Rumble Fish (1983)

Dennis Hopper: Father

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• Father : No, your mother... is not crazy. And neither, contrary to popular belief, is your brother crazy. He's merely miscast in a play. He was born in the wrong era, on the wrong side of the river... With the ability to be able to do anything that he wants to do and... findin' nothin' that he wants to do. I mean nothing.

• Father : Every now and then, a person comes along, has a different view of the world than does the usual person. It doesn't make them crazy. I mean... an acute perception, man... that doesn't, that doesn't make you crazy.

  Rusty James : Could you talk normal?

  Father : However sometimes... it can drive you crazy, acute perception.

• Rusty James : I saw that chick, Cassandra. She said she wasn't hooked.

  The Motorcycle Boy : Yeah? I believe her. You remember what happened to the people who didn't believe Cassandra?

  Father : [mumbling]  The Greeks got 'em.

  Rusty James : What?

  Father : [more clearly]  The Greeks Got-'Em.

  Rusty James : Man, what the fuck do the Greeks have to do with anything?

• Father : Are you ill, Russell-James?

  Rusty James : I got cut up in a knife fight.

  Father : Yeah, really.

  Rusty James : Yeah.

  Father : Yep, really.

  [looking at both boys] 

  Father : Strange lives you two lead.

  Rusty James : Strange? At least I'm not a lawyer on welfare.