The Fan (1996)

John Leguizamo: Manny

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Quotes 

• [Jewel continues to bug Manny to get an exclusive with Bobby Rayburn] 

  Jewel Stern : You're saying there's absolutely no way you can get your boy to talk to me? Is that what you're saying? He's gotta talk to me.

  Manny : I'm saying he'd rather nail his penis to a burning building, is what I'm saying, okay?

  Manny : [Manny continues to talk on the phone]  No, I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to her.

• [Jewel and Manny talk for the first time at the Giants ballpark] 

  Manny : Well, well, well. If it isn't Jewel, my favorite token female sports reporter.

  Jewel Stern : Blow me, Manny.

  Manny : Yeah, I would, but you haven't had all your shots, babe.

• [Manny tries to make Bobby feel better about his new number 33] 

  Manny : Look, Jesus Christ was 33 when he died. People are still talking about him.

  Bobby Rayburn : Jesus Christ? Give me my damn number!

• [Manny tells Bobby about seeing the sick kid in the hospital] 

  Manny : Spalding wants you to sign their balls. Before that we got that Wish Upon a Star routine. Sick kid in the hospital wants to shake hands with great baseball player.

  Manny : [Manny sarcastically then says]  You'll have to do.

• [Bobby finds out from Manny that he has to pay Primo $500,000 for his number 11 back] 

  Manny : Exactly. That's 250 G's a digit.

  Bobby Rayburn : Oh, man, come on. What is this boy smokin'?

  Manny : Look, I tried to haggle them down. I called the kid myself, and he says it's his lucky number.

  Bobby Rayburn : Luck? Shit, there ain't that much luck in the world. He's lucky to be in the fuckin' country!

• [Jewel sees a soda can in front of her and takes a drink out of it] 

  Jewel Stern : Whose is this?

  Manny : It's mine. I spit in it.

  [Jewel quickly spits the soda out] 

• [Manny finally agrees to do the Bobby and Jewel interview] 

  Manny : You still want that interview?

  Jewel Stern : Are you serious? You would let Bobby Rayburn do an interview with a - What was it?

  Bernie : [Bernie answers]  Castrating ball buster.

  Jewel Stern : Castrating ball buster, that's right. I thought I was off your list, man.

  Manny : Come on, Schindler has a list, not me. Okay? When you're hitting .183, you don't get a chance to have a list.

• [Manny tries to tell Bobby Rayburn to come out of the game before he injures himself worse] 

  Manny : I'm telling you, that media will turn on you faster than the fans. Listen to me, you gotta come out, okay?

  Bobby Rayburn : I can't come out. On account of you, I gotta be Babe fuckin' Ruth!

  Manny : It's William fuckin' Bendix! Can you get it right!

• [Bobby argues with Manny over needing to be number 11] 

  Bobby Rayburn : I'm not playing with number 33. Okay, you understand me?

  Manny : I know. I understand. Just be cool. Let me take care of it.

  Stook : You know, three times 11 is 33. Maybe you'll play three times better.

  [as Manny walks the Giants staff member away] 

• [Manny calls Jewel a castrating ball buster] 

  Manny : Bernie, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't she the castrating ball buster who had the temerity to ask my client if he was honestly worth 40 million?

  Jewel Stern : [Jewel turns to Bernie]  Am I a ball-buster?

  Bernie : Yeah.

  Manny : Thank you!

• [Bobby asks Manny if the sick kid in chemo ever saw the home run] 

  Manny : Oh, Bobby. Bobby, the kid didn't even see it. He slipped into a coma in the first inning and never pulled out. I'm sorry.

  Bobby Rayburn : How come you didn't tell me that, man?

  Manny : Like you take bad news really well, huh? What am I supposed to say? 'Hey, I got great news. The kid didn't make it. Have a good one.'

• [Manny congratulates Bobby on being back after that scary collision, hitting a home run] 

  Manny : You knocked the goddamn cover off that ball. You're back!

  Bobby Rayburn : The hell I did. It was a fluke. I never even saw the pitch.

• [Bobby starts to feel guilty for Primo's death as he talks to Manny] 

  Manny : You know, Bobby. I wish five people dead on my drive to work everyday; five people. But wishing doesn't make it so, Bobby. You're not God, lifetime averages withstanding.

  Bobby Rayburn : Yeah? Well, why do I feel so bad then, huh?

  Manny : I don't know. I don't... you know, this is gonna blow the hell out of my shithead theory. But I think you feel guilty. Oh, Jesus Harry Christ. You know, I've been wrong about you all these years. You're not a shithead at all. I'm fucking flabbergasted.

• [Manny checks on Bobby while the doctor checks him out after the bad collision] 

  Manny : Doc, is the rib bruised or fractured?

  Bobby Rayburn : [Bobby painfully replies]  Neither