Eraser (1996)

James Caan: DeGuerin

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Quotes 

• [the phone rings] 

  Undersecretary of Defense Daniel Harper : It's for you.

  [takes the phone] 

  Robert : Yeah?

  John : [over phone]  You've just been erased.

• John : Drop your gun.

  Robert : What?

  John : If you drop your gun now, I promise I won't kill you.

• Robert : Gentlemen, keep your eyes open and your assholes puckered.

• Robert : [after John hits him with a concealed throwing knife]  John, I can't believe you nailed me with this cheap piece of mail-order shit!

• Calderon : Hey, who does this guy think he is?

  Robert : Who, him? Well, he thinks he's the best guy in the game. I think he's right. Try not to piss him off, okay?

• [after blowing up a building with John inside] 

  Robert : Okay, I think it's safe to say we got him.

  Schiff : He's toast.

  Calderon : I think we even got the roaches.

• Robert : Good morning, gentlemen.

  Undersecretary of Defense Daniel Harper : Shut up! You mind telling me what the hell's going on?

  Robert : I'll have the situation contained in 24 hours.

  Undersecretary of Defense Daniel Harper : Not good enough! The shipment goes down tonight.

  Robert : Everything is going as planned. But the first thing we've got to do is cancel that shipment.

  Undersecretary of Defense Daniel Harper : And what do you propose we do with 10 tons of assault weaponry that's not supposed to exist?

  Robert : I am the eyes and ears of your world, gentlemen, and I'm telling you, there's too much heat.

  Undersecretary of Defense Daniel Harper : You don't get it. The money has already changed hands. These are not the type of people you cancel on!

  Robert : Listen...

  Undersecretary of Defense Daniel Harper : No, you listen! The disk, the girl, the guns. By dawn they don't exist. Are we clear?

  Robert : Yes, sir. Crystal.

• Robert : Think about it John! You jump, you go through there like shit through a goose!

  John : You're right!

  [Rips out a seat, throws it out the exit where its sucked into an engine and explodes] 

• Robert : You know, some people take things for granted, like the ability to chew solid food.

• Morehart : This is James Haggarty, our chief of security.

  Robert : Hey, you ever done any wetwork?

  James Haggerty : Only on three different continents.

  Robert : Wow, really? Listen, you wanna impress me, slick? Do your fucking job!

• Robert : I want this town locked up so tight, it'll make his balls ache.

• Hostage Taker : [while holding a woman at gunpoint]  You're early.

  Robert : You're late.

  [shoots the suspect] 

• Robert : Alright, I want his face all over this windshield.

• [John wakes up from a drug-induced sleep] 

  Robert : Confused, pal? New York.

  John : You're off course.

  Robert : No, no we're not. You're gonna take us to her John.

  [John reaches for his gun. Robert holds up his gun in a plastic bag] 

  Robert : You did a very, very bad thing, John. You killed Monroe. Now that makes you the mole.

  John : No, that makes you a murderer.

• Robert : Hey, John? That was good work last night.

  John : I had a good teacher.

  Robert : Bullshit. You had the best.

• Robert : [52:05]  I'm a businessman. A very serious businessman

  John : Businessmen. Selling weapons with your old CIA pals. Is it just the money or are you trying to start your own dirty little war somewhere?

  Robert : Wars. John John, I mean wars they come and go. We did 'nam we lost, we did the gulf we won, hey. What changed, John? Nothing. Nothing ever does. The only difference is who gets rich and who gets dead.

  John : You must be a very rich man by now.

• Robert : Listen, have I given you an evaluation yet.

  Deputy Monroe : Evaluation?

  Robert : Yeah.

  [shoots Monroe] 

  Robert : A-plus, kid.

  [his hands are now bloody] 

  Robert : Ah man, can somebody get me a wet-nap or something?

• Robert : Turn this thing around.

  Pilot : I've got a may-day, I'm trying to keep us in the air!

  Robert : I said turn around and take him out now!

• John : I work alone, you know that.

  Robert : Not today.

• Robert : [10:27]  If God were as forgiving at WITSEC, hell would be one empty joint, no?

  John : God doesn't have our court system

• Robert : Shadow ops still has some privileges.

• Robert : Johnny?

  John : I'll be right out.