Earl Briggs
You know what? You would've done all right on the streets.
Mickey Haller Shit. Where do you think I am, Earl?
Most-quoted character in The Lincoln Lawyer (2011): in 11 of its 12 quotes
A line from Mickey HallerI checked the list of people I trust and your name ain't on it.
Scenes with Mickey Haller
10 scenes Mickey Haller Mickey Haller When do you retire, Lankford?
Detective Lankford
When do I retire?
Mickey Haller Yeah.
Detective Lankford
Eighteen months. Why?
Mickey Haller I wanna make sure I show up the next morning so I can kick your ass.
Eddie Vogel
Counsellor?
Mickey Haller Eddie, we had a deal. Either you pay me, or go with a public defender.
Eddie Vogel
How 'bout five grand?
Mickey Haller Ten.
Eddie Vogel
[Eddie hands Mick a brown envelope. Mick shakes it]
Ain't you gonna count it?
Mickey Haller I just did.
Eddie Vogel
You really shoot your client's mother?
Mickey Haller Damn right I did. She shot me first.
Frank Levin
Jesus, Mick, are you starting to think Louis is innocent?
Mickey Haller He just might be. Besides, you know what my father always said about an innocent client.
Frank Levin
No, I've never heard this. Hi...
Maggie McPherson
He said 'there's no client as scary as an innocent man'.
Mickey Haller That's right. 'Cos if you screw up and he goes to prison... You're never gonna be able to live with yourself.
Frank Levin
[looking out of top floor window]
You're so vain. Nobody would care if you killed yourself.
Mickey Haller It'd look cool. What do you think the last thing to go through your mind would be?
Frank Levin
Your asshole.
Mickey Haller Yeah.
Louis Roulet
[Mick, armed with a baseball bat, discovers Louis has broken into his house] [sitting casually in Mick's home office]
If you're wondering how I got in, I'm in real estate, so if I want to get into a friend's house...
Mickey Haller No, we're not friends. You're my client. And I'm your lawyer.
Louis Roulet
My lawyer. See, that's exactly what I wanted to remind you of. I'm about to go on trial, and yet I couldn't reach you. Now I find out where you were all day. Heard you tell Maggie.
Mickey Haller You shit.
Louis Roulet
You went to see Jesus Martinez. And I know what you talked about: Donna Renteria. You're right, Mick. I killed her. There. No reason I shouldn't tell my own lawyer since it's all confidential. Attorney-client privilege. Isn't that what you told me?
Mickey Haller It's time for you to go, Louis.
Louis Roulet
Alright.
Louis Roulet
[He sits up, finishes his drink, and stands up. He notices a framed picture of Mick & his daughter Hayley on Mick's desk]
That's a cute picture of your daughter Hayley. She's very pretty. She's got soccer practice tomorrow, right?
Mickey Haller Don't.
Louis Roulet
Don't what?
Mickey Haller You think you're the first client to threaten me and my family? Huh?
Louis Roulet
All I said was she's pretty.
Mickey Haller Are you scared, Louis? Because where you are right now, you're in a very dangerous place.
[He opens the front door and Louis leaves]
Mickey Haller Maggie, you know what I used to be afraid oF?
Maggie McPherson
Yeah, me.
Mickey Haller That I wouldn't recognize innocence. That it would be right there in front of me, and I just wouldn't see it.
Maggie McPherson
Yeah...
Mickey Haller I'm not talking about guilty or not guilty; just, just innocence. Know what I'm afraid of now?
Mickey Haller [Maggie shakes head]
Evil. Pure Evil.
Mickey Haller [sitting on Maggie's front porch as Louis approaches him]
Hello, Louis. My family's here.
Louis Roulet
I know.
Mickey Haller You bring your knife? My gun?
Louis Roulet
Maybe.
Mickey Haller Good. [pulls his new gun out of his coat pocket] 'Cause I brought this. You've got one chance to turn around and leave.
Louis Roulet
[stepping closer]
And then what? You gonna keep coming back every night? Every day? Or just try to get me sent up to San Quentin like Jesus Martinez?
Mickey Haller No. I'm not quitting until Martinez is free and you're convicted of murder. And when that needle goes in your arm, that will be me.
Louis Roulet
Well, why don't you just shoot me right now?
Mickey Haller I don't think I'll have to. [looks out towards the street]
Louis Roulet
[turns around]
Hey!
Louis Roulet
[Eddie Vogel and his biker gang pull up and start vandalizing Louis' car with baseball bats]
That's my car!
Biker
[a biker rides up from behind and hits Louis with a baseball bat, knocking him to the sidewalk]
It's Louis' car, man!
Biker
[the bikers continue vandalizing Louis' car as Mick gets up and walks to the street]
Come on, now. Get him up. Get up!
Mickey Haller [another biker grabs Louis and drags him out into the middle of the street]
Hospital, not the morgue.
[Eddie gives Mick a two-finger salute as his posse beats up Louis and Mick walks away]
Mickey Haller I tell you what Eddie, how about I do this one for free?
Earl Briggs
[Eddie gestures at him and leaves]
Are you sure you're feeling all right?
Mickey Haller Repeat customers, Earl. We'll stick it to 'em next time...
