Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)

Matthew Laurance: Sal Amato

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Quotes 

• Frank Ridgeway : Can I help you guys?

  Sal Amato : Yeah, tell Tony Eddie and the Cruisers are here.

• Sal Amato : [the band is at Benton College where Frank graduated from]  Hey, Wordman, this shindig tonight. How are we suppose to dress?

  Frank Ridgeway : Hey, wait a minute. What is the big deal? We've played at colleges before.

  Eddie Wilson : Yeah, sure, we played at "Saint Something" down in Delaware and "Fairleigh Ridiculous" up in Madison, but we ain't never played at no finishing school like this. This is a mistake, we don't belong here. These people are different.

  Frank Ridgeway : I'm telling you they're gonna eat us up. They're just a bunch of college kids, no better than you...

  Eddie Wilson : [interrupts]  Hey! I didn't say better, I said different. You oughta remember that.

• Doc Robbins : [to Eddie]  Are you crazy? We had the money in our hands and you blew it. You blew it!

  [Eddie pushes him far back] 

  Sal Amato : Eddie, you're wrong! You're wrong! Now listen to me, I love you. I've known you longer than anyone else. But you're wrong. They want "On the Dark Side"! Why are we giving them some damn opera? I don't even know what your after!

  Eddie Wilson : I want something great. I want something that nobody's ever done before!

  Sal Amato : Why? We ain't great. We're just some guys from Jersey.

  Eddie Wilson : If you can't be great, than there's no sense in ever playing music again, Sal.

  [Joann follows Eddie as he leaves the studio] 

  Sal Amato : [to Frank]  Blame this on you. It was you! We were doing good till you came along. And you got us all screwed up!

• Sal Amato : Everybody you bring into this band's an expert - except Sallie. Sallie's just a dumb guinea, right?

• Sal Amato : [about Maggie]  You know what she really wanted to talk about? Those old tapes: "Season in Hell". She said something about them being missing, and wanted to know if I knew where they were.

  Frank Ridgeway : What did you tell her?

  Sal Amato : I told her I don't have a clue. For all I care, they could a gone down with Eddie. You understand?

  Frank Ridgeway : Sally, you were on those tapes too.

  Sal Amato : If they find those tapes, what's in it for me, huh? I just about broke my fingers trying to play that stuff.

  Frank Ridgeway : Well, if it must be worth money, somebody's wanting to pay for them.

  Sal Amato : But we ain't gonna see a dime from that. They'll find a way to screw us, they always do. Guys like you and me, they strike oil under your garden and all you get is dead tomatoes.