Lucky (I) (2017)
James Darren: Paulie
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Quotes
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Lucky : One of these days, I'm just going to light up.
Elaine : My place, my rules.
Lucky : Ownership is a fallacy.
Elaine : Why can't you just live by the rules?
Lucky : Authority is arbitrary and subjective.
Elaine : This is the same kind of attitude that got you 86-ed from Eve's.
Lucky : What do you know of it?
Elaine : I know you lit up.
Lucky : That's what you think happened.
Elaine : If you didn't light up, why did they kick you out?
Lucky : They didn't kick me out, I walked out.
Elaine : That's a good story.
Howard : I like that story.
Lucky : It's not a story.
Elaine : Then what is it?
Lucky : It's the truth.
Elaine : The truth is, you lit up!
Lucky : It's not about the cigarettes, it's about what I know happened, and what you think happened.
Paulie : I wish I had been there.
Lucky : You could have been there and still have missed it.
Elaine : You broke the rules. You got busted and banned. That's the truth.
Paulie : Look, how about if we all agree to disagree?
Lucky : No. I know the truth and the truth matters!
Vincent : It's a thing. Right?
Lucky : Yes, truth is a thing. It's the truth of who we are and what we do. And you have to face that, and accept it. Because the truth of the universe is waiting.
Elaine : I'm lost.
Lucky : The truth of what is, for all of us.
Paulie : Which is...
Lucky : That it's all going to go away. You, you, you, you, me, this cigarette, everything into blackness, the void. And nobody's in charge. And you're left with... ungatz.
Paulie : Ungatz.
Vincent : Nothing.
Lucky : Nothing. That's... that's all there is.
Elaine : And what do you do with that?
Howard : What do we do with that?
Lucky : [surveys the bar and chuckles] You smile.
[last word]
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Paulie : I'm still nothing, but now I have everything. Isn't that something?
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Paulie : Howie, you find that reptile of yours yet?
Howard : No, but thank you for asking. It's okay, I've let it go. I kept thinking about how much time he spent planning his escape. And how much care he took in making sure I couldn't find him. And then I started to realize that he wasn't leaving me. He was just going off someplace else to do something he thought was important. I even felt guilty for standing in his way for so long. So I stopped looking for him. If it's meant to be, I'll see him again. He knows where I am, and I'm leaving the gate open.