Jaws 2 (1978) · 16 quotes
Most-quoted character in Jaws 2 (1978): in 11 of its 16 quotes
Most scenes with: Ellen (3), Dr. Elkins (3), Mayor Vaughn (2)
All right, you big bastard! Come on! I've got something for ya now! That's it! Attaboy, come on! Right over here! Open wide! OPEN WIDE! SAY AAH!
Brody Late.
That I figured. Honey, this is a big deal for me
Brody Well, Hendricks had the keys to the jeep, and I couldn't find the spares.
Terrific. Listen, do me a favor and act as if you've been here the whole time.
Brody How do I do that?
Just look bored.
Brody Hendricks. I want to go over your reports and your Form 908.
Hendricks what the hell's a 908?
Brody It means, "Get me out of there."
Why don't you take a half day and clean this junk up?
Brody Because, I'm in the middle of a boating accident, I got only four regular cops and one secretary, and a Chief Deputy who is constantly fiddling with the police boat. He's another one.
One what?
Brody What is it about this place? Everybody's a boat freak.
It's an island.
Brody You better check the bite radius.
The what?
Brody The shape of the mouth?
Whale's mouth?
Brody Shark's mouth.
What shark?
Brody The shark that did this.
We don't know that, do we?
Brody That's what we're here to find out.
And we will.
Hendricks I can't hear you if you're gonna whisper.
111 centimeters.
Hendricks 111 centimeters
Brody I have had some experience with sharks.
Oh, have you?
Brody Yeah. And I think a-- I think a Great white might've done this.
Carcharodon carcharias?
Brody Right.
What makes you think there might be one in these waters?
Brody Well, it's obvious that, uh-- That a big fish took a bite out of this big fish.
This is a mammal, not a fish.
Brody Don't quibble with me. Is it a shark bite or isn't it?
Possibly. Then again, this is a killer whale. It would have to be a shark of considerable size.
Brody I know that dolphins communicate. I mean, they send signals. You don't think that if a shark was destroyed, that another shark could, could come and--
Sharks don't take things personally, Mr. Brody.
Brody Larry. Larry, wait a minute.
I'm showing summer rentals. I think we have a hell of a good season going for us.
Brody That's swell, Larry, but I have to talk to you alone.
We're alone.
Brody I think we may have another shark problem.
Brody You bet I'm serious. I've got a half-eaten whale on the beach. I've got two persons missing. This whale has got a bite out of it about this big.
Martin, no one has seen a shark. Be realistic.
Brody I think the selectmen should know about it. I know it's just a feeling, but you've got to understand. [they enter the office] Larry, for Christ sakes, I not only have this attack, but I've got, I've got two water-skiers--
A tragedy, but a boating accident. No fin, no shark. Nothing but a boating accident.
Brody But they're both still missing.
We have a lot of deaths in these waters that never turn up. Are they all shark victims?
Brody Maybe they are.
Oh, bullshit.
Brody Bullshit? Is it bullshit, I got a whale on the beach with a bite in it this big?
What am I, an ass? When you called me, I called Elkins and her bosses. Nothing she saw is proof of anything.
Brody So that means we're not gonna do anything, huh?
Martin, don't press it this time. Well, I've... got to get back to work.
Brody Okay. Okay, Larry, but you just remember this conversation. You just remember it! [leaves the office]
Brody What are you talking about? Look at this. That's a shark. Look at the outline. Look at the mouth, the eyes.
Len Peterson Is that what it is? Sorry, I just don't see it.
Mrs. Taft Neither do I. It's nothing.
Martin, it could be anything.
Brody Wait a minute. Are you people telling me I don't know what a shark looks like?
Len Peterson Brody, this is nothing. Seaweed, mud, something in the lens.
Brody Lens, my ass!
Len Peterson You're damn right it's your ass!
Now be reasonable, please.
Brody Reasonable, what, with him?
Len Peterson Goddamn it, will you listen to the man? Will you just listen to him? "Be reasonable." Look, Brody, you started a panic on a public beach. You shot up the damn place. God knows who you could've injured. What if somebody decides to sue us? Did you ever stop to think about that? It could ruin us.
Brody You don't have to worry about being sued or being ruined. If this turns out to be what I think it is, because there won't be anybody here.
Now, Martin, let's not--
Brody Let's not what, Larry? What?
Len Peterson Oh, Jesus, Larry, come on. Let's just forget it. He won't listen. It's obvious the man has made up his mind.
Brody You bet your life I've made up my mind. But I'm telling you and I'm telling everybody at this table that that's a shark. And I know what a shark looks like, because I've seen one up close. And you better do something about this one, because I don't intend to go through that hell again!
Martin, could you wait here for a minute?
Brody For what?
Please, just have a seat... While we look at the picture and make up our own minds.
Brody All right. I'll have a seat, for what it's worth.
Thank you. Gentlemen, please. [Harry Wiseman, Mr. Posner, and Mrs. Taft pick up their notes and adjourn to the mayor's office. Len Peterson scowls at Brody again for a few seconds before getting up and going into the mayor's office as well; Mayor Vaughn follows him inside and closes the door.]
Brody I never been fired before. You know that? I mean, once when I was 17, when I was a kid, yeah, but... never from a real job. Nobody ever told me I couldn't hack it.
They're not saying that.
Brody Yes, they are. They are. Maybe they're right. I'm tired. Tired. I'm too damn tired.
Too damn drunk. That's what you are, too damn drunk.
That you, Brody?
Brody Yeah, Ed, listen, did you have a fix on those kids yet?
Negative - I'm still down.
Brody Well, you'd better get the hell up, because I'm out here all alone!
