Danny Ocean [to Rusty before leaving]
You should settle down. Have a couple of kids.
Most-quoted character in Ocean's Thirteen (2007): in 33 of its 65 quotes
Most scenes with: Rusty Ryan (23), Linus Caldwell (8), Roman Nagel (5)
You shook Sinatra's hand. You should know better, Willy.
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Well, she said she liked surprises...
Danny Ocean I don't think that is what she meant.
You think?
Danny Ocean So she dropped the remote...
And I put the towel back on.
Danny Ocean Well, those are the waters.
Relationships can be...
Danny Ocean Sure.
But they're also...
Danny Ocean That's right.
Danny Ocean That's your idea?
Well, we've shaken all the trees, we've looked under every rock, we've searched every... I mea... We've talked to everybody we can trust. I know it's not a great idea but it is an idea and I think as long as we have one idea we shouldn't give up.
I was really hoping to avoid that this time.
I don't care if it gets messy.
I'll drive you. We'll get him leaving his barber.
Livingston Dell And I'll inject him.
And I'll find a spot to get rid of the body.
All valid ideas. Great initiative. But...
Danny Ocean But...
This town might have changed, but not me. I know people highly invested in my survival, and they are people who really know how to hurt in ways you can't even imagine.
Danny Ocean Well, I know all the guys that you'd hire to come after me, and they like me better than you.
You do know what a magnetron is?
Danny Ocean [pause]
Something that screws up the Grecco?
Danny Ocean They built 'em smaller back then.
They seemed big.
Danny Ocean Town's changed.
Are you alright?
Danny Ocean Yeah, um, I just bit into a pepper.
Is that... are you... are you watching Oprah? With a bottle of wine?
Terry Benedict You think this is funny?
Danny Ocean Well, Terry, it sure as shit ain't sad.
It can't be done.
We don't have the manpower.
Danny Ocean Or the time.
Or a way in.
Terry Benedict Think he's gonna fall for this?
Danny Ocean You did. You ready?
Terry Benedict I was born ready.
Danny Ocean [rolls his eyes]
The problem is security were drawing a blank. It's a little spooky.
[talking to Danny on the phone]
The specs aren't on the gray maket, the black market or any other market and all I keep hearing is there's never been a system like this. Now I found out where they designed it but I can't even get in the building. I've blown all my buy money, my bribe money, four of my best I.D.'s and I am nowhere...well not only am I nowhere I'm pretty sure I'm being followed.
Danny Ocean Do you have anything?
Yeah I think I have a name but I don't even know if its right. They're calling it-
The Greco. The Greco Player Tracker.
Danny Ocean Shut it down, guys. Shut her down!
It is shut down.
This is no time for jokes, fellas.
Does it sound like I'm laughing, sweetheart?
Danny Nothing. They say the first 24 hours are...
Right... Did she understand?
Danny It's not their fight.
Did she understand?
Danny ...It's not their fight.
Danny [Danny and Rusty are greeted by Linus]
Hey, Linus.
Hey, where are Tess and Isabel?
Danny [impatient]
It's not their fight!
Reuben Did you know the Inuit people send their elders out on an ice floe to die when they're too old to hunt?
Danny Reuben, that's just a myth.
Reuben...he always was too trusting.
Danny Is, Saul. Is.
Right, is.
Danny Look, Bank hurt Reuben. I know how that makes me feel. I know what that makes me want to do.
Well, I'll you what I'd do, and I don't care if it gets messy.
I'll drive you. We'll get him leaving his barber.
Livingston And I'll inject him.
And I'll find a spot to get rid of the body.
All valid ideas. Great initiative. But...
Danny But...Even though Bank stepped over the line, we need to do what is best for Reuben.
Which means we offer Bank a "Billy Martin."
And, what? He takes it and gets away with it?
Those are the rules.
No, those are the rules for someone who understands the rules, which Bank don't. He already broke them. So he don't get the chance.
For Reuben...I think we give him a chance.
So then she says, "What did I do?" and I say, "What do I look like, a pancake eater?"
Danny Hmm. So you left it there on the floor?
Right on the floor.
Danny For how long?
Next morning.
Danny [nods]
Good.
Danny What did you say?
What could I say?
Danny Nothing.
That's what I said.
[Feeling a waitress' arm]
I'm afraid we're going to have to let you go. Turn in your uniform.
Waitress
I only gained four pounds, you can't!
Sorry, sweetie, but your Body Mass Index is nowhere near where it's supposed to be.
Waitress
But Ms. Sponder-
Oh no, honey. It's your butt that's the problem. [Smugly walks off, Linus having observed the whole thing]
[cuts to Linus, Frank, Rusty, and Danny talking]
Man, you can't fire no waitresses based on appearance, that's just unconstitutional.
Danny IF they were waitresses.
Yeah, they're actually hired as "models who serve", so that Bank can monitor their personal appearance.
It's a cruel, cruel practice.
Danny Couldn't we just shut it off, you know, cut the wires?
That could work. Even better, you could just kick the plug right out of the socket!
Danny I'm serious-
No, short of walking in with a bloody magnetron around your neck- You do know what a magnetron is?
Danny [pause]
Something that screws up the Grecco?
Short of that...I...[laughs] I can't believe I am even talking about this, because...this is a problem!
Danny That's what I said.
But if we could-
No, there is no 'if'! It can not be shut off! I mean, you need a real natural disaster, an act of God!
But if we could beat it-
You can't.
But if we could-
You can't.
You could.
Danny Look, IF we could shut it off, how long would it take to reboot?
Because it's so sophisticated, 3 and a half minutes.
Danny [Danny and Rusty look at each other]
Might be enough.
Pick your natural disaster.
Danny [Stands with Rusty in front of the Bellagio]
I remember when this used to be The Dunes. Reuben taught me to shoot craps here when I was a kid. I'd play Hard Ways and Double Sixes; he straightened me out. I was twenty...two.
The first time I ever met Reuben, he looked me off getting cheated at an all-dealers game at the El Rancho, then he bought me breakfast. [Looks off to the side] The Sands was there, Desert Inn...
Danny They built 'em smaller back then.
They seemed big.
Danny ...Town's changed.
Danny Yeah, um, I just bit into a pepper.
[sees the television is on Oprah, where she gives a family a new house]
Is that... are you... are you watching Oprah? With a bottle of wine? Did you TiVo this?
Danny I was reading the paper.
Danny It's...not just the kids. I mean, I'm happy for the kids. [Rusty nods] How's it going in Mexico?
Well, Turk's there. [pause] Are they really going to build her a new home?
Danny Yeah, for the whole family.
[Rusty also starts to sniffle and tear up]
Have you guys been talking to my dad?
Danny Why would we do that?
That's not a "no."
Danny Look...
He just wanted to know how the nose was working for you.
Oh, I knew it, man! He just can't leave it alone! What did you tell him?
Oh, I told him the nose plays.
The nose does play.
The nose plays.
Danny It's great, it's huge.
Benedict [When Danny, Rusty, and Linus ask for his help]
Number one: If any of you try to screw with me, you're dead. And I'll be looking into the whole operation. Number two: If I lend you this money, I'm your senior partner, last money in, first money out...And you will double my investment.
Danny Double.
Benedict ...Is that a yes?
Double.
Benedict [nods]
That monstrosity that Bank calls a hotel casts a shadow over my pool. Break him. Break him in half. The man has no taste. Yet every time he opens a hotel, he wins a Royal Review Board Five Diamond Award. Every time he wins, he celebrates by...
Danny We know, by buying one for his wife.
You mean five.
One is five.
Benedict Number three: I want you to steal the diamonds.
It can't be done.
We don't have the manpower.
Danny Or the time.
Or a way in.
Danny We get caught, we go away for life! We're not going to risk that just so you can get his diamonds!
Benedict Oh, I don't want them. I just want him to lose what matters most to him. Do what you want with them. But either you steal the diamonds, [shrugs] or you get somebody else to finance your drill.
News from Mexico, from a journalista I used to...uh, anyway, she's an ally of the workers. Now, what she tells me is that the strike hinges on working conditions and the fact that labor feels they're underpaid by 50%. I guess you can agree, Terry, it's always about the money.
Danny How much are they asking for?
$36,000.
Danny And how many workers?
200, give or take.
Danny Right, so that adds up to...
Livingston Just over $7 million.
No, not $36,000 each; $36,000 total.
It is a 5% increase.
Danny Well, write them a check. [looks at Terry and shrugs] We'll post-date it.
Danny [briefing Roman on Bank and his hotel]
Bank's swinging for the fences on this one. Forget weekenders and conventioneers, he's built this place for whales. It's a shoo-in for the Five Diamond Award. The marble was hand-picked in Italy...
The chefs stolen from the highest rated restaurants in the Michelin Guide book...
Danny And in the villas for his big players, the silverware is actually gold. Now Bank's greatest strength is also his weakness: Ego.
Danny Now the top casinos can clear $3 million just off the floor. Bank, with his high-level players and no limits, is projecting 5. But in exchange for the loans, he had to give up six of the nine seats on the board, so he doesn't control his own company, and a couple of the guys he brought in aren't friendlies. So he has to clear $500 million in the first quarter, or he gets dumped out of his own hotel.
And of course Bank wants another Five Diamond Award, fifth in a row.
Danny
[discussing the Bank heist plan with Roman]
We're going to get his whales.
How?
He talked to Denny Shields.
Denny Shields? After he bragged about you guys to Toulour and started that whole slog?
We need him.
Denny
[Scene cuts to Ocean and Denny Shields conversing at a cafe]
I should've kept my mouth shut. I mean, he was just some guy and I guessed I pissed him off...
Danny
It's okay, Denny. You had no idea who he was, so just let it go.
Denny
No, but really-
Danny
Just let it go. Let it go.
Denny
Well, okay. Everything else is set. I got 18 whales. Now I spoke to their managers, I spoke to their handlers, and I spoke to their assisstants. Every one of them is going to leave. We're going to do it in two tiers. I'm going to leave first, they're going to follow.
Danny
Good.
Denny
But you have to make sure these guys win, 'cause these fellas usually lose, and when they lose, they get comped.
Danny
They're going to win big.
Danny
Five-hundred
Million? That night, just the group of you?
No–
Danny
It's a Reverse Big Store.
Right...
Doesn't matter who wins...
As long as the casino loses, yes. That might actually work. So, you'll need to rig...
Danny
Craps, Blackjack, Roulette, Slots.
[For this, everyone but Basher's voice is from a radio]
Bank's going to run the prints off the card machine.
Damn, he's good.
Danny
He'll get Livingston's ID and known associates.
That's us.
Uh, what do we have in place for this?
Danny
Nothing. We all get arrested and Bank will have the best night of his life.
We can't let it get to Bank.
[During above conversation, Basher notices an ad promoting stunt biker Fender Roads and notices he resembles him somewhat and then notes his "Speaking With Distinction" book.]
I know what to do. We'll set up a Cartwheel. Back of the house, 15 minutes.
Danny
Who's going to hack this?
Well, the ideal person's in the back of a car in handcuffs.
I can handle it.
Dann
Anybody else?
This is Virgil, I'll give it a shot.
I can handle it!
Danny
Virgil, it is.
Get it done, Virg.
Benedict [Danny confronts Benedict the day after the heist]
Danny.
Danny Terry.
Benedict You called an audible last night.
Danny That's what I do when I see a blitz coming.
Benedict A blitz?
Danny I guess Toulour just happened to be on the roof at the same moment we were coming out with those diamonds.
Benedict How did you know I would go for them?
Danny Because you're you and I'm me.
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