Walt Kowalski quotes from Gran Torino (2008)

Walt Kowalski

Oh, I've got one. A Mexican, a Jew, and a colored guy walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says, "Get the **** out of here."

Walt Kowalski

Get up. Get off my lawn! [aiming his M1 Garand rifle]

Walt Kowalski

God, I've got more in common with these gooks than I do with my own spoiled-rotten family. Jesus. Happy birthday.

Walt Kowalski

Alright, here's the deal: You stay away from Thao, understand? You tell your friends to stay away from Thao. And if they don't listen to you, you tell 'em you don't wanna see them anymore. That's it. Got it? (The gangster doesn't respond) I'll take that as a yes, 'cause if I have to come back here, it's gonna get **** ugly.

Walt Kowalski

What are all you fish heads looking at anyway?

The **** you lookin' at old man?

Walt Kowalski

Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have **** with? (spits on the ground) That's me.

There. You finally look like a human being again. You shouldn't wait so long between haircuts, you cheap son of a bitch.

Walt Kowalski

Yeah. I'm surprised you're still around. I was always hoping you'd die off and they'd get someone in here that knew what the hell they were doing. Instead, you just keep hanging around like the doo-wop dago you are.

That'll be ten bucks, Walt.

Walt Kowalski

Ten bucks? Jesus Christ. What are you, half Jew or somethin'? You keep raising the prices all the time.

It's been ten bucks for the last five years, you hard-nosed Polack son of a bitch.

Walt Kowalski

Yeah, well keep the change.

See you in three weeks, prick.

Walt Kowalski

Not if I see you first, dipshit.

What the **** are you looking at, old man? Huh?

Walt

What the hell are you spooks up to?

You better get your ass on, honkey, while I still let you. That's what you better do.

That's right, bitch.

What the **** you at?

Walt

Ever notices how you come across somebody once in a while that you shouldn't have **** with? [Spits] That's me.

Man, you ****in' crazy, man. Get outta here, man.

Why don't you get your ass up outta here before I kick your ol' wrinkly white ass?

Crazy mother****er, man. What's wrong with him, man?

What the ****? This mother****er's crazy, man.

What's wrong with this ****, man?

What the hell?

Walt

Get in the truck.

This crazy mother****er, man. What's wrong with him, man? [laughs] He put his finger on us.

Oh shit. Come on, now. Hey, pops. Come on, now.

Walt

Shut your **** face! You ****in' don't listen, do you? [to Sue] Now get in the truck.

Go on, get in the truck now. Shit. [lowers his hands]

Way to go, old man!

Walt

Shut up, pussy. What is all this "bro" shit, anyway? Want to be Super Spade or something? These guys don't want to be your bro, and I don't blame 'em. Now get your ofay Paddy ass on down the road.

Walt

Take care, now. [Gets in his truck]

Yeah, you too.

Walt Kowalski

What's the matter with you? You trying to get yourself killed? I thought you Asian girls were supposed to be smart. Hangin' around places like that's an easy way to get you into the obituaries!

I know, I know! Take it easy.

Walt Kowalski

And who was that goofball you were with, is he a date or something?

Yeah...well, kind of. His name is Trey.

Walt Kowalski

Well, you shouldn't be hangin' out with him! You should be hangin' out with your own people, with all the other Humongs!

You mean "Hmong?" No no, it's not "Humong," it's "Hmong."

Walt Kowalski

Whatever.

Walt Kowalski

What the hell is this?

Get up.

Walt Kowalski

Get off my lawn.

Listen old man you don't wanna **** with me.

Walt Kowalski

Did you hear me? I said get off my lawn now.

Are you **** crazy? Go back in the house.

Walt Kowalski

Yeah? I blow a hole in your face and then I go in the house... and I sleep like a baby. You can count on that. We used to stack ****s like you five feet high in Korea... use you for sandbags.

You should quit. Those things are bad for you.

Walt Kowalski

Yeah? So's being in a gang, dipshit.

Walt Kowalski

I don't care about him.

You hang out with him, you teach him to fix things, you saved him from that **** cousin of ours.

Walt Kowalski

Watch your language, lady.

And you're a better man to him than our own father was. You're a good man.

Walt Kowalski

I'm not a good man. Get me another beer, Dragon Lady. This one's empty.

Walt Kowalski

Relax, zipperhead. I'm not gonna shoot you. I'd look down too, if I was you. You know, I knew you were a dipshit the first time I ever saw you, but I never thought you were worse with women than you are at stealing cars... Toad.

Thao.

Walt Kowalski

What?

It's not Toad, it's Thao. My name is Thao.

Walt Kowalski

Yeah, well you're blowing it with that girl who was there. Not that I give two shits about a toad like you.

You don't know what you are talking about.

Walt Kowalski

You're wrong, eggroll, I know exactly what I'm talking about. I may not be the most pleasant person to be around, but I got the best woman who was ever on this planet to marry me. I worked at it. It was the best thing ever happened to me, hands down. But you, you know, you're letting Click-Clack, Ding-Dong and Charlie Chan just walk out with Miss "What's her face." She likes you, you know? Though I don't know why.

Who?

Walt Kowalski

Yum Yum. You know, the girl in the purple sweater. She's been looking at you all day, stupid!

You mean Youa?

Walt Kowalski

Yeah... Yum Yum... yeah... nice girl... nice girl, very charming girl... I talked with her... yeah. But you, you just let her walk out right out with the Three Stooges. And you know why? 'Cause you're a big fat pussy. Well, I gotta go. Good day, pusscake.

Walt

In 1952, we were sent up to take out a Chinese machine gun nest. It shredded us up pretty good. I was the only one who came back that day. [opens a chest] Not long after, they gave me a silver star... [pulls it out] Here, I want you to have it.

Why?

Walt

Well, because we all knew the dangers that night, but we went in anyway. That's the way it might be tonight. There's always a chance you don't come back.

The hell we won't. We gonna roll up there and test the mags.

Walt

Yeah, that's foolish. That's the exact reaction they're waiting for. Go ahead, close this up. [Walks to the door]

How many?

Walt

How many what?

How many men did you kill in Korea?

Walt

Thirteen, maybe more.

What was it like to kill a man?

Walt

You don't wanna know. Now close it up.

Walt! Walt! What're you doing? What're you doing, huh?

Walt

Relax. You can't get out of there.

You let me out right now. You **** let me out or I'll **** kill you!

Walt

Shut the **** up! You want to know what it's like to kill a man? Well it's goddamn awful, that's what it is. The only thing worse is getting a medal of valour for killing some poor kid that wanted to just give up, that's all. Yeah, some scared little gook just like you. I shot him right in the face with that rifle you were holding in there a while ago. There's not a day goes by that I don't think about it. You don't want that on your soul. Now I got blood on my hands. I'm soiled. That's why I'm going it alone tonight. [walks off]

Walt! You take me with you right now! Let me out!

Walt

Look, you've come a long way. And I'm proud to say that you're my friend. But you've got your whole life ahead of you. But me, I finish things. That's what I do, and I'm doing it alone. [leaves]

No! Wait! Walt! WALT! WALT! WALT!