The Guard (2011)

Gary Lydon: Gerry Stanton

Quotes 

• Gerry Stanton : [while Clive Cornell is handing the bent coppers a briefcase of money]  It"s all there, yeah?

  Clive Cornell : Excuse me?

  Gerry Stanton : It"s all there?

  Clive Cornell : No, it"s not. I"ve skimmed a couple of grand off the top.

  Gerry Stanton : What?

  Clive Cornell : "Course it"s fucking all there. This is the pay-off, yeah? We pay you off, you and your pals keep your fucking noses out of our business. That"s the dynamic in this situation. Why the fuck would I then cheat you out your money? Eh? Why would I do that? That doesn"t make any sense. That"d defeat the entire purpose of the fucking interaction. Fuck me!

  [walks away angrily] 

• Sergeant Gerry Boyle : [interrupting the briefing]  I thought only black lads were drug dealers?

  FBI agent Wendell Everett : I"m sorry, what?

  Sergeant Gerry Boyle : I thought only black lads were drug dealers? And Mexicans. What do they call them. They have a word for them.

  FBI agent Wendell Everett : Yeah, there"s a word for you too, sir. But I"m not gonna go into that right now. Anyway, as I was saying, these men are highly dangerous...

  Sergeant Gerry Boyle : [blurting out]  Mules. Drug mules.

  Gerry Stanton : That"s enough of your guff now, Boyle. Apologize to the man.

  Sergeant Gerry Boyle : Huh? Apologize for what?

  FBI agent Wendell Everett : For your racist slurs, for one thing.

  Sergeant Gerry Boyle : I"m Irish, racism is part of my culture.

• Gerry Stanton : You know when you hear tell about someone being liquidated, you know, by the mob, like?

  FBI agent Wendell Everett : Mm.

  Gerry Stanton : What does that actually mean?

  FBI agent Wendell Everett : Means they"ve been killed. I mean, what else would it mean?

  Gerry Stanton : Yeah, I know that. But does it mean they"ve actually been turned into liquid?

  FBI agent Wendell Everett : Heh, heh, heh. Turned into liquid.

  [realizing he"s serious] 

  FBI agent Wendell Everett : No. Just killed.

  Gerry Stanton : Yeah, I suppose turning someone into liquid would be too time-consuming, huh? Take ages.