The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

Michael Tucker: Gil's Agent

Quotes 

• Gil's Agent : Tom Baxter's come down off the screen and he's running around New Jersey!

  Gil Shepherd : What are you talking about?

  Gil's Agent : I just spoke to Raoul Hirsch. Nobody knows how it happened, but he's done it!

  Gil Shepherd : How could he do that? It's not physically possible!

  Gil's Agent : In New Jersey anything can happen.

• Gil Shepherd : I worked so hard to make him real.

  Gil's Agent : Maybe you overdid it.

  Gil Shepherd : I'll sue my dialogue coach, that louse.

• Gil Shepherd : I created the character.

  Gil's Agent : That's my point! As your agent, I would hate to see anything happen to your career now that it's starting to move.

  Gil Shepherd : Like - like what?

  Gil's Agent : Who knows? There's a double of you on the loose. What's he up to? Is he robbing banks? Is he raping broads?

  Gil Shepherd : Is he?

  Gil's Agent : Who knows?

• Gil's Agent : You've got to fly down there and check into it, quick. Right now it's only one movie house, but who knows?

  Gil Shepherd : I'm afraid to fly.

  Gil's Agent : Gil, this is the scandal of all time. You know what happened to Fatty Arbuckle's career?

  Gil Shepherd : I'll fly. I'll fly.