The Stunt Man (1980)

Charles Bail: Chuck Barton

Quotes 

• Chuck Barton : You know a good falling horse makes more in 4 minutes than a bank president does in a year?

• Chuck Barton : Done any stuntwork?

  Cameron : Not really.

  Chuck Barton : Not really? You have or you haven't.

  Cameron : I got out of 'Nam in one piece. That's a helluva stunt.

  Chuck Barton : Ancient history.

  Cameron : Seems like yesterday to me.

• Cameron : [after demonstrating a leap for Chuck]  My specialty's the broad jump.

  Chuck Barton : [angrily]  And Burt's specialty was drowning!

• Chuck Barton : Your mind can't be on snatch. It's gotta be on grabbing that gutter.

• Chuck Barton : You know, one daredevil on this picture was enough! The hell is Eli thinking? Sending me a smartass, cocky, amateur kid when I need a stuntman! A little different when you're running across those roofs and they're pumping tracer bullets over your head.

  Cameron : I was running for 26 months with guys shooting *at* my head, not over my head. I'm here. I'm alive. I knew daredevils, and I ain't got nothing against 'em, it's just they're all dead. So how about giving me break! You putting me on? Huh?

  Chuck Barton : Me? I wouldn't know how to do that.

• Chuck Barton : [indicating distance of about 4 feet]  You think you can jump from there to there?

  Cameron : [wondering if he's joking]  From there to there?

  Chuck Barton : Umm hmm.

  Cameron : [before easily jumping the distance]  Okie dokie.

  Chuck Barton : Oh, very good... except you're dead. Your brains are scattered all over the pavement. You should land in a tuck and then roll.

  Cameron : Show me, Sargeant.