Air America (1990)

Robert Downey Jr.: Billy

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Quotes 

• Billy Covington : [Gene is loading a machine gun]  Excuse me, is that an Uzi?

  Gene Ryack : [glances at Babo and Billy]  You know, that would make a great TV commercial? 'Excuse me, is that an Uzi?' 'Why, yes it is. Hey, self-defense is no laughing matter! That why when I want number one I pack an Uzi... accept no substitutes.'

• Billy Covington : I don't wanna crash twice in one day!

  Gene Ryack : Don't worry, I crash better that anyone I know.

• [their plane is in trouble] 

  Babo : We're VSF!

  Billy Covington : What?

  Babo : Very Severely Fucked!

• Billy Covington : Gene, you can't sell the plane! It's government property!

  Gene Ryack : The U.S. Government doesn't exist in Laos and neither does this plane!

  Billy Covington : Good point!

• Billy Covington : What the f*** are you doing here, man? Do you believe in this war?

  Gene Ryack : I used to believe in all these wars.

  [laughs] 

  Gene Ryack : See, I had this theory once. I believed in the politics of Saturday night.

  Billy Covington : And...?

  Gene Ryack : I rated all governments and countries by how good or bad their Saturday nights were... and... I KNEW that Moscow and Peking had to be a stone DRAG at that time of the week. So I was flying for a cause. I was fighting to defend... chicken BBQs and wienie roasts, and Ray Charles songs and drinkin' Southern Comfort 'til you passed out behind the bar.

  Billy Covington : Politics of Saturday Night. I can relate to that theory.

  Gene Ryack : Yeah, it's not bad, is it? Just not particularly true, that's all. I hear they party pretty hard in Moscow.

  Billy Covington : No need to give up a good theory just because it isn't true.

• Billy Covington : How often do you guys go on a bender like this?

  Babo : Bender? This isn't a bender, this is night-time!

• Billy Covington : Pilot hijinks? This is psychotic behavior.

  Gene Ryack : Well, here at Air America, what is considered psychotic behavior anywhere else is just company policy.

• [Gene must make a decision about his cargo] 

  Billy Covington : Come on, You gotta do it, or you're just another version of Major Lemond, with a slightly hipper rap!

• Billy Covington : Jesus! Who the hell is shooting at us?

  Jack Neely : Over here, everybody shoots at us.

• Billy Covington : All right, I'm not gonna die dropping pigs from the sky! Not gonna happen!