The Conversation (1974)

John Cazale: Stan

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• Stan : What a *stupid* conversation.

• Stan : Ha, ha. He's a nice guy for a cop.

• Stan : It wouldn't hurt if you filled me in a little bit once in a while. Did you ever think of that?

  Harry Caul : It has nothing to do with me, and even less to do with you.

  Stan : It's curiosity! Did you ever hear of that? It's just goddamn human nature.

  Harry Caul : Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business is that I don't know anything about human nature. I don't know anything about curiosity. That's not part of what I do.

• Stan : What have we here? Okay, come on, you little babies, now, wet your lips there. Give me some tongue. Just give me a little tongue there. Come on. Come on, just a little tongue outside. A nice, wet French kiss now. Come on, a nice wet one there.

• Stan : Sometimes it's nice to know what they're talking about.

  Harry Caul : I don't care what they're talking about. All I want is a nice, fat recording.

• Stan : Who's interested in these two anyway?

  Harry Caul : I don't know for sure.

  Stan : The Justice Department?

  Harry Caul : No.

  Stan : I figure it must be the Infernal Revenue. Their tapes always put me to sleep.

  Harry Caul : Since when are you here to be entertained?

• Paul : She looked at me.

  Harry Caul : Yeah, yeah, I know. We heard.

  Stan : Oh, did we hear.

• Harry Caul : I'm getting fed up.

  Stan : About what?

  Harry Caul : About your asking me questions all day long.

• Stan : Jesus!

  Harry Caul : Don't say that.

  Stan : Well, for Christ's sake...