The Color of Money (1986)

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio: Carmen

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Quotes 

• Carmen : You win one more game, you're gonna be humping your fist for a long time. Got that, Vincent?

• [last lines] 

  Vincent Lauria : Hey Eddie, what are you going to do when I kick your ass?

  Eddie Felson : Pick myself up and let you kick me again.

  Vincent Lauria : Oh yeah?

  Eddie Felson : Yeah.

  [pause] 

  Eddie Felson : Just don't put the money in the bank, kid. Because if I don't whip you now, I'm gonna whip you next month in Dallas.

  Carmen : You mean Houston - there's nothing coming up in Dallas.

  Eddie Felson : Houston, Dallas... And if not then, then the month after that, in New Orleans.

  Vincent Lauria : Oh yeah? What makes you so sure?

  Eddie Felson : [stares at Vincent for a second, then gets ready to break]  Hey - I'm back.

  [Eddie breaks] 

• Eddie Felson : Do you smell that?

  Vincent Lauria : What, smoke?

  Carmen : No, Money...

• Eddie Felson : Where's the Balabushka?

  Carmen : Vincent took it.

  Eddie Felson : You said he was out.

  Carmen : He was in and out.

  Eddie Felson : He took the cue stick?

  Carmen : Yes.

  Eddie Felson : And you let him?

  Carmen : Well, so what?

  Eddie Felson : Shit.

  Carmen : Oh, man, I'm sorry.

  Eddie Felson : Jesus. Goddamn. Child care!

• Carmen : You think Vincent's that good?

  Eddie Felson : Well, he's got the eye, he's got the stroke, he's got the flake - he's got that down cold. But can he flake on and flake off? I don't know. See, I don't know whether that can be taught. That's not clear. He's got to learn how to be himself - but on purpose.

• Vincent Lauria : It's just a game, man. Some balls and a stick.

  Carmen : Balls and a stick.

• Eddie Felson : You're a hard broad. What does Vincent see in you?

  Carmen : Vincent's the best. That's what he sees in me.

• Eddie Felson : I cover all expenses: food, room, everything, entry fees, everything. For that I get 60% of everything you win. All bets. I lay the bets so I also take the losses if you lose. So, for that I get 60% of what you win.

  Carmen : 60%? What are you, a slumlord?

  Eddie Felson : Honey, you find a newcomer with a better deal than that, you come to me, we talk.

• Eddie Felson : We're just talking around things here. It ain't about pool. It ain't about sex. It ain't about love. It's about money. The *best* is the guy with the most. Ail right. It's the whole show. The best is the guy with the most in all walks of life.

  Carmen : Are you the best liquor salesman?

  Eddie Felson : You betcha!

• Carmen : If you're too old to cut the mustard, you can still lick the jar. Right?

• Vincent Lauria : Maybe you should go back to the motel.

  Carmen : Why?

  Vincent Lauria : Why? Are you kidding' me? Look around this place. There got to be two dozen rape artists here. Why?

  Carmen : Maybe you should go back to the motel.

  Vincent Lauria : Me?

  Carmen : Pretty boy like you.

• Eddie Felson : You don't flirt with me. You don't come on with me. You take a shower you shut the goddamn door.

  Carmen : Don't flatter yourself.

  Eddie Felson : Jes, don't waste my time with bullshit, Carmen. We got a *racehorse* here. A thoroughbred. You make him feel good, I teach him how to run. Do you understand? We're businesspeople.

• Carmen : What do you mean, rich can be arranged?

• Carmen : You know how we met? My old boyfriend last year got busted breaking into Vincent's parents' house. And we met at the police station. Me and Vincent.

  Eddie Felson : You were bailing him out, your boyfriend?

  Carmen : No. No, no, no. I got busted, too. I was driving the car. See this?

  [pulls out her necklace] 

  Carmen : Look. Vincent's mother's.

  Eddie Felson : He gave that to you?

  Carmen : Nope. From the robbery. Vince says his mother has one just like it. He's sweet. Vincent's real sweet.

• Eddie Felson : Carmen, what's to be learned from this?

  Carmen : Nice guys finish last.

  Vincent Lauria : Oh, is that original or did you just make that up?

• Eddie Felson : Vincent, you go in that place, you play your part. It's nuts. I put my hands on her, I'm playing. part. It's acting.

  Vincent Lauria : Your hands were all over her!

  Eddie Felson : It's acting! It's acting!

  Carmen : Hey, look, Vincent, when you go into movies and you see people kissing, what do you think? Do you think they go home together? They're professionals, Vincent.

  Eddie Felson : We're just trying to be professionals.

• Carmen : So I got to cover your ass now?

  Eddie Felson : No. You got to save it.

  Carmen : Well, why should I?