Poolhall Junkies (2002)

Christopher Walken: Mike

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• Mike : You watch those nature documentaries on the cable? You see the one about lions? You got this lion. He's the king of the jungle, huge mane out to here. He's laying under a tree, in the middle of Africa. He's so big, it's so hot. He doesn't want to move. Now the little lions come, they start messing with him. Biting his tail, biting his ears. He doesn't do anything. The lioness, she starts messing with him. Coming over, making trouble. Still nothing. Now the other animals, they notice this. They start to move in. The jackals; hyenas. They're barking at him, laughing at him. They nip his toes, and eat the food that's in his domain. They do this, then they get closer and closer, bolder and bolder. Till one day, that lion gets up and tears the shit out of everybody. Runs like the wind, eats everything in his path. Cause every once in a while, the lion has to show the jackals, who he is.

• Joe : How the fuck does that make you feel... to be in that position with all your money on the table?

  Mike : How much you got, Joe?

  Joe : What?

  Mike : Total. You put down 80 thousand like it didn't matter. That's a lot of money for somebody like you and him. I think it matters.

  Joe : What's the difference...

  Mike : I'm a millionaire! That's the difference. I lose 80 I get another 80. For me it doesn't matter. See, I think it's you... who's sweating this, the both of you.

• Mike : What do you call a thousand lawyers buried up to their necks in sand?

  Johnny Doyle : What?

  Mike : Not enough sand.

• Mike : When I was a kid, I figured out right away: most companies pay people enough, so as they don't quit. People work hard enough, so as they don't get fired. You know, what's that?

• Mike : I'm gonna step outside and get some smog.

• Mike : I'm not sure I wanna be hanging out with a guy who noticed a crease in my pants.

• Mike : I'm gonna leave you with nothing.

• Mike : This one's for all the marbles, boys.