Heat (1995)

William Fichtner: Roger Van Zant

Quotes 

• [McCauley calls Van Zant on the phone] 

  Roger Van Zant : What are you doing?

  Neil McCauley : What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone.

  Roger Van Zant : I don't understand.

  Neil McCauley : 'Cause there is a dead man on the other end of this fuckin' line

• Roger Van Zant : Who are you?

  Waingro : Waingro. My name's Waingro.

  Roger Van Zant : I've been living in the office day and night, how well do you know him?

  Waingro : Oh, we took some major scores together.

  Roger Van Zant : [nods slowly]  How come I haven't heard from him?

  Waingro : Well, he's probably busy right now. But he's real thorough. He ain't gon' forget about you.

  Roger Van Zant : Oh that's reassuring.

  [Waingro chuckles] 

• Nate : [over the phone]  Nobody knew the "merch" was yours, be that as it may, my way you get a hundred percent from the insurance company and take the bonds back from us at sixty cents on the dollar, make yourself another forty percent. The operation doesn't skip a beat, everybody makes out.

  Roger Van Zant : [while in his office with Hugh Benny]  Sure, you got a deal.

  Nate : Good, this percentage, nobody gets their underwear twisted over this.

  Roger Van Zant : Yeah, so you have your man call me and we'll set up the meeting.

  Nate : Yeah, okay.

  Roger Van Zant : [hangs up]  Nice talking to you.

  Hugh Benny : You're gonna deal with these guys?

  Roger Van Zant : [while looking at his computer monitor]  So, word's out on the street it's ok to steal my stuff. I'm going to kill these sons of bitches. Have Harry bring me the spreadsheets for Canary Islands offshore.

• [Neil breaks into Van Zant's home and points a gun at him] 

  Neil McCauley : Waingro, where is he?

  [Van Zant says nothing] 

  Neil McCauley : [shouts]  Where is he?

  Roger Van Zant : How the hell would I know?

  [Neil shoots him three times, killing him]