John McGiver credited as playing...
Mr. O'Daniel
- Mr. O'Daniel: Cowboy, huh?
- Joe Buck: Well, sir, I ain't a for real cowboy, but I am one hell of a stud!
- [chuckles]
- Mr. O'Daniel: Take it easy, boy. Seems to me you're different from most of the boys that come to me. Most of those boys are troubled and confused. I'd say you know exactly what you want.
- Joe Buck: Oh you bet I do, sir.
- Mr. O'Daniel: Yeah. But I bet you got one thing in common with those other boys. I bet you are lonesome.
- Joe Buck: Well, not too. Uh.. I mean, a little.
- Mr. O'Daniel: Yeah. Lonesome! I'm lonesome, so I'm a drunk. I'm lonesome, so I'm a dope fiend.
- Woman - Mr. O'Daniel's Neighbor: Oh, shut up!
- Mr. O'Daniel: I'm lonesome, so I'm a thief. I'm lonesome, so I'm a fornicator, a whoremonger!
- Woman - Mr. O'Daniel's Neighbor: [pounds on wall] You phony!
- Mr. O'Daniel: Poop, I say, poop! I've heard it all. I've heard it all and I'm sick of it. Sick to death!
- Joe Buck: Yes, sir, I can see that!
- Mr. O'Daniel: Lonesomeness. Lonesomeness is something you take, you hear? Damn it, you take it and you go right on with your work. That's all there is to it.
- Joe Buck: I'm rarin' to go, sir!
- Mr. O'Daniel: Yes, I believe you are. Cowboy, eh?
- Joe Buck: Yes, sir.
- Mr. O'Daniel: Yeah. Ready for some hard work, son?
- Joe Buck: I'm ready for anything!
- Mr. O'Daniel: Yeah, I reckon, it's gonna be a lot easier for you, Joe Buck, than for most others.
- Joe Buck: It's gonna be like money from home, sir!
- Mr. O'Daniel: Money from home! There's your strength son, see? You've got the way of putting things earthy so that anybody can understand them. I warn you, Joe Buck. I'm gonna use you. I'm gonna run you ragged!
- Joe Buck: [whooping]
- Mr. O'Daniel: Ahh! You're wonderful, boy. You and me, we're gonna have fun together. It don't have to be joyless!
- Joe Buck: Hell no, it don't have to be.
- Mr. O'Daniel: Say, why don't you and me get right down on our knees right now? How's that strike you?
- Joe Buck: Where?
- Mr. O'Daniel: Right here! Here! Here!
- [opens bathroom door, exposing a light-up Jesus statue, which he turns on]
- Mr. O'Daniel: Right now! Why not? Why not? I've prayed on the streets. I've prayed in the saloons. I've prayed in the toilets. It don't matter where, so long as He gets that prayer!
- Joe Buck: [in over his head] Shit!
- Mr. O'Daniel: Ah, that's the ticket, boy! Just open your heart and let it flow, wash over! As long as you get that love behind him, don't be frightened, son.
- Preacher - Texas: [in flashback] I baptize thee, my brother, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- Mr. O'Daniel: Don't run from Jesus. Pray and you shall be heard!
- [Joe frantically exits the apartment and runs away]
- Mr. O'Daniel: Don't be frightened, son! Don't! Don't run from Jesus!