Fargo (1996)

Harve Presnell: Wade Gustafson

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Quotes 

• Carl Showalter : Who the fuck are you?

  [Wade doesn't answer] 

  Carl Showalter : WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?

  Wade Gustafson : I got your damn money. Now, where's my daughter?

  Carl Showalter : I am through fuckin' around here! Drop that fuckin' briefcase!

  Wade Gustafson : Where's my daughter?

  Carl Showalter : Fuck you, man! Where's Jerry? I gave simple fuckin' instructions!

  Wade Gustafson : Where's my damn daughter? No Jean, no money!

  Carl Showalter : Drop that fuckin' money!

  Wade Gustafson : No Jean, no money!

  Carl Showalter : Is this a fuckin' joke here?

  [shoots Wade] 

  Wade Gustafson : [as he sinks to his knees and falls back]  Aww, Jeez.

  Carl Showalter : Happy now, asshole? What's with you people? Ya fuckin' imbeciles!

  [as Carl reaches for the briefcase, Wade shoots him in the face] 

  Carl Showalter : Ah! You fuckin' shot me!

  [Carl shoots Wade six more times, screams, then kicks the dead Wade twice] 

  Carl Showalter : You fuck!

  [takes briefcase] 

• Jerry Lundegaard : [Jerry and Wade discuss business opportunity]  This could work out real good for me and Jean and Scotty.

  Wade Gustafson : [coldly]  Jean and Scotty never have to worry.

• Wade Gustafson : What kind of finders fee are you looking for?

  Jerry Lundegaard : Huh?

  Stan Grossman : The financials are pretty through. The only thing we don't know is your fee.

  Jerry Lundegaard : My fee? Wade, what the heck you talking about?

  Wade Gustafson : Stan and I are okay. We gotta load in. But we never talked about your fee for bringing it to us.

  Jerry Lundegaard : Wade, no. I was bringing you this deal for you to loan me the money to put in. It's my deal here, see?

  Stan Grossman : Jerry, we thought you were bringing us an investment.

  Jerry Lundegaard : Yah, right.

  Stan Grossman : But you're saying that... what are you saying?

  Wade Gustafson : You're saying that we put in all the money and you collect when it pays off?

  [both Wade and Stan laugh] 

  Jerry Lundegaard : [getting nervous; stammering again]  No... it's just... I'd pay you back the principle and interest. Heck, I'd go... one over prime.

  Stan Grossman : We're not a bank, Jerry.

  Wade Gustafson : If I wanted a bank interest loan on $750,000 I'd go to Midwest Federal and and talk to old Bill Deal.

  Stan Grossman : Does he work at North Star now?

  Jerry Lundegaard : No, no, it just... I... I don't need a finders fee. Finder's fee that's... what? Ten percent? Heck, that's not gonna do it for me. I need the principle!

  Stan Grossman : Jerry, we're not going to just give you $750,000 of our money.

  Wade Gustafson : What the heck were your thinking? If I am getting bank interest, I want complete security. Heck, FDIC. I don't see nothing like that here.

  Jerry Lundegaard : [getting desperate]  Yah, but... it's... I... just... I guarantee all your money back with interest when the deal starts paying. You have my word.

  Wade Gustafson : I'm not talking about your damn word here, Jerry! What the hell were you thinking? Jesus! Look... I don't want to cut you out of the loop here. This here is a good deal. I assume that if you are not interested in getting a finders fee, you won't mind if we move on with the deal independently.

• Scotty Lundegaard : [finishing supper]  May I be excused?

  Jerry Lundegaard : Ya done, there?

  Scotty Lundegaard : Yah. Can I go out?

  Jean Lundegaard : Where ya goin'?

  Scotty Lundegaard : Just to McDonalds.

  Jerry Lundegaard : Be back at 9:30.

  [Scotty exits] 

  Wade Gustafson : He just ate - he didn't finish! He's goin' to McDonalds instead of finishin' here.

  Jean Lundegaard : He sees his friends there. It's okay.

  Wade Gustafson : It's okay, MAC-Donalds. Heh. Whaddya think they do there? They don't drink milkshakes, I assure you.

  Jean Lundegaard : It's okay, Dad!

• Wade Gustafson : I'm not talking about your damn word, Jerry.

• Jerry Lundegaard : Wade, have ya had a chance to think about, uhm, that deal I was talkin' about, those forty acres there on Wayzata?

  Wade Gustafson : You told me about it.

  Jerry Lundegaard : Yeah, you said you'd have a think about it. I understand it's a lot of money.

  Wade Gustafson : A heck of a lot. What'd you say you were gonna put there?

  Jerry Lundegaard : A lot. It's a limited...

  Wade Gustafson : I know it's a lot.

  Jerry Lundegaard : I mean a parking lot.

  Wade Gustafson : Yeah, well, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars is a lot.

• Wade Gustafson : I give these sons a bitches a million dollars, where's my guarantee they're gonna let her go.

  Jerry Lundegaard : Well, they...

  Wade Gustafson : A million dollars is a lot a damn money!

  Jerry Lundegaard : Yah, but they...

  Wade Gustafson : And there they are, they got my daughter!

• Jean Lundegaard : [chopping vegetables]  Hiya, hon! Welcome back! How was Fargo?

  Jerry Lundegaard : Yah, real good now.

  Jean Lundegaard : Dad's here.

  [Jerry's mood changes as he hears this news] 

  Jerry Lundegaard : Is he stayin' for supper then?

  Jean Lundegaard : I dunno... I think so. Dad?

  Wade Gustafson : What?

  Jean Lundegaard : [thick Minnesota accent]  You stayin' for supperrrrr?

  Wade Gustafson : Yah!

• [repeated line] 

  Wade Gustafson : No Jean, no money!