New Amsterdam (TV Series)

Golden Boy (2008)

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau: John Amsterdam, John York

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Quotes 

• [Omar hands John a CD] 

  Omar : Cop dropped this off. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves the real story?

  John Amsterdam : Close.

  Omar : I always thought Dopey got the bum rap. Just because he doesn't talk doesn't mean he doesn't have something to say. And what's the deal with Happy? Why does he have to be fat? Are most fat people you know happy?

• [1941, John is forging a birth certificate] 

  John Amsterdam : At least Uncle Sam wants me. Name: Johann Vandersee

  [writes: John York] 

  John Amsterdam : . Date of birth: June 1st, 1607

  [writes: Jan 6, 1904] 

  John Amsterdam : . Place of Birth: Amsterdam, Holland

  [writes: New York City] 

  John Amsterdam : . So that's the end of the story.

  [to dog] 

  John Amsterdam : huh, 29? You know Lily did me a favor. Got me to join the army. Maybe if I'm lucky I'll get killed.

• John Amsterdam : Tell you a secret. Nothing can kill me either.

  Corey : Huh.

  John Amsterdam : Oh, you don't believe me?

  Corey : Uh, uh.

  John Amsterdam : I've been shot, stabbed, strangled, poisoned, beaten...

  Corey : What if your head was cut off?

  John Amsterdam : That hasn't happened yet.

  Corey : You'll die.

  John Amsterdam : I hope not.

• [New York, 1941, Chrysler Building after Lily has departed] 

  Maggie : These are your calls. You've got the Martin arraignment tomorrow at nine and lunch with Judge Farrow.

  [regarding Lily] 

  Maggie : So, is she the one?

  John Amsterdam : I don't know. Do I look any older?

  Maggie : You probably look the way you did when my mother married you fifty years ago.

  John Amsterdam : I feel older. I miss your mother, M.

  Maggie : Well, no wonder. You're about to celebrate the 300th anniversary of your death. Are you having a party?

  John Amsterdam : Small guest list. Just you and me. Could be it. Time will tell.

• [visiting Lily's grave] 

  Omar : Just seems like the only thing you care about these days is finding this girl.

  John Amsterdam : Hey. I've been looking for her for almost four...

  Omar : [interrupts]  400 years, I know. The woman who'll turn your hair grey. The one. So what does that make my mother? The fifth? The twenty-fifth? Does she get a number like your dogs?

  John Amsterdam : Watch your step Omar.

  Omar : Or what. You're gonna ground me? Take me to the woodshed? I'm a sixty-five year old man.

  John Amsterdam : You're also my son.

• [John and his great-grandson were discussing Superman] 

  John Amsterdam : I'll tell you a secret. Nothing can kill me, either.

  Corey : [giggles] 

  John Amsterdam : What, you don't believe me?

  Corey : Uh uh.

  John Amsterdam : I've been shot, stabbed,strangled, poisoned, beaten...

  Corey : What if your head was cut off?

  John Amsterdam : That hasn't happened yet.

  Corey : You'll die.

• Mank : Just humor me. Al Sharpton and Billy Graham decide they've gotta see the Pope. They take the space shuttle...

  John Amsterdam : It just looks like a parachute.

  Mank : Ok. A doctor, a lawyer, and a veterinarian...

  John Amsterdam : Sue the duck.

  Mank : Hank Aaron dies...

  John Amsterdam : That's God. He just thinks he's Barry Bonds.

  Mank : I hate you.