ass!
Len Peterson
You're damn right it's your ass!
Mayor Vaughn
Now be reasonable, please.
Brody
Reasonable, what, with him?
Len Peterson
Goddamn it, will you listen to the man? Will you just listen to him? "Be reasonable." Look, Brody, you started a panic on a public beach. You shot up the damn place. God knows who you could've injured. What if somebody decides to sue us? Did you ever stop to think about that? It could ruin us.
Brody
You don't have to worry about being sued or being ruined. If this turns out to be what I think it is, because there won't be anybody here.
Mayor Vaughn
Now, Martin, let's not--
Brody
Let's not what, Larry? What?
Len Peterson
Oh, Jesus, Larry, come on. Let's just forget it. He won't listen. It's obvious the man has made up his mind.
Brody
You bet your life I've made up my mind. But I'm telling you and I'm telling everybody at this table that that's a shark. And I know what a shark looks like, because I've seen one up close. And you better do something about this one, because I don't intend to go through that hell again!
Mayor Vaughn
Martin, could you wait here for a minute?
Brody
For what?
[angrily]
Mayor Vaughn
Please, just have a seat... While we look at the picture and make up our own minds.
[calmly]
Brody
All right. I'll have a seat, for what it's worth.
[slightly calm]
Mayor Vaughn
Thank you. Gentlemen, please.
[Harry Wiseman, Mr. Posner, and Mrs. Taft pick up their notes and adjourn to the mayor's office. Len Peterson scowls at Brody again for a few seconds before getting up and going into the mayor's office as well; Mayor Vaughn follows him inside and closes the door.]
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