The Check Is in the Mail... (1986)

Brian Dennehy: Richard Jackson

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Quotes 

• Richard Jackson : [Richard rides his bicycle down the streets and almost runs over Donald, carrying grocery bags, and laughs]  Donald, I'm sorry! I didn't see you.

  Donald : [sarcastic and angry]  Hey, Jackson! There's a plane leaving in the morning for Moscow! Why don't you get on it? Commie bastard! Left-wing freak!

• Richard Jackson : [after the station wagon crashes into the supermarket]  Hey, tell me, Tony. How do you like your eggplant?

• Rocco : Where's the money you owe us?

  Richard Jackson : I just took care of it. The check's in the mail.

• Richard Jackson : You know, I was thinking, we need to do something more, something big, huh? Something dramatic that'll shake the cocksuckers up, huh? Got any ideas?

  Peggy Jackson : Yeah. How about quitting?

  Richard Jackson : Quitting?

  Peggy Jackson : That's what I said.

  Richard Jackson : What, you want to call it off?

  Peggy Jackson : Richard, you've lost your job. The children have lost all of their friends. We've been burglarized, laughed at.

  Richard Jackson : No one said it was going to be easy.

  Peggy Jackson : But what more are you trying to accomplish? Half of the neighborhood would like to lynch you. The other half would settle just to see you committed.

• Mr. Fanning : Richard, can I make a suggestion? You're sick.

  Richard Jackson : [laughs]  It's just a stuffy nose. It was kind of chilly, last night. I tried to start a fire in the fireplace, but the wood was still too wet...

  Mr. Fanning : No, no, no, I don't mean in your nose, I mean in your head. What you've been doing to your life, Rich.

  Richard Jackson : It's my life, Mr. Fanning.

  Mr. Fanning : Well, it's my drug store, damn it!

  [looks around at the concerned customers] 

  Mr. Fanning : Look, customers are going across the street for exons. For some strange reason, they don't trust a man who comes to work on a skateboard because his bicycle has a flat tire.

  [Richard walks back to the front counter] 

  Mr. Fanning : Get some help, Richard. I'll pay for it. There's a psychiatrist, comes into the other stores. He's a great guy.

  Richard Jackson : I don't need any help. There's nothing wrong with me. I know exactly what I'm doing.

  Mr. Fanning : Okay, Richard, if that's the way you feel. I'm sorry. I really am.

  Richard Jackson : [laughing]  Are you apologizing to me or are you firing me?

  Mr. Fanning : Let's put it this way. You owe me a dollar eighty-nine for the nasal inhaler.