Big (1988)
Tom Hanks: Josh
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Quotes
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Josh : Will you please leave? I got a deadline to meet. Gosh.
Billy : Who the fuck do you think you are ?
Josh : *Hey*!
Billy : You're Josh Baskin, remember? You broke your arm on my roof! You hid in *my* basement when Robert Dyson was about to rip your head off!
Josh : You don't get it, do you? This is important!
Billy : I'm your best friend. What's more important than that, huh?
[Turns to leave]
Billy : And I'm three months older than you are, *asshole*!
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Scotty Brennen : See that girl over there in the red? Say "hi" to her and she's yours. She'll have her legs around you so tight you'll be begging for mercy.
Josh : Well, I'll stay away from her, then.
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Mrs. Baskin : You have my son?
Josh : [Over the phone] Yes.
Mrs. Baskin : Look, if you touch one hair on his head, I swear I will spend the rest of my life making sure you suffer.
Josh : Wow, thanks.
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Josh : My best sport is video hockey.
Paul : That isn't a sport.
Josh : Well, It takes eye-to-hand coordination.
Paul : It's not a sport if you don't sweat.
Josh : Well, what about golf? You don't sweat and that's a sport.
Paul : It's not a sport if you let a machine do all the work.
Josh : What about car racing?
Paul : Aw, shut up, Baskin!
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Josh : It's a glow-in-the-dark compass ring. So you don't get lost.
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Josh : What's this?
Scotty Brennen : Pay day.
Josh : [Opens up the envelope and looks at his check] *A hundred and eighty seven dollars*?
Scotty Brennen : Yeah. They really screw you don't they?
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Bank Teller : [cashing Josh's first paycheck] Okay, so how would you like that?
Josh : [he and Billy discuss it privately, then return to the window] Three dimes, a hundred dollar bill and 87 ones.
Bank Teller : [pause] Okay...
[takes out stack of $1 bills]
Bank Teller : One, two, three, four...
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Josh : [playing racketball] That was under the line.
Paul : What?
Josh : That was under the line. You said it had to be over the line on a serve.
Paul : No, I didn't.
Josh : Yeah you did. You said it had to be over the line on a serve.
Paul : No I did not, now give me the goddamn ball!
Josh : Well that's cheating.
Paul : Give me the goddamn ball, will you?
Josh : No.
Paul : Give me the ball, you little shit.
Josh : It's my serve.
Paul : Give me the ball! *Give me the goddamn ball*! I never said that!
Josh : Yes you did.
Paul : Give me the...
[Josh starts to run, Paul gives chase]
Paul : Give me the... Give me the ball. Give me the ball!
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Josh : [inputting toy orders] The Dinky Link... Jimmy's Toy Box...
Scotty Brennen : [in the next cubicle] Psst, hey, I'm Scott Brennan.
Josh : I'm Josh Baskin.
Scotty Brennen : Listen, what're you tryin' to do, get us all fired? You gotta pace yourself, slowly, slowly.
Josh : It's my first day.
Scotty Brennen : I know!
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Josh : [checking Billy's baseball cards] Got it, got it, need it, got it...
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Josh : What's fun with playing with a robot that turns into a building?
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Josh : Well, there's a million robots that turn into something. And this is a building that turns into a robot. So what's so fun about playing with a building? That's not any fun!
