Repo Man (1984)

Harry Dean Stanton: Bud

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• Bud : Look at those assholes, ordinary fucking people. I hate 'em.

• Bud : Credit is a sacred trust, it's what our free society is founded on. Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia? I said, do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia?

  Otto : They don't pay bills in Russia, it's all free.

  Bud : All free? Free my ass. What are you, a fuckin' commie? Huh?

  Otto : No, I ain't no commie.

  Bud : Well, you better not be. I don't want no commies in my car. No Christians either.

• Bud : The life of a repo man is always intense.

• Oly : You want some help with that beer, kid?

  Otto : You're all repo men.

  Oly : What if we are?

  [Otto pours his entire beer on the floor] 

  Bud : [standing up]  You know, kid, uh, usually when when someone pulls shit like that, my first reaction is, I wanna punch his fuckin' lights out. But you know something?

  Bud and Oly : YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

• Bud : Wanna make ten bucks?

  Otto : Fuck you, queer.

• Otto : What happened to your old lady?

  Bud : My old lady? Oh, shit, I forgot all about her. Well, she'll take the bus. She's a rock.

• Bud : [doing speed with Otto]  Never broke into a car, never hotwired a car. Never broke into a truck. 'I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm' It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!

• Bud : It helps if you dress like a detective. Detective dress kinda square. If you look like a detective people are gonna think you're packing something.

  Otto : Are you?

  Bud : Am I what?

  Otto : Packing something?

  Bud : Only an asshole gets killed for a car.

• Bud : A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations.

• Bud : Goddamn-dipshit-Rodriguez-gypsy-dildo-punks. I'll get your ass.

• Bud : Tense situations, kid. You get into five or six of 'em a day, it don't mean shit anymore. I mean, I've seen men stabbed, didn't mean shit to me. I've seen guns, guns too, they don't mean shit. But that's when you gotta watch yourself.

• Bud : I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

• Bud : Don't care how long it takes, dildos! Repo Man's got all night, every night.

• Otto : Bud, listen to me, you're sitting in a car worth $20,0000 dollars. Look, if we turn it in, we'll split the money, 60/40, you and me.

  Bud : [laughs]  Who gets the 60 kid?

  Otto : Well, I was figuring, since I found the car first that...

  Otto : [Bud pulls out a gun]  That you get it.

• Bud : I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

• Bud : The guys that make it are the guys that get in their cars at any time. Get in at 3am, get up at 4. That's why there aint a repo man I know that don't take speed.

  Otto : Speed huh?

  Bud : [snorts line of speed]  Jesus Christ!

  Otto : [watches, grinning]  Hehe.

• Bud : Okay. Have a nice day, Uh, night.

  [to himself] 

  Bud : Night, day, doesn't mean shit.