In the Line of Fire (1993) quotes
Director
Wolfgang Petersen.
Cast
Clint Eastwood.
John Malkovich.
Rene Russo.
Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn’t save Kennedy, but he’s determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.
I want you to give yourself up.
– Frank Horrigan
So I can live a long and fruitful life?
– Mitch Leary
Oh, we can work something out.
– Frank Horrigan
Jesus, Frank, don’t fucking lie to me. I have a rendezvous with death, and so does the President, and so do you, Frank, if you get too close to me.
– Mitch Leary
You have a rendezvous with my ass, motherfucker!
– Frank Horrigan
Frank, you of all people, I want you to understand because we both USED to think this country was a very special place…
– Mitch Leary
You don’t know what I used to think!
– Frank Horrigan
Oh, but you know about me? Do you have any idea what I’ve done for God and country? Some pretty FUCKING HORRIBLE things! I don’t even remember who I was before they sunk their claws into me!
– Mitch Leary
They made you into a real monster, right?
– Frank Horrigan
That’s right and now they want to destroy me because we can’t have monsters roaming the quiet countryside, now can we?
– Mitch Leary
Was that you shooting?
– Hunter
Yes.
– Mitch Leary
What the hell kind of gun is that?
– Hunter
Something I made.
– Mitch Leary
No kidding? You made it? Guess it beats paying for it, huh? Can I see it?
– Hunter
Yeah.
– Mitch Leary
Shit, it’s light. What’s it made of?
– Hunter
It’s composite, like plastic.
– Mitch Leary
Pretty neat. You, uh, you mind if I give her a little dance?
– Hunter
Not at all.
– Mitch Leary
That is great! That is really great! You, uh, wouldn’t be interested in selling her, would ya?
– Hunter
No, I need it.
– Mitch Leary
For what?
– Hunter
To assassinate the president.
– Mitch Leary
What would you wanna do that for, mister?
– Hunter
Why did you kill that bird, asshole?
– Mitch Leary
I’ll bet you that brown pigeon down there flies off before the white one.
– Frank Horrigan
How do you know?
– Lilly Raines
I know things about pigeons, Lilly.
– Frank Horrigan
Well, time flies when you’re being annoyed.
– Lilly Raines
What do you know about the guy?
– Frank Horrigan
Well, d’you see this wheelchair? Mitch bought it for me. Cost over $1,000. See this?
– Walter Wickland
Whoa, whoa, take it easy now…
– Al D’Andrea
This is in case he ever comes back.
– Walter Wickland
You’re looking at a living legend, Lilly. The only active agent who ever lost a president.
– Frank Horrigan
If she looks back, that means she’s interested. Come on now give me a little look, a little glance back. Give me a small look and be on your way!
– Frank Horrigan
Frank, the President sent his limo for you.
– Sam Campagna
Well, that’s the least he could do.
– Lilly Raines
Good. I love public transportation.
– Frank Horrigan
The irony is so thick you could choke on it.
– Mitch Leary
There’s no fuckin’ irony, Mitch.
– Frank Horrigan
Think, Frank. Think. The same government that trained me to kill trained you to protect. Yet now you want to kill me while up on that roof I protected you. They’re gonna write books about us, Frank.
– Mitch Leary
Do you have what it takes to take a bullet, or is life too precious?
– Mitch Leary
Well, I’ll be thinkin’ about that when I’m pissin’ on your grave.
– Frank Horrigan
Or is life too precious?
– Mitch Leary
Take my hand. If you don’t, you’ll die.
– Frank Horrigan
Do you want to save me, Frank?
– Mitch Leary
To be frank and honest with you, no. But it’s my job.
– Frank Horrigan
Hello, Frank. By the time you hear this, it’ll be over. The President is most likely dead, and so am I. I wonder, Frank, did you kill me? Who won our game? Not that it really matters, for among friends like you and me, it’s not whether you win or lose but how you play the game, and now the game is done and it’s time to get on with your life. But I worry, Frank, that you have no life to get on with. You’re a good man, and good men like you and me are destined to walk a lonely road. Goodbye, and good luck.
– Mitch Leary
McCrawley?
– Frank Horrigan
Why not call me Booth?
– Mitch Leary
Why not Oswald?
– Frank Horrigan
Because Booth had flair, panache – a leap to the stage after he shot Lincoln.
– Mitch Leary