The Check Is in the Mail... (1986)
Brian Dennehy: Richard Jackson
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Quotes
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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!
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Richard Jackson : [after the station wagon crashes into the supermarket] Hey, tell me, Tony. How do you like your eggplant?
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Rocco : Where's the money you owe us?
Richard Jackson : I just took care of it. The check's in the mail.
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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.
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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.