Wendell 'Bud' White Quotes
Bud White: Don't ever try to f**king bribe me or I'll have you and Patchett in s**t up to your ears.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Bud White: I know it. That prick Exley shot the wrong guys. I... If I could work Homicide like a real detective, I could prove it. But I'm not smart enough. I'm just the guy they bring in to scare the other guy s**tless.
Lynn Bracken: You're wrong. You found Patchett, you found me. You're smart enough.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Lynn Bracken: Where'd this come from?
Bud White: When I was 12, my old man went after my mother with a bottle. I got in the way.
Lynn Bracken: You saved her.
Bud White: Not for long.
Lynn Bracken: I'm sorry, Bud, it's none of my...
Bud White: He tied me to the radiator. I watched him beat my mother to death with a tire iron. He left us there. It was three days before a truant officer found us. They never found the old man.
Lynn Bracken: Was that why you became a cop? To get even?
Bud White: I don't know.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Bud White: There's blood on the wall here. I thought everybody but the cook got shot in the men's room?
Ray Pinker: That is Stensland's blood.
Bud White: Stensland?
Ray Pinker: He took a blow to the head. Was probably unconscious when they dragged him in the john.
Bud White: Did they hit anybody else?
Ray Pinker: No. But he was a cop, he probably tried to do something.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Ray Pinker: Bud White, what brings you to the basement?
Bud White: I got a couple Nite Owl questions.
Ray Pinker: I don't know if you'd heard, but that case has been solved.
Bud White: Isn't there anything bothering you about it?
Ray Pinker: Yeah, the fact that you guys haven't carted all this s**t away yet.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Lynn Bracken: You say f**k a lot.
Bud White: You f**k for money.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Wife Beater: Who in the hell are you?
Bud White: The ghost of Christmas past. Why don't you dance with a man for a change?
Wife Beater: What are you, some kind of smart ass?
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Ed Exley: A naked man with a gun? Do you really expect anyone to believe that?
Bud White: Get the f**k away from me.
Ed Exley: How's it gonna look in your report?
Bud White: It'll look like justice. That's what the man got. Justice.
Ed Exley: You don't know the meaning of the word you ignorant bastard.
Bud White: Oh yeah, well you think it means getting your picture in the paper. Why don't you go after criminals for a change instead of cops?
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Bud White: What happened?
Detective at Hush-Hush Office: Somebody beat him to death and stole a bunch of files. Must've dug up garbage on the wrong guy. Got it narrowed down to a thousand suspects.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Bud White: Bulls**t. How would a two-bit hick like Meeks get his hands on a large supply of heroin?
Johnny Stompanato: You're right, it's probably bulls**t. Even if he did, he could never unload it. Not without drawing all kinds of attention.
Bud White: Maybe that's why he's under a house in Elysian Park and he don't smell too good, paisano.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Bud White: I know it. That prick Exley shot the wrong guys. I... If I could work Homicide like a real detective, I could prove it. But I'm not smart enough. I'm just the guy they bring in to scare the other guy s**tless.
Lynn Bracken: You're wrong. You found Patchett, you found me. You're smart enough.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Lynn Bracken: Where'd this come from?
Bud White: When I was 12, my old man went after my mother with a bottle. I got in the way.
Lynn Bracken: You saved her.
Bud White: Not for long.
Lynn Bracken: I'm sorry, Bud, it's none of my...
Bud White: He tied me to the radiator. I watched him beat my mother to death with a tire iron. He left us there. It was three days before a truant officer found us. They never found the old man.
Lynn Bracken: Was that why you became a cop? To get even?
Bud White: I don't know.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Bud White: There's blood on the wall here. I thought everybody but the cook got shot in the men's room?
Ray Pinker: That is Stensland's blood.
Bud White: Stensland?
Ray Pinker: He took a blow to the head. Was probably unconscious when they dragged him in the john.
Bud White: Did they hit anybody else?
Ray Pinker: No. But he was a cop, he probably tried to do something.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Ray Pinker: Bud White, what brings you to the basement?
Bud White: I got a couple Nite Owl questions.
Ray Pinker: I don't know if you'd heard, but that case has been solved.
Bud White: Isn't there anything bothering you about it?
Ray Pinker: Yeah, the fact that you guys haven't carted all this s**t away yet.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Lynn Bracken: You say f**k a lot.
Bud White: You f**k for money.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Wife Beater: Who in the hell are you?
Bud White: The ghost of Christmas past. Why don't you dance with a man for a change?
Wife Beater: What are you, some kind of smart ass?
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Ed Exley: A naked man with a gun? Do you really expect anyone to believe that?
Bud White: Get the f**k away from me.
Ed Exley: How's it gonna look in your report?
Bud White: It'll look like justice. That's what the man got. Justice.
Ed Exley: You don't know the meaning of the word you ignorant bastard.
Bud White: Oh yeah, well you think it means getting your picture in the paper. Why don't you go after criminals for a change instead of cops?
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Bud White: What happened?
Detective at Hush-Hush Office: Somebody beat him to death and stole a bunch of files. Must've dug up garbage on the wrong guy. Got it narrowed down to a thousand suspects.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Bud White: Bulls**t. How would a two-bit hick like Meeks get his hands on a large supply of heroin?
Johnny Stompanato: You're right, it's probably bulls**t. Even if he did, he could never unload it. Not without drawing all kinds of attention.
Bud White: Maybe that's why he's under a house in Elysian Park and he don't smell too good, paisano.
• Movie: L.A. Confidential • Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Total Quotes: 23
