Bad Labor (2018)

Kevin Nelson: Stanley Tesla

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Quotes 

• Stanley Tesla : Good morning boys!

  [Day Laborers say 'Good morning' back] 

  Stanley Tesla : I'm looking for a worker for the day. Somebody who can help me with some heavy lifting, some digging, and some driving. And the pay goes up to $10,000! Cash! So, who's interested?

• Stanley Tesla : So what's the fuckin story man? Why'd you come here?

  Roberto Vargas : I don't know man. I guess... . I just came here for a better life...

  Stanley Tesla : No no no no no no! Dude that's boring as shit, come on! Every Mexican that crosses over says that fuckin thing. Gimme something original! Gimme the Tale of Beto. "I came to this country because... ."

• Stanley Tesla : My sister just came out as a lesbian. So I was gonna get her a cat because I figured like, she likes pussy, you know?

• Stanley Tesla : I can't see shit. You wouldn't happen to have a flashlight on you, would ya?

  Roberto Vargas : No.

  Stanley Tesla : Classic Roberto. Fuck it.

• Roberto Vargas : Stanley...

  Stanley Tesla : Yo!

  Roberto Vargas : Why you pick me man?

  Stanley Tesla : What do you mean?

  Roberto Vargas : You know, earlier this morning when you offered the job to the other guys. Why you pick me?

  Stanley Tesla : You have an honest face. Come on, it's getting late.

• Stanley Tesla : Listen, I know it sounds weird. Ok? I mean, I've been doing all this on my own, you know, and it's - it gets a little boring when you're doing everything on your own. Truth be told I've never been a lone wolf type. I'm a very sociable guy, I like talking to people, you know? In case you didn't notice that already. I just thought, you know, I could hire someone, you can drive me around, I can take motherfuckers out and I don't know have a really fun conversation......

  [he shrugs] 

  Stanley Tesla : So, what do you say?

• [Stanley enters the bar, holding a growling stomach] 

  Stanley Tesla : Hey barkeep. Uh, where's your bathroom?

  Bartender : You see that big ass door that says bathroom?

  Stanley Tesla : Yea.

  Bartender : There you go.

  Stanley Tesla : Cool man, fuck you too.

• [as "Mothafuckin Bday" plays loudly in the truck speakers] 

  Stanley Tesla : Do you know who that is?

  Roberto Vargas : No.

  Stanley Tesla : Dude it's me! I'm DJ Pancake!

  Roberto Vargas : You write songs?

  Stanley Tesla : Yea not a lot of people know this about me but I'm a singer / songwriter / dancer. I have a song for every occasion in every genre! Come on Beto, sing with me man!

  Roberto Vargas : What?

  Stanley Tesla : Sing!

  [throws his hands hard on the steering wheel] 

  Stanley Tesla : SING!

• [Stanley and Roberto exit the truck on a lonely desert hillside] 

  Stanley Tesla : So, I have a little confession to make. And honestly Roberto, I don't - I don't know how you're gonna take it, so... ..

  Roberto Vargas : Lemme guess. There's no $10,000.

  Stanley Tesla : [scoffs and touches his chest dramatically]  Beto. No! No of course there's $10,000, I mean come on, what do I look like a fuckin liar? No, I'm... I'm uh... ..

  [he pulls the truck bed down] 

  Stanley Tesla : I'm referring to this.

  Stanley Tesla : [Stanley removes blue tarp over his murder weapons. Roberto sees a chainsaw, ratchet straps, and a shovel]  Yea.

  Roberto Vargas : What's going on?

  Stanley Tesla : Well, uh... . ehehehah it's um... . Ah... . Eh, I mean it's... agh, eh.

  [sighs] 

  Stanley Tesla : I'm a killer, Beto.

  [imitates gun click] 

  Roberto Vargas : What?

  Stanley Tesla : YEA, yea I... I kill people for money.

  [laughs, stops, then shrugs] 

  Roberto Vargas : Why didn't you tell me that before I got into your fuckin' truck?

  Stanley Tesla : Oh yea right come on! Like you would've gotten in if I told you if I was a killer at the beginning! No way man.

  [chuckles] 

  Roberto Vargas : Is that why you pick me up? To kill me?

  Stanley Tesla : Oh my God, no. No no no Beto no no no. I- I like you. Listen it's - it's just like I said alright: I needed a worker for the day to come help me out.