The Usual Suspects (1995) - Quotes

The Dangers of Underestimating Keyser Söze

Verbal: Where's your head, Agent Kujan? Where do you think the pressure's coming from? Keyser Söze - or whatever you want to call him - he knows where I am right now! He's got the front burner under your ass to let me go so he can scoop me up 10 minutes later! Immunity was just a deal with you assholes. I got a whole new problem once I post bail.

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A Conversation About Spook Hollis

Keaton: A friend of mine in New York tells me you knew Spook Hollis.

Redfoot: The way I hear it, you did time with ol Spook. Good man, wasn't he? I used to run dope for him. Too bad he got shivved.

Keaton: [pause] Yeah. I shivved him. Better you hear it from me now than from somebody else later.

Redfoot: Yeah, well, I appreciate that. Just out of curiousity, was it business or personal?

Keaton: A bit of both.

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Identity and Recognition in Tense Confrontation

Strausz: Do you know who I am? Do you people know who the fuck I am?

Hockney: We do now, jerk-off!

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Unexpected Travel Destinations in Conversation

Smuggler: Will this get me to Staten Island?

Rizzi: You kidding? This'll get you to Cape Cod!

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Questioning Connections in a Complex Situation

Dave Kujan: You know a dealer named Ruby Deemer, Verbal?

Verbal: You know a religious guy named John Paul?

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A Request for Coffee and a Story

Verbal: Can I have some coffee?

Dave Kujan: In a little while.

Verbal: I'm really thirsty. I used to get dehydrated as a kid. One time it got so bad my piss came out like snot. I'm not kidding, it was all thick and gooey...

Jeff Rabin: I'll get you your fuckin coffee!

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Introduction of Verbal Kint

Keaton: His name is Verbal. Verbal Kint.

McManus: Verbal?

Keaton: Yeah.

Verbal: Roger, really. People say I talk too much.

Hockney: Yeah, I was just about to tell you to shut up.

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Unexpected Conversation About a Distasteful Experience

Fenster: I had a finger up my asshole tonight.

Hockney: Is it Friday already?

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Tension Between Cop and Hockney Escalates

Cop: I can put you in Queens on the night of the hijacking.

Hockney: Really? I live in Queens! Did you put that together yourself, Einstein? Got a team of monkeys working around the clock on this?

Cop: You know what happens if you do another turn in the joint?

Hockney: Uh... I fuck your father in the shower and then have a snack? Are you going to charge me, dickhead?

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Conflicting Stories in a Police Interrogation

Cop: McManus told us a different story altogether.

Fenster: Oh, is that the one about the hooker with dysentery?

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Unexpected Encounters in a High-Stakes Scenario

Verbal: [voiceover; suspects walk inside the police lineup; the lineup lights turn on] It didn't make sense that I'd be there. I mean, these guys were hardcore hijackers. But, there I was. At that point, I wasn't scared. I knew I hadn't done anything they could do me for. Besides, it was fun. I got to make like I was notorious.

Cop: All right, you all know the drill: When your number is called, step forward and repeat the phrase you've been given, understand? Number one, step forward.

Hockney: [sighs; deadpan] Hand me the keys, you fucking cocksucker.

Cop: Number two, step forward.

McManus: GIMME THE FUCKIN KEYS, YOU COCKSUCKER MOTHERFUCKER!! AAAAAARGH!!

Cop: Knock it off, get back. Number three, step forward.

Fenster: Hand me the keys, you cocksucker.

Cop: In English, please?

Fenster: Excuse me?

Cop: In English.

Fenster: Hand me the fucking keys, you cocksucker. What the fuck?

Cop: Number four, step forward.

Verbal: [voiceover] It was bullshit. The whole rap was a setup.

Keaton: Hand me the keys, you fucking cocksucker.

Verbal: [voiceover] It was all the cops fault. You don't put guys like that into a room together.

Cop: Number five, step forward.

Verbal: [voiceover] Who knows what can happen?

Verbal: Hand me the keys, you fucking cocksucker.

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A Conversation Between Keyser Söze and Keaton

Keyser Söze: How you doin', Keaton?

Keaton: I can't feel my legs... Keyser.

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Threatening Words of Control and Consequence

Kobayashi: Get your rest, gentlemen. The boat will be ready for you on Friday. If I see you or any of your friends before then, Miss Finneran will find herself the victim of a most gruesome violation before she dies. As will your father, Mr. Hockney. And your Uncle Randall in Arizona, Mr. Kint. I might only castrate Mr. McManus's nephew, David. Do I make myself clear?

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The Nature of Betrayal and Isolation

Kobayashi: One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.

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Dark Humor in a Nursery Rhyme

Michael McManus: Old McDonald had a farm, ee-eye-ee-eye-oh/And on that farm he shot some guys... Bada bing, bada bing bang boom.

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Counting in a Moment of Reflection

Michael McManus: [counting off the men he is about to shoot; [w:Lee Harvey Oswald|Oswald] One, two, three, four, five... ] was a fag.

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A Threat From Michael McManus

Michael McManus: I'm the guy that's gonna get you. I just wanted you to know that.

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The Life Cycle of a Rumor

Dave Kujan: A rumor's not a rumor that doesn't die.

Kujan's Threat to Verbal Kint

Dave Kujan: You get NO immunity from me, you piece of shit! Every criminal I've put in prison, every cop that owes me a favor, every creep and scumbag that walks the streets for a living will know the name of Verbal Kint. Now you talk to me, or that precious immunity they seem so fit to grant you won't be worth the paper the contract put out on your life is printed on!

Determined Pursuit of Truth and Knowledge

Dave Kujan: I'm smarter than you, and I'm going to find out what I want to know, and I'm going to get it from you whether you like it or not.

Convince Me to Reveal the Truth

Dave Kujan: Convince me, and tell me every last detail.

Learning to Identify a Murderer

Dave Kujan: First day on the job, you know what I learned? How to spot a murderer.

The Dilemma of Taking Risks

Roger "Verbal" Kint: How do you shoot the Devil in the back? What if you miss?

The Sudden Disappearance of a Character

Roger "Verbal" Kint: And like that... poof... he's gone.

Fear of God and Keyser Söze

Roger "Verbal" Kint: Keaton always said, "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him." Well, I believe in God...and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Söze.

Questioning Believability in an Investigation

Roger "Verbal" Kint: What about it, Agent Kujan? If I told you the Loch Ness Monster blew up that boat, what would you say?

Simplicity in Criminal Investigation Explained

Roger "Verbal" Kint: To a cop, the explanation is never that complicated. It's always simple. There's no mystery to the street, no arch criminal behind it all. If you got a dead body and you think his brother did it, you're gonna find out you're right.

The Deception of Existence

Roger "Verbal" Kint: [[w:Charles Baudelaire|Charles Baudelaire] * Rephrasing of the phrase "the finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist" by ].

The Devil's Greatest Trick Explained

Roger "Verbal" Kint: The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

Reflections on Coffee and Experience

Roger "Verbal" Kint: Back when I was picking beans in Guatemala, we used to make fresh coffee, right off the trees I mean. That was good. This is shit, but hey, I'm in a police station...

Unbreakable Loyalty Among Criminals

Roger "Verbal" Kint: What the cops never figured out, and what I know now, was that these men would never break, never lie down, never bend over for anybody. Anybody.