Nicolas Cage credited as playing...
Roy Waller
- Roy: Excuse me, hi! -
- Pharmacist #2: I'll be right with your Sir.
- Roy: [runs to other counter] Hi, I need a refill of this. No I don't have a prescription!
- Pharmacist #1: Sir, please wait your turn.
- Roy: I know, I know. B-but this; is an emergency.
- Man in Line: Hey buddy, ever heard a line?
- Roy: Hey have you ever been dragged to the sidewalk and beaten till you PISSED... BLOOD!
- Roy: Look, Doc, I spent last Tuesday watching fibers on my carpet. And the whole time I was watching my carpet, I was worrying that I, I might vomit. And the whole time, I was thinking, "I'm a grown man. I should know what goes on my head." And the more I thought about it... the more I realized that I should just blow my brains out and end it all. But then I thought, well, if I thought more about blowing my brains out... I start worrying about what that was going to do to my goddamn carpet. Okay, so, ah-he, that was a GOOD day, Doc. And, and I just want you to give me some pills and let me get on with my life.
- Angela: Bullshit!
- Roy: No bullshit. And watch your mouth at the table.
- Angela: [Angela laughs] You're a con man?
- Roy: Con artist. Flim flam man, matchstick man, loser. Whatever. Take your pick.
- Angela: And that guy Frank?
- Roy: He's my partner. My protege...
- Angela: Teach me something...
- Roy: You're funny.
- Angela: Teach me something! A con.
- Roy: I'm not teaching you anything...
- Angela: Why not?
- Roy: Because you're far too bright and innocent and beautiful and I'm not going to screw that up like everything else!
- Angela: You really think that?
- [pause]
- Angela: That I'm beautiful?
- Roy: No.
- Angela: Well, then why won't you? Because crime doesn't pay?
- Roy: No, it does. It does! Just not very well.
- Angela: Well, you seem to be doing alright by it!
- Roy: I'm not. Believe me. It's no fun doing what I do. A lot of times it's stealing from people who don't deserve it. Old people. Fat people. Lonely.
- [pause]
- Roy: A lot of times I feel sick about it.
- Angela: Well, then why do you do it?
- Roy: uhhh... uhhh... That was WRONG what you did! And... and... you're a NOSY PARKER! And that's no way for a young lady to behave! And... SHAME ON YOU!
- [asking how badly his life is affected by the agoraphobia]
- Dr. Klein: And your personal relationships?
- Roy: [laughing] What personal relationships?
- Dr. Klein: When was the last time you were in one?
- [pause]
- Dr. Klein: You know... a relationship?
- Roy: With a woman? A long time ago.
- Dr. Klein: Five years? Ten years?
- [pause]
- Roy: Keep going, man...
- Roy: You lookin' for something, sucker?
- Frank Mercer: Yeah. My partner. You seen him? He's been missing most of the week. Tall, good-looking guy.
- Frank Mercer: Man, you are bad! Did you take your pills?