Memorable quotes for
The Player (1992) More at IMDbPro »

Detective Susan Avery: Mr. Mill, have you been going to detective school?
Griffin Mill: No, actually, we're doing a... a movie right now, called Lonely Room, and Scott Glenn plays a detective much like yourself.
Detective Susan Avery: Is he a black woman?

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[Levy suggested that writers could be eliminated and any old news story could provide a movie story idea]
Bonnie Sherow: "Further Bond Losses Push Dow Down 7.15." I see Connery as Bond.

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Griffin Mill: I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here.

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[Asked to look at police mug shots]
Griffin Mill: Um, no. I - I mean, I - You're putting me in a terrible position here. I would - I would hate to get the wrong person arrested.
Detective Susan Avery: Oh, please! This is Pasadena. We do not arrest the wrong person. That's L.A.!

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Delivery Boy: Hey, you're Martin Scorsese!
Alan Rudolph: No, but I know Harvey Keitel.
Delivery Boy: Of course you do! Hey, I loved Cape Fear!

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Griffin Mill: Can we talk about something other than Hollywood for a change? We're educated people.

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Griffin Mill: It lacked certain elements that we need to market a film successfully.
June: What elements?
Griffin Mill: Suspense, laughter, violence. Hope, heart, nudity, sex. Happy endings. Mainly happy endings.
June: What about reality?

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Griffin Mill: Let's go to Acapulco.
June: Is that the thing to do?
Griffin Mill: It's *a* thing to do.

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Griffin Mill: This is a red wine glass. Can I have my water in a water glass?

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Larry Levy: I'll be there right after my AA meeting.
Griffin Mill: Oh Larry, I didn't realise you had a drinking problem.
Larry Levy: Well I don't really, but that's where all the deals are being made these days.

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Andy Civelli: Griffin, you move in mysterious ways, but I like it! I like it!

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June: I like words and letters, but I'm not crazy about complete sentences.

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Griffin Mill: No stars, just talent.

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Detective Susan Avery: So your saying if you drove a shitty car, you would park in the parking lot.
Griffin Mill: No, I'm saying if I were driving a shitty car, I would be a dead man.

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June: I don't go to movies.
Griffin Mill: Why not?
June: Life is too short.

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[after watching The Bicycle Thief]
Griffin Mill: Great movie, huh? So refreshing to see something like this after all these... cop movies and, you know, things we do. Maybe we'll do a remake of this!

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Malcolm McDowell: If you've got something to say about me; say it to my face, not behind my back.

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Walter Stuckel: It is my job to keep this very, very, very, very QUIET!

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[Last lines]
June: What took you so long?
Griffin Mill: Traffic was a bitch.

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Griffin Mill: OK, give me your pitch.
Walter Stuckel: 25 words or less? OK, here goes. Movie exec calls writer, writer's girlfriend tells him he's at the movies, exec goes to the movies, meets writer, drinks with writer; writer gets conked and dies in four inches of dirty water. Exec is in deep shit. What do you think?
Griffin Mill: That was more than 25 words.

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