Down by Law (1986)

Vernel Bagneris: Preston

Quotes 

• Preston : Zack ! Hey man ! What the fuck ya doin' here in the garbage ?

  Zack : [without looking at Preston]  Just leave me alone, Preston. I'm in a bad mood.

  Preston : Then I'm just the man you've been looking for. In fact, I've been looking for you.

  Zack : That's a bad sign.

  Preston : Now, Zack , baby ! I got somethin' real good for you. An hour's work for a whole lotta scratch.

  Zack : I ain't interested.

  Preston : Then you ARE in a bad mood. You won't even let me propose it to you ! Can you just listen to me for one minute, will ya ? One minute of your, uh... valuable time ?

  Zack : [sighs in exasperation]  Just fuck off, Preston.

  Preston : [chuckles and acts like he's going to walk away from him, but then goes back to him]  All I wanna do is pay you a grand, in exchange of a single hour of your very very valuable time. But this ain't no break in, no delivery of controlled substances, none of this stuff. It's just to drive a car, from one part of town to another, alone. That's it.

  Zack : What kind of car will that be, Preston ?

  Preston : That will be a very nice car. A very nice, very expensive imported car, which just happens to be in between owners at the present time.

  Zack : [mutters to himself] 

  Preston : Look man, all you gotta do is drive the car across town, park it, leave it. I can pay half grand upfront, and the other half later. The whole thing's over in an hour! It's very safe, very clean, and believe me, i can get a million guys to do this for me.

  Zack : Then why don't you do it yourself ?

  Preston : I'm offerin' a grand so I don't have to answer stupid questions like that.

  Zack : Well... I might consider the grand upfront... then I might think about it.

  Preston : Jesus !

  [a pause] 

  Preston : Zack... you are in a nasty mood. So just to cheer you up a little bit, I give you 750 upfront. OK ?

  [Zack rises to leave him on the spot but he holds him back] 

  Preston : Alright, alright, Mr. All-Mighty-Hot-Shit. I'm gonna do you this favour.

  [he gives Zack the keys of the car] 

  Zack : [impressed, but still muttering to himself]  Oh man ! A Jaguar !

  Preston : I'll give you the whole thing upfront

  [he gives Zack the money] 

  Preston : Now you owe me.

  [long pause] 

  Preston : Zack, you know you can buy yourself twenty girls for all of that ?