Fast Eddie: [reading] We have a contract of depravity; all we have to do is pull a blind down.
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
Fast Eddie: Boy, you better, you tell your boys they better kill me, Bert. They better go all the way with me, 'cause if they just bust me up, I'll put all those pieces back together again, then so help me... So help me God, Bert, I'm gonna come back here and I'm gonna kill you.
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
Fast Eddie: I don't rattle, kid. But just for that I'm gonna beat you flat.
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
Fast Eddie: I'm shooting pool, Fats. When I miss, you can shoot.
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
Fast Eddie: Maybe I'm not such a high-class piece of property right now. And a 25% slice of something big is better than a 100% slice of nothing.
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
Fast Eddie: The pool game is over when Fats says it's over... I came after him and I'm gonna get him. I'm going with him all the way.
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
Fast Eddie: You can't see it, can you, Charlie? I mean, you've never been able to see it. I came after him. And I'm gonna get him. I'm goin' with him all the way. The pool game is not over until Minnesota Fats says it's over. Is it over, Fats?
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
Fast Eddie: You know, I got a hunch, fat man. I got a hunch it's me from here on in. One ball, corner pocket. I mean, that ever happen to you? You know, all of a sudden you feel like you can't miss? 'Cause I dreamed about this game, fat man. I dreamed about this game every night on the road. Five ball. You know, this is my table, man. I own it.
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
--Paul Newman (as Eddie Felson) in The Hustler
