Jack (1996)
Adam Zolotin: Louis Durante
Photos
Quotes
-
Louis : [reading his essay to the class] I want to be just like my best friend when I grow up. He's only 10 but he looks much older. He's like the perfect grownup because on the inside, he's still just a kid. He's not afraid to learn things or try things, or to meet new people the way most grownups are. It's like he's looking at everything for the first time--because he is. And most grownups aren't like that. Most grown-ups just wanna go to work and make money and show off for the neighbors. And more than anything, he knows how to be a great friend, more than most people that look like adults. So I might not know what I wanna be when I grow up, and right now I really don't care. But I do know who I wanna be like. I wanna be like the giant. The big guy. My best friend. Jack. Thank you.
-
Jack : What happened to Mr. McGee? I just talked to him on the phone.
Louis : I don't know what happened to Mr. McGee. Mr. Powell?
Jack : [pause] He got diarrhea.
Dolores : [disgusted] Diarrhea?
Jack : Yeah, he got diarrhea. And uh, he spewed. Threw up. And he had the squirts. He had diarrhea.
Dolores : Oh boy, that's more than I needed to know.
-
Louis : Hey, I brought Jack. He's right down there.
John-John : You brought the freak?
Louis : He's not a freak.
John-John : You said he was a freak!
Louis : Yeah, I said wrong, all right? Get over it. He's cool. He knows how to shoot hoops. And he did me a favor today. Here, check this out. Look what he picked up on the way over.
[pulls out a Penthouse magazine]
John-John : He bought that?
[he reaches for it but Louie pulls it away]
Louis : Eh! Eh!
John-John : No way.
Louis : Way! Walked right into the store and picked it up. No fear, nothing. My man's the man!
John-John : That is way cool.
Eddie : Wish I was a freak!
Louis : Hey, lay off the freak stuff, all right? Jack's cool. And you gotta let him kick it with us. If he walks, Penthouse walks too.
