The Client (1994)

Tommy Lee Jones: Roy Foltrigg

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• Roy : Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, so sayeth the Psalms!

  Judge Harry Roosevelt : That's Proverbs 12:22.

• Mark : Thanks Rev. Roy, you've been a real pain in the ass.

  Roy : Thank you, son. I can assure you, you have been an even larger pain in the ass.

• Roy : Help me out here, Reggie. How far is it to that body?

  Reggie : [leans forward and whispers]  Twelve itty, bitty, tiny minutes.

  Roy : [grins]  Thank you, Reggie.

  Reggie : You're welcome, Roy.

• Roy : Okay... what do you want?

  Reggie : You have access to a private jet?

  Roy : I do.

  Reggie : Send it to Memphis, have it pick up Diane and Ricky Sway, bring them here. The whole family enters the Witness Protection program. Well, how are we doing so far?

  Roy : [writing]  Nothing I can't live with.

  Reggie : The program sets them up with a fair income, and a nice little house. White, with a walk-in closet.

  [off Roy's look] 

  Reggie : Well, write it down. "Walk-in closet."

  Roy : [sarcastic]  Is "walk in" hyphenated?

• Roy : You've been awful busy, Reggie, obstruction of justice, tampering with federal evidence,

  [pauses as he taps his pen on the table] 

  Roy : contributing to the delinquency of a minor, you've been REAL busy.

  Reggie : Oh Roy, I am so FLATTERED that you noticed!

• Roy : 1. He's scared. 2. He's a kid. They always lie. Adults are the enemy, remember?

• Roy : What's the Cloak and Dagger all about Reggie, you know you can trust us?

  Reggie : You three come here alone?

  Roy : Uh huh.

  Reggie : That the truth?

  Roy : 'course it is!

  Reggie : [smiles]  Well then, why don't you have one of them

  [points to the agents] 

  Reggie : just trot out to one of those cars that aren't in the parkin' lot and get a pen and paper from one of those agents that aren't out there?