The Majestic (2001)
Mario Roccuzzo: Jerry the Bartender
Quotes
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Jerry the Bartender : I wouldn't know J. Edgar Hoover if he walked in here wearing a dress.
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Peter Appleton : He says I'm a communist. In fact, this very moment, some grey little FBI guy, in a grey little FBI suit, is hunched over my screenplay, checking it, line by line, for the poisonous Marxist propaganda which surely lurks therein. Hope they check the spelling. I can always use help with that.
Jerry the Bartender : You're babbling, pal.
Peter Appleton : 'Ashes to Ashes', my movie! Could've been good, even with the stupid dog. My 'Grapes of Wrath', my shot at doing something really good, something...
[pause, then in greater anguish]
Peter Appleton : Something!