Rush Hour (1998) quotes
Director
Brett Ratner.
Cast
Jackie Chan.
Chris Tucker.
Ken Leung.
A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed LAPD detective to rescue the Chinese Consul’s kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.
Whassup, my nigga?
– Lee
What did you just say?
– Bartender
Whassup, my nigga.
– Lee
Bobby, didn’t I look the other way that time you bought that bag of weed?
– Carter
I was splittin’ it with you!
– Officer Bobby
Well, didn’t I give you the bigger half?
– Carter
This is the LAPD. We’re the most hated cops in all the free world. My own mama’s ashamed of me. She tells everybody I’m a drug dealer.
– Carter
Why would they not want my help?
– Lee
Because they don’t give a damn about you! They don’t like you! I don’t like you!
– Carter
I don’t care! I’m here for the girl!
– Lee
The girl don’t like you! Nobody likes you!
– Carter
That’s why I don’t have no partner, that’s one thing I learned from my daddy.
– Carter
Your father was a policeman?
– Lee
Fifteen years LAPD.
– Carter
My daddy also a policeman.
– Lee
Your daddy was a cop?
– Carter
Not a cop, an officer, a legend all over Hong Kong.
– Lee
My daddy a legend too all over America. My daddy once arrested fifteen people in one night by himself.
– Carter
My daddy arrested 25 by himself.
– Lee
…My daddy once saved five crackheads from a burnin’ building, by himself.
– Carter
My daddy once caught a bullet with his bare hand.
– Lee
My daddy’ll kick your daddy’s ass all the way from here to China, Japan, wherever the hell you from and all up that Great Wall too.
– Carter
Hey, don’t talk about my father.
– Lee
Don’t talk about my daddy.
– Carter
How long this flight?
– Carter
Fifteen hours.
– Lee
Fifteen hours? What are we gonna do for fifteen hours?
– Carter
Huh! War! Uh! Good God “yaw.”
– Lee
Oh, hell no! Stewardess! Get me another seat!
– Carter
This ain’t no Democracy.
– Carter
Yes it is.
– Lee
No it ain’t. This is the United States of James Carter. I’m the President, I’m the Emperor, I’m the King. I’m Michael Jackson, you’re Tito. I own yo ass.
– Carter
It is not my job to be jumping on and off of buses, I don’t do that, I am not Carl Lewis!
– Carter
You must take me to see Consul Han right away.
– Lee
Man, just sit there and shut up! This ain’t no democracy.
– Carter
Yes, it is.
– Lee
No, it ain’t. This is the United States of James Carter. I’m the president, I’m the emperor, I’m the king. I’m Michael Jackson, you Tito. Your ass belongs to me.
– Carter
I like to let people talk who like to talk. It lets me find out how full of shit they are.
– Lee
What the hell did you just say?
– Carter
I’ve been lookin’ for your sweet and sour chicken ass.
– Carter
I’m no punk bitch!
– Chin
I’m no punk bitch neither!
– Carter
*I’m* no punk bitch!
– Chin
For one?
– Waitress
No, for two, I’m here for a meeting with Mr. Juntao.
– Carter
I’m sorry I do not know Mr. Juntao.
– Waitress
Now wipe yourself off. You’re bleeding.
– Sang
Look maybe you don’t understand, I’m Mr. Juntao’s lawyer, legal advisor, he got into some shit again and he told me to come down here and I’m a very busy man, ain’t got time to be down here this late but I’m down here, my wife want me to come home, my baby is shittin’ all over the house, he needs diapers, would you please go get Mr. Juntao?
– Carter
Two officers were shot, one man lost a pinkie.
– Captain Diel
But didn’t nobody die!
– Carter
You destroyed half a city block!
– Captain Diel
That block was already messed up.
– Carter
And you lost a lot of evidence!
– Captain Diel
We still got a little bit left.
– Carter
I’m lookin’ out for you when I reach the top. I’m gonna make you mayor.
– Carter
I’d rather you didn’t.
– Captain Diel
I’m still the law around, clean it up… and brush your teeth.
– Carter
Let me tell you something, I don’t know anything about that, so you can kiss my fat ass.
– Clive Cod
Clive, it would take me all day to kiss your fat ass.
– Carter
We have just received a threat on the building. We ask if you please exit the building as soon as possible and please do not panic.
– Carter
Did you hear what I just said? Get your shit and go out the door!
– Carter
Wipe yourself off, man. You dead.
– Carter
Where the hell’s Carter?
– Agent Russ
I’m gonna kick your ass and then I’ll take your ass to jail.
– Carter
Hey, man, y’all see a little Asian dude about this height with a steering wheel on his arm?
– Carter
Ah! Beach Boys!
– Lee
Oh, hell no! You didn’t just touch my goddamn radio!
– Carter
The Beach Boys are great American music.
– Lee
The Beach Boys gonna get you a great ass whuppin’. Don’t you ever touch a black man’s radio, boy! You can do that in China but you can get your ass killed out here, man!
– Carter
Go screw yourself.
– FBI Gate Guard #1
What did you say?
– Carter
I said go screw yourself.
– FBI Gate Guard #1
Carter, we’re impressed with the great job you did yesterday, so when you get back there’s gonna be an FBI badge waiting for you.
– Agent Russ
You serious? I don’t know what to say. It’s like a dream come true. I got an idea though, I got an idea. Why don’t y’all take that badge and shove it up your ass. All up in your ass. I’m LAPD.
– Carter
Bitch.
– Agent Whitney
Get yo big Happy Meal Ass over in the corner!
– Carter
You take your little sensitive ass up there and let me in. Get out of the way! Don’t make me get up out of this truck! Man when I get up in there I’m slappin’ somebody, I don’t play that.
– Carter
We can hang in my crib. I will show you my ‘hood.
– Lee
We must be… must be a misunderstanding. I was sent down here for the big case. For the kidnapping. The little girl?
– Carter
…which one of y’all kicked me?
– Carter
Every now and then we have to let the general public know that we can still blow shit up.
– Captain Diel
You’re God damn right.
– Carter
No disrespect, sir, but he’s only gonna get in my way. If I’m gonna handle the situation for you, I’m gonna have to work alone.
– Carter
Carter, he *is* the situation.
– Agent Russ