Used Cars (1980)
Kurt Russell: Rudy Russo
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Quotes
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[Rudy is planning to break into a presidential broadcast with a commercial]
Jeff : For Christ's sake, we're fuckin' with the President of the United States.
Rudy Russo : He fucks with us, doesn't he?
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Rudy Russo : C'mon, Jeff! You've seen how bad business is. Thanks to Fuchs, our name is mud! Look... we had nuns, protesting out front when I got here this morning.
Jeff : Nuns?
Rudy Russo : Yeah. I had to have Jim turn the firehose on them.
Jim the Mechanic : [holds up the still wet firehose] And I knocked them motherfuckers right on they asses, too.
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Rudy Russo : Charlie, I broke my back getting you this deal. You know that...
Charlie : Fifty bucks never killed anybody.
Rudy Russo : [pressing] You're not going to find another deal like this anywhere in town.
Charlie : Fifty bucks never killed anybody.
Rudy Russo : [pleading] We shook hands on this... a deal's a deal.
Charlie : Fifty bucks never...
Rudy Russo : [throws up his hands in mock disgust] Okay Charlie, you got it, you win - I'll see what I can do... But I'm telling ya, my boss sees these figures, he's going to have a stroke.
[exits]
Charlie : [scoffs] What's he trying to pull? Fifty bucks never killed anybody.
[Luke bursts in, red face and clutching his chest]
Charlie : [panics] Okay, it's a deal, it's a deal! I'll sign! I'll sign!
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[repeated line]
Rudy Russo : Trust me.
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Rudy Russo : So. Roy L... What can I do you for?
Roy L. Fuchs : Uhhh... I'd like to talk to my brother.
Rudy Russo : Well, you're gonna have to talk kinda loud. He left for Miami late last night.
Roy L. Fuchs : Miami?
Rudy Russo : Yeah. Miami Beach.
Roy L. Fuchs : Miami Beach?
Jeff : Florida.
Roy L. Fuchs : I know where the fuck Miami Beach is, dummy.
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Jim the Mechanic : I don't know, Rudy. I ain't never sold no damn cars before.
Rudy Russo : It's easy, Jim. All you have to do is get them in that car. Nothing sells a car better than a car itself. Now remember this, you have to get their confidence, get their friendship, get their trust. Then get their money.
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Rudy Russo : Hi, there, how ya doing? Is this your ten dollars? I saw it blow underneath the car, I picked it up. Here ya are Mr. uhh? What's your name?
Stanley Dewoski : Stanley Dewoski
Rudy Russo : Polish Eh? What a coincidence! Rudy Polanski, how are ya? Hey I like that watch Stan, great shoes, love em!
Stanley Dewoski : Thanks!
Rudy Russo : So Stan, you uh, wanna buy this Buick Centurion? Huh? Good choice! Smart man! You've got good taste, nice to see someone finally walk on this lot who know's a good car when they see one. I'll tell ya. So should we write it up?
Stanley Dewoski : Actually I, I was just looking.
Rudy Russo : Oh hey, terrific, terrific. That's what were here for Stan. Here you can look, browse, peek, touch, feel, taste, smell, do anything you want, take all the time you want. Nobody's going to pressure anybody around here Stan. You know something else Stan, I really think you outta buy this Buick, uh huh, I think you outta buy it today, right now. You wanna know why? Because this Buick is you! The color is you, look at it, this is your car! Stanley Dewoski is Buick Centurion Convertible. Now I know what you are thinking Stan, you're thinking, can I afford to buy a car like this? Huh, am I right? Seriously Stan, you can't afford to not buy a car like this. I'm going to make this easy on you. If you add this whole thing up, taking in inflation rate, insurance savings, gas savings, ease and comfort, you're going to come in about ten thousand ahead in making this deal. well how the ease of owning a Buick Centurion Convertible can't measure in terms of dollars and cents.
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[Rudy and Big Jim are watching Barbara's commercial, which has been doctored]
Barbara Jane Fuchs : Come down and see the, uh, mile of cars we have on our lot.
Rudy Russo : Did she just say "mile of cars"? She said she had a "mile of cars".
Jim the Mechanic : That's the most blatant claim of false advertising I ever heard in my life...
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Rudy Russo : Come on down to New Deal Used Cars...
Margaret : AAAAAAAHHHH!
Rudy Russo : ...come on down and squeeze on us!
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Rudy Russo : Margaret, let's take a look under the hood, shall we?
Margaret : WHAT!
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Rudy Russo : Luke told me that if you came around here to have you arrested for trespassing. Now, are you going to leave, or are we going to have to call the cops?
Jeff : Yeah, do we have to call the cops?
Roy L. Fuchs : What are you, a fucking parrot?
Sam Slaton : Come on, Roy. Let's go.
Roy L. Fuchs : Suck-ass son of a bitch.
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Luke Fuchs : $10,000. Is that all it takes to be elected senator these days?
Rudy Russo : Well, that's more like a down payment. After I'm elected its 50-50 on all the graft I take.
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Rudy Russo : Hey, morning, Roy!
[Roy reacts by spitting on a car, and wiping it off]
Rudy Russo : [to himself] Same to you, asshole.
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[Rudy puts a bumper sticker of himself on a newly-bought car]
Rudy Russo : You're going to love it, Stan. Trust me.
[the car drives off as the bumper falls off the car]
Rudy Russo : Ah, shit! There goes a perfectly good bumper sticker.
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[Rudy notices that some paint has washed off Manuel's cars]
Rudy Russo : Manuel! What the hell are you using; water based paint?
Manuel : Sure. How much rain do we get around here anyway? If you don't like these, I'll get you some others. Here is my inventory.
Rudy Russo : Manuel, this is a picture of 250 cars. I can't make a deal on a picture. Take these around back and I'll think of something.
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[First lines]
Rudy Russo : Oww, fuck!
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Rudy Russo : [after unsuccessfully trying to sell a kid a bicycle] Real grinders... tougher to close than their parents!
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Jeff : [about the explanation for Luke's sudden disappearance] No-one's going to believe he went to Miami, nobody goes to Miami!
Rudy Russo : OLD people go to Miami, he's old isn't he? Where do you want him to go, Aspen?
Jeff : [looking at the '59 Edsel] Aspen? Fuck Aspen, this crate won't go around the block...
Jim the Mechanic : The fuck it won't! This motherfucker runs!
