Wired (1989)
Michael Chiklis: John Belushi
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Quotes
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John Belushi : [surprised] Who are you anyway?
Angel Velasquez : I'm your guardian angel.
John Belushi : My guardian angel? Well you sure fucked up...
Angel Velasquez : Yeah, well look, man. Nobody's perfect, you know? You gotta start somewhere.
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Angel Velasquez : Hey, I seen your movies, man.
John Belushi : [excited] Oh yeah? Which one?
Angel Velasquez : The one where you played a coke addict. You's a funny guy.
John Belushi : [unamused] Oh thanks. Thanks a lot.
Angel Velasquez : But you died in the end... all fucked up.
John Belushi : Hey, wait a minute... who are you?
Angel Velasquez : My friends call me Angel.
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Arnie Fromson : You can't do this. You can't abuse yourself.
John Belushi : LOOK, I don't pay you to be my best friend. I don't ask you what you do after six o'clock, DON'T ASK ME! NOBODY TELLS ME WHAT TO DO!
Arnie Fromson : You can't tell me what to do with you either. I'm not talking about business now, John. I'm talking about your life.
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John Belushi : I'm only 33 years old. I just had my birthday.
Angel Velasquez : That's right. And you are officially deceased.
John Belushi : Why am I dead?
Angel Velasquez : 'Cause you're stupid. Next question.
John Belushi : Where are we going?
Angel Velasquez : We're going for a ride, Hemo.
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Bob Woodward : Why didn't you go home, John? Why did you kill yourself?
John Belushi : Vietnam, man!
Bob Woodward : You never served.
John Belushi : Society fucked me over, like Lenny Bruce!
Bob Woodward : Lenny Bruce? John, you were a living legend! Your friend Dan Ayrkoyd called you "America's guest". Come on, what was the real reason?
John Belushi : I have no idea!
Bob Woodward : What was it? Why did you do it?
John Belushi : BECAUSE I NEEDED IT! BECAUSE IT'S MINE!
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Bob Woodward : John? John! John... Answer me, John. John! Why didn't you ever want to go home? What was so painful, that you couldn't even close your eyes at night without drugs?
John Belushi : I had an unhappy childhood!
Bob Woodward : Oh, come on, John. We all had an unhappy childhood.
John Belushi : Vietnam? Agent Orange?
Bob Woodward : You didn't go.
John Belushi : Society fucked me over, like Lenny Bruce!
Bob Woodward : Like Lenny Bruce? You were a living legend, John! Your friend Aykroyd called you "America's guest". Everybody loved you!
John Belushi : Then I give up!
Bob Woodward : Oh. John, why did you shove a needle into your arm, day after...
John Belushi : BECAUSE I NEED IT! BECAUSE IT'S MINE! Cold bastard.
[pause, sweaty and breathing heavily]
John Belushi : So you're just gonna sit there and watch me die, is that it?
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John Belushi : Hey, that's Arnie! That's my manager, Arnie Fromson! And he's with Woodward... Bob fucking Woodward! I can't believe it! I've always wanted to meet that guy! Hey, Arnie! Arnie! Hey, Arnie! Arnie! What's Arnie talking to Bob Woodward? I can't believe it, Bob Woodward! I used to do that guy!
Angel Velasquez : And now he's doing you.
John Belushi : What do you mean?
Angel Velasquez : He's gonna be your biographer.
John Belushi : My biographer? Bob Woodward? I'll go down in history!
Angel Velasquez : Yeah! He's gonna do for your what he did for Nixon.
[pause]
John Belushi : Nixon?
Angel Velasquez : He's gonna call the book "Wired". He's gonna trash your good name, Hemo, from here to...
John Belushi : I'm fucked.
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[Judy kisses John all over his face as he lies buried up to his neck in sand]
John Belushi : The lips! You forgot the lips! Kiss these lips! Please, I'll even marry you!
Judy Belushi : What did you say?
John Belushi : I don't know, I never said that before.
Judy Belushi : Do you mean it?
John Belushi : Why don't you come closer and I'll show you...