Robert De Niro: Jimmy Doyle

New York, New York

Jimmy Doyle

Jimmy: I know you from some place.
Francine: No.
Jimmy: You don't remember me?
Francine: No.
Jimmy: You don't remember we met a few years ago? It was at a party or a dance. We had a long conversation. You can't remember that?
Francine: No.
Jimmy: I just want to explain to you, first of all, my parents are over there, my mother and father, my brother and sister. So I got to see them because I just was two years in the service, you know, so they haven't see me. Now, I want to get your phone number so I can tell you tomorrow about what I was thinking about. There's something very, very important I've got to talk to you about.
Francine: No.
Jimmy: No what? No what?
Francine: No.
Jimmy: No?
Francine: No.
Jimmy: No, no, no. You don't understand. Give me your number. You got a pencil or something?
Francine: No.
Jimmy: All right. I have a photographic memory. Just give me your number, and I'll remember it.
Francine: No.
Jimmy: Yes.
Francine: No.
Jimmy: Yes.
Francine: No.
Jimmy: Can I meet you at Central Park? I'm serious.
Francine: I know. No.
Jimmy: I mean, come on. There's no way...
Francine: No!

Jimmy: You're an agent?
Tony Harwell: I reiterate, yes.
Jimmy: If I went down there, would you be my agent?
Tony Harwell: No.
Tony Harwell: Why not?
Tony Harwell: I ain't interested. I'm satisfied with the list of clients I got now.
Jimmy: You're makin' a mistake, but okay, you know.
Tony Harwell: I made a lot of mistakes. So I'll make another one. This one's on me.

Francine: That was it! That was you proposal, get your coat on, put your shoes on, lets go, lets go, lets go, that was it!
Jimmy: Whats wrong with that?

Jimmy: Will you marry me? Will you marry me? I love you. Will you marry me? I don't want anybody else to be with you. I don't want anybody else. I want to be with you, do you understand? I don't want anybody else to be with you except me. I love you. I love you. Look at me. I love you.
Francine: Oh, I love you, too.

Jimmy: Where is she?
Tony Harwell: Why should I tell you where she is if she doesn't tell you where she is in the letter?
Jimmy: Then why do you take the time to come out to Brooklyn to give me this letter if you don't think she cares enough about me to let me know where she is, or to let you know to let me know where she is? Doesn't that makes sense to you?
Tony Harwell: It should, but it don't.

Jimmy Doyle: If I leave now, I'll never get to know you. I'll never get to know what a wonderful, beautiful chick you are.

Cecil Powell: Listen, man, if you get it together again, Jimmy, I got this little thing going over at the Harlem Club, man.
Jimmy Doyle: Oh, yeah,
Cecil Powell: Some really good - some really good cats over there, man, You got to come over there.
Jimmy Doyle: I will. I'll come up. I heard a lot about it.
Cecil Powell: Yeah.
Jimmy Doyle: There's only one problem, though,
Cecil Powell: What's that?
Jimmy Doyle: Do they let white cats in?
Cecil Powell: If you come around the back.

Francine: What's the Theory of Relativity, that light is curved?
Jimmy: I don't know.
Francine: They say that only five people in the whole world, you know, know really what it's about.
Jimmy: Well, the Japs understand, from what I know.

Jimmy Doyle: You got the blonde? That means I have the brunette,
Eddie Di Muzio: Right.
Jimmy Doyle: Ah, she's a total pain in the ass, man, You know how much time I just spent trying to make her? I spent 20 minutes giving her every routine I knew. It didn't even work. There was nothing! Nothing!
Eddie Di Muzio: The one over there?
Jimmy Doyle: Yeah, the one over there. That one, the WAC. What's the matter with you? Maybe the other one will go. You know how girls are, one goes, the other doesn't. It's the same story. You got the good one, I got the bad one. I'm excited. It's V-J Day, man! You know, I want to get laid! What's happening here?

Jimmy Doyle: You want to know what interests me the most, Frances? One is music, number two is money, and number three is
[five air kisses]
Francine Evans: I got it.
[Jimmy kisses her shoulder]
Francine Evans: Uh-huh. Got it!
Jimmy Doyle: What's the matter?
Francine Evans: I don't want it. They're always in that order?
Jimmy Doyle: Sure they're always in that order, unless - you happen to come across someone who grooves you and you want to groove with. Say, you. And if things work out, and you start acting a little more intelligent, then possibly, then I'll make number three number one, number one number three, and - number two... Now, wait. Now, now I'm getting confused. You put it where, uh..
Francine Evans: You put it where number three is.
Jimmy Doyle: And that's the way it would be. Let me start all over again, because, I don't wanna get this wrong. Number three would be number one.
Francine Evans: And number two and number three.
Jimmy Doyle: Exactly. And when you have that, you have what you call a major chord.
Francine Evans: What's a major chord?
Jimmy Doyle: A major chord is when everything in your life works out perfectly. When you have everything you could ever possibly want. Everything! You have the woman you want, you have the music you want, and you have enough money to live comfortably. And that's a major chord,

Jimmy Doyle: Oh, why are you so serious? Oh, come on, loosen up. Come on, you gave me a hard time last night, really a hard time. Loosen up a little bit. Oh, come, come. At least have some gum. This way, you keep your mouth shut. It'll keep you occupied.

Francine Evans: All right, you're upset because I didn't come to you in person and say good-bye, right?
Jimmy Doyle: Right! Which brings up another thing, you don't say good-bye to me, I say good-bye to you. In no way, shape, or form do you say good-bye to me. I say good-bye to you.
Francine Evans: Oh. Fine! Go ahead and say it.
Jimmy Doyle: Say what?
Francine Evans: Say good-bye. Go ahead.

Jimmy Doyle: Didn't you understand when I said "major chord" that I meant it about you?

Jimmy Doyle: I know it's not Frankie Harte. We can do that stuff too, man. But this is a different sound. I think you should listen to it. Just give us another chance.
Horace Morris: This guy must be crazy. I made a deal with Frankie Harte and his Orchestra, not Jimmy Doyle and his Flying Sack of Maniacs!

Jimmy Doyle: Look, I didn't send a telegram. I just really wanted to be alone for a while, by myself, that's all. I wanted to figure some things out. I stayed down South for a while and that was it.
Francine Evans: Well, that's normal. I understand that.
Jimmy Doyle: No, you don't understand that. Don't tell me you do. 'Cause you don't really understand it. But I had to do it, baby.
Francine Evans: Well, I understand that I don't understand.
Jimmy Doyle: Okay, that's being better about it.