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Liv Tyler, Renée Zellweger, Robin Tunney, Rory Cochrane, Ethan Embry, and Johnny Whitworth in Empire Records (1995)

Anthony LaPaglia: Joe Reaves

Empire Records

Anthony LaPaglia credited as playing...

Joe Reaves

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Quotes17

  • [Joe is talking to the police about Warren]
  • Joe: [to Warren] How old are you?
  • Warren: Old enough to kick your butt through your skull and splatter your brains on the wall.
  • Joe: [to the cops on the phone] Yeah, he's a juvenile.
  • Joe: [hands retrieved CDs to the caught shoplifter] I want you to take these, hold 'em against your chest, stand against the wall, and they're gonna take a photograph of you.
  • Warren: Why don't you go shove 'em up your ass?
  • Lucas: Because it would hurt a lot, Warren.
  • Jane: What are you doing later?
  • Joe: I don't know. I'm either going to jail or hell, I can't decide.
  • A.J.: Joe, I need to ask your advice. Now I know you know a lot about love and women and all that sort of thing...
  • Joe: Oh yeah, my wife left me for another woman and my girlfriend forced me to leave at gunpoint. Does this qualify me?
  • A.J.: Oh yeah, definitely.
  • Corey: Joe, you're the best boss in the world. Can I bring Rex his lunch?
  • Joe: Berko's taking him his lunch.
  • Corey: Um Joe, you know that Berko's gonna insult him to his face I don't think that's such a good idea.
  • Joe: I don't care if Berko sticks an M-80 up his butt and lights it. In fact, I hope he sticks one up mine, it might be an improvement.
  • Corey: Joe, I have to bring Rex his lunch.
  • Joe: Berko is.
  • Corey: Joe, I need to bring him his lunch.
  • Joe: Berko is.
  • Corey: [screams] I'M BRINGING REX HIS LUNCH!
  • [pause]
  • Joe: ...alright.
  • Joe: Deb, what are you doing?
  • Debra: I just wanted to have a little chat with Warren.
  • Warren: Yeah? Have a little chat with my gun.
  • [waves it under her nose]
  • Debra: [into the barrel of Warren's gun] What do you want Warren?
  • Warren: *Stop calling me Warren! My name isn't fucking Warren!*
  • [kicks furniture to underline point]
  • Eddie: His name isn't Warren.
  • Corey: [whispers] His name isn't Warren?
  • Berko: [whispering as well] His name isn't Warren?
  • Mark: I thought his name was Warren?
  • Debra: [to Warren] Well, you can't kill me 'cause I'm already dead. And I talked to God, and she says, "Yo, wassup?" and she wants you to lose the gun.
  • Warren: What? You are a psycho! A *psycho!*
  • Joe: [after Lucas enters] Lucas!
  • Lucas: Joe!
  • Joe: Where's the money?
  • Lucas: Joe, the money is gone.
  • Joe: Yeah, I know it's gone... but where's it gone to?
  • Lucas: Atlantic City.
  • Joe: Atlantic City?... Is it coming back from Atlantic City?
  • Lucas: [nervous laugh] Oh, I don't think so, Joe.
  • Joe: What's it doing in Atlantic City, Lucas?
  • Lucas: ...Recirculating.
  • Joe: Recirculating?
  • Lucas: Yeah.
  • [Joe knocks the donation cup that Lucas was carrying out of his hands and grabs his arm]
  • Joe: Lucas, listen to me. I told Mitchell Beck that you forgot to deposit the money. I told Mitchell that the money was still here.
  • Lucas: Joe, that's not true. It's in Atlantic City... I swear.
  • Joe: Shut up, sit down, and don't you move.
  • Lucas: [sitting down] It could be in other cities by now...
  • Joe: Oh, shut up! Under no circumstances do I want you to leave that couch... unless it's to get me $9000, and then you bring it here to me, okay?
  • Lucas: Okay. You know, I think things are gonna be all right now, Joe.
  • Joe: Oh? And what makes you think that.
  • Lucas: Who knows where thoughts come from? They just appear.
  • [nodding]
  • Lucas: Mmhmm!
  • Joe: ...What a moron.
  • Joe: Could you please not sing, Mark.
  • Mark: You know what Joe? One of these days, I'm gonna show you little people.
  • Joe: Yeah, well on that day I'm gonna jump outta my wheelchair and do a dance.
  • Mark: How 'bout today, huh? Rex Manning day.
  • Lucas: Joe, I think it's gonna be okay.
  • Joe: What makes you think that?
  • Lucas: Who knows where thoughts come from? They just appear.
  • Joe: Gina, you'd better go home.
  • Gina: Am I fired?
  • Joe: Have I fired anyone today? No. Why would I start with you?
  • Lucas: Mitchell's the man, Joe.
  • Joe: And the man calls all the shots.
  • Lucas: Damn the man.
  • Joe: Let me explain it to you. Mitchell's the man. I'm the idiot. You're the screw-up. And we're all losers. Welcome to Music Town.
  • [after Joe beats Lucas up in his office]
  • Joe: Here.
  • [hands Lucas a washcloth]
  • Joe: You deserved that, you know that.
  • Lucas: Yeah, I know it.
  • A.J.: ...you know, I got to tell her that I, uh, well, you know, that I uh...
  • Joe: love her.
  • A.J.: Yeah, now how do I do that?
  • Joe: You say I love you. What do you want, written instructions?
  • Mitch: Why do I get the feeling that I'm being royally screwed?
  • Joe: Because you are, Mitch.
  • A.J.: Hey Joe, I wanna tell Corey how I feel about her, and I thought you'd be the perfect guy for the job...
  • Joe: Oh, yeah. My wife left me for a woman and my girlfriend forced me to leave on gunpoint. Does this qualify me?
  • A.J.: Yeah, absolutely.
  • Joe: Where's Rex?
  • Debra: Got a better question for you, Joe. Where's Gina?
  • [Joe hears Gina in the xerox room with Rex]
  • A.J.: I'll look upstairs.
  • Debra: I'll check the bathroom.
  • Berko: I'll check the storage room.
  • Lucas: I'll check the sofa.
  • Joe: Where's Rex?
  • Debra: I've got a better question for you, Joe. Where's Gina?
  • [meaningful look at closed door behind which whirring copier and Gina's giggles are heard]

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