David Carradine credited as playing...
Shepard
- Shepard: [as ambulance staff wheel away a covered headless corpse] Hey, what are you looking for?
- Powell: Looking for the head. The only place I haven't looked is up in the parapets.
- Shepard: Won't be much left of it. You ever drop a cantaloupe from 40 stories?
- Powell: [Ambulance doors slam shut] All right, so what the hell do you make out of this?
- Shepard: Well, I figure something fell out of one of the windows from the floor up above. Hit him. Sheared his head clean off. A shard of glass or something like that.
- Powell: There are no broken windows up there.
- Shepard: Oh shit! Maybe his head just got loose and fell off. Look, whadda' you want from me?
- Shepard: All right, come on. I'll take you back to your girl.
- Jimmy Quinn: No, I'm not going by there.
- Shepard: What are you talking about?
- Jimmy Quinn: Well, we're not good for each other. You know, she's doing me favors all the time. I'm getting her into trouble. I got her in there.
- Shepard: What are you talking about? She's there waiting for you.
- Jimmy Quinn: Next time I see, I'm gonna have a job.
- Shepard: Look, you with a job?
- Jimmy Quinn: Yeah.
- Shepard: What are you talking about?
- Jimmy Quinn: I'll be playing piano somewhere. I'm pretty good.
- Shepard: Yeah, what the fuck do you know?
- Jimmy Quinn: Yeah, that's right. What the fuck do I know? But I know I'm not afraid anymore.
- Shepard: [the police just killed the infant Quetzalcoatl] Now, leave it. The scientist will want to look at it.
- Jimmy Quinn: [to Lt. Murray] They didn't even get the bird. They got the egg. If they had done what I told them to do, put the canvas over the top.
- Shepard: [as ambulance staff wheel away a covered headless corpse] Hey, what are you looking for?
- Doyle: Looking for the head. The only place I haven't looked is up in the parapets.
- Shepard: Won't be much left of it. You ever drop a cantaloupe from 40 stories?
- Doyle: [Ambulance doors slam shut] All right, so what the hell do you make out of this?
- Shepard: Well, I figure something fell out of one of the windows from the floor up above. Hit him. Sheared his head clean off. A shard of glass or something like that.
- Doyle: There are no broken windows up there.
- Shepard: Oh, shit. Maybe his head just got loose and fell off. Look, what do you want from me?
- Jimmy Quinn: Hey, that's all right. That's fine. I got another job anyway.
- [leaves the bar]
- Shepard: Sounded okay to me.
- Jimmy Quinn: Yeah, what the fuck do you mean?
- Shepard: Yeah, what do I know?
- Commissioner: Uh, Shep.
- Shepard: Yes, sir.
- Commissioner: I like you most of the time. And that's why I'm giving you back this report unread. I never saw it. Never heard of Quetzal.
- Shepard: Quetzalcoatl.
- Commissioner: Quite so. Unless you're looking for a sanity hearing, my dear boy.
- Commissioner: Yes, sir. Sir, two days ago, you didn't believe this creature existed. Now, wouldn't it be possible for you to suspend your disbelief just for one little degree further.
- Commissioner: You are talking about the incarnation of some ancient Aztec god. And it's my duty to kill it. Now, it's much easier for me to think of killing a bird than a god.
- Shepard: You know, I met you once before, Quinn. The bar in the village, you remember that? You were singing some kind of scat song. There's a big dog on the floor.
- Jimmy Quinn: Oh, you heard me play?
- Shepard: Yeah, you were pretty good. Yeah, you told me to fuck off.
- Shepard: You're not much of a killer, Jimmy. But, you know, yesterday, that guy in the swimming pool.
- Jimmy Quinn: Shepard, how dumb do you think I am? You know damn well the bird killed him. What? You think I trained the bird? You're unbelievable. You come on to me all about my music, right? Give me this nice song and dance. And then you start laying a bum rap on me. Who do you think I am?
- Shepard: No, no. No bum rap.
- Jimmy Quinn: You say I have no nerve, huh? Two guys up there, Webb and Doyle. I took them up. You won't be recognize them because they're all over the play. They're in little pieces. and I lead them up there because they were putting heavy pressure on me. And I walked them right into it.
- Shepard: Quinn, you're not going to lead us into anything like that are you?
- Jimmy Quinn: Well, a few cops may die. I've seen this bitch in action. She can move anywhere she pleases, in or out.
- Shepard: In and out of what?
- Jimmy Quinn: The roof. There's a hole in the roof, and she goes into the roof.