Roy O'Brannon quotes from Shanghai Knights (2003)

That's a terrible name for a detective. Sherlock Holmes?

Hey, Rathbone! I was just thinking of a title for my new book. "Roy O'Brannon vs. Little Lord Sissy." Or how about "Roy O'Brannon versus the Man who would be Queen?"

I call that my kung pow chicken.

Hey, I'm walking here! You're driving on the wrong side of the road! Bunch of amateurs, these people don't get it!

I'm gettin' ready to launch a little thing called operation sweep her off her feet.

You have a GREAT body. There! I said it! It's out in the open!

Ooooh... You think you're so cool with your karate... and your child-like reflexes!

And just to set the record straight... Roy O'Brannon is not attracted to loose women; loose women are attracted to me.

I see a lot of myself in that kid. It's kinda freakin' me out.

I'm a 30 year old waiter/gigolo. Where's the future in that?

Hey, Chon, you're lucky I didn't invest in that ridiculous "auto-mobile" idea. Yeah, that's gonna make a lot of money.

Guys, do whatever you want to the kid, but that's my watch you're holding.

Well, there's a load of us, and only two of you, so piss off!

Easy, fellas, you lost one war this way, don't make the same mistake twice.

Think about your sister in London.

What?

It's a puzzle box. I don't know how to open it.

What do you mean, you don't know how to open it? You just get a hammer and smash it open so you can see what it says.

No. I must have patience. By the time I'm able to open it, I will be ready to read the message.

Oh, come on, Confucius, that's the corniest thing I've ever heard!

Look at you!

Look at you!

What brings you to New York?

My share of the gold.

Refresh my memory. What gold are we talking about?

We are wasting time.

What do you think I've been doing? Sittin' here and drinking expensive hooch? [to Charlie] Boy, refill.

I look like a fool.

What? You're a Maharajah! That's Indian royalty!

But I'm Chinese.

It's the same thing.

So what did your dad do? Was he an imperial guard?

No, much more important. He was the Keeper of the Imperial Seal.

That's what I love about China. Everybody's job description sounds so damn cool!

Wu Chow!

Wu who?

Woah, woah, you're like twentieth in line for the throne.

Tenth. But I'll soon be taking care of that...by process of elimination.
...

I'm guessing by your hasty retreat that you're still twentieth in line for the throne.

TENTH!

For father.

Chon Lin

For father.

For Old Man Wang.

If you break her heart, I break your legs.

That's fair.