Law & Order (TV Series)
I.D. (1996)
Steven Hill: DA Adam Schiff
Quotes
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D.A. Adam Schiff : Sisters killing sisters; I haven't seen that for a week or two.
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Judge Nathan Marks : I'm letting him cool his heels for a while; it's for his own good.
D.A. Adam Schiff : ...Nathan, I read the transcript.
Judge Nathan Marks : Then you know he was in contempt.
D.A. Adam Schiff : I read the *whole* transcript. What were you doing, may I ask?
Judge Nathan Marks : Excuse me?
D.A. Adam Schiff : Those remarks, about where Miss Ross was spending her mornings. Have you read the sexual harassment guidelines?
Judge Nathan Marks : I wrote them. Remember? I was kidding with her.
D.A. Adam Schiff : And your questions to McCoy's witnesses.
Judge Nathan Marks : A judge of the Supreme Court of the state of New York is entitled to question witnesses.
D.A. Adam Schiff : He's not entitled to sound like the defense attorney - or put words into witnesses' mouths.
Judge Nathan Marks : ...Anything else, Adam?
D.A. Adam Schiff : Yes. I'd like you to step down from the trial.
Judge Nathan Marks : ...This entire meeting is an improper ex parte approach. If you leave in the next ten seconds, I won't find you in contempt.
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D.A. Adam Schiff : [visiting Jack in jail cell for contempt of court; Jack smiles at him] Nice.
Jack McCoy : [introducing cellmates] Adam... Mr. Barton, Mr. Jasperson, Mr. Montoya, Mr. Schiff.
D.A. Adam Schiff : We're in a good mood, aren't we?
Jack McCoy : All except Mr. Jasperson; he was just convicted of murder.
Jasperson : [approaches Adam and Jack] Man, that was bull; I'm gonna be gettin' out of here soon.
D.A. Adam Schiff : [unruffled] Young man - sit down... I understand you *were* in contempt.
Jack McCoy : Just a little. Are you gonna get the transcript to the chief administrative judge?
D.A. Adam Schiff : I'm gonna see Judge Marks first, about bail.
Jack McCoy : [shakes head] I'm OK... But if you go, wear silk.
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A.D.A. Jamie Ross : We have the facts. I think we'll convince Judge Marks.
Jack McCoy : Nathan Marks?
A.D.A. Jamie Ross : Luck of the draw.
D.A. Adam Schiff : Make sure your airbags are working.
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Jack McCoy : It's outrageous. Jamie won't play footsie with him; new facts disrupt his perfect trial. So he takes it out on us.
D.A. Adam Schiff : Right. Had nothing to do with the fact that all this time, you didn't know what you were talking about.
A.D.A. Jamie Ross : Dismissal of the charge was excessive.
D.A. Adam Schiff : Right. You know who's who now?
A.D.A. Jamie Ross : Yes.
D.A. Adam Schiff : This is *Joanne* Sullivan you got there in Rikers?
Jack McCoy : Who else could it be?
D.A. Adam Schiff : Please don't ask.
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Chief Administrative Judge : The district attorney brought this matter to me with some reluctance.
Judge Nathan Marks : Well-deserved. I'm trying to run a trial; I don't have time to...
Chief Administrative Judge : Make some. I'm taking this seriously.
Judge Nathan Marks : Because a young woman can't take a joke?
A.D.A. Jamie Ross : I'm not pressing any charge.
Chief Administrative Judge : She could! You should thank her.
Judge Nathan Marks : Fine; thanks. Goodbye.
Chief Administrative Judge : I'm more concerned about the general tenor of this trial.
Judge Nathan Marks : You know how I run a trial, George.
Chief Administrative Judge : Yes - expeditiously. And usually, fairly.
Judge Nathan Marks : *Always* fairly.
Jack McCoy : You've been hostile to the people. Demeaning to their representatives, interfering with their witnesses...
Judge Nathan Marks : You expect me to sit there like a lump, while he springs surprise witnesses? Half-baked appeals, revised indictments? To turn my courtroom inside out - to win a case he should have lost the first time!
Chief Administrative Judge : Nathan - you're not supposed to care who wins, remember?
D.A. Adam Schiff : ...Your honor, I'd like to request...
Chief Administrative Judge : No need. Nathan, you just caught a bad case of the flu, and are unable to continue presiding over this trial. I'm assigning Judge Bryant.
Judge Nathan Marks : George...
Chief Administrative Judge : Would you rather be sick? Or be facing the commission on judicial conduct?
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[last lines]
D.A. Adam Schiff : When Nathan Marks became a judge, most of his colleagues cared only about getting re-elected and getting Fridays off. Marks made himself a royal pain - he cared mostly about justice.
Jack McCoy : It went to his head, Adam. He brought himself down.
D.A. Adam Schiff : Yeah... Pardon me if I don't celebrate.
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D.A. Adam Schiff : She has a knack for being in two places at once. Dunbar's apartment, and the tour bus. How do you think she pulled that off?