M. Emmet Walsh movie quotes

“- Lt. Nikolai Rachenko: Do the americans all swear so much as you do?
- Dewey Ferguson: As a matter of fact, in America, an american can swear whenever, wherever, however much he or she fuckin' well pleases! It's a little something we call freedom of speech, which I'm sure you russians aren't real familiar with!”
Dolph Lundgren - Lt. Nikolai Rachenko
M. Emmet Walsh - Dewey Ferguson

“- Fauna Flood: The stars say that you are going to be, oh... that you are going to be President of the United States!
- Mack: I don't believe it.
- Hazel: I don't want to be no President!
- Fauna Flood: You got no choice; the stars have spoken. You'll just have to go to Washington.
- Hazel: But I don't want to! I don't know nobody there!”
Audra Lindley - Fauna Flood
M. Emmet Walsh - Mack
Frank McRae - Hazel

“- Dr. Joseph Dolan: You know, it's a shame about Ed.
- Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher: Oh, it was. Yeah, it was really a shame. To go so suddenly like that.
- Dr. Joseph Dolan: He was dying for years.
- Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher: Sure, but... the end was very... very sudden.
- Dr. Joseph Dolan: He was in intensive care for eight weeks.
- Irwin 'Fletch'...” (continue)(continue reading)
M. Emmet Walsh - Dr. Joseph Dolan
Chevy Chase - Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher

“- Brad Brown: Did you see that meteor?
- Jay Brown: I saw something.
- Brad Brown: Maybe it's a Russian spy probe on some sort of secret mission.
- Jay Brown: I think you watch too much TV.”
Scott Grimes - Brad Brown
M. Emmet Walsh - Jay Brown

“- Julian Marty: Count it, and go.
- Private Detective Loren Visser: No, I trust you.”

Dan Hedaya - Julian Marty
M. Emmet Walsh - Private Detective Loren Visser

“I woke up one morning, and when I looked in the mirror I noticed my nose was bent over entirely onto one side of my face. So, I got a hammer, and started banging my nose back to a right angle with my face. Suddenly, I looked at myself in the mirror, hammer in hand, blood streaming down my chin, and I realized my life was no longer manageable.”
M. Emmet Walsh - Richard Dirks

“- Dr. Joseph Dolan: Arnold Babar. Isn't there a children's book about an elephant named Babar?
- Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher: I don't know. I don't have any.
- Dr. Joseph Dolan: No children?
- Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher: No elephant books.”
M. Emmet Walsh - Dr. Joseph Dolan
Chevy Chase - Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher

“- Julian Marty: I'll give you 10,000 dollars.
- Private Detective Loren Visser: Now I... do a murder. Two murders. Trust you not to go simple on me and do something stupid. I mean, really stupid. Now, why should I trust you?
- Julian Marty: For the money.”
M. Emmet Walsh - Private Detective Loren Visser
Dan Hedaya - Julian Marty