Quotes from The Hustler (1961)
34 quotes
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Minnesota Fats:
Big John, do you think this boy is a hustler?
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Jackie Gleason
(as Minnesota Fats)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
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Minnesota Fats:
Do you like to gamble, Eddie? Gamble money on pool games?
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Jackie Gleason
(as Minnesota Fats)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
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Sarah Packard:
How did you know my name was Sarah?
Fast Eddie: You told me. Sarah Packard: I lie. When I'm drunk I lie. Fast Eddie: Okay, so what's your name today? Sarah Packard: Sarah.
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Piper Laurie
(as Sarah Packard)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
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Sarah Packard:
I love you, Eddie.
Fast Eddie: You know, someday, Sarah, you're gonna settle down... you're gonna marry a college professor and you're gonna write a great book. Maybe about me. Huh? Fast Eddie Felson... hustler. Sarah Packard: I love you. Fast Eddie: You need the words? Sarah Packard: Yes, I need them very much. If you ever say them I'll never let you take them back.
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Piper Laurie
(as Sarah Packard)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
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Sarah Packard:
I'm a college girl. Two days a week - Tuesdays and Thursdays - I go to college.
Fast Eddie: You don't look like a college girl. Sarah Packard: I'm the emancipated type. Real emancipated. Fast Eddie: No, I didn't mean that... whatever that means. I mean you just don't look young enough. Sarah Packard: I'm not. Fast Eddie: So why go to college? Sarah Packard: Got nothing else to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fast Eddie: What do you do on the other days? Sarah Packard: I drink.
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Piper Laurie
(as Sarah Packard)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
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Fast Eddie:
Fats, let's you and me shoot a game of straight pool.
Minnesota Fats: Hundred dollars? Fast Eddie: Well, you shoot big time pool, Fats. I mean, that's what everybody says: you shoot big time pool. Let's make it $200 a game. Minnesota Fats: Now I know why they call you Fast Eddie.
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Jackie Gleason
(as Minnesota Fats)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
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Jackie Gleason
(as Minnesota Fats)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
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Fast Eddie:
I'm the best you ever seen, Fats. I'm the best there is. And even if you beat me, I'm still the best.
Bert Gordon: Stay with this kid; he's a LOSER.
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George C. Scott
(as Bert Gordon)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
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Fast Eddie:
Look, I... um... can always buy a bottle. A fifth of scotch?
Sarah Packard: What'ya want me to do - just step out in the alley? Is that it?
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Piper Laurie
(as Sarah Packard)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
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Fast Eddie:
What if I don't pay ya, Bert?
Bert Gordon: [laughs] You don't pay me? You're gonna get your thumbs broken again. And your fingers. If I want 'em to, they're gonna break your right arm in three or four places. Minnesota Fats: You better pay him, Eddie. Fast Eddie: So you figure you're still my manager, huh? Bert Gordon: I'm a business-man, kid.
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George C. Scott
(as Bert Gordon)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
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