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Chili Palmer
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View Quote Ray "Bones" Barboni: Yeah well, I hope you drive better than you ****ing spell, jack-off. My name is Barboni, not Barbone, okay!

View Quote Chili: What kinda food they serve at this Ivy place anyway?
Karen: Continental, but it doesn't matter. Martin won't order from the menu.
Chili: Why not?
Karen: Because a movie star can never order straight from the menu. They have to think of something they have to have that isn't on the menu.

View Quote Chili: What is this?
Attendant: An Oldsmobile Silhouette.
Chili: I reserved a Cadillac.
Attendant: Yeah, well, this one's the Cadillac of minivans.

View Quote You know, Welles didn't even wanna do that one. Some studio made him do it. He owed 'em one and all his own movies lost money. But, hey, sometimes that's when you do your best work, you got a gun to your head...

View Quote Ray "Bones": Which also means when I speak, I'm speakin' for Jimmy. So e.g. as of now, you start affording me the proper respect.
Chili: 'E.g.' means 'for example', Ray. I think what you wanna say is 'i.e.'
Ray "Bones": Bullshit. E.g. is short for 'ergo'.
Chili: Ask your man here.
Mob Guy: Best a my knowledge, e.g. means 'for example.'
Ray "Bones": E.g., i.e., **** you. The point is, I say jump, you say okay. Okay?

View Quote Anyway, Murray has this shrink, who also happens to be Martin's personal trainer's shrink. Murray gives the shrink the script and the shrink gives it to Martin's trainer who reads it to Martin while they work out, and Martin flips. Loves it.

View Quote I produce feature motion pictures, no TV. You mentioned Grotesque? That happened to be Grotesque Part Two that Karen Flores was in. She starred in all three of my "Slime Creatures" releases you might have seen.

View Quote Look at me, Leo. I wouldn't think you're that dumb, leave over three hundred grand in the closet, underneath the extra blanket, but I guess you are.

View Quote I mean I could see myself in movies Robert De Niro had been in. Or I could maybe do an Al Pacino movie, play a hard-on. But I couldn't see myself in ones, like say the one where the three guys get stuck with a baby. They don't know how to take care of it and you see these big grown-up assholes acting cute...

View Quote I don't think the producer has to do much, outside of maybe knowing a writer.

View Quote Ronnie: The man you're steppin' on belongs to me and my partner.
Ray "Bones": He owes me money.
Ronnie: Get in line, bro.
Ray "Bones": I don't like waiting.
Ronnie: Tough shit, bro. This ain't Miami. You want something, talk to me.
Ray "Bones": Hey, ****ball, I don't need your permission. L.A.'s an open city.
Ronnie: Yeah, well, I just closed it.

View Quote Man's in town two days, thinks he's David O. ****ing Selznick.

View Quote Yeah, well Martin is known for his flipping. He flips over a script, and when the time comes to make a deal, he flips out.

View Quote Hey, Bear, look at me. Tell your boss I don't ever want to see him again. He made a deal with Harry and a deal's a deal.

View Quote Every day, same time, they come down here and have breakfast. He has the egg white omelette; she has the banana pancakes. He sits facing west so he can see his billboard. She faces east so she has an excuse to wear the shades.