Killer Heat (2024)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Nick Bali
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Quotes
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Nick Bali : Sometimes you use a carrot. Sometimes you use a stick. Sometimes you just lie your ass off.
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Nick Bali : There's a calculus to drinking. And if I got the math right, I'd land in the perfect blackout. No memories.
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Nick Bali : You think the boat is coming or y-you know that the boat is coming?
Georges Mensah : The boat is coming.
Nick Bali : Okay.
Georges Mensah : They're gonna ship it to the Gambia from here.
Nick Bali : Okay. "The Gambia"?
Georges Mensah : Yeah.
Nick Bali : That's what you call it? "The Gambia"?
Georges Mensah : Yeah, it's called "The Gambia".
Nick Bali : Never heard of that before. It's called "Gambia".
Georges Mensah : No. "The Gambia". One of the few places with "the" in front.
Nick Bali : Is that right, now? There's "The Bronx".
Georges Mensah : "The Bronx"? "The" Bronx?
Nick Bali : You know "The Bronx"! Come on, what are you talking about?
Georges Mensah : No.
Nick Bali : What, you think people just call it "Bronx"? "Let's go uptown to 'Bronx'"?
Georges Mensah : Yeah. Yes. No? Do they say, "The Brooklyn"?
Nick Bali : [laughing] No. They don't say, "The Brooklyn".
Georges Mensah : Why is that funny? If they're saying, "The Bronx", why don't they say, "The Brooklyn"?
Nick Bali : I don't know, man. Why do they say, "The Gambia"?
Georges Mensah : Because of the river.
Nick Bali : Oh.
Georges Mensah : "The Gambia River". "The Gambia".
Nick Bali : I didn't know. I didn't know it was a river.
Georges Mensah : Why d'they call it "The Bronx"?
Nick Bali : I don't know. Nobody knows that.
Georges Mensah : You're not from there?
Nick Bali : I'm from Queens. Not "The Queens". Just Queens.