Air America (1990)
Robert Downey Jr.: Billy
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Quotes
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Billy Covington : [Gene is loading a machine gun] Excuse me, is that an Uzi?
Gene Ryack : [glances at Babo and Billy] You know, that would make a great TV commercial? 'Excuse me, is that an Uzi?' 'Why, yes it is. Hey, self-defense is no laughing matter! That why when I want number one I pack an Uzi... accept no substitutes.'
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Billy Covington : I don't wanna crash twice in one day!
Gene Ryack : Don't worry, I crash better that anyone I know.
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Billy Covington : Gene, you can't sell the plane! It's government property!
Gene Ryack : The U.S. Government doesn't exist in Laos and neither does this plane!
Billy Covington : Good point!
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Billy Covington : What the f*** are you doing here, man? Do you believe in this war?
Gene Ryack : I used to believe in all these wars.
[laughs]
Gene Ryack : See, I had this theory once. I believed in the politics of Saturday night.
Billy Covington : And...?
Gene Ryack : I rated all governments and countries by how good or bad their Saturday nights were... and... I KNEW that Moscow and Peking had to be a stone DRAG at that time of the week. So I was flying for a cause. I was fighting to defend... chicken BBQs and wienie roasts, and Ray Charles songs and drinkin' Southern Comfort 'til you passed out behind the bar.
Billy Covington : Politics of Saturday Night. I can relate to that theory.
Gene Ryack : Yeah, it's not bad, is it? Just not particularly true, that's all. I hear they party pretty hard in Moscow.
Billy Covington : No need to give up a good theory just because it isn't true.
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Billy Covington : How often do you guys go on a bender like this?
Babo : Bender? This isn't a bender, this is night-time!
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Billy Covington : Pilot hijinks? This is psychotic behavior.
Gene Ryack : Well, here at Air America, what is considered psychotic behavior anywhere else is just company policy.
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[Gene must make a decision about his cargo]
Billy Covington : Come on, You gotta do it, or you're just another version of Major Lemond, with a slightly hipper rap!
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Billy Covington : Jesus! Who the hell is shooting at us?
Jack Neely : Over here, everybody shoots at us.
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Billy Covington : All right, I'm not gonna die dropping pigs from the sky! Not gonna happen!