Martin Blank "If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there."
Most-quoted character in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997): in 34 of its 58 quotes
Most scenes with: Debi Newberry (8), Paul (4), Marcella (4)
"I guess you could say I went west. You know -- the way of Horatio Alger, Davy Crockett, the Donner Party..."
More lines from Martin Blank
11 quotes Martin Blank Martin Blank "When I left, I joined the army, and when I took the service exam my psych profile fit a certain... moral flexibility would be the only way to describe it... and I was loaned out to a CIA-sponsored program, and we sort of found each other. That's how it works."
Martin Blank "I know what I do isn't... moral, per se..."
Martin Blank "You can never go home again, Oatman... but I guess you can shop there." [Inside the convenience store that has taken the place of his childhood home.]
Martin Blank "I just honestly don't know what I have in common with those people anymore... or with anyone, really. I mean, they'll all have husbands and wives and children and houses and dogs, and, you know, they'll have made themselves a part of something, and they can talk about what they do. And what am I going to say? 'I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. How have you been?' I just think it'll be depressing."
Martin Blank [Martin, to himself]
"Hi! I'm Martin Blank, do you remember me? I'm not married, I don't have any kids, and I'd blow your head off if someone paid me enough."
Martin Blank "A thousand innocent people get killed every day, but you detonate a millionaire's pet and you're marked for life."
Martin Blank "I didn't get into this business to have any relationships! I don't want to join your goddamn union. Loner, lone gunman -- get it? That's the whole point!"
Martin Blank "Everybody's doing it, it's like the natural order. States do it -- sometimes there's due process, and sometimes pilots carpet-bomb cities! Riot cops shoot demonstrators -- that's indiscriminate! I don't do that!
Martin Blank "Why does everyone think its personal?"
Martin Blank "A psychopath kills for no reason. I kill for money, it's a job... that didn't come out right."
Scenes with Martin Blank
22 scenes Martin Blank [Part of a weekly therapy session.]
So what do we do now? Do we talk about dreams, or what's next? What's the score here?
Dr. Oatman You want to talk about dreams, we can talk about dreams. It's your nickel.
Martin I had another one about Debi.
Dr. Oatman That girl you're obsessed with?
Martin Don't you think "obsessed" is a strong word?
Dr. Oatman Ah, recurring dreams of pain and loss for ten years featuring the same person? Yeah, maybe it's... a bit obsessive.
Martin I had one where I was that television mechanical rabbit. You know, with the, the... [mimes clashing cymbals]
Dr. Oatman The battery bunny.
Martin Yeah, I was the bunny.
Dr. Oatman That sounds like a very, very depressed dream.
Martin Really?
Dr. Oatman Yes.
Martin Why?
Dr. Oatman Martin, it's a terrible dream! It's a depressing dream to dream about that rabbit. It's got no brain, it's got no blood, it's got no anima! It just keeps banging on those meaningless cymbals, and going and going!
So, is there a Mrs. Mysterio?
Martin Blank No, but I have a cat.
It's not the same thing.
Martin Well, you don't know my cat. It's very demanding.
It? You don't know if it's a boy or a girl?
Martin I respect its privacy.
Mr. Newberry
So, what have you been doing with your life?
Martin Um... professional killer.
Mr. Newberry
Ah, good for you! It's a growth industry.
Martin Whole grain pancakes and an egg-white omelette, please.
Waitress
What would you like in your omelette?
Martin Nothing in the omelette. Nothing at all.
Waitress
Well, that's not technically an omelette.
Martin Well, I don't want to get into a semantic argument about it, I just want the protein, all right?
Mr. Newberry
[Debi's dad learns there's a contract on his life.]
Design division wants me dead over a leaky sun-roof? You want to kill me for that?
Martin It's not ME! Why does everybody think it's personal?
You're a psychopath!
Martin No, no, no -- a psychopath kills for no reason. I kill for money. It's a job. Uh... that didn't sound right.
[Martin's secretary has discovered that several enemies are in town] [on phone]
Sir, I'm becoming concerned for your safety.
Martin I have to go.
Yeah, well, we all have to go sometime, sir, but we can choose when.
Martin Nobody chooses when. [hangs up.]
Martin Blank Debi's house.
Kinda crept up on you, didn't it?
Martin No, you drove us here.
Martin Why are you so interested in me going to my high school reunion?
I just find it amusing that you came from somewhere.
Martin Did you go to yours?
Yes, I did. It was just as if everybody had swelled.
Marty
This your Beamer?
Yeah.
Marty
In Detroit? That's sacrilege!
You know what you need?
Marty
What?
Shakabuku.
Marty
You wanna tell me what that means?
It's a swift, spiritual kick to the head that alters your reality forever.
Marty
Oh, that'd be good. I think.
Marty
I'm a professional killer.
Do you have to do post-graduate work for that?
Mr. Newberry
Did I have you figured wrong?
Marty
I don't know -- I mean, I hope so.
Mr. Newberry
I visualised you in a haze as one of those slackster, flannel-wearing, coffee-house misanthropes I've been seeing in Newsweek.
Marty
No-no-no, I went the other road. Six figures, doing business with lead-pipe cruelty, mercenery sensibility. You know... sport sex, no real relationships. How about you -- how have the years been treating you?
Mr. Newberry
Well, you know me Martin -- still the same old sell-out, exploiting the oppressed...
Marty
Sure.
Mr. Newberry
Ah what a piece of work is man, how noble... oh **** it, let's have a drink and forget the whole damn thing.
Don't hang up! Wait! Did you read yesterday's offer?
Marty
Hold on a minute.
It's in French. It's a Greenpeace boat. It'd be so easy.
Marty
No way! I have scruples.
Martin Blank Don't you think that maybe you're just upset because I told you what I do for a living, and you got upset and you're letting it interfere with our dynamic?
Dr. Oatman Whoa. Martin. You didn't tell me what you did for a living...
Martin Blank Yes, I did!
Dr. Oatman You didn't tell me what you did for a living for four sessions. Then you told me. And I said, "I don't want to work with you any more." And yet, you come back each week at the same time. That's a difficulty for me. On top of that, if you've committed a crime or you're thinking about committing a crime, I have to tell the authorities.
Martin Blank I know the law, okay? But I don't want to be withholding; I'm very serious about this process. [pause] And I know where you live.
Dr. Oatman Oh, now see? That wasn't a nice thing to say; that wasn't designed to make me feel good. That's a... kind of a... not too subtle intimidation, and I, uh, get filled with anxiety when you talk about something like that.
Martin Blank Come on, come on. I was just kidding, all right? The thought never crossed my mind.
Dr. Oatman You did think of it, Martin! You thought it, and then you said it. And now, I'm left with the aftermath of that, thinking I gotta be creative in a really interesting way or Martin's gonna blow my brains out! You're holding me hostage. That's not right.
Martin's target: Whatever it is i'm doing that you don't like... I'll stop doing it.
Martin Blank It's not me. [shoots him dead]
You know, when you started getting invited to your ten year high school reunion, time is catching up.
Martin Blank Are you talking about a sense of my own mortality or a fear of death?
Well, I never really thought about it quite like that.
Martin Blank Did you go to yours?
Yes, I did. It was as if everyone swelled.
Martin Blank I'm a professional killer.
Do you have to do post-graduate work for that, or can you just jump right in?
Martin Blank I should have brought my gun.
What was that?
Martin Blank Should be lots of fun!
Ken I do divorce mainly, some property, some personal injury.
Martin Blank Those all seem kinda related.
Martin Blank You must have done some naughty shit there, Bart! There's a contract out on your life. I should know, I was hired to kill you. But I'm not going to do it. It's either because I'm in love with your daughter, or I have a newfound respect for life.
[in pursuit in the next car]
That punk is either in love with that guy's daughter, or he has a newfound respect for life!
Martin Blank [at the end of a running gun battle]
You don't need to answer right now, but Debi, will you marry me?
Mr. Newberry
[pokes his head up from the bathtub]
You got my blessing!
