Grosse Pointe Blank Quotes

Grosse Pointe Blank is a TV show that appeared on TV in 1970 . Grosse Pointe Blank completed its run in 1970.

It features Susan Arnold, Donna Arkoff Roth, and Roger Birnbaum as producer, Joe Strummer in charge of musical score, and Jamie Anderson as head of cinematography.

Grosse Pointe Blank is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Grosse Pointe Blank is 107 minutes long. Grosse Pointe Blank is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

The cast includes: Mitchell Ryan as Mr. Newberry, John Cusack as Marty, John Cusack as Martin Q. Blank, Alan Arkin as Dr. Oatman, Minnie Driver as Debi, Jeremy Piven as Paul, Hank Azaria as Arlene, Barbara Harris as Mary Blank, Joan Cusack as Marcella, Michael Cudlitz as Bob, K. Todd Freeman as Kevin McCullers, Hank Azaria as Steve, Steve Pink as Terry Rostand, Belita Moreno as Mrs. Kinetta, K. Todd Freeman as McCullers, Ann Cusack as Amy, and Benny Urquidez as Felix La PuBelle.

Grosse Pointe Blank Quotes

John Cusack as Martin Q. Blank

• (Mr. Grocer) "Workers of the world, UNITE."
• (Mr. Grocer) "Look at that: Empty."
• (Mr. Grocer) "Solidarity baby. You out?"
• (John Cusack) "Yeah."
• (Mr. Grocer) "So, what are you gonna do? You gonna THROW that gun at me?"
• (John Cusack) "No."
• (Mr. Grocer) "How 'bout this? How 'bout I sell you a piece for a hundred Gs?"
• (John Cusack) "OK. Front me?"
• (Mr. Grocer) "Deal."
• (John Cusack) "Popcorn."

• (John Cusack) "It's not me."

• (Mr. Grocer) "Comrade. Comrade."
• (John Cusack) "What?"
• (Mr. Grocer) "Why don't you just join the union, we'll go upstairs together and cap daddy."
• (John Cusack) "This union, there's gonna be meetings?"
• (Mr. Grocer) "Of course."
• (John Cusack) "No meetings."

• (John Cusack) "If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there."

• (John Cusack) "Some of these guys need some kind of ethical philosophy to justify it, some guys like "live free or die," but that's all bulls***, I know that now, that's all bulls***. You do it because you were trained to do it, because you were encouraged to do it, and because, eventually, you, you know -- get to like it."
• (John Cusack) "I know that sounds bad --"

• (Mr. Grocer) "Here's the new stuff, kid. Durazac 15. Makes Prozac seem like a decaf latté. Want a couple? I've got jars."
• (John Cusack) "I don't do that stuff anymore."
• (Mr. Grocer) "No wonder you got the shakes. And don't say "do it," because I don't "do it." I ingest it, on orders from my neurophysiologist. It's legal. In five years they'll be putting it in the water for the citizens, like fluoride."

• (Ken McCullard) "I do divorce mainly, some property, some personal injury."
• (John Cusack) "They all seem kinda related."

• (Mr. Grocer) "Easy there, Chief. I don't see Hollow-Point Wound Care on the menu."
• (John Cusack) "Up, up --"
• (John Cusack) "Why are you in Detroit? Red Wings need a new goon?"

• (John Cusack) "What are you doing here?"
• (Ultimart Carl) "I'm doing a double shift. What does it look like?"
• (John Cusack) "How long have you worked here?"
• (Ultimart Carl) "A couple months."
• (John Cusack) "Is the manager here? Do you have a supervisor?"
• (Ultimart Carl) "No. They --"
• (John Cusack) "How long have they worked here?"
• (Ultimart Carl) "I'm not tellin' you."
• (John Cusack) "Yeah? Where do you live?"
• (Ultimart Carl) "I'm not tellin' you that, either."
• (John Cusack) "Where does your manager live? Who; I used to; Where; W-what are you doing here?"
• (Ultimart Carl) "I work here."
• (John Cusack) "What are you doing here?"
• (Ultimart Carl) "I work here."
• (John Cusack) "And how long have you worked here?"
• (Ultimart Carl) "Only a couple months."
• (John Cusack) "All right, all right. What's done is done. Just forget about the whole thing."

• (John Cusack) "You don't need to answer right now, but Debi, will you marry me?"
• (Mitchell Ryan) "You got my blessing."

• (John Cusack) "Mrs. K.? Miss Kinetta. It's me, Martin"
• (Belita Moreno) "Martin, my god, it's you."
• (John Cusack) "Hey."
• (Belita Moreno) "You've been Detroit's most famous disappearing act since white flight."

• (Unnamed) "Whatever I'm doing you don't like -- I'll stop doing it."
• (John Cusack) "It's not me."

• (Mr. Grocer) "Kid, I'm putting together a little concern, which would enable those of us in our, uh, rarified profession to avoid embarrassing overlaps."
• (John Cusack) "What, like a union?"
• (Mr. Grocer) "More like a club. You know, work less, make more."
• (John Cusack) "Wow, sounds like a great idea, but -- thank you, no."
• (Mr. Grocer) "No? You remember Burma?"
• (John Cusack) "Yeah, I do."
• (Mr. Grocer) "That nut, General Kwang? You were like a -- colonel in that army, weren't you?"
• (John Cusack) "Yeah, yeah, he sold you all those tanks, you shipped 'em to Alabama --"
• (Mr. Grocer) "T-34s, I took a bath on that."
• (John Cusack) "Yeah, that was fun."
• (Mr. Grocer) "That's what I'm talking about, kid, we could be working together again, for God's sake. You know, making big money, killing important people."

• (John Cusack) "Do you really believe that there's some stored up conflict that exists between us? There is no us. We don't exist. So who do you wanna hit, man? It's not me. Now whaddya wanna do here, man?"
• (John Cusack) "I don't know what that is."
• (Michael Cudlitz) "These are my words."
• (John Cusack) "It's a poem? See, that's the problem -- express yourself, Bob. Go for it."
• (Michael Cudlitz) ""When I feel -- quiet -- when -- I feel -- blue -- ""
• (John Cusack) "You know, I think that is terrific, what you have right there. Really, I liked it, a lot. I wouldn't sell the dealership or anything but, I'm tellin' ya -- it's intense."
• (Michael Cudlitz) "There's -- more."
• (John Cusack) "Okay, would ya mind, just skip to the end."
• (Michael Cudlitz) "To -- the very end? "For a while.""
• (John Cusack) "Whew. That's good man."
• (Michael Cudlitz) ""For a while.""
• (John Cusack) "That's excellent."
• (Michael Cudlitz) "You wanna do some blow?"
• (John Cusack) "No I don't."

• (John Cusack) "Are you all right?"
• (Ultimart Carl) "No, I'm not all right."
• (John Cusack) "Take it easy."
• (Ultimart Carl) "I'm hurt -- I'm pissed -- gotta find a new job."

• (John Cusack) "I'm sorry if I f***ed up your life."
• (Minnie Driver) "It's not over yet."

• (Waitress) "What do you want in your omelette, sir?"
• (John Cusack) "Nothing in the omelette, nothing at all."
• (Waitress) "Well, that's not technically an omelette."
• (John Cusack) "Look, I don't want to get into a semantic argument, I just want the protein."

• (John Cusack) "A thousand innocent people get killed every day. But a millionaire's pet gets detonated, and you're marked for life."

• (John Cusack) "You should read the files on some of the f***ers. I mean, it reads like a demon's resume."

• (John Cusack) "This your Beemer?"
• (Jeremy Piven) "Yeah."
• (John Cusack) "In Detroit? That's sacrilege."

• (John Cusack) "Don't you think that maybe you're just upset because I told you what I do for a living, and you got upset and you're letting it interfere with our dynamic?"
• (Alan Arkin) "Whoa. Martin. You didn't tell me what you did for a living --"
• (John Cusack) "Yes, I did."
• (Alan Arkin) "You didn't tell me what you did for a living for four sessions. Then you told me. And I said, "I don't want to work with you any more." And yet, you come back each week at the same time. That's a difficulty for me. On top of that, if you've committed a crime or you're thinking about committing a crime, I have to tell the authorities."
• (John Cusack) "I know the law, okay? But I don't want to be withholding; I'm very serious about this process."
• (John Cusack) "And I know where you live."
• (Alan Arkin) "Oh, now see? That wasn't a nice thing to say; that wasn't designed to make me feel good. That's a -- kind of a -- not too subtle intimidation, and I, uh, get filled with anxiety when you talk about something like that."
• (John Cusack) "Come on, come on. I was just kidding, all right? The thought never crossed my mind."
• (Alan Arkin) "You did think of it, Martin. You thought it, and then you said it. And now, I'm left with the aftermath of that, thinking I gotta be creative in a really interesting way or Martin's gonna blow my brains out. You're holding me hostage. That's not right."

• (Mr. Grocer) "Ya sure Oregon doesn't ring a bell? The Pacific Northwest, couple of months ago? Something about you doin' some wonderdog named Cujo --"
• (John Cusack) "Ah, Budro, yes, Budro, Jesus Christ. Yeah, I was out there tryin' to whack these junk bond f***os and these idiots were flushing game with sticks of dynamite. And the dog that they borrowed, little Budro, was a retriever, get it? Budro was never a target, Budro was acting on instinct. I would never hurt an animal and I'm offended at the accusation --"
• (Mr. Grocer) "Whoa, whoa, whoa, Chatty Cathy. Clip yer string, I don't need to know. But, just for the record, here's what I heard: the marks borrowed your client's prize hunting pup. So, bad luck for Budro and bad luck for Blank. Poodle pumper. Hound hitter. Pooch puncher."

• (John Cusack) "I'm a professional killer."
• (Jeremy Piven) "Do you have to do postgraduate work for that?"

• (John Cusack) "How's your sister? Did she ever marry that guy Kenny?"
• (Jeremy Piven) "Kenny?"
• (John Cusack) "Yeah, did that work out?"
• (Jeremy Piven) "Come on, man, he did three years at Joliet. They put one of those bracelets on him, like a LoJack, they know where he is at all times. I think he's at Pizza Hut now."
• (John Cusack) "So let's not go there."
• (Jeremy Piven) "No."

• (John Cusack) "God, it's been so long, I've forgotten who gets tied up."

• (John Cusack) "But listen, uh, if you wanna go, I can't think of any reason why we wouldn't go together."
• (Minnie Driver) "I can."

• (Mr. Grocer) "Look, I don't want to play against you. This thing is real."
• (John Cusack) "How real?"
• (Mr. Grocer) "Maranga Brothers, them, uh, East German ex-Stasi guys --"
• (John Cusack) "Oh, I don't like those guys."
• (Mr. Grocer) "Them butch Filipino ladies --"
• (John Cusack) "What, the dwarf, maid --"
• (Mr. Grocer) "Stabbers. Queens of the hotel hit, you know."
• (John Cusack) "You got a great crew."
• (Mr. Grocer) "Everybody's in."
• (John Cusack) "Yeah well, not me, so don't paw at me with your dirty little guild, okay?"

• (John Cusack) "What about you? Joined the force, huh?"
• (Steve Pink) "Oh no, I'm not a peace officer. Yeah, this badge isn't a meaningful symbol. We don't enforce the law, we just execute company policy for homeowners."
• (John Cusack) "Oh, right -- you mind talking a little shop?"
• (Steve Pink) "Sure."
• (John Cusack) "When are you authorized to use deadly force?"
• (Steve Pink) "Oh well, you know, taxes provide your basic services, you know, police and whatnot, but our customers, they need a little bit more than that, so we catch you on the property, we do what we have to do."
• (John Cusack) "So, if I just look suspicious on your customers' property; under those, you know, "heightened circumstances"; you have the authority to shoot me?"
• (Steve Pink) "Correct."
• (John Cusack) "Wow, all right. How'd you get the gig?"
• (Steve Pink) "Oh, well, they were hiring. And it was only a two-week course."

• (John Cusack) "Debi, I'm in love with you. And I know we can make this relationship work."

• (John Cusack) "Why are you so interested in me going to my high school reunion?"
• (Joan Cusack) "I just find it amusing that you came from somewhere."

• (John Cusack) "Hi. I'm, uh, I'm a pet psychiatrist. I sell couch insurance. Mm-hmm, and I; and I test-market positive thinking. I lead a weekend men's group, we specialize in ritual killings. Yeah, you look great. God, yeah. Hi, how are you? Hi, how are you? Hi, I'm Martin Blank, you remember me? I'm not married, I don't have any kids, but I'd blow your head off if someone paid me enough."

• (John Cusack) "They all have husbands and wives and children and houses and dogs, and, you know, they've all made themselves a part of something and they can talk about what they do. What am I gonna say? "I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. How've you been?""

• (John Cusack) "Dr. Oatman, please pick up, pick up. It's Martin Blank. I, I'm standing where my, uh, living room was and it's not here because my house is gone and it's an Ultimart. You can never go home again, Oatman -- but I guess you can shop there."

• (John Cusack) "Debi's house."
• (Jeremy Piven) "Kinda crept up on you, didn't it?"
• (John Cusack) "No, you drove us here."
• (Jeremy Piven) "Yep."

• (John Cusack) "You're a handsome devil. What's your name?"
• (John Cusack) "Dumb f***ing luck."

• (John Cusack) "You must've done some naughty s*** there, Bart."
• (John Cusack) "There's a contract out on your life. Believe me. I was hired to kill you, but I'm not going to do it. It's either because I'm in love with your daughter or because I have a newfound respect for life."
• (Mr. Grocer) "That punk is either in love with that guy's daughter or he has a newfound respect for life."
• (Mitchell Ryan) "My whole life."
• (John Cusack) "Hopefully not."

• (John Cusack) "Take care of yourself, Ken. Thank you for the pen."

• (John Cusack) "Oh, the reason I called -- Could you find out who else is in town? I've made two spooks and a ghoul already, so if they've double-booked the job, and/or they're going to kill me, I'd like to know. If you could find that out, that'd be great."

Mitchell Ryan as Mr. Newberry

• (Mitchell Ryan) "What have you been doing with your life?"
• (John Cusack) "Uh -- professional killer."
• (Mitchell Ryan) "Oh. Good for you, it's a -- growth industry."

• (Mitchell Ryan) "Design Division wants me dead over a leaky sunroof and you want to kill me because of that ?"
• (John Cusack) "It's not me. Why does everyone always think it's personal?"

• (Mitchell Ryan) "Did I have you figured wrong?"
• (John Cusack) "I don't know; I mean, I hope so."
• (Mitchell Ryan) "I visualized you in a haze as one of those slackster, flannel-wearing, coffee-house misanthropes I've been seeing in "Newsweek.""
• (John Cusack) "No no no, I went the other road. Six figures, doing business with leadpipe cruelty, mercenary sensibility. You know -- sports, sex, no real relationships with anyone. How about you, how have the years been treating you?"
• (Mitchell Ryan) "Well, you know me, Martin. Still the same old sell-out, exploiting the oppressed --"
• (John Cusack) "Sure."
• (Mitchell Ryan) ""Ah, what a piece of work is man, how noble -- " ah, f*** it. Let's have a drink and forget the whole damn thing."

K. Todd Freeman as McCullers

• (K. Todd Freeman) "Man, why don't we just do his job, so we can do our job and get the f*** out of here?"
• (Hank Azaria) "What do you mean, "do his job?" What am I, a cold-blooded killer? I'm not a cold-blooded killer."
• (K. Todd Freeman) "Now, wait a minute --"
• (Hank Azaria) "No, you wait a minute. You want to kill the good guy but not be the bad guy. Doesn't work like that. You have to wait until the bad guy kills the good guy, then when you kill the bad guy, you're the good guy."
• (K. Todd Freeman) "So; just to clarify; if we do his job we're the bad guys, and if we do our job we're the good guys."
• (Hank Azaria) "Yes."
• (K. Todd Freeman) "That's -- great."

Michael Cudlitz as Bob

• (Michael Cudlitz) "I'm drawing a complete -- Blank."

• (Michael Cudlitz) "Real smart. C'mon. Let's see how smart you are with my foot up your ass."

Minnie Driver as Debi

• (Minnie Driver) "I'll go put these in some rubbing alcohol."

• (Minnie Driver) "Next caller, you're on the air."
• (Nathaniel) "Debbie? Man, it's Nathaniel. Uh, I don't hear any real remorse, dude, I mean, like, I don't think I'd let him back into your life. And dude, I'd make him wear that prom dress."

• (Minnie Driver) "How come you never learned that it was wrong? That there are certain things you do not do, you do not do in a civilized society?"
• (John Cusack) "Which civilizations are we talking about?"
• (Minnie Driver) "Oh, shut up."
• (John Cusack) "I mean, history --"
• (Minnie Driver) "Shut up."

• (Minnie Driver) "He was trying to kill you, right?"
• (John Cusack) "Yes."
• (Minnie Driver) "It wasn't the other way around?"
• (John Cusack) "No."
• (Minnie Driver) "Is it something you've done?"
• (John Cusack) "It's something I do -- professionally, for about five years now."
• (Minnie Driver) "You were joking. People joke about the horrible things they don't do, they don't do them. It's absurd."
• (John Cusack) "When I left, I joined the Army, and when I took the service exam, my psych profile fit a certain -- "moral flexibility" would be the only way to describe it. I was loaned out to a CIA-sponsored program and we sort of found each other. That's the way it works."
• (Minnie Driver) "So, you're a government spook?"
• (John Cusack) "Yes, I mean no. I was before but I'm not now -- but that' all irrelevant, really. The idea of government, nations is public relations theory at this point."
• (Minnie Driver) "Don't. I don't wanna hear about the theories. I wanna hear about the dead people. Explain the dead people."

• (Minnie Driver) "You don't get it. You don't get to have me."
• (John Cusack) "You're overreacting."

• (Minnie Driver) "Where are all the good men dead, in the heart or in the head?"

• (Minnie Driver) "Some people say forgive and forget. Nah, I don't know. I say forget about forgiving and just accept. And -- get the hell out of town."

• (Minnie Driver) "Everybody's coming back to take stock of their lives. You know what I say? Leave your livestock alone."

• (Minnie Driver) "You're a psychopath."
• (John Cusack) "No, no. Psychopaths kill for no reason. I kill for money. It's a job. That didn't come out right."

• (Minnie Driver) "Okay. So. You're back -- a decade late, and -- you're on some sort of therapeutic assignment, and you want to sort things out with me. So the question now becomes, do I allow you access to me or -- do I call security?"
• (John Cusack) "I don't think that'd be a good idea."

• (Minnie Driver) "You know what you need?"
• (John Cusack) "What?"
• (Minnie Driver) "Shakabuku."
• (John Cusack) "You wanna tell me what that means?"
• (Minnie Driver) "It's a swift, spiritual kick to the head that alters your reality forever."
• (John Cusack) "Oh, that'd be good. I think."

• (Minnie Driver) "I should have worn a skirt."
• (John Cusack) "I should have brought my gun."
• (Minnie Driver) "What was that?"
• (John Cusack) "Should be fun."

Joan Cusack as Marcella

• (Joan Cusack) "You can take care of business and stop by Grosse Pointe for your reunion --"
• (John Cusack) "Look, Sergeant Pepper, I really need you to shut up about that."
• (Joan Cusack) "Sir, it's out of my hands. The gods want you to go back home and they want you to delete someone while you're there."

• (Joan Cusack) "Okay, got it."
• (John Cusack) "Bye bye"
• (Joan Cusack) "Amelia?"
• (Joan Cusack) "Wait, hold on a second."
• (Joan Cusack) "Pacific Trident Global. Janice? -- Yeah, where the f*** is it? I ordered it three days ago -- No, that doesn't work. That's, that's not right. Let me go over it again, alright? Let's see: 3,000 rounds of 9mm sub-sonic. You had that. I gave that to you on the f***ing list --. Well I don't give a god damn where it is, you get it here now."
• (Joan Cusack) "Amelia? I'm sorry -- Yeah, no -- No, I, it's not going to be a boring soup. It just, that's just the base. You put the chicken in, you gotta add other flavors. Carrots and celery are just a base of a soup."

• (Joan Cusack) "You know, when you started getting invited to your ten-year high school reunion, time is catching up."
• (John Cusack) "Are you talking about a sense of my own mortality or a fear of death?"
• (Joan Cusack) "Well, I never really thought about it quite like that."
• (John Cusack) "Did you go to yours?"
• (Joan Cusack) "Yes, I did. It was just as if everyone had swelled."

• (Joan Cusack) "Sir, I'm really beginning to worry about your safety."
• (John Cusack) "Look, I got to go."
• (Joan Cusack) "Yeah, we all got to go sometime, sir, but we can choose when."
• (John Cusack) "No one chooses when."

• (Joan Cusack) "Don't hang up. Wait. Did ya' read yesterday's offer?"
• (John Cusack) "Hold on a minute."
• (Joan Cusack) "It's in French. It's a Greenpeace boat. It'd be so easy."
• (John Cusack) "No way. I have scruples."

• (Joan Cusack) "As a graduate of the class of 1986, you are someone special. Remember, there's nowhere you can go that you haven't learned how to go in time. Whatever the hell that means."

Jeremy Piven as Paul

• (Jeremy Piven) "Okay, well, I'll see you at the "I've peaked and I'm kidding myself" party."

• (Jeremy Piven) "Hey Jenny Slater. Hey Jenny Slater. Hey Jenny Slater."

• (Jeremy Piven) "I was just trying to get a little validation for my life. I guess I came up a bit SHORT."

Ann Cusack as Amy

• (Ann Cusack) "Where ya been these last ten years?"
• (Minnie Driver) "Yeah, where ya been, "Marv"?"
• (Ann Cusack) "Ya look great."
• (John Cusack) "Thanks. I work at Kentucky Fried Chicken."
• (Ann Cusack) "Ya do not."
• (John Cusack) "I do. I sell biscuits and gravy all over the Southland."
• (Ann Cusack) "You're so funny."
• (Minnie Driver) "He's a funny guy."

Hank Azaria as Arlene

• (Hank Azaria) "Tell you what, why don't I take the weekend off and you kill him, since you two are so close?"

• (Hank Azaria) "I had the yearbook pictures put on so everybody knows who everybody was."
• (John Cusack) "A special torture."

Barbara Harris as Mary Blank

• (Barbara Harris) "You're a handsome devil. What's your name?"

Alan Arkin as Dr. Oatman

• (Alan Arkin) "Don't kill anybody for a few days. See what it feels like."
• (John Cusack) "All right, I'll give it a shot."
• (Alan Arkin) "No, don't give it a shot. Don't shoot anything."

• (Alan Arkin) "Martin, I'm emotionally involved with you."
• (John Cusack) "How are you emotionally involved with me?"
• (Alan Arkin) "I'm afraid of you."
• (John Cusack) "You're afraid of me."
• (Alan Arkin) "And that constitutes an emotional involvement, and it would be unethical for me to work with you under those circumstances."

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