Street Smart (1987)
Andre Gregory: Ted Avery
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Quotes
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Ted Avery : Jonathan, you don't work for the defense and you don't work for the prosecution. You work for this magazine and we...
[he gets interrupted by the magazine's lawyer]
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Ted Avery : [laughing and reading Jonathan's article about the pimp] It's wonderful! Listen. Listen to this! "Although he doesn't vote and never has Tyrone has no modesty about his own political potential. If I was the president, he says, I could fix the world in 30 seconds. I sent everybody pussy and they don't have no time for trouble." It's terrific. It's first rate. It's a real breakthrough! Let it change pussy for something else. Do we got any art? Photos?
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Jonathan Fisher : I am trying to write the kind of pieces that I used to.
Ted Avery : Then write the way you used to.
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Jonathan Fisher : I could get you an interview with a Times Square pimp.
Ted Avery : Didn't we do that a few years back?
Jonathan Fisher : No, no. This is a totally different angle. This guy is not just a flesh peddler.
Ted Avery : What is he, a Methodist minister?
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Jonathan Fisher : What would happen if I said no?
Art Sheffield : If you refuse to comply with the subpoena?
Jonathan Fisher : Right.
Art Sheffield : I'd say you'd be in contempt of court.
Ted Avery : The First Amendment - protects you.
Art Sheffield : But the Sixth Amendment - protects Mr. Smalls.
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Jonathan Fisher : Can I go to jail for this?
Ted Avery : Now, you just think of some of the great prisoners of conscience. Martin Luther King, Gandhi...
Jonathan Fisher : I'm going to jail.
Ted Avery : [to the lawyer] Is he going to jail?
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Ted Avery : He's too good for television. He belongs in print.
