Street Smart (1987)
Christopher Reeve: Jonathan Fisher
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Quotes
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Jonathan Fisher : You're Fast Black, aren't you?
Fast Black : To some people. My momma always called me Leo. Leo Smalls Jr.
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[repeated lines]
Jonathan Fisher : This is Jonathan Fisher, Channel 3, Street Smart!
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Jonathan Fisher : I know they want to get laid, but do you ever get really weird stuff?
Punchy : Oh, yeah.
Jonathan Fisher : Yeah? What's the weirdest thing a guy ever asked you to do?
Punchy : Talk.
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Jonathan Fisher : I am trying to write the kind of pieces that I used to.
Ted Avery : Then write the way you used to.
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Jonathan Fisher : I could get you an interview with a Times Square pimp.
Ted Avery : Didn't we do that a few years back?
Jonathan Fisher : No, no. This is a totally different angle. This guy is not just a flesh peddler.
Ted Avery : What is he, a Methodist minister?
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Jonathan Fisher : Come on. You don't have a man? You got to have somebody who runs protection for you, lines up the hotel, buys you clothes, right?
Punchy : No pimp. Just me.
Jonathan Fisher : I don't believe you.
Punchy : I don't give a shit.
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Flashy man : Listen, man, you better haul your ass on out of here before I cut your balls off and shove 'em up your ass.
Jonathan Fisher : Alright. It's okay. It's cool.
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Punchy : For sixty bucks, you could get a really good time.
Jonathan Fisher : I'm sure.
Punchy : Next time, you ask for Punchy.
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Jonathan Fisher : Do I need a lawyer here, Mr. Pike?
Leonard Pike : Everyone does from time to time.
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Jonathan Fisher : I see he's still trying to grab your ass.
Alison Parker : The man's harmless, Jonathan.
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Jonathan Fisher : I was thinking, what if we call it "Street Smart"? I mean, you know, once you're out on the street, you never know what you're gonna run into.
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Jonathan Fisher : What would happen if I said no?
Art Sheffield : If you refuse to comply with the subpoena?
Jonathan Fisher : Right.
Art Sheffield : I'd say you'd be in contempt of court.
Ted Avery : The First Amendment - protects you.
Art Sheffield : But the Sixth Amendment - protects Mr. Smalls.
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Jonathan Fisher : Can I go to jail for this?
Ted Avery : Now, you just think of some of the great prisoners of conscience. Martin Luther King, Gandhi...
Jonathan Fisher : I'm going to jail.
Ted Avery : [to the lawyer] Is he going to jail?
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Jonathan Fisher : Want to know something? I really like you.
Punchy : Meaning you finally got laid enough to curl your hair. Where is that girlfriend of yours, anyway, huh? What's she do for you?
Jonathan Fisher : Ah, we've got a different kind of relationship.
Punchy : Pussy isn't any good, huh?
Jonathan Fisher : It's kind of a question of applied ethics. We'll work it out.
Punchy : Uh-huh. I love when you talk that Harvard shit.
Jonathan Fisher : I knew it would come in handy for something.
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Jonathan Fisher : You're a tough woman, Punchy.
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Fast Black : I got to tell you, homey, you don't know shit. I mean, I read that magazine, man. Your dude...
Jonathan Fisher : Tyrone.
Fast Black : This dude is stupid, man. I mean, he wouldn't last twenty minutes out here.
Jonathan Fisher : Well, a lot of people liked it.
Fast Black : Yeah, well, a lot of people got their head up their ass.
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Fast Black : What do them TV broads make?
Jonathan Fisher : What do you mean?
Fast Black : Them broads that tell the news, what do they make?
Jonathan Fisher : You watch the news?
Fast Black : Hell, yeah, I watch the news, man! I hit the streets, I got to know what the fuck is going on, right? Them TV broads, man. I know dudes that would pay five grand a night just to fuck one of them broads. I ain't lyin'! You know that blond one, man, the one that talks through her teeth, wears them big-ass glasses? Oh, yeah. "Over on Flatbush Avenue two guys got off last..." I know motherfuckers that would *kill* to fuck this bitch, man. I'm tellin' you. They don't make two grand a night, do they?
Jonathan Fisher : No. They make a lot, they don't make that kind of money.
Fast Black : I can give them two and keep three for myself. Brother, if I had a couple of them TV broads, I would fuckin' retire. You know what I mean? Honolulu, here I come. Look out!
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Fast Black : You look a little paler than usual, boy.
Jonathan Fisher : You play rough.
Fast Black : Well, it ain't all basketball and dishwashers out here.
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Fast Black : Hey, look, do you know this D.A., man?
Jonathan Fisher : Yeah.
Fast Black : How come the guy's got such a fuckin' hard-on for me?
Jonathan Fisher : I don't know. I can't tell you.
Fast Black : I mean, where does he get off?
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Yvonne : Why did you choose a subject that embodies the worst of black people?
Jonathan Fisher : You can't pretend that people like this don't exist, can you?
Yvonne : It might not be conscious racism, but it is racism.
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Alison Parker : You can tell stories to that magazine, but don't bullshit me.
Jonathan Fisher : Wait a minute.
Alison Parker : Let go of my arm.
Jonathan Fisher : What's the matter?
Alison Parker : Let go! I know you're fucking that girl.