Ed Lauter movie quotes

“One of the tools that an actor has - and it's a trite thing, but you can really use it a lot - is imagination.”
Ed Lauter

“Recognizable, but sometimes people don't know my name.”

Ed Lauter

“I was around actors all of the time. I was around interesting people - the people of the city.”
Ed Lauter

- Baker: Joseph P. Brenner. What's the "P" stand for?
- Joseph P. Brenner: Pussy.

Ed Lauter - Baker
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Joseph P. Brenner

“One period left. One period away from winning it all or losing to these miserable hackers with their shit-eating grins and their Saturday night wrestling tactics. One period away from remembering something for the rest of your life or something you wanna forget.”
Ed Lauter - Murray Chadwick

- Sarah: Being a girl, it's all right for me not to be into guns.
- Gun Expert: Whatdya mean, "being a girl"? That's all the more reason ya need one - all these crazies in the streets! You wanna be raped? No. Then you carry a gun.
Alanna Ubach - Sarah
Ed Lauter - Gun Expert

“- Sarah: I don't believe in guns.
- Gun Expert: Well, ya know, you don't know what it's like until you touch the love shaft of Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson.”
Alanna Ubach - Sarah
Ed Lauter - Gun Expert

“- Hazel: This Mountie here says that man should be brought in for trial. Now what are you going to do about it, Edgar?
- Sergeant Edgar Millen: I'm going to close my eyes and pray you disappear. Never had much luck prayin'.”

Ed Lauter - Hazel
Lee Marvin - Millen

“- Colonel Glenn: You're too young to go out at night, except for the occasional supervised school activity. When you're eighteen, then you're entitled to some nightlife. Now we had a deal, remember?
- Janey Glenn: We made a deal when I was seven and a half and night life was The Muppet Show!”
Ed Lauter - Colonel Glenn
Sarah Jessica Parker - Janey Glenn

“I like London. You know I did my research before I came. I came because I found out it was my kind of town. I mean the cops don't carry guns. Now the cops still try and chase the bad guys; but they don't find it necessary to kill him when they catch him. I call that civilized. That's one of the reasons I left New York to come here.”
Ed Lauter - Smoke

“I can't do anything... I'm a cop.”
Ed Lauter - Richard Shriker

“- John Slade: The name's Slade.
- Julian Rogers: Super. Here's an idea. Why don't you spell it out for me so I can get it right on your tombstone.”
Ed Lauter - John Slade
John C. McGinley - Julian

“- Belle: Bastard!
- John Slade: Could be. I don't know if my ma and pa were married. I killed my pa before I could ask.”

Ellen Greene - Belle
Ed Lauter - John Slade

“- Paul Kersey: Do you always violate peoples constitutional rights?
- Richard Shriker: Well, this is my jail, Kersey, and I'm the law! That means I get to violate your constitutional rights!”
Charles Bronson - Paul Kersey
Ed Lauter - Richard Shriker

“- Joe Camber: I'll sic my dog on you.
- Gary Pervier: That dog? You couldn't sic that dog on me if I was comin' at you with a straight razor in each hand!”

Ed Lauter - Joe Camber
Mills Watson - Gary Pervier

“You went to college to drink beer, play football, and get laid. None of this academic shit.”

Ed Lauter - Buzz

“I don't like creeps any more than you do. But I can't do anything about them. See, I'm a cop. But you, you shoot 'em.”

Ed Lauter - Richard Shriker

“- Chris Knight: Have you ever seen a body like this before in your life?
- David Decker: She happens to be my daughter.
- Chris Knight: Oh. Then I guess you have.”

Val Kilmer - Chris Knight
Ed Lauter - David Decker

“- Mr. Kelly: Brian, the skateboard stays in the garage.
- Brian Kelly: Heh! What you worried about? It's not gonna shit on the rug!”
Ed Lauter - Mr. Kelly
Christian Slater - Brian Kelly