Rocky V (1990)

Richard Gant: George W. Duke

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Quotes 

• George W. Duke : [to Rocky]  C'mon, punk. Touch me and I'll sue.

  [Rocky uppercuts Duke] 

  Rocky Balboa : Sue me for what?

• Tommy Gunn : [as Rocky goes back into the bar]  Hey! Hey! I'm not done talking to you yet.

  Rocky Balboa : Hey, look, Tommy, I ain't got no more to say to you, okay? Look, I just want good things...

  Tommy Gunn : Aw, hell you did, man! You're only in this for the money!

  Rocky Balboa : Money?

  Tommy Gunn : Yeah, I'm tired of walking in your shadow, man! I'm tired of people callin' me a robot!

  Rocky Balboa : You thought I was in this for the money? We were supposed to be like... brothers. You've got a deception going here! He was using you for the bait! He wants to get you and me in the ring, that's what he wants, us to fight each other, you know? To make the money, right?

  [Duke snickers next to Tommy, who shrugs at Rocky] 

  Rocky Balboa : He don't care about you, Tommy, he don't care about me, neither.

  George W. Duke : [cutting in]  Come on, come on! Enough with the fantasy, let's talk reality! Rocky Balboa, are you prepared to accept Tommy Gunn's challenge?

  Paulie : [gets Rocky away and turns to Tommy]  Tommy, you're a peice of garbage, you know that?

  Tommy Gunn : Hey, this ain't none of your business!

  Paulie : Ain't none of my business? Ain't none of my business?

  [Rocky tries to restrain him] 

  Paulie : The man spit blood for you, put you ahead of his own family, and you bring these rat bums around here? To kill his dignity? Rocko made you your shot. He's the real champ. You're just a joke.

  [Paulie pushes, and then gets punched by Tommy, who is then restrained by Duke and other people; Rocky comes back to console Paulie] 

  Paulie : [to Rocky]  You should've left him on street where you found him.

  Rocky Balboa : [to Tommy]  Hey! You knock him down how 'bout tryin' knockin' *me* down.

  George W. Duke : No, no. In the ring. In the ring. Tommy only fights in the ring.

  Rocky Balboa : My ring's outside.

• George W. Duke : In the ring, in the ring. Tommy Gunn only fights in the ring.

  Rocky Balboa : My ring's outside.

• [repeated line] 

  George W. Duke : Time to put some hustle behind this muscle.

• George W. Duke : [speaking to Tommy after a press conference, where the media's obsession with Rocky Balboa has disturbed Tommy]  As long as they've got Balboa on the brain he'll always be champ. The man fought wars in the ring!

• Adrian : He's done! He's done fighting!

  George W. Duke : [to Rocky]  You a damned fool! Maybe we ought to sign Mrs. Balboa to fight Cane, huh? Looks like she's the only one with the cajones in this family.

• George W. Duke : God Damn! Only in America!

• Rocky Balboa : I'm officially expired.

  George W. Duke : No, you still have marquee value. You put butts in the buckets, asses in the seats.

• George W. Duke : It's like your Mark Twain once said - "Virtue has never been as respectable as money money."

  Paulie : Who's Twain?

  Rocky Balboa : He was a painter.

• George W. Duke : [pitching a title bout to Rocky]  I'm talking about a fantastic international extravaganza to be held in Japan called "Letting It Go In Tokyo"!

• Merlin Sheets : Rock, ya know, George would like you to consider putting on those damn gloves again. It's a helluva pay day.

  Rocky Balboa : Well, ya know, I'm officially expired.

  George W. Duke : No, you do have marquee value. You put butts in the buckets, asses in the seats. A businessman, with any sorta brain, don't retire when he can still pull in the bread, baby.

• George W. Duke : Timing is the essence of life, gentlemen and ladies.

• George W. Duke : Now, like your Mark Twain once said, "Virtue has never been as respectable as money. "