James Leer It's just... for good luck. Some people carry rabbits' feet...
...You carry firearms.
Played by Tobey Maguire 
Wonder Boys (2000) · 18 quotes
Wonder Boys (2000) · 18 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Wonder Boys (2000): in 5 of its 18 quotes
Most scenes with: Grady Tripp (5)
Scenes with James Leer
5 scenes James Leer James Leer Professor Tripp? Can I ask you a question?
Yeah, James.
James Leer What are we going to do with... it?
I don't know. I'm still trying to figure out how to tell the Chancellor I murdered her husband's dog.
James Leer You?
Trust me, James, when the family pet's been assassinated, the owner doesn't want to hear one of her students was the trigger man.
James Leer Does she want to hear it was one of her professors?
...I've got tenure.
James Leer Now, that is a big trunk. It holds a tuba, a suitcase, a dead dog, and a garment bag almost perfectly.
That's just what they used to say in the ads.
What do we have here? This looks like... that's our old friend Mr. Codeine. That should take the old pinch out of the ankle. Want one?
James Leer No, thanks. I'm fine without them.
Right. That's why you were standing in the chancellor's backyard spinning that "cap gun" of yours. You're fine. Yeah, you're just as fit as a ****in' fiddle.
James Leer You're mad at me, aren't you? You're mad because I shot your girlfriend's dog.
It wasn't her dog, it was her husband's... [looking at James] Who said anything about a girlfriend?
[James smiles]
Okay, James, I wish you hadn't shot my girlfriends dog. Even though Poe and I were not exactly what you'd call simpatico, that's no reason he should've taken two in the chest.
