RocketMan (1997)

Jeffrey DeMunn: Paul Wick

Quotes 

• Fred Randall : Mr. Wick, can I call you Paul?

  Paul Wick : No.

  Fred Randall : Are we there yet?

  Paul Wick : No.

  Fred Randall : Can I drive?

  Paul Wick : No.

  Fred Randall : Can I park it?

• Paul Wick : Bud, your hunches are about as useless as dental floss at a Willie Nelson concert.

• Paul Wick : He's a computer genius, he's supposed to be a little weird.

  Julie Ford : A little?

• Paul Wick : Reconsider the mission? Sure...

  [pretends to think] 

  Paul Wick : Okay, it's still on.

• [to her dismay, Julie has just been introduced to Fred and is conferring with Paul in private] 

  Paul Wick : So what do you think?

  Julie Ford : What do I think? What do you think? I mean, what is your reasoning here, Paul? Because we're going to Mars, we should take a guy *from* Mars?

  Paul Wick : He's a computer genius. He's supposed to be a little weird.

  Julie Ford : A LITTLE?

  Paul Wick : I am not gonna let a few random personality quirks ground the most important mission of my career!

  Julie Ford : Well, Paul, excuse me for letting my practical concerns get in the way of your career!

  Paul Wick : Wait, wait. This mission means just as much to me as it does to you, Ford! And if Gordon can't cut it, then this kid is our last hope.

• [after another failed Mars landing blamed on a computer glitch] 

  Paul Wick : GET ME THE NAME OF THE GUY THAT WROTE THIS SOFTWARE!