Is that what all this is about? You're angry because you were lied to? Is that why my chicken dinner is drying out in the oven? Hey, they lie to everybody. They lie to the fish! But that doesn't give you any special right to do what you did today. The only thing that makes you special is your daughter.
Prendergast
Robert Duvall · 42 quotes
Bill Foster
27 quotes
Nick
10 quotes
William Foster
9 quotes
Elizabeth Tavino
4 quotes
Sandra Torres
Rachel Ticotin · 4 quotes
Most scenes together: Bill Foster & Prendergast (17), Nick & Prendergast (5), Prendergast & Sandra Torres (4)
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Mrs. Foster
[shows Prendergast and Torres her son's bedroom]
This is his room.
You're a very neat and tidy lady.
Mrs. Foster
Oh, he cleans his own room.
Mrs. Foster
No. If he wasn't at work, i'd be afraid to set foot in here.
What's he been doing lately?
Mrs. Foster
Same as ever. He's building important things to protect us from the communists. He works at NoTec.
The defense plant? "D-FENS". [to Torres] Why don't you call NoTec and see if you can get them on the line? [Torres leaves the room to call NoTec] So, what's going on with your son?
Mrs. Foster
What do you mean?
You know exactly what I mean?
Mrs. Foster
[becomes frightened]
Sometimes he sits through an entire meal without saying a word. He just keeps shoveling food in his mouth like he's some kind of a machine, I get so nervous I can't swallow. I'll sit there with the same piece of food in my mouth. I just have to spit it out on the plate, and when I do, he looks at me like he would like to kill me. Don't tell him that I said that.
I promise, I won't.
Mrs. Foster
I try not to be a burden. I'm not just talking financial.
Now, how could you be a burden to anyone? Now if William, or Bill--
Mrs. Foster
He likes Bill. I call him Bill too.
If Bill said he was going home, could he have meant where his wife and daughter live?
Mrs. Foster
Ex-wife. We shouldn't be in here. [they leave Foster's old bedroom and head downstairs]
Ex-wife, right? Elizabeth, what's her name again? Her maiden name?
Mrs. Foster
Tavino. She was part Italian, you know it goes with them.
So where's Elizabeth now?
Mrs. Foster
I wouldn't know.
You mean you don't know where your granddaughter lives?
Mrs. Foster
He doesn't want me to know where she is. He blames me for what happened. [Torres comes in, having just talked to NoTec on the phone]
What's the word?
He was fired over a month ago.
Mrs. Foster
What? Well, where has he been going every day? Where has he been eating his lunch?
Okay. Okay. I was willing to mind my own business. I was willing to respect your territory and treat you like a man, but you couldn't leave it alone, could you? You couldn't let a man sit here for 5 minutes and take a rest on your precious piece of shit hill?!
Everyone has their own idea of what they think paradise is.
Vagrant
Hello sir. How are you today.
I'm doing alright. How about you?
Vagrant
Me? I'm terrible.
Sorry to hear that.
Vagrant
Yeah. I came down from Santa Barbara yesterday and this friend of mine wasn't home like I thought he was going to be and he owes me some money. So, i thought I had some money to get back home with. I'm almost out of gas. I had to sleep in my car last night. I don't suppose you have a couple of bucks you could give me. It would really help me out. If you give me your address I'll mail it back, honest.
Let me see your driver's license.
Vagrant
What do you want to see my driver's license for?
Well, if your from Santa Barbara it would have your address on it. I want it.
Vagrant
I don't have a driver's license.
You mean you drove all the way from Santa Barbara without a license?
Vagrant
Are you a cop?
Let me see your car registration. A matter of fact, let me see your car.
Vagrant
Alright, forget it. Okay, just forget it. That's a hell of a way to treat a "vet", man!
You're an animal doctor?
Vagrant
No. I vet. A veteran. I was in Nam.
What were you, a drummer boy? You must've been 10 years old.
Vagrant
I mean the Gulf, I meant to say the Gulf. Jesus! Come on! All I'm asking for is a little change I haven't eaten in 3 days. [realizing he's eating a sandwich in his hand] I mean...except for this. **** it! Give me some money, man! Just give me some money!
No.
Vagrant
How much change is in your pocket? I don't care if it's a dime. Give it to me.
I'm not giving you any money.
Vagrant
You got a cigarette?
I don't smoke.
Vagrant
Oh, you got to give me something.
Why don't you try to get a job?
Vagrant
Hey! This is my park, I live here! Who the **** are you walking through my park carrying two bags?! You got two bags, I don't got any. Is that fair?! What's in those bags? [Foster grips his bag of guns tightly, seemingly intending to kill him] Give me one of those bags. I could sell those bags and eat for a week with the money. You got two of them, why do you need two of them?
You're right. Here. [gives his briefcase to the vagrant]
Vagrant
Are you serious?
I don't need it anymore.
Vagrant
Alright! [opens up the briefcase. Only to discover it only contains a sandwich, two carrotsticks and an apple. The vagrant throws the apple out of disappointment as Foster walks away] Son of a bitch!
Because I'm with you. Don't you get it? I was listening to the police scanner. I heard about the Whammyburger! **** fantastic! It was a bunch of ****, wasn't it? On TV, it's always nice looking white kids. But when you go in there, it's nothing but a bunch of **** ****. And they'll spit on your food if you're not nice to them. I know all about it. I'm with you. We're the same, you and me. We're the same. Don't you see?
We are not the same. I'm an American. You're a sick asshole.
Just what kind of vigilante are you?
I am not a vigilante. I am just trying to get home to my daughter's birthday party, and if everyone will just stay out of my way then nobody will get hurt.
**** you! Who the **** are you? Are you **** with me?
I AM JUST DISAGREEING WITH YOU!!! In America, we have the freedom of speech, the right to disagree!
**** you and your freedom!