The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
The Last Night of a Jockey (1963)
Mickey Rooney: Grady
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Grady : [answers the phone] Yeah. This is Grady. Who? What paper? Oh yeah, yeah. Yeah, so you're the creep that... I said creep! Yeah, I know who you are! I know who you are! Sure, I read your column. Every time I read it, it makes me sick, I wanna use a stomach pump. Don't try and nuzzle up to me with that Mr. Grady stuff. Three years ago you stuck in the shiv! Listen to me, I had nothing to do with horse doping. NOTHING, you understand that?
[conversation continues]
Grady : Ah, oh sure, a couple of taps on the typewriter and I get a 60-day suspension!
Grady : [listens] Yeah, go ahead, you could talk pretty safe now, you're 50 blocks away. If you were here in this room now, I'd scrape you off the wall and put you in a cup. How does that grab you? This is a statement to the press! Grady to the press, you fink, ya hyenas down there! Listen, and don't forget to spell the name correct! Grady! G-R-A-D-Y!
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[Grady has now grown to 10 feet tall, barely fitting into his apartment]
Grady : I'm gonna ri... Wait a minute. I'm too big. I'm too big. I'M TOO BIG! I CAN'T RIDE! WAIT A MINUTE! I CAN'T RIDE!
[Grady begins trashing his tiny apartment]
Grady : I CAN'T WEAR MY CLOTHES! I'M TOO-I'M TOO BIG! I'M TOO BIG! HEAR ME? I'M TOO BIG! I'M TOO BIG! I CAN'T RIDE! NO!
[Grady has been brought to his knees in desperation]
Grady : Please, please. Please, make me small! Please, I'll never ask for anything again. PLEASE, MAKE ME SMALL. PLEASE! OH, GOD.
Grady : [as Grady's conscience; mocking] You are small, Mr. Grady. You see, every time you won an honest race, that's when you were a giant. Right now, they just don't come any smaller.