Rusty Ryan [teaching poker to young Hollywood actors]
Shane, you've got three pairs. You can't have six cards! You can't have six cards in a five-card game!
Played by Brad Pitt 
Ocean's Eleven (2001) · 93 quotes
Ocean's Eleven (2001) · 93 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Ocean's Eleven (2001): in 36 of its 93 quotes
Most scenes with: Danny Ocean (18), Saul Bloom (4), Terry Benedict (3)
Did someone call for a doctor?
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Bartender [over the noise in the background]
How's the game going?
Rusty Longest hour of my life.
Bartender [not hearing him]
What?
Rusty I'm running away with your wife.
Bartender Great! [grins and flashes Rusty a thumbs-up]
Rusty You'd need at least a dozen guys doing a combination of cons.
Like what, do you think?
Rusty Off the top of my head, I'd say you're looking at a Boeski, a Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, two Jethros and a Leon Spinks, not to mention the biggest Ella Fitzgerald, ever.
Rusty [last minute tips for Linus]
Where you gonna put your hands?
Rusty [Linus places his hands on briefcase handle]
No good.
Rusty [Linus touches his tie]
Don't touch your tie. Look at me. Okay. I ask you a question, you have to think of the answer. Where do you look?
Rusty [Linus looks down]
No good. You look down, they know you're lying. And up, they know you don't know the truth. Don't use seven words when four will do. Don't shift your weight, look always at your mark but don't stare, be specific but not memorable, be funny but don't make him laugh. He's got to like you then forget you the moment you've left his side. And for God's sake, whatever you do, don't, under any circumstances--
Rus?
Rusty Yeah?
Come look at this?
Rusty Sure.
Rusty The man who's robbing you.
Hi. We need to get Rusty a girl.
Rusty There's a women's prison down the road.
I said that.
Liar.
Thief.
[they kiss]
Rusty You scared?
You suicidal?
Rusty Only in the morning.
Thirteen million and you drive this piece of shit cross country to pick me up?
Rusty Blew it all on the suit.
Rusty The Bellagio and the Mirage. These are Terry Benedict's places.
Yes they are. You think he'll mind?
Rusty More than somewhat.
Look, we all go way back and uh, I owe you from the thing with the guy in the place and I'll never forget it.
That was our pleasure.
Rusty I'd never been to Belize.
Why do they always paint hallways that color?
Rusty They say taupe is very soothing.
Rusty Tell me this is not about her, or I am walking. I am walking off this job right now.
Who?
Rusty Tess. Terry Benedict. Tell me this is not about screwing the guy who's screwing your wife.
Ex-wife.
Rusty Tell me.
It's not about that.
[Rusty turns away, furious.]
Russ, do you remember what we said back when we first got into this business. We said we were gonna play the game...
Like we had nothing to lose.
Well, I lost something... I lost someone. That's why I'm here.
Rusty [long pause]
Okay, here's the problem - now we're stealing two things. And when push comes to shove, and you can't have both, which are you gonna choose? And remember - Tess does not split eleven ways.
What have you guys got against Terry Benedict?
Rusty What do you have against him, that's the question.
He torpedoed my casino, muscled me out. Now he's gonna blow it up next month to make way for some gaudy monstrosity! Don't think I don't see what you're doing.
Rusty What are we doing, Reuben?
If you're gonna steal from Terry Benedict, you'd better goddamn know. This sort of thing used to be civilized. You'd hit a guy, he'd whack you, done. But with Benedict... at the end of this, he'd better not know you're involved, not know your names, or think you're dead. Because he'll kill you, and then he'll go to work on you.
Rusty [masquerading as an A.T.F. agent, Rusty shoves Basher against a police car, pretending to search him.] [under his breath]
Hey, Bash.
Hey, Russ.
Rusty How fast can you put something together from what I just slipped you?
It's done.
Rusty Yeah, he's waiting around the corner.
Oh, that's terrific! It will be nice working with proper villains again.
Officer
[shouting]
Everybody down, now!
[they break into a run as explosions rock the crime scene]
Ha-ha-ha! They weren't expecting that shit!
Are you going to tell me? Or should I just say No and get it over with?
Rusty Saul, you're the best there is. You're in Cooperstown. What do you want?
Nothing. I've got a duplex now, wall-to-wall, goldfish. I'm seeing a nice lady who works the "Unmentionables" counter at Macy's. I've changed.
Rusty Guys like us don't change, Saul. We either stay sharp or we get sloppy, we don't change.
Quit conning me.
Topher Grace Hey Rus, let me ask you a question. Are you incorporated? Well, if not you should really think about it, 'couse I was talking to my manager...
Rusty Bernie?
Topher Grace No, not Bernie, my business manager. You know what? They're both named Bernie. Anyway, he was saying that because what we do here is kind of like research for a future like gig or whatever. I can totally make it a tax write off. The only thing is, and this is like *his* thing and it's stupid, is I'd have to pay you by check.
Topher Grace [Rusty stops and looks at him]
Or we could stick with the cash. [Rusty nods] You know what? Yeah, let's just stick with the cash.
Rusty Saul, turn that off, will you?
Rusty Saul!
Rusty [on Danny walking out of prison in a loosened black-tie suit]
I hope you were the Groom.
[on Rusty's attire for picking him up from prison]
Ted Nugent called, he wants his shirt back.
Rusty The little Chinese guy.
Rusty Why do this?
Why not do it?
[Rusty shakes his head]
'Cause yesterday I walked out of the joint after losing four years of my life and you're cold-decking "Teen Beat" cover boys. [pause] 'Cause the house always wins. Play long enough, you never change the stakes. The house takes you. Unless, when that perfect hand comes along, you bet big, then you take the house.
Rusty [another pause]
Been practicing this speech, haven't you?
Little bit. Did I rush it? Felt like I rushed it.
Rusty No, it was good, I liked it. [elevator starts to close] The "Teen Beat" thing was harsh though.
Rusty God, I'm bored!
You look bored.
Rusty I am bored!
Rusty [long pause]
How was the clink? You get the cookies I sent?
Why do you think I came to see you first?
I have a question: Say we get into the cage, and through the security doors there and down the elevator we can't move, and past the guards with the guns, and into the vault we can't open...
Rusty Without being seen by the cameras.
Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot to mention that.
Yeah well, say we do all that... uh... we're just supposed to walk out of there with a hundred and fifty million dollars in cash on us, without getting stopped?
Oh. Okay.
Smash and grab job, huh?
Rusty Slightly more complicated than that.
Well, yeah.
You gotta walk before you crawl.
Rusty Reverse that.
Rusty What's with the orange?
My doctor says I need vitamins.
Rusty So why don't you take vitamins?
You come here to give me a physical?
Rusty Dead.
No shit. On the job?
Rusty Skin cancer.
You send flowers?
Rusty Dated his wife for a while.
We'll need Saul.
Rusty He won't do it. He got out of the game a year ago.
Religion?
Rusty Ulcers.
...You could ask him.
Rusty Hey, I could ask him.
Shane West Hit me.
Rusty It's not blackjack.
All right. Now I have complied with your every request, would you agree?
Rusty I would.
Good, 'cause now I have one of my own. Run and hide, asshole. Run and hide. If you should be picked up next week buying a hundred-thousand dollar sports car in Newport Beach, I am going to be supremely disappointed. Because I want my people to find you, and when they do, rest assured we are not going to hand you over to the police. So my advice to you again is this: run and hide. That is all that I ask.
Rusty [teaching poker to young actors]
Barry, your turn.
Barry Watson Uh... four.
Rusty You don't want four. You want to fold.
Barry Watson I do? Is that a good thing?
Rusty 'Wonder what Rueben'll say.
Livingston, we're set.
Rusty Livingston, we're set.
Basher, we're set.
Hang on a minute chief.
We don't have a minute, Yen's gonna suffocate.
Then you'd better leave off bothering me, don't you think?
Shane West Mr Ocean, what do you do? If you don't mind me asking.
I don't mind you asking, I just got out of prison. I'll take two.
Joshua Jackson Why were you in prison?
I stole stuff.
Shane West You stole stuff? Like jewels?
Rusty Incan matrimonial headmasks.
Shane West Is there a lot of money in that? Incan matrimonial -
- headmasks. Yeah, some.
Rusty Don't let him fool you, there's boatloads. If you can move them. But you can't. I'll take two.
My fence seemed confident enough.
Rusty Dealing in cash you don't need a fence.
Some people lack vision.
Rusty Probably everybody on cellblock E.
Rusty You'd need at least a dozen guys doing a combination of cons.
Like what, do you think?
Rusty Off the top of my head, I'd say you're looking at a Boesky, a Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, two Jethros and a Leon Spinks, not to mention the biggest Ella Fitzgerald, ever. Where do you think you’re going to get the money to back this?
We hit these three casinos, we get our bankroll. Benedict's got a long list of enemies.
Rusty Enemies with loose cash and nothing to lose? [pauses, then nods] Ah...Reuben.
Reuben.
Rusty The man who's robbing you.
Employee
Nothing, sir. It's all normal.
Show me. [See's everything is okay] I'm afraid your mistaken.
Rusty Your watching your monitors? Okay, keep watching. [Now monitors show vault being robbed and security knocked out]...In this town, your luck can change just that quickly.
