The Taking of Pelham 123 Quotes

[from trailer]

Ryder: Life is simple now. They just have to do what I say.

Ryder: You know we all owe God a debt... and I'm a man who pays his debts. Are you a man who pays his debts?

Walter Garber: Yeah, yeah, sure... TV, cable, uh and my mortgage. That's a little like dying once a month.

Ryder: Oh, you're married... you're a married man?

Walter Garber: Maybe.

Ryder: Oh, no... you're married, man. Married men have mortgages.

Walter Garber: Well, I can tell you that you are dealing with one of the old-time bureaucracy, I know that. I mean, it takes time.

Ryder: Well you'd better fix the bureaucracy. Because when the time comes, these motherfuckers, these out there, are gonna go real quick.

Ryder: Do you know what I'm looking at? Do you know what I'm looking at?

Walter Garber: No, I do not.

Ryder: Ok, well first there's my gun... and at the end of my gun, what's your name man?

George: George, everyone calls me Geo.

Ryder: George, his friends call him Geo. He's got this kinda eighties skateboard thing going on... he makes it work, but it's not gonna look too good in his casket.

Walter Garber: What's her name?

Ryder: Lavitca, she was Lithuanian... she was an ASS-model.

Walter Garber: She asked you what?

Ryder: You heard of hand-models, right? Advertisements?

Walter Garber: Right.

Ryder: She was an ass-model... she did jeans and uh you know, magazines and shit. Anyway, it was fashion week in New York and uh... I took her to Iceland.

Walter Garber: Lavitca, Lithuanian, Ass model, Iceland, you took her to the ice...

Ryder: So, for five-hundred bucks they'll take you on a dog-sled ride on a glacier.

Walter Garber: Dog-sled?

Ryder: Yeah... and you know that whole saying that if you're not the lead dog, the view never changes?

Walter Garber: Right, otherwise you're always looking at the asshole of the dog in front of you.

Ryder: That'll be funny in a minute when I get to that part.

Walter Garber: It's funny now.

Ryder: [next scene] And it's eight in the morning, we haven't been to bed yet... and we're tooling across this glacier and I got this hangover that's creeping up the back of my neck... and guess what I'm looking at?

Walter Garber: You're obviously you're staring at... the ass of the dog in front of you.

Ryder: You got it! So this dog... out of nowhere just lifts his hind-legs up and puts them in the, you know the harness there... and just takes a shit, while he's running on his front paws. So he's dumping and running, all at the same time... now that's multi-fucking-tasking if you ask me.

Walter Garber: Get outta here, did it hit you?

Ryder: Shit always hits you man.

[next scene]

Ryder: I didn't know it at the time, but it was profound.

Walter Garber: Profound?

Ryder: Yeah.

Walter Garber: Why? Uh, you lost me.

Ryder: Well, you know uh... when I went to prison later on, what you called. Uh, I had trouble going to the toilet... you know, a privacy thing. And I... couldn't take a shit. I was scared shitless... literally. So, you know what I thought of?

Walter Garber: You thought of the dog.

Ryder: That's right... I thought of that dog. If it could do what it needed to do... so could I. It saved my fucking live.

Walter Garber: Wow, that is profound.

Ryder: Ok... now somebody else has to die. Two people, maybe all of us! Did you hear me?

Walter Garber: I heard you, but you gotta understand that the circumstances they're different now for you. You gotta rethink this, you... you gotta adapt.

Ryder: No, I gave you instructions and you know the consequences.

Walter Garber: I mean don't you have a plan B?

Ryder: No, plan B is enforcing plan A... and the minute you stop believing me mother fucker, that's it!

Police Captain Hill: So, who the hell did you fuck to get this job?

Walter Garber: Myself... was easier than it looked.

Police Captain Hill: Yeah... fucking yourself always is.

Camonetti: Listen, don't let this guy bring you to his reality. 'Cause that's what he wants to do... he hurts you, you're gonna get angry. He's got the advantage, understand?

Walter Garber: Yeah.

Camonetti: Just deflect.

Ryder: Garber! When you put your socks on this morning, did you ever think...? Turn around, let them frisk you. I was worried about you... I thought maybe you'd get lost but then I remembered you were a motorman, so... these tunnels don't change much, do they?

Walter Garber: Just the people in 'em.

Walter Garber: You got it, you got it... any other demands?

Ryder: Yeah, well no fucking pizza delivery man.

Walter Garber: No, I mean are you guys like... are you terrorists?

Ryder: Do I sound like a terrorist? Do I terrorize you?

Walter Garber: Actually you don't, but not that I've ever talked to one. So, so... what, this is just about money?

Ryder: Oh, is there anything else?

Walter Garber: There's not dying.

Ryder: Yeah, well you know you live, you die, you either go with the current or you fight it. We all end up at the same place.

Walter Garber: Where's that, Jersey?

Ryder: Yeah, you watch it I was born there man.

Walter Garber: You know I'm just saying, you know you're up in a motorman's cab... so that means you know you're on the radio, which means that you're an easy target. You gotta know the drill.

Ryder: Yeah, I know that soon I won't be alone and If I'm the first to get shot... I'm the first of many to get shot.

Walter Garber: That's correct, but then you'd still be dead.

Ryder: Dead is an improvement on a lot of things I can think of, buddy boy.

Supervisor: Sounds like he slept with my ex.

Ryder: Well, I got faith in you man... but I gotta ask you one question. You know that thing when you told your wife about the 35K, how did she react?

Walter Garber: Look, we gotta talk about...

Ryder: No, don't be sensitive.

Walter Garber: I'm not being sensitive.

Ryder: Well, did she freak out or what?

Walter Garber: She... wasn't happy, but she understood.

Ryder: Well, that's love right?

Walter Garber: No, that's marriage... that's another thing.

Ryder: I talked to God.

Walter Garber: That's good, what did he say?

Ryder: He said I should trust in Him, all others pay cash. How soon can you get it down here?

Ryder: Seven! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven!

[points to the mother]

Ryder: Lucky lady! Come on, up. Up! Up!

Wallace: Fuck no!

[stands between Ryder and the mother]

Wallace: Come on.

Mom: Wait!

[tries to stop Wallace]

Wallace: It's the only plan I got. Come on, motherfucker!

Ryder: [looks to the mother] That's your fault.

Ryder: Now you understand commodities, don't you? You know, pork bellies, gold, light crude.

Walter Garber: Listen. No disrespect, but maybe I'm not the guy you should be talking to.

Ryder: Oh no, you are exactly the guy I wanna talk to. Now I want you to look at the ticker and I want you to tell me what is the going rate for a New York City hostage today. You think a million dollars is too much? I do. I think it's corny. Now get your calculator out. You got one?

Ryder: [Garber hesitates] Do you have a calculator?

Walter Garber: Yeah, we got one. I got one.

Ryder: Okay, good. Now add this up. You got $526,315.79. That's $526,315.79 Now times that by 19. What do you get?

Walter Garber: [looks at calculator] That's $10 million?

Ryder: What do you get?

Walter Garber: That comes out to $10 million plus 1 cent.

Ryder: Oh that is a deal. Now I want you to call the mayor and tell him the price. And then you tell him I want it in 100,000 $100 dollar bills. You got that?

Walter Garber: Okay I got that. What about the 1 cent?

Ryder: Well you keep that 1 cent. It's your broker fee.

Ryder: Put Garber on the line!

Camonetti: To be honest, Mr. Garber has gone home.

Ryder: Put Garber on the fucking line or I'll kill the motorman!

Camonetti: I guarantee you, Mr. Ryder, that I am the best person for you to be talking to right now. Just give me a moment and I'll explain why.

Ryder: [to Jerry] You were always going to be the first one to go.

[shoots Jerry several times]

Ryder: Mr. Camonetti, you have 60 fucking seconds before I kill another, okay?

Ryder: This make you feel better, Garber? That make everything okay now?

Walter Garber: No, but it's a start.