Lucky Number Slevin (2006) - Quotes

Curiosity in Uncertain Conversations

Slevin: Anything else you want to tell me?

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Moral Dilemmas in Life and Death

The Rabbi: There are three things one may not do to save a life including his own. He may not: idol-worship, commit adultery, or perform an act of premeditated murder. Killing you before you killed me would be...

Slevin: Kosher?

The Rabbi: [scathing noise] Acceptable.

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A Deadly Misunderstanding Unfolds

Slevin: Someone's trying to kill you.

Yitzchok: Who?

Slevin: Me.

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Assassin's Insight into Discovery

Slevin: How did you find out about us?

Mr. Goodkat: I'm a world-class assassin, fuckhead. How do you think I found out?

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Confrontation Over Orders and Identity

Elvis: Wait, wait, wait. Look Nick, Slevin, Clark Kent, whatever the fuck your name is. The Virgin Mary herself could come waltzin in here right now with her fine ass titties hangin out and everything and if she told me your name was Jesus Christ, I still got to take you to see the Boss. You know why?

Slevin: No.

Elvis: Orders. And you do know what orders is right?

Slevin: I think I understand the concept of-

Elvis: Orders is "Orders" (but is said in an Ebonics for to really say all there is "Or-der-is".

Slevin: I guess no one ever taught you not to use the word you're defining in the definition.

Elvis: Say somethin else. I will break your motherfucking nose. I ain't playin with you.

Slevin: My nose is already broken.

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Identity and Expectations in Dialogue

Brikowski: Who are you?

Slevin: Philosophically speaking?

Slevin: Rank, serial number?

Dumbrowski: You should really play ball kid.

Slevin: Really? You think I'm tall enough?

Brikowski: What is your name?

Slevin: [''gasping for breath''] Oh yeah, now I remember, Slevin Kelevra.

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A Conversation About Identity and Obligation

The Rabbi: You must be Mr. Fisher.

Slevin: Must I be? Because it hasn't been working out for me lately.

The Rabbi: But I'm afraid you must.

Slevin: Well, if I must.

The Rabbi: Do you know why you've been brought here, Mr. Fisher?

Slevin: For starters, I'm unlucky.

The Rabbi: The unlucky are nothing more than a frame of reference for the lucky, Mr. Fisher. You are unlucky so that I may know that I am not. Unfortunately, the lucky never realize they are lucky until it's too late. Consider yourself for instance; yesterday you were better off than you were today, but it took today for you to realize it. But, today has arrived, and it's too late, you see? People are never happy with what they have. They always want what they had...what someone else has...

Slevin: Kind of like a rabbi who'd rather be a gangster or a gangster who'd rather be a rabbi? I mean, what is that, some kind of grass is greener on the other side of the fence'...thing? I mean, how do you justify being a rabbi and a gangster?

The Rabbi: [pauses, slides tea tray aside] I don't. I am a bad man who doesn't waste time wondering what could have been when I am what could have been and could not have been. I live on both sides of the fence; the grass is always green. Consider, Mr. Fisher, there are two men sitting before you; and one of them you should be very afraid of. Where is my money?

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Profanity in Moments of Frustration

Nick: Fuck. Shit. Jesus.

Mr. Goodkat: Fuck, Shit, Jesus is right.

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The Nature of Sense and Choice

The Boss: [''after Slevin has just told him he'll take the job killing the Rabbi's son''] I knew you had sense.

Slevin: Sense is something you have when you have a choice.

The Boss: Sometimes, and sometimes it's when you know you don't.

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Loss and Its Harsh Realities

The Boss: [''Showing a picture''] This was my son. Notice how I said was? That's because he's dead. Relegated to the past tense. Went from an is to a was before he had his breakfast.

Slevin: Bummer.

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Uncertainty Surrounds Authority Figure's Identity

Sloe: The Boss wants to see you.

Slevin: Who?

Sloe: The Boss.

Slevin: Who's the Boss?

Sloe: The guy we work for. Sit

Slevin: Look. I'm not the guy you're looking for. I don't live here.

Sloe: Yeah well you look like the guy who lives here.

Slevin: Man, you don't know what the guy who lives here looks like.

Elvis: What he means to say is that you look like you live here.

Sloe: Yeah, that's what I mean to say.

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Ironic Family Dynamics in Organized Crime

Lindsey: How ironic.

Slevin: I know, I don't even gamble.

Lindsey: No. A mobster with a gay son. Now that's ironic.

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Misunderstandings in Unexpected Situations

Slevin's Girlfriend: [''after Slevin walks in on her cheating on him''] This is an accident.

Slevin: What, like... He tripped, you fell?

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Confusion Over Identity and Authority

Slevin: Who are you?

The Boss: I'm The Boss.

Slevin: I thought he was The Boss.

The Boss: Why? Do we look alike?

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Identifying the Target in Conversation

Sloe: The guy we lookin for. His name is uh, his name is-

Elvis: His name is Nick, man.

Sloe: Nick, yeah. The cat's name is Nick. Now who, who are you?

Slevin: I'm Slevin.(Sloe mutters the name confused for a minute)

Sloe: You got some ID?(Short pause)

Slevin: You see the funny thing about that is I got mugged this morning-

Sloe: Hey! Tell it to the one-legged man, so he can bump it off down the road.

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The Origin of the Nickname "the Fairy

The Boss: They call him "the Fairy"...

Slevin: Why do they call him "the Fairy"?

The Boss: [impatiently] Because he's a fairy.

Slevin: What, he's got wings, he can fly, he sprinkles magic dust all over the place?

The Boss: [angrily] He's a homosexual.

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Appreciation for Sweetness

Lindsey: Thanks for the sugar, sugar.

Self-Reflection on Height Perception

Lindsey: I'm short for my height.

Dinner Plans After Work

Lindsey: I was thinking that if you're still alive when I get back from work tonight... maybe we could go out to dinner or something?

Value of Life and Money

Mr. Goodkat: Because it seems to me that your son is worth more to you alive than he is to the Boss dead. And more money is worth more to me than less money.

Life's Complexity Beyond Simple Existence

Mr. Goodkat: Sorry about that, son. But sometimes there's more to life than just livin'. Besides, you can't have a Kansas City Shuffle without a body.

Unexpected Stories and Their Surprising Outcomes

Mr. Goodkat: Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest in Monte Carlo and came in third. Now that's a story. This... is something else.

The Finality of Death

Slevin Kelevra: You can only kill me once.

Betrayal and Loss in Slevin's Words

Slevin Kelevra: [To the Rabbi and the Boss] The two of you killed everything I ever loved. (Pause) Fuck you both.

Duality in Choices and Identity

Slevin Kelevra: I'm gonna say what any man with two penises would say, when his tailor asks him if he dresses right or left... Yes.

Lessons on Handling Insults and Persistence

The Rabbi: My father used to say: "The first time someone calls you a horse you punch him on the nose, the second time someone calls you a horse you call him a jerk but the third time someone calls you a horse, well then perhaps it's time to go shopping for a saddle.

Questioning Motives and Relationships

The Rabbi: Since we're not friends and you hate baseball, then why the fuck are you here?

Perception of Luck and Regret

The Rabbi: The unlucky are nothing more than a frame of reference for the lucky, Mister Fisher. You are unlucky, so I may know that I am not. Unfortunately the lucky never realize they are lucky until it's too late. Take yourself for instance; yesterday you were better off than you are today but it took today for you to realize it. But today has arrived, and it's too late... You see? People are never happy with what they have. They want what they had. Or what others have...I'm a bad man who doesn't waste time wondering what could've been when I am what could've been and what could not have been. I live on both sides of the fence, and the grass is always green.

The Importance of Recognizing Lies

The Rabbi: If there's one thing I know, is when someone is lying. A man in my position, that's all he has to go on. To know a lie when he hears it: the difference between life and death... your own... someone else's. That being said, he wasn't lying.