Cutter's Way

George Swanson:
[in a parade] Hey guys, how do I look?

Alex Cutter:
Hey, you look like a fat man on a horse, Georgie.

Richard Bone:
You know, you've got one big problem.

Alex Cutter:
What's that?

Richard Bone:
Your imagination.

Alex Cutter:
These are just the facts, Rich. I mean, I haven't even begun to let my imagination loose on this one.

Alex Cutter:
I don't drink. You know, the routine grind drives me to drink. Tragedy, I take straight.

George Swanson:
[to Richard] Sooner or later you're going to have to make a decision about something.

Maureen Cutter, 'Mo':
[to Alex] I'm like your leg. Your leg? Sending messages to your brain, and there's nothing there anymore.

Maureen Cutter, 'Mo':
[after Alex comes home after a night's drinking] What'll it be, Alex - coffee or sleep?

Alex Cutter:
Any other choices?

George Swanson:
I'm going to score one for you, Alex.

Alex Cutter:
You've been watching too many Babe Ruth movies, George.

Alex Cutter:
I watched the war on TV like everybody else. Thought the same damn things. You know what you thought when you saw a picture of a young woman with a baby lying face down in a dictch, two gooks. You had three reactions, Rich, same as everybody else. The first one was real easy: 'I hate the United States of America'. Yeah. You see the same damn thing the next day and you move up a notch. 'There is no God'. But you know what you finally say, what everybody finally says, no matter what? 'I'm hungry.'

Maureen Cutter, 'Mo':
Speaking of which, you're home awfully early, aren't you? Couldn't you find a matron with a taste for gutter squalor?

Alex Cutter:
I watched the war on TV just like everyone else, okay? Thought the same damn things. You know, what you thought when you saw a picture of a young woman with a baby lying face down in a ditch. Two gooks. You had three reactions Rich. Same as everybody else. First one was real easy. I hate the United States of America. Yeah.

[snickers]

Alex Cutter:
You see the same damn thing the next day and you move up a notch. There is no God. But you know what you finally say, what everybody finally says. No matter what. I'm hungry.

[laughs]

Alex Cutter:
I'm hungry, Rich. I'm f***in' starved.

Richard Bone:
So you pick out somebody you blackmail him.

Alex Cutter:
I didn't pick him out, you did. And he isn't somebody. He's responsible.