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A Simple Plan (film) Quotes

A Simple Plan (film) is a television show that debuted in 1970 . A Simple Plan ended in 1970.

It features Plain list, as producer, Danny Elfman in charge of musical score, and Alar Kivilo as head of cinematography.

A Simple Plan (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of A Simple Plan (film) is 121 minutes long. A Simple Plan (film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Gary Cole as Neil Baxter, Bill Paxton as Hank Mitchell, Billy Bob Thornton as Jacob Mitchell, Bridget Fonda as Sarah Mitchell, Brent Briscoe as Lou Chambers, Becky Ann Baker as Nancy Chambers, and Chelcie Ross as Carl.

A Simple Plan (film) Quotes

Brent Briscoe as Lou Chambers

  • (Brent Briscoe) "Just give me one packet okay? Just one packet, you know? I'll come back later for the rest."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Ask me again and I'll go burn it tomorrow morning. Is that clear?"
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Bluff."
  • (Bill Paxton) "What?"
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Yeah it's a bluff. B-L-U-F-F."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Oh, well why don't you call it then and just see what happens."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "It's the American Dream in a god**** gym bag."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "He -- He just wants to walk away from it."
  • (Bill Paxton) "You work for the American Dream. You don't steal it."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Then this is even better."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Nobody knows about this but us."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "See there? Nobody knows but us. It's like we came out here on a hike, and found lost treasure. Right?"
  • (Brent Briscoe) "I guess what I'm trying to say is, well maybe I misjudged you, Hank. 'Cause, I mean, you're a bit more -- well, I don't know, let's say -- serious than a guy like me. And you know, well maybe sometimes you can come across like you sort of got a stick up your ass. I mean to -- to someone who doesn't really know you. To someone who can't get beneath that first impression. And okay, okay maybe -- maybe sometimes -- well -- I can come off a little bit like an asshole. You think?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "No, come on."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Yeah. Oh, no, no, no. No. I know what I'm talking about."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "But f*** it."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "I need my share, Hank. I do. I'm broke -- And I owe people money."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Well, Christ Lou, what can I --"
  • (Brent Briscoe) "I need some help here, man."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Okay, just wait here."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Here, here."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "$40?"
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Nobody is going to believe that. I mean -- I mean it's obvious I'm just kidding around on there isn't it Jake?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Why would -- why would anyone believe it? I mean -- let's just think about this. If you and I both go into Carl's office tomorrow afternoon and we both claimed the other one killed Dwight Stephanson who do you think he's going to believe, huh? You? A 40 year old unemployed high school drop-out who's proud of people calling him the town drunk or me? I've got a job. I don't get drunk and -- and scream obscenities at my wife in public, I don't pass out on other people's doorways. I wonder who he's going to believe. Yeah -- now we're all back in the same boat again. Isn't that right Jacob?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "You seem to have forgotten we're all in this together."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "You know I need that money."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Please Lou, leave him alone."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "No, no. Listen to me. I need it tomorrow. They're going to take my truck."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Put -- put the gun down, Lou."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "You see, he's got a job. It's you and me buddy. We're the ones -- we're the ones who need it."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "He just wants it."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Now, you see -- that's what you might call an insinuating throw. Remember? You said that to me last time I saw you. You could've just said 'hint'. But no. You had to put on airs, show us all them fancy words you know."
  • (Bill Paxton) "What, do you sit around, you think of this stuff? When was that, two months ago?"
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Kiss my ass."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "What, you think that's funny?"
  • (Bar Patron) "Ahh."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Ahh, what, huh? I'm asking you. You think it's funny tripping a guy on the way to the f***ing can?"
  • (Bar Patron) "Look, buddy --"
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Oh, don't buddy me. What the -- See, this right here is my buddy. This guy right here is my buddy. You're not my f***ing buddy, huh, you got it?"

Bridget Fonda as Sarah Mitchell

  • (Bridget Fonda) "Is that what you think you want? Walking off to the feed store every morning for the next 30 years, waiting for Tom Butler to retire or die so you can finally get a raise. And what about Amanda? Do you think she's gonna like growing up with somebody else's hand-me-down clothes? Playing with some kid's old toys because we can never afford to by her anything new?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Don't say any more."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "And me. What about me? Spending the rest of my life, eight hours a day, with a fake smile plastered on my face checking out books. And then coming home to cook dinner for you, the same meals over and over again, whatever the week's coupons will allow. Only going out to restaurants for special occasions, birthdays or anniversaries. And even then having to watch what we order. Skipping the appetizer, coming home for dessert. You think that's gonna make me happy?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "That's enough."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "No, no. I haven't done Jacob yet. It's back to the welfare office for Jacob. The occasional odd job. But with Lou gone now -- just himself and his dog, all alone in that filthy apartment. How long do you give him, Hank?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Stop it."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? Everything like it used to be."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "There's no way it's from the armored car robbery."
  • (Bill Paxton) "This isn't a guess, honey. The guy from the FBI told me."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "It doesn't make sense. The kidnapping made sense."
  • (Bill Paxton) "He's looking for a plane full of money. I mean, how many of those can there be around here?"
  • (Bridget Fonda) "It was 100 dollar bills, Hank. If it was an armored car robbery, there'd be other denominations. There'd be 50's and 20's and 10's."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Well, congratulations, Sarah. I guess you know more than the FBI."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "Do you want to just walk out there and get shot by this guy?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "No, I don't wanna walk out there and get shot."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "Well, I'm trying to come up with a plan."
  • (Bill Paxton) "A plan?"
  • (Bridget Fonda) "Yeah."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Like the one to take the money back to the plane, and we end up killing Stephanson. Or maybe the one where we tape Lou and two more people end up dead. Is that the sort of plan you're thinking of? Well, I've got a plan. I'm taking the money back right now, all of it."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "You've gotta remember how people see you. You're just a normal guy, a nice, sweet, normal guy."
  • (Bill Paxton) "They're gonna know."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "No, they won't. Nobody would ever believe that you'd be capable of doing what you've done."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "You have to go back and return some of the money."
  • (Bill Paxton) "What?"
  • (Bridget Fonda) "A lot. Like 500,000. You see, that way when they find the plane they'll assume nobody's been there yet. It'll put us beyond suspicion. No one could walk away from that much money --"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Wait a second. We're gonna keep the rest?"
  • (Bridget Fonda) "You'll have to go in the morning, so when it storms later it'll cover your tracks."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "Whose money was it before?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "A bank robber's."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "So, then, it's the bank's money?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "All right, it's a -- a drug dealer's."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "It was -- Hank. I mean, this is really silly. Obviously you want me to say something in particular. I don't know what it is, but you want me to agree with you or say that you're right or something. But I wouldn't take it. That's just me. I wouldn't."

Billy Bob Thornton as Jacob Mitchell

  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "I wish somebody else had found that money."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Hey, you know, you need to shovel this s*** off of your, uh -- whatcha you call it deal there."
  • (Bill Paxton) "I'll pay you a quarter to do it."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "I could use it."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Hey, did you -- Did you -- Did you see -- Did you see all them birds?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Did I see the birds?"
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "You know we don't have one thing in common me and him, except maybe our last name. You're more like a brother to me than he is."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Make it look like the bad guy did it, Hank."
  • (Bill Paxton) "What? Come on. We're almost home."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "I'm tired, Hank. And -- and I don't care. It's okay with me. I'm not -- I'm not afraid."
  • (Bill Paxton) "No, Jacob."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "I'm not afraid. It's perfect."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Stop that, Jacob."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "It's -- it's perfect."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "I'll give you a chance. I won't look at you. I won't look at you, Hank. But if you don't do it -- then I'm gonna do it, and then we're both gonna be f***ed, aren't we? And we don't need to both be f***ed. I'll -- I'll do it, Hank, I'm telling you I will."
  • (Bill Paxton) "No."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Boy, it's funny about finding this f***ing plane, wasn't it?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Jacob."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "You know, maybe I can get a family of my own now. I mean, with the money and all. Don't you think somebody would marry me if I'm rich?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "You don't need money for that."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Hank."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Hey, come on, what about, uh -- What was her name? Carrie Richards? She liked you even though you were a broke-dick."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Oh, her. Yeah. That was a whole different deal. That was -- her friends, they pitched in 100 bucks altogether and bet her that she wouldn't go steady with me for a month."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Jesus, Jacob. I -- I thought you guys had a thing."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "I don't know, it -- it weren't that bad. I mean actually -- it was kind of cool. We used to walk around together a lot, you know. Take walks, you know? And, uh, we talked about all kind of cool stuff. I held hands with her one time. We were walking around, but my hand sweated so much, she kind of had to let it go. I was nervous, I guess. But it was cool. When the month was over, she, uh -- you know, kinda would say hi to me sometimes in the hallway when I'd see her. She didn't have to do that. That was cool of her."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Hank, do you ever feel evil? I do."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Wish we had something to drink."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Always be prepared."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Oh, that's a good idea. Let's all start drinking now."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Hank, Dad killed himself, you know that?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "What? What are you talking about? Come on what are you talking about? He was drunk, he had a wreck."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "On Jacksborough Road, that's like that ramp is where he went everyday. He don't go the wrong way over on a ramp like that. He'd been on that thing 8,000 times a year, you know. You think all of a sudden he forgot his way? Good grief. He figured that insurance would be -- You know, it'd take care of the whole deal. He wanted to, you know --"
  • (Bill Paxton) "What -- No, no -- What? What?"
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "You know that, Hank? I mean think about it."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "If this guy's a dope dealer, then -- like we're talking about, then that means we're like Robin Hood."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Hey. I said whoa."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "This is the wrong room. I'm looking for Hank and Sarah. I'm sorry --"
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Those things are always waiting on something to die, so they can eat it, right? Weird -- What a weird job."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "You know, we should never have let him keep that money."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "No, I'm not s***tin'. We shouldn't; We shouldn't have done that. We should have never let him keep that money."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Look how he's looking at us like he's f***ing better than us. Like you own us or something."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "God, Hank, you know, I've never, I've never even kissed a girl before. And you know what? If being rich will change that, I'm all for it. I don't care. I just wanna feel it, you know? I just wanna know what people do, you know? I don't care if it's 'cause of the money."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Hey, you know what? It's probably one of those drunk doctors, always crashing their plane, you know."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Yep."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Hey, Hank? I'm gonna be happy now, right?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Sure you are. We all are."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Yeah, that's right. We all are."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "This is -- this is the only thing. See, I don't wanna sit around the rest of my life thinking of this s***. I can't do it. Sit on the porch and drink. I can't do it, so you're gonna have to do it."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Couple more hours, we'll be home."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "You can do this, it's gonna be perfect for you. And you got something. You got something to go on for, Hank, and you know it. I don't wanna be here."
  • (Bill Paxton) "No, please. No."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Come on, Hank. Let me do something. You just tell the little girl that I -- that, you know, the bear was from me. You know?"
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "If you love me, Hank, you'll do it."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Is this -- is it real money, Lou?"
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Oh, hell, yes, it's real. Don't be stupid."

Bill Paxton as Hank Mitchell

  • (Bill Paxton) "There are days when I manage not to think of anything at all. Not the money -- Or the murders -- Or Jacob. Days when Sarah and I try to pretend we're just like everyone else -- as if none of it ever happened. Those days are few and far between."
  • (Mr. Schmitt) "You listening to me, Hank? Every Monday I come down here, buy two bags of feed regular as clock work. Two bags a week, four times a month. That's eight bags I'm supposed to be billed for. I don't know how else to get through to you."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Look, December started on a Monday, Mr. Schmidt. So there were five Mondays in the month. So you came in here fives times --"
  • (Mr. Schmitt) "Are you telling me their were five weeks last month?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "No, sir, I'm -- I'm telling you there were five -- Five Mondays."
  • (Bill Paxton) "What if you were walking in the woods -- And you found a bag full of money, let's say $4 million. Would you keep it?"
  • (Bridget Fonda) "Of course not. Here. Hold that."
  • (Bill Paxton) "How come?"
  • (Bridget Fonda) "Well, for starters, it'd be stealing."
  • (Bill Paxton) "We're talking about lost money here, nobody's looking for it."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "Give me that. Four million dollars of lost money?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Yeah."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "That nobody's looking for?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Yeah."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "Well, then so whose money is it?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Yours."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Jacob, you got the whole world."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "I don't wanna hear that."
  • (Bill Paxton) "You can go anywhere you want."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "This is what I want. This is -- This is where I wanna be. It's my home, Hank."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Pull your gun on him. Make him show you his badge."
  • (Chelcie Ross) "What?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "He's got a gun. He's got a gun. He's not FBI. He's lying. He's got a gun."
  • (Bill Paxton) "He wants to keep it. Well, that's a hot one."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Why wouldn't we?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Why wouldn't we?"
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Yeah."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Because we'd go to prison."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Why?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Why? Because it's stealing."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Stealing. Stealing from who? From him?"
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Hell, he won't mind."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "Oh, 'cause he's dead, right? That's pretty funny. He's dead, he won't mind -- Right?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Hey, you remember this? Everything goes to sleep."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Your head goes to sleep. Remember when dad used to do that?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "Your shoulders go to sleep."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Your arms go to sleep."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Your back goes to sleep."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Well, it doesn't make a difference, does it? I mean, no matter who he is I still have to take him to the plane."
  • (Bridget Fonda) "Well, if we think it's him, you shouldn't go."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Why not?"
  • (Bridget Fonda) "Because he's going to shoot all three of you, Hank. As soon as he sees the plane. That's why he wants you to go, so he can get rid of the witnesses."
  • (Bill Paxton) "But if he's really from the FBI, and I don't show up, it's gonna look as suspicious as hell."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Hey, what are you doing? It's a nature preserve. You know that."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "So what?"
  • (Bill Paxton) "So you can't hunt out here. Come on, put the gun back."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "But it -- but it messed up my truck."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Well, so what? Come on."
  • (Brent Briscoe) "Hey, hey, Hank -- It's not like we're hunting out here. Uh-uh. We're collecting a debt."
  • (Billy Bob Thornton) "That's right. We're collecting a debt."
  • (FBI Agent Renkins) "It's only part of it. We're still tracking down the rest."
  • (FBI Agent Freemont) "Yeah. It's just a matter of time."
  • (Bill Paxton) "A matter of time?"
  • (FBI Agent Renkins) "Well, we had the money for 2 hours before the kidnappers picked it up. Couldn't mark it. We were afraid they'd detect the markings and kill the girl. So, um -- We put together a task force of 20 agents, and they wrote down as many of the serial numbers as they could. They managed to record just around 5,000 of them. It's one out of the ten of the bills. Now, it's simply a matter of waiting for the numbers to turn up. Can't go around passing $100 bills without eventually sticking in someone's memory."

Gary Cole as Neil Baxter

  • (Gary Cole) "Looks like we're both gonna have an awful lot of explaining to do."
  • (Bill Paxton) "Just me."
  • (Gary Cole) "So you had a piece, huh? But you're not the cold-blooded type, are you, Mr. Mitchell?"

Becky Ann Baker as Nancy Chambers

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