Stan There isn't all that much you ever let me in on, Harry. You won't show me anything. You keep it all to yourself. You know damn well you will.
3rd most-quoted character in The Conversation (1974): in 4 of its 30 quotes
Most scenes with: Harry Caul (2)
This is a quad in the center of the city. These are steps coming in here, benches all around. Now it's twelve noon, which means that it's lunchtime for all the people that work in these offices around here. OK, the people are walking, talking, having lunch and it's crowded...Two people are constantly moving in circles in and out of the crowd. We don't know whether they'll sit down or what. They're convinced that they can't be recorded because they're in a crowd and constantly moving. They're the target. Now the assignment is to get everything they say. How would you do it?
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2 scenes Stan What the hell are they talkin' about, for Chrissake?!
Well, I'm gettin' fed up.
Stan About what?
About your asking me questions all day long.
Stan Jesus!
Don't say that.
Stan Well, for Chrissakes!
Stan, don't say that again, please. Don't use that word in vain. It bothers me.
Stan What's the matter, Harry?
Your work's getting sloppy. We'd have a much better track here if you'd paid more attention to the recording and less attention to what they were talking about.
Stan Harry, if you filled me in a little bit, once in a while, did you ever think of that?
It has nothing to do with me and even less to do with you.
Stan It's curiosity. Did you ever hear of that? It's just god-damned human nature.
Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business is that I don't know anything about human nature. I don't know anything about curiosity. That's not part of what I do. This is my business.
