JFK (1991) · 57 quotes
Tied for 5th most-quoted character in JFK (1991): in 4 of its 57 quotes
Most scenes with: Jim Garrison (2), Willie O'Keefe (2)
Thank you for your time, David. I'm sorry this has to end inconveniently for you but I am going to have to detain you for further questioning by the FBI.
David Ferrie Why, what's wrong?
David, I find your story simply not believable.
David Ferrie Really? What part?
David Ferrie Hey, Willie. I want you to meet Leon Oswald.
Hey, man! How you doin'?
What the ****'s he doin' here?
Well, **** you, mother****er!
David Ferrie Leon's in a bad mood. Don't get excited.
David Ferrie I will kill! In the White House! Stab him in the heart! Somebody must get rid of him!
You won't get that son of a bitch!
David Ferrie It won't be long. That ****er will get what he deserves. It could be blamed on Castro, the country will want to invade Cuba. We just need to get him in the open.
Always some harebrained scheme. Let's have some more champagne, shall we?
What about the Secret Service? The cops?
David Ferrie If it's planned right, no problem. They got close to De Gaulle. Eisenhower always rode in open top. We need three mechanics in three different locations. An office building, a high-powered rifle. Triangulation of crossfire, that's the key. That's the key. A diversionary shot gets the Secret Service looking one way. Boom! Get the kill shot. One man has to be sacrificed. In the commotion, the job gets done. The others leave the country.
Let's drop this subject. It's one thing to banter with these kids but this sort of thing could be so easily misunderstood.
I guarantee the boss will protect you. He likes you. He likes your mind.
David Ferrie I just don't know who to trust anymore. I suppose I could use a pot of hot coffee and a few packs of Luckys. So, you got anything new in the investigation?
Who are you scared of?
David Ferrie Everybody. The Agency, mob, Cubans. Follow the Cubans. Check them out. Here. In Miami. Dallas. Check out Eladio del Valle. He used to be my paymaster when I flew missions into Cuba. Somewhere in Miami, you're on the right track. Don't write this down! I ain't cooperating with no one! What's going on here! There's a death warrant for me! Don't you get it? Damn! Wait a minute! You ain't bugged, are you? Son of a bitch, Lou! Are you?
Dave, I play it square. No bugs. I'd love you to go on the record, but I'm in no hurry.
David Ferrie I haven't slept since that shit article come out. Why'd you guys have to go and get me involved in this?
Did we involve you? Or did Clay Shaw?
David Ferrie Cocksucking ****. He got me by the balls.
What do you mean?
David Ferrie You know, photographs, compromising stuff. He'll use 'em, too. Agency plays for keeps. I knew Oswald, he was in my Civil Air Patrol unit. I taught him everything. He was a wannabe. Nobody really liked him 'cause they thought he was a snitch. But I treated him good. He talked about his kid he really wanted her to grow up with a chance but
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David Ferrie My neck is killing me. I've had cancer for years. Been working with mice trying to find a cure.
Did you ever work for the CIA?
David Ferrie You make it sound like it's some remote **** experience in ancient history. Man, you don't leave the Agency. Once you're in, they got you for life.
And Shaw?
David Ferrie Shaw's an untouchable. Highest clearance. Shaw, Oswald, the Cubans, all Agency.
What about Ruby?
David Ferrie Jack was a pimp. A bagman for the Dallas mob. Ran guns to Castro when he was on our side. Castro was almost with us till we tried to whack him. Everybody keeps flipping sides. It's fun and games.
How does the mob figure in this?
David Ferrie They're Agency too. The CIA and the Mafia worked together for years trying to whack out the beard. There's more to this than you could dream! Check out something called "Operation Mongoose." Government, Pentagon stuff. They're in charge. But who the **** pulls whose chain? Who knows? "Oh, what a deadly web we weave when we practice to deceive."
Who killed the President?
David Ferrie Why don't you **** stop it? Shit! This is too big for you, you know that? Who did the President? ****! It's a mystery. It's a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma! The shooters don't even know! Don't you get it? ****, man! I can't keep talking like this! They'll **** kill me! I'll **** die! Son of a bitch!
It's all right.
David Ferrie I don't know what happened. ****! All I wanted in the world was to be a Catholic priest. Live in a monastery. Pray. Serve God. I had one terrible **** weakness. And they defrocked me! Then I started to lose everything.
You'll be okay, Dave. You just talk to us on the record. We'll protect you, I guarantee it.
David Ferrie They'll get to you too. They'll destroy you. They're untouchable. I'm so **** exhausted, I can't see straight.
