The Usual Suspects Quotes

Keaton: This whole thing was a shakedown.
McManus: What makes you say that?
Keaton: How many times you been in a lineup? It's always you and four dummies. PD pays homeless guys ten bucks a head sometimes.

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Kobayashi: Before you... do me in, Mr. McManus, you will let me finish my business with Ms. Finneran first, won't you?
Keaton: What did you say?
Kobayashi: Edie Finneran. She's upstairs in my office for an extradition deposition. I requested that she be put on the case personally. She flew in yesterday. No matter. Kill away, Mr. McManus.

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Verbal: [Referring to Rabin] That guy is tense. Tension is a killer. I used to be in a barbershop quartet in Skokie, Illinois. The baritone was this guy named Kip Diskin, big fat guy, I mean, like, orca fat. He was so stressed in the morning...
Dave Kujan: Verbal, you know we're trying to help you.
Verbal: Sure, and I appreciate that. And I wanna help you, Agent Kujan. I like cops. I would've liked to have been a fed myself, but my CP...
Dave Kujan: Verbal, you're not telling us everything. I know you know something.
Verbal: I told the DA everything I know.
Dave Kujan: Verbal, I know you like Keaton. I know you think he's a good man.
Verbal: I know he was good.
Dave Kujan: He was a corrupt cop.
Verbal: Sure, 15 years ago, but he was a good thief. Anyway, the cops wouldn't let him go legit.
Dave Kujan: Dean Keaton was a piece of ****.
Verbal: Are you trying to get a rise out of me, Agent Kujan?
Dave Kujan: I just wanna hear your story.
Verbal: It's all there. May I have a cigarette?

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Verbal: And then he showed these men of will what will really is.

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[Suspects in a lineup are asked to read a phrase]
Cop: Number 1, step forward.
Hockney: Hand me the keys, you ****ing cocksucker.
Cop: Number 2, step forward.
McManus: Give me the ****ing keys, you ****ing cocksucking mother****er, aaarrrghh.
Cop: Knock it off. Get back. Number 3, step forward.
Fenster: [laughing] Hand me the keys, you cocksucker.
Cop: In English, please?
Fenster: Excuse me?
Cop: In English.
Fenster: Hand me the ****ing keys, you cocksucker, what the ****?

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[the gang has just arrived to meet RedFoot at his very fancy place. After they exchange hellos, RedFoot offers them some work]
Redfoot the Fence: You guys interested in some work? [McManus starts to say something but Keaton cuts him off]
McManus: We're on vacation.
Redfoot the Fence: [sighs disappointed, like the whole reason why this gang is here is so they could do work for him and could gladly pay them] I've got a ton of work and no good people.
McManus: What's the job? [Redfoot explains about this jewel and all. The gang takes the job, and like usual its violent and doesn't go very well. Afterwards when they meet RedFoot that night, they all seem pretty sore, and Redfoot ends with]
Redfoot the Fence: And do me a favor; get the f*ck off my d*ck! [with that he throws his lit cigarette at McManus's head. It makes a direct hit and a shower of spraks explode from it]
Redfoot the Fence: [McManus then lunges wildly for Redfoot but his gang holds him back preventing further violence. McManus gets a few last words in though]
McManus: Yeah! That dog's wild. Gotta keep him on leash.

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Verbal : What the cops never figured out, and what I know now, was that these men would never break, never lie down, never bend over for anybody. Anybody.

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Dave Kujan : You know a dealer named Ruby Deamer, Verbal?
Verbal : You know a religious guy named John Paul?
Dave Kujan : You know Ruby's in Attica?
Verbal : He didn't have my lawyer.

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Jeff Rabin : I'm telling you this guy is protected from up on high by the Prince of Darkness.

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Keaton : I'm a businessman now.
Interrogation Cop : Yeah? What's that, the restaurant business? No. From now on, you're in the gettin'-fucked-by-us business.

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Verbal : Back when I was picking beans in Guatemala, we used to make fresh coffee, right off the trees I mean. That was good. This is shit but, hey, I'm in a police station.

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Verbal : Where's your head, Agent Kujan? Where do you think the pressure's coming from? Keyser Soze - or whatever you want to call him - he knows where I am right now. He's got the front burner under your ass to let me go so he can scoop me up ten minutes later. Immunity was just a deal with you assholes. I got a whole new problem when I post bail.
Dave Kujan : So why play into his hands? We can protect you.
Verbal : Oh, gee, thanks, Dave. Bang-up job so far. Extortion, coercion. You'll pardon me if I ask you to kiss my pucker. The same fuckers that rounded us up and sank us into this mess are gonna bail me out? Fuck you. You think you can catch Keyser Soze? You think a guy like that comes this close to getting caught and sticks his head out? If he comes up for anything, it will be to get rid of me. After that... my guess is you'll never hear from him again.

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Verbal : Who is Keyser Soze?

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Verbal : Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody believed he was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Soze. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof. He's gone.

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Fenster : They treat me like a criminal. I'll end up a criminal.
Hockney : You are a criminal.
Fenster : Why you gotta go and do that? I'm trying to make a point.

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Kobayashi : One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.

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[ about Keyser Soze ]
Verbal : Then he showed those men of will what will really was.

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Dave Kujan : Do you believe in him, Verbal?
Verbal : Keaton always said, "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him." Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze.

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Verbal : [ to Kujan ] If I told you the Loch Ness monster hired me to hit the harbor, what would you say?

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McManus : We gotta bury him.
Hockney : With what?
McManus : With our hands. [ McManus starts digging ]
Hockney : Oh, this is nuts! It's dry fucking sand, McManus. When he rots the surfers are gonna smell him a mile away!
McManus : Dig, you fuck!

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McManus : You run and we're gonna be digging a hole for you, you got that?

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McManus : I'm the guy that's gonna get ya.

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McManus : What am I supposed to do with that? [ McManus throws bag of heroin at Redfoot. Redfoot catches it ]
Redfoot the Fence : I don't know, feed it to the gimp. Ease his pain; I don't know what that is. [ Redfoot throws bag at Verbal ]
McManus : What do you mean you don't know? [ Keaton lays a hand on McManus ]
Keaton : Shut up.
Redfoot the Fence : I don't know. I got thrown this job by some lawyer.
Keaton : Yeah? Who?
Redfoot the Fence : I don't know. Some limey. He's a middleman for someone, OK? He doesn't say, I don't ask.
McManus : You're full of shit.
Redfoot the Fence : Fuck you.
McManus : Fuck you.
Keaton : Listen to me. We want to meet him. OK?
Redfoot the Fence : That's funny. He called me last night, he says he wants to meet you guys.
Keaton : OK. We'll meet him. Good. Do that. No problem. Let's go. [ Keaton turns around, ready to leave. McManus grabs him ]
McManus : I don't like it, Dean. I don't like it. Wait a minute. One more thing, tough guy. Any more surprises, and I'm gonna kill you.
Redfoot the Fence : You're such a tough guy, McManus. Do me a favour, right. Get the fuck off my dick. [ Redfoot flicks his cigarette butt at McManus and it lands on McManus's eye ]
McManus : Fuck! [ McManus lunges at him in rage and has to be restrained by Keaton ]
Redfoot the Fence : Put a leash on that puppy. You know, it's an awful shame about Saul gettin' whacked. Cops'll be looking for the guys who did it. Sooner or later they're gonna come around asking me. You have a sweet night, ladies.

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cop : Todd Hockney?
Hockney : Who wants to know?
cop : New York Police Department. [ Hockney drops his screwdriver, sighs and reaches under the body of the car ]
cop : Shit! Freeze! Hold it! [ Hockney actually pulls out a red cloth with which he uses to wipe his face ]
Hockney : You sure you brought enough guys?

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Verbal : McManus came to us with the job, Fenster got the vans, Hockney supplied the hardware, I came through with how to do it so no one got killed, but Keaton... Keaton put on the finishing touch. A little 'fuck you' from the five of us to the NYPD.

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[ Hockney talks about Keaton's girlfriend Edie Finneran while they're held after interrogation ]
McManus : How about it, Keaton? You a lawyer's 'wife'? What kinda retainer are you givin' her?

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Jack Baer, FBI : Listen, send me someone who can speak Hungarian. Yeah he's awake, he's talking like a Thai hooker.

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Dave Kujan : First day on the job, you know what I learned? How to spot a murderer. Let's say you arrest three guys for the same killing. You put them all in jail overnight. The next morning, whoever's sleeping is your man. You see, if you're guilty, you know you're caught, you get some rest, you let your guard down.

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McManus : The news said it's raining in New York.

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Hockney : You kids ready?
McManus : I would be if I didn't have to stop and answer to you.

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