The Grifters (film) Quotes

The Grifters (film) is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . The Grifters ended its run in 1970.

It features Martin Scorsese, Robert A. Harris, and Jim Painten as producer, Elmer Bernstein in charge of musical score, and Oliver Stapleton as head of cinematography.

The Grifters (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Grifters (film) is 110 minutes long. The Grifters (film) is distributed by Miramax Films.

The cast includes: Annette Bening as Myra Langtry, Stephen Tobolowsky as Jeweler, Henry Jones as Simms, Sandy Baron as Doctor, Anjelica Huston as Lilly Dillon, John Cusack as Roy Dillon, Pat Hingle as Bobo Justus, J.T. Walsh as Cole, Charles Napier as Hebbing, and Gailard Sartain as Joe.

The Grifters (film) Quotes

Anjelica Huston as Lilly Dillon

• (Anjelica Huston) "I gave you your life twice. I'm asking you to give me mine once."

• (Anjelica Huston) "I guess we won't be getting a straight job."

• (Anjelica Huston) "Well, sure, Roy. You want me to drive up; ? Okay, fine, come on down. It won't be a home-cooked meal, you know."
• (John Cusack) "Well, that's good news."

• (Anjelica Huston) "I was hoping we could play it straight with one another."
• (John Cusack) "I guess not."
• (Anjelica Huston) "I guess you won't be getting a straight job, either."
• (John Cusack) "Not this week."
• (Anjelica Huston) "Not ever."
• (John Cusack) "It's up to me. I'm strictly short con. It's nothing but small time stuff. I can walk away from it anytime I want."
• (Anjelica Huston) "Where have I heard that before?"
• (John Cusack) "Yeah, but I'm in control."
• (Anjelica Huston) "Sure. You're only 25 years old, already you can lay down four grand without even turning a hair. Grift's like anything else, Roy. You don't stand still. You either go up or down. Usually down, sooner or later."
• (John Cusack) "Well, I'll let it be a surprise, then."

• (Anjelica Huston) "You're working some angle, and don't tell me you're not because I wrote the book."
• (John Cusack) "What about you? You still handling playback money for the mob?"
• (Anjelica Huston) "THAT's me. That's who I am. You were never cut out for the rackets, Roy."
• (John Cusack) "How come?"
• (Anjelica Huston) "You aren't tough enough."
• (John Cusack) "Not as tough as you, huh?"
• (Anjelica Huston) "Get off the grift, Roy."
• (John Cusack) "Why?"
• (Anjelica Huston) "You haven't got the stomach for it."

• (Anjelica Huston) "Roy, will you or won't you? What can I do to get it? Is there nothing I can do?"
• (John Cusack) "Lilly; Jesus, what are you doing?"
• (Anjelica Huston) "Nothing at all. Nothing at all."
• (Anjelica Huston) "No, no, no, no, no, no."

Annette Bening as Myra Langtry

• (Annette Bening) "Don't tell me. You're Addison Simms of Seattle. And we had lunch together in the fall of 1902."

• (Annette Bening) "My God, it's your mother. It's Lilly."
• (John Cusack) "What?"
• (Annette Bening) "Sure it is. That's why you act so funny around each other."
• (John Cusack) "What's that?"
• (Annette Bening) "Oh, don't act so god-damned innocent."
• (Annette Bening) "You and your own mother? Ugh. You like to go back where you been, huh?"
• (John Cusack) "Watch your mouth."
• (Annette Bening) "Yeah, I'm wise to you. I should have seen it before, you rotten son of a bitch. How is it, huh? How do you like it-"

• (Annette Bening) "I just washed my clothes and I can't do a thing with them."

• (Annette Bening) "I have only one thing now. Are you interested?"
• (Stephen Tobolowsky) "Well, I'd have to see it, of course."
• (Annette Bening) "You are seeing it. You're looking right at it."
• (Stephen Tobolowsky) "Mrs. Langtry, something like this very rarely happens. The fine setting and workmanship usually means precious stones. It always hurts me when I find they're not. I always hope"
• (Stephen Tobolowsky) "I'm mistaken."

• (Annette Bening) "I'm Roy's friend."
• (Anjelica Huston) "Yes. I imagine you're lots of people's friend."
• (Annette Bening) "Oh, of course, now that I see you in the light, you're plenty old enough to be Roy's mother."
• (Anjelica Huston) "Aren't we all?"
• (John Cusack) "Play nice. Don't fight."

• (Arizona Motel Clerk) "Some-in' wrong? Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were the other lady."
• (Annette Bening) "No, I'm me."

• (Gailard Sartain) "What're you laughing at?"
• (Annette Bening) "Oh, nothi- nothing, nothing, no, never mind, Joe. It's just -- I was remembering, at lunch -- on the menu it said, "Today's Special: broiled hothouse tomato under generous slice -- of ripe cheeeeese.""

Henry Jones as Simms

• (Henry Jones) "The last modern thing I liked was the miniskirt. With technology now, nobody understands it -- and that's the simple fact of the situation."

• (Henry Jones) "Good afternoon, Mr. Dillon."
• (John Cusack) "Hi, Simms. What can I do for you?"
• (Henry Jones) "You have a visitor, Mr. Dillon. A very attractive young lady. She says she's your mother."

• (Henry Jones) "Put it this way, now. Say I rent to a woman, well, she has to have a room with a bath. I insist on it, because otherwise she's got the hall bath tied up all the time, washing her god**** hair and her clothes and everything she can think of --"
• (Henry Jones) "If you keep out the women in the first place, see, you keep out the hookers, and then you keep out the cops, and that's how you have a clean place."

John Cusack as Roy Dillon

• (John Cusack) "It's great to get away, isn't it? Take some time off. Next week, I'll be back to work."
• (Annette Bening) "You already went back to work."
• (John Cusack) "What?"
• (Annette Bening) "I watched you, working the tat on those sailor boys."
• (John Cusack) "Working the what?"
• (Annette Bening) "Oh, come on, Roy, the tat. What you do for a living."
• (John Cusack) "I'm a salesman."
• (Annette Bening) "You're on the grift, same as me."
• (John Cusack) "Myra, I'm not following you."
• (Annette Bening) "Roy, you're a short-con operator -- and a good one, I think. Don't talk to me like I'm another square."

• (John Cusack) "Do I get any say in this?"
• (Annette Bening) "No. Because --"
• (John Cusack) "That's what I say. What I say is no. We don't do partners."
• (Annette Bening) "What is it? What's goin' on? Why don't you wanna team up?"
• (John Cusack) "The BEST reason I can think of is that you scare the hell out of me. I have seen women like you before, baby. You're double-tough and you are sharp as a razor, and you get what you want or else; but you don't make it work forever. Sooner or later the lightning hits, and I'm not gonna be around when it hits you."

• (John Cusack) "I guess I owe you my life, Lilly."
• (Anjelica Huston) "You always did, Roy."

• (John Cusack) "Well, who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?"

• (John Cusack) "You talk the lingo. What's your pitch?"
• (Annette Bening) "The long end, big con."
• (John Cusack) "Nobody does that single-o."
• (Annette Bening) "I was teamed ten years with the best in the business, Cole Langley."
• (John Cusack) "I've heard the name."
• (Annette Bening) "It was beautiful. And getting better all the time."
• (John Cusack) "Is that right?"
• (Annette Bening) "It is, Roy. It's where you should be. What do you bring in, $300, $400 a week? We used money like that for tips."

• (John Cusack) "Maybe I like it where I am."
• (Annette Bening) "Well, maybe I don't. I had ten good years with Cole, and I want them back. I gotta have a partner. I looked and I looked and believe me, brother, I kissed a lot of f***ing frogs, and you're my prince."

Pat Hingle as Bobo Justus

• (Pat Hingle) "One question. Do you want to stick to that story, or do you want to keep your teeth?"
• (Anjelica Huston) "I want to keep my teeth."

• (Pat Hingle) "Did I buy you that dress you piece of s***?"
• (Anjelica Huston) "Well I guess so, you're the guy I work for."

J.T. Walsh as Cole

• (J.T. Walsh) "Gloucester, we are talking about breaking the law here. I just want to make sure you understand that. No one is going to get hurt, but the law is going to be broken."
• (Charles Napier) "Laws are made to be broken, aren't they?"

Sandy Baron as Doctor

• (Sandy Baron) "Miss Dillon, I'm sorry about our little disagreement on the phone. And I'm really sorry about your son. Well, it's hard to believe that such a strapping young man is your son."
• (Anjelica Huston) "Never mind that, just take care of him."
• (Sandy Baron) "He's had, he's had an internal hemorrhage. He's bleeding to death."
• (Anjelica Huston) "Well, make it stop."
• (Sandy Baron) "His blood pressure's under a hundred. I don't think he's going to make it to the hospital."
• (Anjelica Huston) "You know who I work for."
• (Sandy Baron) "There's just so much I can do."
• (Anjelica Huston) "My son is going to be all right. If not, I'll have you killed."

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