Tequila Sunrise (1988)

Mel Gibson: Dale McKussic

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• Carlos : With you, Mac, I trust with my life, but you keep me waiting all goddamn night without showing the slightest sign of worrying about me.

  McKussic : Hey, I'm sorry, man.

  Carlos : Forget it, you had your hands full. I could see that. What's more, you fuck like a world champion. Four fucking hours! Those cops out there are terrified their wives are going to hear about this. I got starved just watching!

  [tastes Jo Ann's food] 

  Carlos : She can cook too, this girl. Believe me, if she'd be willing to take out the garbage, marry her. Trust me, buddy.

• McKussic : [Carlos & McKussic struggle for a gun, which fires towards both of them]  Shit

  Carlos : Oh, Jesus Christ, look at that. You shot me.

  McKussic : So what? You shot me!

  Carlos : Look at that! Look at my stomach!

  McKussic : You went too far, God damn it! Because you're my friend, that means you get to kill anybody you want? I mean, what the...

  Carlos : [interrupts]  Will you stop talking? It's making me sick.

  McKussic : Jesus, that looks bad.

  Carlos : That's what I been telling you, for Christ's sake!

• Jo Ann : I'm sorry. I was just joking. I didn't mean to hurt you.

  Dale McKussic : Aw, come on. It didn't hurt that bad. Just looking at you hurts more.

• Jo Ann : So you thought Andy Leonard would give you respectability.

  Dale McKussic : Yes, ma'am.

  Jo Ann : Well what do you need it for?

  Dale McKussic : ...You.

• Carlos : Don't worry, buddy. I won't kill her unless you approve.

  McKussic : And if I don't approve?

  Carlos : Then we'll talk until you do...

• Carlos : I haven't seen any matador stand his ground like that since Abruza.

  McKussic : He's a pussy.

  Carlos : He's the finest matador in Mexico.

  McKussic : He's a pussy, man.

  Carlos : Why is that buddy?

  McKussic : I don't know why. Look at him. Look at the matador, man. What does he fucking do? He dresses up in his... spangles and puts on his sequined jacket... and wraps that sash around his waist. Then he puts on his little pink stockings... and his hair up in a little pigtail. I mean, that's a pussy!

  Carlos : Carlos: Ah! Whoa!

  McKussic : I mean... that's what a bullfight is... it's saying he's a pussy. And we're the bull. I mean, they got that thing and they wave it like a red flag. What do we do? We charge that sucker! And so, they always got the edge, 'cause they always know what we're gonna do. We are fuckin' predictable, man, and they're just gonna stick it in... and break it off and that's it and there's not a fucking thing you can say.

  Carlos : [claps]  Bravo, buddy! So, what're we gonna do about it?

  McKussic : What are we gonna do about it? Well, you die. You fucking die. That's what you do about it.

• Dale McKussic : Nobody wants me to quit. You know, don't quit, don't get caught, stay on top long enough for us to knock you off - I mean, that's the motto around here. Nobody wants me to quit. The cops want to bust me. The Colombians want my connections. My wife, she wants my money. Her lawyer agrees and mine likes getting paid to argue with him. Nobody wants me to quit. I haven't even mentioned my customers here. You know they don't want me to quit.

  Jo Ann : That is completely paranoid.

  Dale McKussic : Hey, I'm just talking here. I'm not trying to convince you of a goddamn thing. And I may be paranoid, but then again nobody wants me to quit.

• Carlos : [to Nick, about Jo Ann]  She's gonna marry you? She said that?

  McKussic : Yeah.

  Carlos : Oh, no! No! No... ho... ho! Under the circumstances, she would've said anything! She would have fucked a snake!

• Nick Frescia : I want to get this straight... you're willing to shoot me over drug money?

  McKussic : Well, it is an awful lot of money...

• McKussic : As dumb as Andy is, he's my lawyer.