Heat Quotes
Vincent Hanna : My life's a disaster zone. I got a stepdaughter so fucked up because her real father's this large-type asshole. I got a wife, we're passing each other on the down-slope of a marriage - my third - because I spend all my time chasing guys like you around the block. That's my life.
Neil McCauley : A guy told me one time, "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner." Now, if you're on me and you gotta move when I move, how do you expect to keep a... a marriage?
Neil McCauley : A guy told me one time, "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner." Now, if you're on me and you gotta move when I move, how do you expect to keep a... a marriage?
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Charlene Shiherlis : What else are you selling?
Sgt. Drucker : All kinds of shit. But I don't have to sell this and you know it, 'cause this kind of shit here sells itself.
Sgt. Drucker : All kinds of shit. But I don't have to sell this and you know it, 'cause this kind of shit here sells itself.
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Detective Casals : You recognize the MO?
Vincent Hanna : M.O.? Is that they're good... Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Pop guard number three because... what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness? Drop of a hat these guys will rock and roll...
Vincent Hanna : M.O.? Is that they're good... Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Pop guard number three because... what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness? Drop of a hat these guys will rock and roll...
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Justine Hanna : You don't live with me, you live among the remains of dead people. You sift through the detritus, you read the terrain, you search for signs of passing, for the scent of your prey, and then you hunt them down. That's the only thing you're committed to. The rest is the mess you leave as you pass through.
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Neil McCauley : L.A.P.D. Gee, what, where the fuck did this heat come from?
Chris Shiherlis : Maybe it's the score they were onto, the place, not us. 'Cause it's been hit a couple of times, you know, or something?
Neil McCauley : Assume they got our phones, assume they got our houses, assume they got us, right here, right now as we sit, everything. Assume it all.
Chris Shiherlis : Maybe it's the score they were onto, the place, not us. 'Cause it's been hit a couple of times, you know, or something?
Neil McCauley : Assume they got our phones, assume they got our houses, assume they got us, right here, right now as we sit, everything. Assume it all.
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Chris Shiherlis : The bank is worth the risk. I need it, brother. We should stay and take it down.
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Neil McCauley : And I am double the worst trouble you ever had.
Neil McCauley : And I am double the worst trouble you ever had.
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Vincent Hanna : I'm angry. I'm very angry, Ralph. You know, you can ball my wife if she wants you to. You can lounge around here on her sofa, in her ex-husband's dead-tech, post-modernistic bullshit house if you want to. But you do not get to watch my fucking television set!
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Alan Marciano : Why'd I get mixed up with that bitch?
Vincent Hanna : Cause she's got a great ass... and you got your head all the way up it! Ferocious, aren't I? When I think of asses, a woman's ass, something comes out of me.
Vincent Hanna : Cause she's got a great ass... and you got your head all the way up it! Ferocious, aren't I? When I think of asses, a woman's ass, something comes out of me.
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Vincent Hanna : I gotta hold on to my angst. I preserve it because I need it. It keeps me sharp, on the edge, where I gotta be.
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[ Over the phone ]
Van Zant : What are you doing?
Neil McCauley : What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone.
Van Zant : I don't understand.
Neil McCauley : 'Cause there is a dead man on the other end of this fuckin' line
Van Zant : What are you doing?
Neil McCauley : What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone.
Van Zant : I don't understand.
Neil McCauley : 'Cause there is a dead man on the other end of this fuckin' line
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Justine Hanna : I may be stoned on grass and Prozac, but... you've been walking through our life dead. And now I have to demean myself with Ralph just to get closure with you.
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Neil McCauley : I do what I do best, I take scores. You do what you do best, try to stop guys like me.
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Michael Cheritto : What do you want to be when you grow up, honey?
Linda Cherrito : I don't know.
Michael Cheritto : She doesn't know. Just like me, I don't know either.
Linda Cherrito : I don't know.
Michael Cheritto : She doesn't know. Just like me, I don't know either.
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Justine Hanna : In a way, you're a party to this.
Vincent Hanna : Oh yeah, I made Ralph fuck you because it makes me feel good.
Vincent Hanna : Oh yeah, I made Ralph fuck you because it makes me feel good.
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Albert Torena : Where's your empathy, brother? It's a substance abuse problem.
Vincent Hanna : Empathy was yesterday. Today, you're wasting my motherfucking time.
Vincent Hanna : Empathy was yesterday. Today, you're wasting my motherfucking time.
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Vincent Hanna : When these guys walk out the door of whatever score they're gonna take next, they're gonna have the surprise of a lifetime.
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Richard Torena : There's this cat I was locked up with in Folsom: did a couple, two-three years. He got out, and I ran into him.
Vincent Hanna : [ pauses, waiting for Richard to continue ] And so?
Richard Torena : He's a big fiend for action. Now if he'd said nothin', I'd have thought nothin'. But he goes on and on running down to me about how he ain't been doing nothin' and nothin's been going on and all this other bullshit, so right then and there I know: this cat's got somethin' goin' down.
Vincent Hanna : [ long pause ] Pretty fuckin' great.
Vincent Hanna : [ to Albert ] Albert, what's wrong with you? You drag me here, waste my time like this.
Vincent Hanna : [ to Richard ] You saw a guy, on the street, who's an ex-con?
Richard Torena : That's right.
Vincent Hanna : Well I am... over-fuckin' whelmed. What d'you want for that, a junior g-man badge?
Richard Torena : Hey man, you gonna make the call on them Porsches or what?
Vincent Hanna : [ to Albert ] Is he fucking kidding me? [ gets up to leave ]
Vincent Hanna : [ pauses, waiting for Richard to continue ] And so?
Richard Torena : He's a big fiend for action. Now if he'd said nothin', I'd have thought nothin'. But he goes on and on running down to me about how he ain't been doing nothin' and nothin's been going on and all this other bullshit, so right then and there I know: this cat's got somethin' goin' down.
Vincent Hanna : [ long pause ] Pretty fuckin' great.
Vincent Hanna : [ to Albert ] Albert, what's wrong with you? You drag me here, waste my time like this.
Vincent Hanna : [ to Richard ] You saw a guy, on the street, who's an ex-con?
Richard Torena : That's right.
Vincent Hanna : Well I am... over-fuckin' whelmed. What d'you want for that, a junior g-man badge?
Richard Torena : Hey man, you gonna make the call on them Porsches or what?
Vincent Hanna : [ to Albert ] Is he fucking kidding me? [ gets up to leave ]
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Bosko : I figure this guy went for that hold out piece, ankle holster right from here. Bang, bang, bang-bang-bang.
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Vincent Hanna : Seven years in Folsom. In the hole for three. McNeil before that. McNeil as tough as they say?
Neil McCauley : You lookin' to become a penologist?
Vincent Hanna : You lookin' to go back? You know, I chased down some crews; guys just lookin' to fuck up, get busted back. That you?
Neil McCauley : You must've worked some dipshit crews.
Vincent Hanna : I worked all kinds.
Neil McCauley : You see me doin' thrill-seeker liquor store holdups with a "Born to Lose" tattoo on my chest?
Vincent Hanna : No, I do not.
Neil McCauley : Right. I am never goin' back.
Vincent Hanna : Then don't take down scores.
Neil McCauley : You lookin' to become a penologist?
Vincent Hanna : You lookin' to go back? You know, I chased down some crews; guys just lookin' to fuck up, get busted back. That you?
Neil McCauley : You must've worked some dipshit crews.
Vincent Hanna : I worked all kinds.
Neil McCauley : You see me doin' thrill-seeker liquor store holdups with a "Born to Lose" tattoo on my chest?
Vincent Hanna : No, I do not.
Neil McCauley : Right. I am never goin' back.
Vincent Hanna : Then don't take down scores.
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Vincent Hanna : I got an idea... of what they're looking at.
Vincent Hanna : You wanna know what they're looking at?
Vincent Hanna : I mean - is this guy something, or is he something?
Vincent Hanna : This crew is good!
Vincent Hanna : You know what they're looking at?
Bosko : What?
Vincent Hanna : Us. The L-A-P-D. Po-lice Department... We just got made.
Vincent Hanna : You wanna know what they're looking at?
Vincent Hanna : I mean - is this guy something, or is he something?
Vincent Hanna : This crew is good!
Vincent Hanna : You know what they're looking at?
Bosko : What?
Vincent Hanna : Us. The L-A-P-D. Po-lice Department... We just got made.
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Van Zant : Who are you?
Waingro : Waingro. My name's Waingro.
Van Zant : I've been living in the office day and night, how well do you know him?
Waingro : Oh, we took some major scores together.
Van Zant : [ nods slowly ] How come I haven't heard from him?
Waingro : Well, he's probably busy right now. But he's real thorough. He ain't gon' forget about you.
Van Zant : Oh that's reassuring.
Waingro : [ chuckles ]
Waingro : Waingro. My name's Waingro.
Van Zant : I've been living in the office day and night, how well do you know him?
Waingro : Oh, we took some major scores together.
Van Zant : [ nods slowly ] How come I haven't heard from him?
Waingro : Well, he's probably busy right now. But he's real thorough. He ain't gon' forget about you.
Van Zant : Oh that's reassuring.
Waingro : [ chuckles ]
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