Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Warren Oates: G.T.O
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Quotes
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G.T.O. : Those satisfactions are permanent.
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The Mechanic : You'd have yourself a real street-sweeper here if you put a little work into it.
G.T.O. : I go fast enough.
The Driver : You can never go fast enough.
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G.T.O. : [after being approached sexually by a male hitchhiker] I'm not into that!
Oklahoma hitchhiker : I just thought it might relax you while you drive.
G.T.O. : This is competition, man. I've got no time.
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G.T.O. : I don't like being crowded by a couple of punk road hogs clear across two states, I don't.
The Driver : I don't believe I've ever seen you. 'Course, there's lots of cars on the road like yours. They all get to look the same. They perform about the same.
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G.T.O. : Everything fell apart on me. My job, my family, everything. I had this job as a television producer and I walked into the office and I...
The Driver : I don't wanna hear about it.
G.T.O. : What do you mean, you don't wanna hear about it?
The Driver : It's not my problem.
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G.T.O. : If I'm not grounded pretty soon, I'm gonna go into orbit.
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G.T.O. : If I wanted to bother, I could suck you right up my tail pipe.
The Driver : Sure you could.
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G.T.O. : Well, here we are on the road.
The Driver : Yup, that's where we are, all right.
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G.T.O. : Performance and image, that's what it's all about.