Rumble Fish (1983)
Mickey Rourke: The Motorcycle Boy
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Quotes
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The Motorcycle Boy : If you're going to lead people, you have to have somewhere to go.
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Steve : I don't know why someone hasn't taken a rifle and blown your head off.
The Motorcycle Boy : Even the most primitive of societies have an innate respect for the insane.
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The Motorcycle Boy : California's like a beautiful, wild... beautiful, wild girl on heroin... who's high as a kite, thinkin' she's on top of the world, not knowing she's dying even if you show her the marks.
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Rusty James : I saw that chick, Cassandra. She said she wasn't hooked.
The Motorcycle Boy : Yeah? I believe her. You remember what happened to the people who didn't believe Cassandra?
Father : [mumbling] The Greeks got 'em.
Rusty James : What?
Father : [more clearly] The Greeks Got-'Em.
Rusty James : Man, what the fuck do the Greeks have to do with anything?
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Rusty James : What do you think California's like? Like all that shit in the movies. Blondes walkin' around, The Beach Boys, palm trees, the ocean. How was the ocean?
The Motorcycle Boy : I didn't get to the ocean.
Rusty James : No?
The Motorcycle Boy : California got in the way.
Rusty James : California got in the way? I thought California was on the coast.
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The Motorcycle Boy : What's this? Another glorious battle for the kingdom?
Rusty James : Hey, man... I thought you were gone for good.
The Motorcycle Boy : I thought we had a treaty.
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Rusty James : Hey, man. I really dig the colors!
[referring to the Siamese fighting fish]
The Motorcycle Boy : The colors?
Rusty James : The colors are cool.
The Motorcycle Boy : Uh-huh. Makes me kind of sorry I can't see the colors.
Rusty James : I never thought you were sorry about anything.
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Patterson the Cop : What's the big interest in the pet store all of a sudden?
Mr. Dobson : They've been hanging around here.
The Motorcycle Boy : Take a look at the fish.
Patterson the Cop : You're crazy. You're really crazy. And, you know, I've known all about it all along.
The Motorcycle Boy : But they belong in the river.
[guesturing at the fish]
The Motorcycle Boy : I don't think they would fight if they were in the river. If they had room to live.
Patterson the Cop : Someone ought to get you off the streets.
The Motorcycle Boy : Somebody ought to put the fish in the river.
[starts chuckling to himself]
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The Motorcycle Boy : Blind terror in a fight can easily pass for courage.
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The Motorcycle Boy : Once they get the dope off the streets, you know, people will persist in joining things. I mean, you'll see the gangs come back. If you live that long.
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The Motorcycle Boy : [he and Steve come across a wounded Rusty]
[quietly]
The Motorcycle Boy : You gotta keep still.
The Motorcycle Boy : [carefully begins to pick up Rusty] You're gonna be okay. Don't move.
Rusty James : You pissed off at me, man?
The Motorcycle Boy : [takes Rusty in his arms]
[whisper]
The Motorcycle Boy : Don't talk. I'll take care of you.