Paul Reiser Biography
Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, television writer, and musician. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987).
More recently, Reiser is recognized as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Doug Getty in the Amazon Video series Red Oaks.
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Paul Reiser Quotes
Debating a Dangerous Plan for Survival
Hudson: [aiming his rifle at Burke]
I say we grease this rat fuck-son-of-a-bitch right now!
Hicks:
It just doesn't make any goddamn sense.
Ripley:
He figured he could get the alien past the quarantine if one of us was... impregnated - whatever you call it - and frozen for the way home. Nobody would know about the embryos we're carrying. Me and Newt.
Hicks:
Wait a minute, now, we'd all know.
Ripley:
Yes, the only way he could do it is if he sabotaged certain freezers on the way home. Namely, yours. Then he could jettison the bodies and make up any story he liked.
Hudson: [aims his rifle at Burke again]
Fuck! He's dead! You're dogmeat, pal!
Burke:
This is so nuts. I mean, listen... listen to what you're saying. It's all paranoid delusion. It's really sad. It's pathetic.
Ripley:
You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over a goddamn percentage.
Hicks: [he and Hudson grab Burke and attempt to escort him away]
All right, we waste him. No offense.
Ripley: [the lights turn off]
No! He's gotta go back...
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Moral Dilemma Over Profiting from Danger
Burke:
Look, those two specimens are worth millions to the bio-weapons division. Now, if you're smart, we can both come out of it as heroes, and we will be set up for life.
Ripley: [beat]
You're crazy, Burke, you know that? You really think you can get a dangerous organism like that past ICC quarantine?
Burke:
How can they impound it if they don't know about it?
Ripley:
Oh, but they will know about it, Burke. From me. Just like they'll know that you were responsible for the deaths of 157 colonists!
Burke:
Wait a second —
Ripley:
You sent them to that ship!
Burke:
You're wrong!
Ripley:
I just checked the colony log. Directive dated 6/12/79, signed Burke, Carter J. You sent them out there and you didn't even warn them! Why didn't you warn them, Burke?
Burke:
Okay, look. What if that ship didn't even exist? Did you ever think about that? I didn't know! So now, if I went and made a major security situation out of it, everybody steps in. Administration steps in, and there are no exclusive rights for anybody; nobody wins. So I made a decision, and it was wrong. It was a bad call, Ripley. It was a bad call.
Ripley: [grabs Burke by the collar and presses him to the window; lets him go and starts to walk away]
Bad call"? These people are dead, Burke! Don't you have any idea what you've done here?! Well, I'm gonna make sure that they nail you right to the wall for this! You're not gonna sleaze your way out of this one! Right to the wall!
Burke: [Ripley stops and turns around]
Ripley... You know, I... I expected more from you. I thought you'd be smarter than this.
Ripley: [takes a breath]
I'm happy to disappoint you.
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