Burn Notice (TV Series)

Old Friends (2007)

Jeffrey Donovan: Michael Westen

Quotes 

• Michael Westen : Hey, can I borrow your car?

  Sam Axe : Where are you going?

  Michael Westen : Uh, just to the store to get some yogurt.

  Sam Axe : C'mon, Mike. Fiona calls, whisper whisper. All of a sudden, you got to have yogurt? What's the big secret?

  Michael Westen : No big secret. Just love yogurt.

• Michael Westen : [voiceover]  One more thing about booby traps: make sure your friends know not to drop by unannounced.

• Michael Westen : When booby-trapping your home, it's important to keep it simple.

• Nate Westen : [after being assaulted by people he owes money to]  I don't need a God damn place to hide. I can protect myself.

  Michael Westen : [sarcastically]  Yeah. Blocking punches with your face, real effective.

• Fiona Glenanne : [cutting into Michael and Nate's argument]  Why don't you boys wait outside, and I'll go get Brandon?

  Michael Westen : Are you sure? Cause we need...

  Fiona Glenanne : Believe me, Michael, if there's one thing I know how to do, it's to get a guy to leave a bar.

• Michael Westen : [voiceover]  Any decent criminal will change his plans at the mention of the word "cops".

• Carl Wilhelm : What are you, some kind of crusading cop?

  Michael Westen : No... unfortunately for you, I'm just some guy you managed to piss off.

• [while grappling with Jan, who is holding a knife] 

  Jan Haseck : Good to see you.

  Michael Westen : Yeah, long time.

  Michael Westen : [v.o]  Sometimes, fighting is all about tactical retreat, such as running away from two knives.

  [Jan pulls a second knife, Michael disengages and runs to the elevator] 

  Michael Westen : [v.o]  At other times, it's about making sure the body count is unacceptably high.

  [Jan follows Michael to the elevator, but stops when he sees it is full of people] 

  Michael Westen : We go back a long way, Jan.

  Jan Haseck : We will see each other again soon, yes?

  Michael Westen : [miming a telephone]  Yeah, call me.

• Michael Westen : [v.o]  Running an operation, you can't let personal feelings get in the way. It's about planning and execution.

  [as Oscar Wilhelm's car is stopped, Michael comes up and smashes the window with a crowbar. The glass spiders, but doesn't break] 

  Oscar Wilhem : Get out of here! Get us out of here!

  Michael Westen : [leans down]  Wow, this is really well made.

  [aims a gun at the driver] 

  Michael Westen : Open the door. Open the door!

  [the driver does, Mike pulls Oscar out] 

  Michael Westen : Out! You pissed me off!

  Oscar Wilhem : Hey, take it easy, man! You know who my brother is?

  Michael Westen : Yeah, I know who he is and I know what he does.

  Oscar Wilhem : [throws Michael's arm off]  Get off me, man! You're making a big mistake-!

  [Michael pistol-whips him] 

  Michael Westen : [v.o]  Although occasionally, you might get a little angry.

• [after finishing his meal, Jan begins choking and gasping. He fumbles for an epi-pen, but Michael appears and plucks it out of his hand] 

  Michael Westen : Neat, what's this? What's this? Oh, neat! How do you say that word? "An-a-phyl..." Anaphylactic, what does that word mean, Jan?

  Jan Haseck : [gasping]  Can't breathe...

  Michael Westen : You can't breathe? Oh! Is this when your throat closes up from allergies, like from pollen? 'Cause that's what I get. Or maybe it's the crushed peanuts I sprinkled on your hot dog.

  [Jan's eyes widen] 

  Michael Westen : Yeah, I talked to the chef at the hotel. Seems you're allergic to peanuts. So now that you've shot me and I hold your life in my hands, I think it's time we talked.