Brendan Frye quotes from Brick (2006)

Brendan Frye

I've got knives in my eyes, I'm going home sick.

Brendan Frye

Throw one at me if you want, hash head. I've got all five senses and I slept last night, that puts me six up on the lot of you.

Brendan Frye

You set that poor kid up! You held Dode like a card 'till you could play him.

Brendan Frye

I'm looking to find this big game the Pin's played, not to gum it, but just so when its tail jams in my back I'll know who to bill for the embalming.

Brendan Frye

Uh-huh. And he wants cash on the nail. He's a pot-skulled reef worm with more hop in his head than blood. Why pay for dirt you can't believe?

Emily

I screwed up real bad, you know?

Brendan

Screwed up how?

Emily

Look, I did what she said with the brick. I didn't know it was bad, but The Pin's on it now for poor Frisco, and they're playing it all on me.

Brendan

Slow down, now. What?

Emily

You gotta help me Brendan, please. I think Tug...Oh no!
[she hangs up]

I know what you did. I was in the tunnel. I saw you hide her.

Brendan

Dode?

Anyone I tell, it would ruin you some way. And I'm going to tell someone.

Brendan

Are you making an offer?

Maybe. Maybe. Or maybe I'll just do you in.

Brendan

Hire another hash head to blade me?

Don't need no blade, Shamus. I just gotta squawk.

Brendan

What do you want?

Just to see you sweat.

Brendan

No. And no more of these informal chats. If you have a disciplinary issue with me, write me up or suspend me and I'll see you at the Parent-Teacher conference.

Hold it, I could – hold it – could write you up for talking back to a VP. For looking at me in a threatening way. I'd exercise a little more tact, Mr. Frye. You can't pull a play like that unless I need you for something. So do I?

Brendan

Maybe.

So maybe you're gonna need me too.

Brendan

Maybe. Alright, I need you off my back completely for a few weeks. There might be some heat soon.

If it's something I can't cover, I won't go to bat for you.

Brendan

If I get caught like that it's curtains anyway; I couldn't have brass cutting me favors in public. I'm just saying now so you don't come kicking in my homeroom door once trouble starts.

Okay, here's what I can do. I won't pin you for anything you aren't caught at. I'll ride it a little while, as long as it doesn't get too rough. But if anything comes up with your fingerprints on it, I can't help you. Also, if I get to the end of whatever this is and it gets hot and you don't deliver, The Veep will need someone to hand over, police-wise. And I'll have you. There better be some meat at the end of this like you say, or at least a fall guy.

Hey! What are you doing here?

Brendan

Just listening.

Brendan

All right, you got me. I'm a scout for the Gophers. Been watching your game for a month, but that story right there just clenched it. You got heart, kid. How soon can you be in Minneapolis?

Yeah?

Brendan

Cold winters, but they got a great transit system.

Yeah?

Brendan

Yeah.

Oh, yeah?

Brendan

There's a thesaurus in the library. Yeah is under "Y". Go ahead, I'll wait.

You know, who invited you?

Brendan

To the parking lot? Gee, I guess I invited myself.

Maybe you want to go somewhere more private?

Brendan

With you? Sure.

Brendan

Still picking your teeth with freshmen?

Kara

Well, you were a freshman once.

Brendan

Way once, sister. You and Em were tight for a bit. Who's she eating with now?

Kara

Eating with?

Brendan

Eating with. Lunch. Who.

You've helped this office out before.

Brendan

No, I gave you Jerr to see him eaten, not to see you fed.

Fine. Very well put.

Brendan

Accelerated English, Mrs. Kasprzyk.

Tough teacher.

Brendan

Tough, but fair.

Brendan

Emily said four words I didn't know. Tell me if they catch. Brick?

The Brain

No.

Brendan

Or Bad Brick?

The Brain

Nope.

Brendan

Tug?

The Brain

Tug? Tug might be a drink, like milk and vodka, or something.

Brendan

Poor Frisco?

The Brain

Frisco? Frisco Farr was a sophomore last year, real trash. Maybe hit a class a week, I didn't know him then, haven't seen him around.

Brendan

Pin?

The Brain

Pin. The Pin?

Brendan

The Pin, yeah?

The Brain

The Pin's kinda a local spook story, you know, the Kingpin?

Brendan

Heard it.

The Brain

Same thing. He's supposed to be old, like 26. Lives in town.

Brendan

Dope runner, right?

The Brain

Big time. See, the Pin pipes it from the lowest scrapper to Brad Bramish himself. ...Maybe. I mean, ask any dope rat where the junk sprang, and they'll say they scraped it off that, who scored it off this, who bought it off so on -- after four or five connections the list always ends with The Pin. But I betcha you got every rat in town together and said show your hands if any of 'em actually seen the Pin, and you'd get a crowd of full pockets.

Brendan

You think The Pin's just a tale to take whatever heat?

The Brain

Hmm... So what's first?

Brendan

Show of hands.

Brendan

Brain, I can't let her go. I was set to but I can't. I don't think I can.

The Brain

You think you can help her?

Brendan

No.

The Brain

You think you can get the straight, maybe break some deserving teeth?

Brendan

Yeah. I think I could.

The Brain

Well.

Brendan

Kara tried to rope me. She came right out and asked. She was scared. Tell me to walk from this, Brain. Tell me to drop it.

The Brain

Walk from it. Drop it. But you're thick, Brendan.

Brendan

Yes, I am.

Brendan

Why are you telling me all this? What's your play?

Laura

You think nobody sees you. Eating lunch behind the portables. Loving some girl like she's all there is, anywhere, to you. I've always seen you. Or maybe I liked Emily. Maybe I see what you're trying to do for her, trying to help her, and I don't know anybody who would do that for me.

Brendan

Now you are dangerous.

The Pin

You got Tug to bring you in here, which he never does. And you got me listening. So, I'm very curious what you have to say, and it better be really, really good.

Brendan

I was just going to come up with some bit of information, or set up some phony deal. And I think she'd let me walk. Then I was going to go to the vice principal and spill the in the street address of the biggest dope port in the burg.

He knows zippo.

Brendan

1250, Vista Blanca, the ink blotter, on the desk in the den, in the basement, of the house with the tacky mailbox.

Brendan

Your muscle seemed plenty cool putting his fist in my head. I want him out.

The Pin

Looky, soldier...

Brendan

The ape blows or I clam.

So, clam! What've you got that I can't beat out of you back in the basement?

The Pin

Give us a few minutes, Tug. I'll call you if whatever.

Laura

Do you trust me now?

Brendan

Less than when I didn't trust you before.

Laura

Who is this? Or I'll hang up.

Brendan

You don't know me, I'll save you some time.

Laura

I know everyone, and I have all the time in the world.

Brendan

The folly of youth.

Emily

Brendan, I know you're mad at these people because you think I went away from you and went to them but, you need to start seeing it as my decision. Stop getting angry because where I want to be at, is different from where you want to be at.

Brendan

Who fed you that line, Em?

Emily

Stop picking on Dode. He's a good guy.

Brendan

The pie house rat?

Emily

He's a good friend.

Brendan

So, what am I?

Emily

Yeah, I mean what are you? Just sitting back here, hating everybody? I mean, who are you judging anyone? God, I really loved you a lot. I couldn't stand it. I had to get with people. I couldn't heckle life with you anymore.

Laura

You're quite a pill.
Brendan: Uh-huh.

Laura

Where are you going?

Brendan

Home.

Laura

Why did you take a powder the other night?

Brendan

Same reason I'm taking one now.

Laura

Hold it. I wanna help you.

Brendan

Go away. Look, I can't trust you. You ought to be smart enough to know that. I didn't shake up the party to get your attention, and I'm not heeling you to hook you. Your connections could help me, but the bad baggage they bring could make it zero sum gain or even hurt me. Better off coming at it clean.

Laura

I wouldn't have to lead you in by the ha...

Brendan

I can't trust you! Brad was a sap. You weren't. You were with him, and so you were playing him. So you're a player. With you behind me I'd have to tie one eye up watching both your hands, and I can't spare it.

Brendan

You got a cigarette?

I don't smoke.

Brendan

I've seen you smoke.

I don't smoke cigarettes.

Brendan

You gotta come back to me, Em.

Emily

No!

Brendan

You're in a spot but I can get you out of it, if you just come back to me.

Emily

No you're not hearing me! I don't want to be put away and protected.

Brendan

Whatever befalls you I'll deal with. Just tell me about the trouble with the brick, the pin.

The Brain

What did she whisper to you?

Brendan

She called me a dirty word.

The Brain

All right, you don't have to tell me.