A character in Hustle
Mickey
Hustle · 21 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Hustle: in 10 of its 21 quotes
Most scenes with: Danny (8), Ash (2), Stacie (2)
(Voiceover) God made a garden for man and woman and he told them 'Do not eat the fruit from that tree.' A serpent visited the woman and offered her an apple from the tree. He told her the apple would give her knowledge. He was very pursuasive. And mankind has been paying the price ever since... All because we were tempted by something we didn't need. The serpent was the first grifter.
Oh yes. We're on.
We are so far from the jackpot.
Hey! Any time you want to give me some encouragement, feel free. Okay?
This is not a club! You're not earning a Scouting badge for Grifting Grade Four! We have a lot of hoops to jump through, not least of which is a painting we haven't seen yet, painted by someone we can't trust an inch, and we are also currently art thieves!
Cool.
It is not "cool," Danny! We're grifters. We mine peoples greed!
[Ash pays for drinks with a ten-pound note, which Eddie checks for authenticity]
I had three dodgy tenners last week.
Yeah, well not from me, you didn't.
[Whispering simultaneously to each other] Danny.
Can I ask you something?
No.
Only, unless I'm missing something, you don't seem to get much in the way of female company.
I do all right.
When?
When I'm as far away from you as possible.
You see, I get loads.
[Laughs] Yeah, well, you get loads because you're not as choosy as I am.
Hey mate, it's all the same when the lights are out.
You really believe that, don't you?
All right, all right. What do you look for in a bird, then?
Wit, elegance, femininity...
Me too. And if they've got a humongous pair of jugs, bingo!
So Henderson issued a challenge.
Which was?
The truest test of a grifter's skill. They were both dropped off in the middle of New York at noon... naked.
[Stunned] What?
Naked?
...As the day they were born. Henderson and Devlan agreed to meet that very evening at six pm to compare spoils and see who had accumulated the most.
That's brilliant. That's brilliant! Let's do it!
[Stacie and Mickey laugh]
[Trails off from laughing] Oh God, he's serious.
You can't lead your own crew.
Why not?
Because you're immature, irresponsible, reckless, empty-headed and impulsive.
[Cheerfully] But apart from all that! I'm ready!
[Danny jumps off a small platform onto a crash mat and falls on the landing]
No, no, no. When you land you need to bend your knees, Danny. All right? And if you're coming in fast, you bend and you roll.
So, Ash, are we ready?
[Ash nods]
Whoa! Whoa, whoa! All we've done is jump off a box twice!
[Deadpan] Would you like to do it again?
You said I'd have proper training!
Danny, how hard can it be? You jump and then you land! We've covered it.
So, how many jumps have you done?
A few.
What about you, Danny?
[Clearly terrified] Oh, God!!!
[Smiles awkwardly] He's quite new.
[Mickey and Danny are about to skydive]
[Nearly hysterical] Okay, okay, I resign!! I don't want to be a grifter anymore! I want to be a postman!
[Going to the plane door] Okay!
[He gestures for Danny to come, but Danny has shut his eyes in fear]
Think about Albert!
[Moves to go with Mickey] I hate you!!!
[Jokingly] I hate you too! Come on!
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