The Frisco Kid (1979)

Val Bisoglio: Chief Gray Cloud

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Quotes 

• [to Tommy] 

  Chief Gray Cloud : ...And you, who speak to Indians as if to little children: Your heart is big. Not as big as your mouth, but you have good feelings inside.

• Chief Gray Cloud : [in reference to Avram's god]  What does he do?

  Avram : He... He can do anything!

  Chief Gray Cloud : Then why can't he make rain?

  Avram : Because he doesn't make rain. He gives us strength when we're suffering. He gives us compassion when all that we feel is hatred. He gives us courage when we're searching around blindly like little mice in the darkness... but He does not make rain!

  [Thunder and lightning begin, followed by a downpour] 

  Avram : Of course... sometimes, just like that, he'll change His mind.

• Chief Gray Cloud : I want him to dance with you. He is going to show you how his people dance.

  Avram : Well? Ready on the tommies? Eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht, and go! Everybody dance. Always with the left foot first. First we start slow. Then we're going to do some nice foot work. That's it. That's good with the hands. Watch that lady. I think that lady's a Jewish Indian. Just have a little fun and don't you worry what the neighbors are thinking... Watch the left foot. Try to keep in time with the other boys and girls. That's it! Just get a message from your feet. They are talking to you all the time. I'll tell you, if you could move the waist and the hips a little bit, you'll be very happy with the results. And walk toward the left, the left shoulder out. That's the way we do things in the old country. And hold on tight. Here we go...

• Chief Gray Cloud : [Holding the Torah as he speaks to the Indians surrounding him]  I have read this book!

  [whispering to Avram] 

  Chief Gray Cloud : I did not understand one word.

• Chief Gray Cloud : Tell me, What do Jewish people do to express joy?