15+ Best Harry Dean Stanton Quotes

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Otto: What happened to your old lady?

Bud: My old lady? Oh, shit, I forgot all about her. Well, she'll take the bus. She's a rock.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Old Lady Shit

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Bud: Wanna make ten bucks?

Otto: Fuck you, queer.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Fuck You Queer Homophobia male prostitution

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Don't care how long it takes, dildos! Repo Man's got all night, every night.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

dildos Patience

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The life of a repo man is always intense.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

intense Repo Man

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[doing speed with Otto] Never broke into a car, never hot-wired a car. Never broke into a truck. 'I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm.' It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Repo Men Meth

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Goddamn-dipshit-Rodriguez-gypsy-dildo-punks. I'll get your ass.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Goddamn Gypsy dildo Punk Shit ass

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Thespians? That's illegal in seven states!

— Balthazar (voice) (Harry Dean Stanton), Rango

thespians Lesbians Malapropism

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I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Pride

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Tense situations, kid. You get into five or six of 'em a day, it don't mean shit anymore. I mean, I've seen men stabbed, didn't mean shit to me. I've seen guns, guns too, they don't mean shit. But that's when you gotta watch yourself.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

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A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

tense situations

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Look at those assholes, ordinary fucking people. I hate 'em.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Assholes Hate Ordinary Fucking

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Bud: It helps if you dress like a detective. Detectives dress kinda square. If you look like a detective people are gonna think you're packing something.

Otto: Are you?

Bud: Am I what?

Otto: Packing something?

Bud: Only an asshole gets killed for a car.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

asshole Packing Detective

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Otto: Bud, listen to me, you're sitting in a car worth $200,000 dollars. Look, if we turn it in, we'll split the money, 60/40, you and me.

Bud: [laughs] Who gets the 60 kid?

Otto: Well, I was figuring, since I found the car first, that...

Bud: [Pulls out a gun]

Otto: That you get it.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Gun Threats

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Bud: The guys that make it are the guys that get in their cars at any time. Get in at 3 AM, get up at 4. That's why there ain’t a repo man I know that don't take speed.

Otto: Speed, huh?

Bud: [snorts line of speed] Jesus Christ!

Otto: [watches, grinning] He-he.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

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Bud: Credit is a sacred trust, it's what our free society is founded on. Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia? I said, do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia?

Otto: They don't pay bills in Russia, it's all free.

Bud: All free? Free my ass. What are you, a fuckin' commie? Huh?

Otto: No, I ain't no commie.

Bud: Well, you better not be. I don't want no commies in my car. No Christians, either.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Commies Russia Fucking Christian Bills Sacred Trust

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Oly: You want some help with that beer, kid?

Otto: You're all repo men.

Oly: What if we are?

[Otto pours his entire beer on the floor]

Bud: [standing up] You know, kid, uh, usually when someone pulls shit like that, my first reaction is, I wanna punch his fuckin' lights out. But you know something?

Bud and Oly: YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

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Bud: Okay. Have a nice day, Uh, night.

[to himself]

Bud: Night, day, doesn't mean shit.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Otto: What happened to your old lady?

Bud: My old lady? Oh, shit, I forgot all about her. Well, she'll take the bus. She's a rock.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Bud: Wanna make ten bucks?

Otto: Fuck you, queer.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Don't care how long it takes, dildos! Repo Man's got all night, every night.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

The life of a repo man is always intense.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

[doing speed with Otto] Never broke into a car, never hot-wired a car. Never broke into a truck. 'I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm.' It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Goddamn-dipshit-Rodriguez-gypsy-dildo-punks. I'll get your ass.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Thespians? That's illegal in seven states!

— Balthazar (voice) (Harry Dean Stanton), Rango

I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Tense situations, kid. You get into five or six of 'em a day, it don't mean shit anymore. I mean, I've seen men stabbed, didn't mean shit to me. I've seen guns, guns too, they don't mean shit. But that's when you gotta watch yourself.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Look at those assholes, ordinary fucking people. I hate 'em.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Bud: It helps if you dress like a detective. Detectives dress kinda square. If you look like a detective people are gonna think you're packing something.

Otto: Are you?

Bud: Am I what?

Otto: Packing something?

Bud: Only an asshole gets killed for a car.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Otto: Bud, listen to me, you're sitting in a car worth $200,000 dollars. Look, if we turn it in, we'll split the money, 60/40, you and me.

Bud: [laughs] Who gets the 60 kid?

Otto: Well, I was figuring, since I found the car first, that...

Bud: [Pulls out a gun]

Otto: That you get it.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

Bud: The guys that make it are the guys that get in their cars at any time. Get in at 3 AM, get up at 4. That's why there ain’t a repo man I know that don't take speed.

Otto: Speed, huh?

Bud: [snorts line of speed] Jesus Christ!

Otto: [watches, grinning] He-he.

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

— Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Repo Man

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