Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

Ethan Suplee: Gilbert Coney

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• [first lines] 

  Lionel Essrog : [narrating]  Frank always used to say, "Tell your story walkin', pal." He was more philosophical than your average gumshoe, but he liked to do his talkin' on the move, so here's how it all went down. I got somethin' wrong with my head. That's the first thing to know.

  Lionel Essrog : [real life]  If!

  Lionel Essrog : [narrating]  It's like having glass in the brain. I can't stop pickin' things apart... twistin' 'em around, reassembling 'em. Words and sounds, especially. It's like an itch that has to be scratched.

  Gilbert Coney : [about a sweater snag]  Quit pullin' at it! You're gonna make a fuckin' mess out of things.

  Lionel Essrog : [real life]  I got threads in my heads. I got threads in my heads! I got threads in my heads, man!

  Lionel Essrog : [narrating]  And I twitch a lot. It's hard to miss. It makes me look like a goddamn spastic, but if I try to hold it back, it just makes it worse.