Shoeless Joe Jackson We got tired of just practicing. We decided to get some more players so we could have real games. I hope you don't mind.
Played by Ray Liotta 
Field of Dreams (1989) · 55 quotes
Field of Dreams (1989) · 55 quotes
4th most-quoted character in Field of Dreams (1989): in 13 of its 55 quotes
Most scenes with: Dr. Archibald Graham (aka "Moonlight" Graham) (10), Ray Kinsella (8)
Ty Cobb wanted to play...but none of us could stand the son-of-a-bitch when we were alive, so we told him to stick it!
More lines from Shoeless Joe Jackson
2 quotes Shoeless Joe Jackson Shoeless Joe Jackson Hey, rookie — you were good.
Scenes with Shoeless Joe Jackson
10 scenes Shoeless Joe Jackson Hey, is this heaven?
No, it's Iowa.
Don't we need a catcher?
Shoeless Joe Jackson Not if you get it near the plate, we don't.
I bet it's good to be playing again, huh?
Shoeless Joe Getting thrown out of baseball was like having part of me amputated. I've heard that old men wake up and scratch itchy legs that have been dust for over fifty years. That was me. I'd wake up at night with the smell of the ball park in my nose, the cool of the grass on my feet... The thrill of the grass.
Shoeless Joe Man, I did love this game. I'd have played for food money. It was the game... The sounds, the smells. Did you ever hold a ball or a glove to your face?
Yeah.
Shoeless Joe I used to love travelling on the trains from town to town. The hotels... brass spittoons in the lobbies, brass beds in the rooms. It was the crowd, rising to their feet when the ball was hit deep. Shoot, I'd play for nothing!
Shoeless Joe What's with the lights?
Oh, all the stadiums have them now. Even Wrigley Field.
Shoeless Joe Makes it harder to see the ball.
Yeah, well, the owners found that more people can attend night games.
Shoeless Joe [Shakes his head]
Owners.
Karin Kinsella Are you a ghost?
Shoeless Joe Jackson What do you think?
Karin You look real to me.
Shoeless Joe Well, then, I guess I'm real.
Shoeless Joe Jackson The last two have been high and tight, so where do you think the next one's gonna be?
Archie Graham
Well, either low and away... or in my ear.
Shoeless Joe He's not gonna want to load the bases, so look for low and away. But watch out for in your ear.
I want them to stop looking to me for answers, begging me to speak again, write again, be a leader. I want them to start thinking for themselves...
[When Karin Kinsella is injured, Archie "Moonlight" Graham leaves the baseball field; this causes him to become his later self, Dr. Graham.]
She'll be all right. She'll be turning handsprings before you know it. (He looks wistfully at ball field.)
You can't go back? You can't go back... oh, God, I'm sorry —
It's all right. I'd best be gettin' on home. Alicia will begin to think I've got a girlfriend. [He turns to leave.]
Shoeless Joe Jackson Hey, rookie! You were good.
I did it all, I listened to the voices, I did what they told me, and not once did I ask what's in it for me.
Shoeless Joe Jackson What are you saying, Ray?
I'm saying... what's in it for me?
What are you grinning at, you ghost?
Shoeless Joe "If you build it -" [gestures toward catcher, who is Ray's father, John Kinsella] "- he will come."
"Ease his pain. Go the distance." It was him!
Shoeless Joe No, Ray. It was you.
Is this heaven?
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