Eddie Felson:
Vincent, get in the car, this is embarrassing. You're acting like some girl who got felt up at the drive-in.
Vincent Lauria:
I think maybe the money's what's throwing you off here today.
Eddie Felson:
I'm not your daddy, I'm not your boyfriend, so don't be playing games with me. I'm your partner.
Eddie Felson:
It's even, but it ain't settled. Let's settle it.
Eddie Felson:
Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.
Eddie Felson:
You gotta have two things to win. You gotta have brains and you gotta have balls. Now, you got too much of one and not enough of the other.
Narrator:
For some players, luck itself is an art.
Eddie Felson:
Do you smell that?
Vincent Lauria:
What, smoke?
Carmen:
No, Money...
Eddie Felson:
I can always go back to whiskey, it's been very good to me.
Vincent Lauria:
Hey Grady. Up your ass with the spot. Is that OK with you?
Grady Seasons:
[Laughs] That's fine by me.
Eddie Felson:
You're some piece of work... You're also a natural character.
Vincent Lauria:
[to Carmen] You see? I been tellin' her that. I got natural character.
Eddie Felson:
That's not what I said, kid. I said you *are* a natural character; you're an incredible flake.
[Vincent's smile fades; Eddie continues]
Eddie Felson:
But that's a *gift*. Some guys spend half their lives trying to invent something like that. You walk into a pool room with that go-go-go, the guys'll be *killing* each other, trying to get to you. You got that... But I'll tell you something, kiddo. You couldn't find Big Time if you had a road map.
Eddie Felson:
How much did you take off Moselle? I heard a hundred...
Vincent Lauria:
One Fifty!
Eddie Felson:
[sarcastically] A hundred and fifty?
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That's right, a hundred and fifty.
Vincent Lauria:
You walk into a shoe store with a hundred and fifty bucks, you come out with one shoe! We were working on five thousand!
Carmen:
You win one more game, you're gonna be humping your fist for a long time. Got that, Vincent?
Eddie Felson:
Pool excellence is *not* about excellent pool.
Eddie Felson:
[to Vincent] I'll change my teeth, you change your god damned diapers!
Vincent Lauria:
[Eddie has just run the table] Pretty damn good.
Eddie Felson:
Not bad for a blind man. Rack 'em.
Vincent Lauria:
Yes sir, boss. Rack 'em up for Mr. Fast Eddie!
Eddie Felson:
I haven't played serious pool since before you were born, and right off the bat, I'm layin' 'em to waste! Watch this. Nine on the break...
Eddie Felson:
Did you ever hear of a hustle called Two Brothers and a Stranger?
Vincent Lauria:
Yeah, uh, that's the guy in the Bible with the many colored coats, right?
[grins widely; Eddie and Carmen look disgusted]
Vincent Lauria:
Hey, what's wrong with you guys? It's a joke, okay?
Eddie Felson:
Did I get through to you last night, kiddo? 'Cause if I didn't, I'll run it by you another way. If you'd have kicked ass in any other place but Chalkie's, Atlantic City would be dead for us. The Guys Never Leave The Street. Otherwise, it'd be all around.
Eddie Felson:
Human moves, kid. You study the watch... while I study you.