Johnny Staccato (TV Series)

Tempted (1959)

John Cassavetes: Johnny Staccato

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Quotes 

• Fay Linn : Johnny, I'm scared.

  Johnny Staccato : You're scared?

  Fay Linn : I think I'm being followed.

  Johnny Staccato : Well, that figures, doesn't it.

  Fay Linn : No! They're not following me, they're following this.

  [Fay shows Johnny a large diamond necklace] 

  Johnny Staccato : Huh. That figures, too.

• Fay Linn : You know, this may sound silly, but I remember how you used to look at me when you talked.

  Johnny Staccato : How did I look at you?

  Fay Linn : Well, your voice said, "Hello, Eddie's wife." Your look said, "Hello, Woman."

• Fulton : How long have you known the girl, Fay Linn?

  Johnny Staccato : Oh, a couple of years.

  Fulton : Have you known her well?

  Johnny Staccato : No. I know her husband - ex-husband - pretty well.

  Fulton : Oh. He was a musician?

  Johnny Staccato : Still is. Never shake it once you dig it.

• Johnny Staccato : I know I got slugged and I got robbed. Now you're making like I did the slugging and the robbing!

• Johnny Staccato : Why does a man have to be honest all the time - cut and dried?

  Waldo : Johnny, a man can cheat or man cannot cheat. I have known some men who liked who were cheaters and I know some men I don't like who would never cheat... but it is not important who I like and who I don't like, because the man who cheats, he doesn't like himself. And it is when a man does not like himself that he has cheated himself out of his own respect... and that is a sad thing.

• Fay Linn : Oh Johnny, Johnny, Johnny. How can you sit there playing that dreamy music with me and this...

  [Fay holds up the diamond necklace] 

  Fay Linn : ...right in front of you just for the taking.

  Johnny Staccato : Sometimes dreamy music can help a man. Music can be like a shower - clean, you know. And if you like music, you want to be able to play it tomorrow, next week, next month.

• Fay Linn : Johnny, I've got something to show you.

  [Fay pulls out a pistol and points it at Johnny] 

  Johnny Staccato : You better give that to somebody else. I already have one.