Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Robert Vaughn: Gelt
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Quotes
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[in Gelt's lair and treasure chamber]
Shad : I'm hiring mercenaries to protect against an invasion, but food and shelter is all we can offer in payment. All of our wealth is in our culture.
Gelt : I could buy your planet ten times over with what I've gathered in this room: plutonium, cadmium, qualine crystals... I've been very well paid for my work.
Shad : I'm sorry. I've wasted your time.
Gelt : NO! Wait. Listen to the rest of it: I sleep with my back to the wall - when I CAN sleep. I eat serpents seven times a week. There's not a major city in this galaxy where I can show my face, or spend my wealth. Right now, your offer looks very attractive to me... A meal, and a place to hide.
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Cowboy : [upon seeing Gelt's ship approach] Here comes somebody else. Who's that?
Shad : [switching over to Gelt] Do you want your name used?
Gelt : My name is Gelt.
Cowboy : Where ya from, Gelt? I'm from Earth. Know where that is?
Gelt : I was born in space.
Cowboy : Oh, well, put in between us. I'll cover you.
Gelt : I don't like anyone behind me.
Cowboy : Okay, you keep a scanner on our tail.
Gelt : I always do.
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Gelt : ...I came back here for a rest. There aren't many other planets left in the galaxy where I don't have a bounty on my head.
Shad : What makes you so... popular?
Gelt : I settle disputes... very quickly. I'm very good at it. I don't care who I work for, or with. That's why I've collected a lot of enemies along the way.
Shad : You kill... for pay?
Gelt : I have no home, no family, no ideals. What else would I kill for?
Shad : ...Pleasure?
Gelt : No. It's strictly business with me. Now, then... What's your pitch?