“Get Shorty” quotes

(1995)
Plot – Chili Palmer is the tax collector for the loan sharks in Miami. He's sent to Los Angeles to collect the debt of Harry Zimm, a film producer, but their life changes suddently: instead of getting the job done, Chili proposes his movie to Harry and they star a business: Chili provides the ideas, while Harry pays for everything. The matter is finding the actors and getting rid of anyone who interferes with their plans. Now Chili discovers how his former career can be useful.
All actors – John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, Jon Gries, Renee Props, David Paymer, Martin Ferrero, Miguel Sandoval, Jacob Vargas, Linda Hart, Bobby Slayton, Ron Karabatsos, Alison Waddell, Amber Waddell, John Cothran, Jack Conley, Bernard Hocke, Big Daddy Wayne, Jay Montalvo, Carlease Burke, Vito Scotti, Rino Piccolo, Alfred Dennis, Ralph Manza, Zed Frizzelle, Harry Victor, Patrick Breen, Barry Sonnenfeld, Donna W. Scott, Zack Phifer, Greg Goossen, Stephanie Kemp, Rebeca Arthur, Jeffrey J. Stephen, Ernest 'Chili' Palmer, Leslie Bega, Marlene Dietrich, Brian Reed Garvin, David Groh, Charlton Heston, Harvey Keitel, David Letterman, Penny Marshall, Dean Martin, Bette Midler, Alex Rocco, John Wayne, Orson Welles, Lenny Wilson
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“Get Shorty” Quotes 30 quotes
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    “- Martin Weir: And I'm wondering: how did it all slip away?
    - Karen Flores: Well, it didn't slip away, Martin. You did, when you went off to fuck Nicky at my birthday party.
    - Martin Weir: Yeah, that was a good party.”

    Danny DeVito - Martin Weir
    Rene Russo - Karen Flores
    [Tag:birthday, break-up, cheating]
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    “- Karen Flores: Yesterday you were a loan shark.
    - Chili Palmer: Yeah, but I was never into it and especially that bullshit about having respect. Forget about it, it's bad enough treating these guys like their your heroes, you know, smiling those stupid comments, they think are so funny.
    - Karen Flores: You think the movie business is any...” (continue)    (continue reading)
    Rene Russo - Karen Flores
    John Travolta - Chili Palmer
    [Tag:crime, movie]
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    - Ray "Bones" Barboni: I'm from Miami fuckin' Beach and you wanna show me the ocean, huh? And what about sun, does it ever shine around here, or is this smog around all the time?
    - Limo Driver with Sign: They say the smog is the reason we have such beautiful sunsets.

    Dennis Farina - Ray "Bones" Barboni
    Harry Victor - Limo Driver with Sign
    [Tag:pollution, sun]
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    “- Ray Barboni's Bodyguard: This man is the man, you understand what I'm saying, motherfucker? He's Mister Bones. And you speak to Mister Bones from now on.
    - Chili Palmer: Come on, you can do better than him, can't you?
    - Ray Barboni's Bodyguard: Not these days. Not unless you speak Spanish.”

    Big Daddy Wayne - Ray Barboni's Bodyguard
    John Travolta - Chili Palmer
    [Tag:job, opportunity]
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    “Rough business, this movie business. I'm gonna have to go back to loan-sharking just to take a rest.”
    John Travolta - Chili Palmer
    [Tag:business, crime, movie]
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