I have done this five times before and, what do you know? I'm doing it again. All quotes are in alphabetical order by the title of the flick. All crime movies, all ones I have never used before. Answers at the end. Enjoy.
1. “What does your father do?”
“He's the janitor in Browning's bank in Clearwater Street.”
“Browning's doesn't have a bank in Clearwater Street.”
“Poor papa! I wonder if he knows.”
2. “You rob to support a drug habit, I do drugs to support a robbery habit.”
3. “Daddy has to talk to the murderer.”
4. “He'd kill us if he got the chance.”
5. “I don't know about Ray, but not everyone in Garrison is a murderer.”
“No, they just keep their eyes closed and their mouths shut, just like me.”
6. "'The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, some are strong at the broken places'-Ernest Hemingway.”
“Wasn't he the one who shot himself?”
7. “If you're thinking of smoking that in here... don't.”
“I find that confusing. Do you mean don't smoke or don't think?”
8. “Where's Jackson?”
“He didn't make it. Neither did you.”
9. “But Paul, I can't make my boys vote the reform ticket!”
“Why not? Most of them come from the reform school.”
10.“You would lie for a lie, but you won't lie for the truth.”
11. “Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.”
12. “You plan a good enough getaway, you could steal Ebbets Field.”
“Ebbets Field's gone.”
“What did I tell you?”
13. “I AM Harm’s way.”
14. “Why am I always the cripple? It’s someone else’s turn now.”
15. “My father always taught me, never desert a lady in trouble. He even carried that as far as marrying Mother.”
16. “In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.”
17. “I was a ghost. I didn't see anyone. No one saw me. I was the barber.”
18. “Mr. Leyden, can I use your paper?”
“Why not? You've used everything else!”
19. “Well, perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove. Were these magic grits? I mean, did you buy them from the same guy who sold Jack his beanstalk beans?”
20. “I’m not a tailor. I’m a cutter.”
21. "That's the ski he took in the face and I'm afraid it was all downhill from there."
22. “I'm so tired!”
“Not surprising. It's tiring to kill a man”
23. “It's my funeral. You're just along for the ride.”
24. “Tony, I have a job for you.”
“Is it a dead girl or under age?”
25. “I always said he should burn in hell. But Chicago will do."
ANSWERS
1. “What does your father do?”
“He's the janitor in Browning's bank in Clearwater Street.”
“Browning's doesn't have a bank in Clearwater Street.”
“Poor papa! I wonder if he knows.” -Sigerson Holmes (Gene Wilder) / Jenny Hill (Madeline Kahn) The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother
2. “You rob to support a drug habit, I do drugs to support a robbery habit.” – Bats (Jamie Foxx) Baby Driver
3. “Daddy has to talk to the murderer.” – Inspector Monroe (Roy Wood, Jr.) Confess Fletch
4. “He'd kill us if he got the chance.” - Mark (Frederic Forrest) The Conversation
5. “I don't know about Ray, but not everyone in Garrison is a murderer.”
“No, they just keep their eyes closed and their mouths shut, just like me.”
-Bill Geisler (Noah Emmerich)/ Freddy Heflin (Sylvester Stallone) Cop Land
6. "The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, some are strong at the broken places"-Ernest Hemingway.”
“Wasn't he the one who shot himself?”
- Jack / Matt (Clive Owen / Paul Reynolds) The Croupier
7. “If you're thinking of smoking that in here... don't.”
“I find that confusing. Do you mean don't smoke or don't think?”
Ray (Charlie Hunnam) / Fletcher (Hugh Grant) The Gentlemen
8. “Where's Jackson?”
“He didn't make it. Neither did you.”
-Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) / Rudy Butler (Al Lettieri) The Getaway
9. “But Paul, I can't make my boys vote the reform ticket!”
“Why not? Most of them come from the reform school.”
-Politician (Brooks Benedict) / Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy) The Glass Key
– Andi Brand (Janelle Monáe) Glass Onion
11. “Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.” – Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) The Godfather Part III
12. “You plan a good enough getaway, you could steal Ebbets Field.”
“Ebbets Field's gone.”
“What did I tell you?”
-Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) / Mickey Bergman (Danny DeVito) Heist
13. “I AM Harm’s way.”
– Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) The Hitman’s Bodyguard.
14. “Why am I always the cripple? It’s someone else’s turn now.”
– Zolika (Zoltán Fenyvesi) Kills on Wheels
15. “My father always taught me, never desert a lady in trouble. He even carried that as far as marrying Mother.”
– Gilbert Redman (Michael Redgrave) The Lady Vanishes
16. “In
my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never
discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.”
– Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) Laura
17. “I was a ghost. I didn't see anyone. No one saw me. I was the barber.”
-Ed Crane ( Billy Bob Thornton) The Man Who Wasn’t There
18. “Mr. Leyden, can I use your paper?”
“Why not? You've used everything else!”
- Mr. Peters (Sidney Greenstreet) / Cornelius Leyden (Peter Lorre) The Mask of Dimitrios
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19. “Well, perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove. Were these magic grits? I mean, did you buy them from the same guy who sold Jack his beanstalk beans?”
- Vinny Gambini (Joe Pesci) My Cousin Vinny
20. “I’m not a tailor. I’m a cutter.”
– Leonard (Mark Rylance) The Outfit
21. "That's the ski he took in the face and I'm afraid it was all downhill from there."
-Constable Stalker ( Saiorise Ronan) See How They Run
22. “I'm so tired!”
“Not surprising. It's tiring to kill a man”
-Julie/ Sarah (Ludivine Sagnier/Charlotte Rampling) .Swimmiing Pool
23. “It's my funeral. You're just along for the ride.”
– Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) The Thomas Crown Affair
24. “Tony, I have a job for you.”
“Is it a dead girl or under age?”
(Ralph Turpin (Robert J. Wilke) / Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) Tony Rome
25. “I always said he should burn in hell. But Chicago will do."
– Fuller (Michael Harney) Widows
I love a good popcorn proverb! I was hoping for another quote from "A Fish Called Wanda", so I'll just supply one: "I looked at the clock... because I was saying to myself... It's five to seven, where could he be going with that sawed off shotgun?"
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