L.A. Confidential Quotes
Bud White: I'd like to see you again.
Lynn Bracken: Are you asking me for a date, or an appointment?
Bud White: ...I don't know.
Lynn Bracken: Well, if you're asking me for a date, I should know your first name.
Bud White: [embarrassed] Forget I asked. It was a mistake.
Lynn Bracken: Are you asking me for a date, or an appointment?
Bud White: ...I don't know.
Lynn Bracken: Well, if you're asking me for a date, I should know your first name.
Bud White: [embarrassed] Forget I asked. It was a mistake.
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Joe Rolfe: I thought I'd take a walk through the village before I turn in.
Tony Romano: Don't walk too fast - you'll be out of town without really seein' it!
Tony Romano: Don't walk too fast - you'll be out of town without really seein' it!
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Mark Williams: Booze is a second class drug; like crack, heroin, all that ****. They close your mind down instead of opening it up. Everyone has filters built into their brains. These filters, they're put there genetically, you're just born with them in place. And you also get some more from your parents - religion, fear of death. Everything we see and feel and hear and all we perceive is through these filters. The only way to control them, and only temporarily, is through certain mind expanding compounds (hands a pill to Sal).
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[when Sid Hudgens is found dead]
Bud White: What happened?
Detective at Hush-Hush Office: Somebody beat him to death and stole a bunch of files. Must've dug up garbage on the wrong guy. Got it narrowed down to a thousand suspects.
Bud White: What happened?
Detective at Hush-Hush Office: Somebody beat him to death and stole a bunch of files. Must've dug up garbage on the wrong guy. Got it narrowed down to a thousand suspects.
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Captain Dudley Smith : I admire you as a policeman - particularly your adherence to violence as a necessary adjunct to the job.
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Captain Dudley Smith : I wouldn't trade places with Edmund Exley right now for all the whiskey in Ireland.
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Captain Dudley Smith : Wendell - I'd like full and docile co-operation on every topic.
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Dick Stensland : We'll do the town one night... on me.
Bud White : I'll bring my wallet, just in case.
Bud White : I'll bring my wallet, just in case.
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Captain Dudley Smith : You'll do as I say, and ask no questions. Do you follow my drift?
Bud White : In technicolor, sir.
Bud White : In technicolor, sir.
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Dick Stensland : I got a hot date.
Bud White : Yeah? Who is she and what did you arrest her for?
Bud White : Yeah? Who is she and what did you arrest her for?
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Ed Exley : I'm talking about the gas chamber, and you haven't even asked me what this is about. You've got a big "Guilty" sign around your neck.
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Jack Vincennes : Why don't you and I go someplace quiet, cause I'd love to give you the low-down on Mitchum.
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Ed Exley : Do you make the three Negroes for the Nite Owl killings?
Jack Vincennes : [ puzzled ] What?
Ed Exley : It's a simple question.
Jack Vincennes : Why in the world do you wanna go digging any deeper into the Nite Owl killings... Lieutenant?
Ed Exley : ...Rollo Tamasi.
Jack Vincennes : Is there more to that, or am I supposed to guess?
Ed Exley : [ aftre gathering his thoughts ] Rollo was a purse snatcher. My father ran into him off duty, and he shot my father six times and got away clean. No one even knew who he was. I just made the name up to give him some personality.
Jack Vincennes : What's your point?
Ed Exley : Rollo Tamasi is the reason I became a cop. I wanted to catch the guys who thought they could get away with it. It's supposed to be about justice. Then somewhere along the way, I lost sight of that... Why'd you become a cop?
Jack Vincennes : [ long pause ] I don't remember. [ brief hesitation ]
Jack Vincennes : What do you want, Exley?
Ed Exley : I just wanna solve this thing.
Jack Vincennes : The Nite Owl *was* solved.
Ed Exley : No; I wanna do it right.
Jack Vincennes : Even if it means paying the consequences? [ Exley nods his head, Vincennes stands up from his chair ]
Jack Vincennes : All right, college boy, I'll help. But there's a case you boys in Homicide don't care about, you think it's just another Hollywood "homo"-cide. Well, I don't. You help me with mine, I'll help you with yours. Deal?
Ed Exley : Deal.
Jack Vincennes : [ puzzled ] What?
Ed Exley : It's a simple question.
Jack Vincennes : Why in the world do you wanna go digging any deeper into the Nite Owl killings... Lieutenant?
Ed Exley : ...Rollo Tamasi.
Jack Vincennes : Is there more to that, or am I supposed to guess?
Ed Exley : [ aftre gathering his thoughts ] Rollo was a purse snatcher. My father ran into him off duty, and he shot my father six times and got away clean. No one even knew who he was. I just made the name up to give him some personality.
Jack Vincennes : What's your point?
Ed Exley : Rollo Tamasi is the reason I became a cop. I wanted to catch the guys who thought they could get away with it. It's supposed to be about justice. Then somewhere along the way, I lost sight of that... Why'd you become a cop?
Jack Vincennes : [ long pause ] I don't remember. [ brief hesitation ]
Jack Vincennes : What do you want, Exley?
Ed Exley : I just wanna solve this thing.
Jack Vincennes : The Nite Owl *was* solved.
Ed Exley : No; I wanna do it right.
Jack Vincennes : Even if it means paying the consequences? [ Exley nods his head, Vincennes stands up from his chair ]
Jack Vincennes : All right, college boy, I'll help. But there's a case you boys in Homicide don't care about, you think it's just another Hollywood "homo"-cide. Well, I don't. You help me with mine, I'll help you with yours. Deal?
Ed Exley : Deal.
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Bud White : The Nite Owl case made you. Do you want to tear all that down?
Ed Exley : With a wrecking ball... You want to help me swing it?
Ed Exley : With a wrecking ball... You want to help me swing it?
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Jack Vincennes : I'm the technical advisor. I teach Brett Chase how to walk and talk like a cop.
Jack's Dancing Partner : Brett Chase doesn't walk and talk like you.
Jack Vincennes : Well, that's 'cause he's the television version. America isn't ready for the real me.
Jack's Dancing Partner : Brett Chase doesn't walk and talk like you.
Jack Vincennes : Well, that's 'cause he's the television version. America isn't ready for the real me.
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Pierce Patchett : I use girls that look like movie stars. Sometimes I employ a plastic surgeon. When the work had been done, that's when you saw us.
Bud White : That's why her mother couldn't I.D. her. Jesus fucking Christ.
Pierce Patchett : No, Mr. White. Pierce Morehouse Patchett.
Bud White : That's why her mother couldn't I.D. her. Jesus fucking Christ.
Pierce Patchett : No, Mr. White. Pierce Morehouse Patchett.
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Johnny Stompanato : You want an autograph? Write to MGM.
Ed Exley : Since when do two-bit hoods and hookers give out autographs?
Johnny Stompanato : What'd you say to me?
Ed Exley : LAPD. Sit down.
Lana Turner : Who in the hell do you think you are?
Jack Vincennes : Ed...
Ed Exley : Take a walk, honey, before I haul your ass downtown.
Johnny Stompanato : You are making a large mistake.
Lana Turner : Get away from our table!
Ed Exley : Shut up! A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker.
Johnny Stompanato : Hey!
Ed Exley : She just looks like Lana Turner.
Jack Vincennes : She *is* Lana Turner.
Ed Exley : [ stunned ] What?
Jack Vincennes : She *is* Lana Turner. [ Lana throws a drink in Ed's face ]
Ed Exley : Since when do two-bit hoods and hookers give out autographs?
Johnny Stompanato : What'd you say to me?
Ed Exley : LAPD. Sit down.
Lana Turner : Who in the hell do you think you are?
Jack Vincennes : Ed...
Ed Exley : Take a walk, honey, before I haul your ass downtown.
Johnny Stompanato : You are making a large mistake.
Lana Turner : Get away from our table!
Ed Exley : Shut up! A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker.
Johnny Stompanato : Hey!
Ed Exley : She just looks like Lana Turner.
Jack Vincennes : She *is* Lana Turner.
Ed Exley : [ stunned ] What?
Jack Vincennes : She *is* Lana Turner. [ Lana throws a drink in Ed's face ]
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Bud White : Well, Captain, what do you want?
Captain Dudley Smith : Call me Dudley.
Bud White : Dudley... what do you want?
Captain Dudley Smith : Call me Dudley.
Bud White : Dudley... what do you want?
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Ed Exley : I heard you like to shoot dogs.
Ray Collins : Dogs got no reason to live.
Ray Collins : Dogs got no reason to live.
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[ Dick Stensland arrives with liquor for a party ]
Officer : What took you, Stensland?
Dick Stensland : My partner stopped to help a damsel in distress. He's got his priorities all screwed up.
Officer : What took you, Stensland?
Dick Stensland : My partner stopped to help a damsel in distress. He's got his priorities all screwed up.
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Bud White : I'd like to see you again.
Lynn Bracken : Are you asking me for a date, or an appointment?
Bud White : ...I don't know.
Lynn Bracken : Well, if you're asking me for a date, I should know your first name.
Bud White : [ embarrassed ] Forget I asked. It was a mistake.
Lynn Bracken : Are you asking me for a date, or an appointment?
Bud White : ...I don't know.
Lynn Bracken : Well, if you're asking me for a date, I should know your first name.
Bud White : [ embarrassed ] Forget I asked. It was a mistake.
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Bud White : Merry Christmas.
Lynn Bracken : Merry Christmas to you, officer.
Bud White : That obvious, huh?
Lynn Bracken : It's practically stamped on your forehead.
Lynn Bracken : Merry Christmas to you, officer.
Bud White : That obvious, huh?
Lynn Bracken : It's practically stamped on your forehead.
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Ed Exley : All I ever wanted was to measure up to my father.
Bud White : Now's your chance.
Bud White : [ after Exley gives him a puzzled look ] He died in the line of duty, didn't he?
Bud White : Now's your chance.
Bud White : [ after Exley gives him a puzzled look ] He died in the line of duty, didn't he?
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[ first lines ]
Sid Hudgens : [ voiceover ] Come to Los Angeles! The sun shines bright, the beaches are wide and inviting, and the orange groves stretch as far as the eye can see. There are jobs aplenty, and land is cheap. Every working man can have his own house, and inside every house, a happy, all-American family. You can have all this, and who knows... you could even be discovered, become a movie star... or at least see one. Life is good in Los Angeles... it's paradise on Earth." Ha ha ha ha. That's what they tell you, anyway.
Sid Hudgens : [ voiceover ] Come to Los Angeles! The sun shines bright, the beaches are wide and inviting, and the orange groves stretch as far as the eye can see. There are jobs aplenty, and land is cheap. Every working man can have his own house, and inside every house, a happy, all-American family. You can have all this, and who knows... you could even be discovered, become a movie star... or at least see one. Life is good in Los Angeles... it's paradise on Earth." Ha ha ha ha. That's what they tell you, anyway.
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Lynn Bracken : You're the first man in five years who didn't tell me I look like Veronica Lake inside of a minute.
Bud White : You look better than Veronica Lake.
Bud White : You look better than Veronica Lake.
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