Hollywood Movie The Two Jakes(1990)

Hollywood Movie The Two Jakes Actors

 Tracey Walter, Joe Mantell, James Hong, Perry Lopez, Jeff Morris, Rebecca Broussard, Paul A. DiCocco Jr., John Hackett, Ros,Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Rubén Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Richard Farnsworth.

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Hollywood Movie The Two Jakes Quotes

“Most cops’ ethics are like the car they drive… black and white.”
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“I’m used to seein’ the intimate details of people’s lives, but lookin’ at a guy’s x-rays is as intimate as it gets. It’s the kind of thing most guys don’t even tell their wives about.”
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“The city’s different at night: the air smells better, it’s harder to see that the oil rigs outnumber the palm tress; it’s almost like the good old days, at least the way I’d like to remember them.”
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“I’m trying to be a gentleman here. Now, get on your knees, put your ass in the air, and don’t move until I say to.”
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“There’s one thing I learned about the truth… a little bit goes a long way.”
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“- Jake Gittes: I wouldn’t extort a nickel from my worst enemy. That’s where I draw the line.
– Loach: Well, I’ll tell you, Jake. I knew a whore once. For the right amount of money, she’d piss in a guy’s face. But she wouldn’t shit on his chest. You see, that’s where she drew the line.”
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes
KEITH DAVID – Loach

“The problem with you, kid, is you don’t know who you’re kidding.”
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“Without my oil, you got no automobiles. Without automobiles, you got no road construction, no sidewalks, no city lights, no gas stations, no automotive service, and no Berman subdivision stuck out in the tules, because nobody can get there.”
RICHARD FARNSWORTH – Earl Rawley

“What I do for a living may not be very reputable… but I am. In this town I’m the leper with the most fingers.”
he’s a private investigator

JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“Stay in this business long enough and every street leads to a place you’d like to forget, every case brings back memories of what you should have done and what might have been, and every skirt reminds you of another woman… or, if you’ve got it bad enough, the same woman.”
he’s a private investigator

JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“You can’t trust a guy who’s never lost anything.”
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“You can follow the action, which gets you good pictures. You can follow your instincts, which’ll probably get you in trouble. Or, you can follow the money, which nine times out of ten will get you closer to the truth.”
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“I don’t want to live in the past, Khan. I just don’t want to lose it.”
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“- Khan: You are very successful.
– Jake Gittes: Oh, I can’t complain.
– Khan: Does that mean you are happy?
– Jake Gittes: Who can answer that question off the top of their head?
– Khan: Anyone who’s happy.”
JAMES HONG – Khan
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“- Kitty Berman: Does it ever go away?
– Jake Gittes: What’s that?
– Kitty Berman: The past.
– Jake Gittes: Well, I think you have to work real hard at that.”
MEG TILLY – Kitty Berman
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes

“- Walsh: Does that mean he wants you to prove your own client is guilty of murder?
– Jake Gittes: Yeah.
– Walsh: Well, is that ethical?
– Jake Gittes: Larry, he’s a lawyer.”
JOE MANTELL – Walsh
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes
“- Walsh: Does that mean he wants you to prove your own client is guilty of murder?
– Jake Gittes: Yeah.
– Walsh: Well, is that ethical?
– Jake Gittes: Larry, he’s a lawyer.”
JOE MANTELL – Walsh
JACK NICHOLSON – Jake Gittes