Patty Hearst (1988)

William Forsythe: Teko

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• Teko : We're all so fucking chicken shit bourgeois. I wish I were black. I mean, I just wish I were fucking black!

• Teko : The Revolution is not a dinner party. It cannot be courteous or restrained. The Revolution is an act of violence by which one class overthrows another!

• Teko : [driving past Disneyland]  How about we get a couple of pictures with Tania sitting on Mickey Mouse's lap?

  Yolanda : Yeah. It's just like pigs to glorify a mouse.

• Teko : [after a mock gunfight]  Draw. You're dead.

  Patricia Hearst : [whining]  I'm always dead! It's just not fair, you know.

• Teko : A real Marie Antoinette. Hey Marie, you gotta pee, say, "I gotta pee." You wanna shit, say, "I gotta shit." That's how poor people talk.

• Teko : Listen. I've been thinking that - maybe its time you and me get together.

  Patricia Hearst : What?

  Teko : I have a need. Its the comradely thing to do. Right, comrade?

  Patricia Hearst : Right.

  Teko : Come on. Come on.

• Teko : Great. Perfect. No gas. No electricity.

  Patricia Hearst : Sounds great.

  Yolanda : At last! We're really poor.

• Patricia Hearst : [referring to Yolanda and Teko]  It seems like you have a kind of exclusive relationship.

  Yolanda : I do not! I fuck who I want.

  Teko : Yeah. Anybody..

  Yolanda : Well, I got to get off with somebody.

  Teko : You see what you do. Do you see what you do to this team?

  Patricia Hearst : I'm sorry.

  Yolanda : It's Teko's fault. He's still crippled by sexism.

• Teko : You know what the newspapers say?

  Yolanda : You really joined us now.

  Teko : Only, we don't believe you.

  Patricia Hearst : Why? What do we have to do?

  Yolanda : We want you to know.

  Teko : We're watching you.

  Yolanda : You think you're fooling us?

  Teko : You're not.

  Yolanda : One day you're going to fuck up.

  Teko : We're going to blow your fucking brains out.

  Cinque : Lighten up! You no more bourgeois than you two suckers.

• Teko : [car he stole breaks down]  God damn, Chicanos!

• Teko : God, those Chicanos are great. You know what? He knew we needed this car, man. He just handed over the keys. No problem.

• Teko : Are you in this revolution or not?

• Teko : Well, what are you looking at? Huh? You were fuckin' wasting time, here. We got to do another bank. That's what we gotta do. And this time, *I'm* taking charge.

• Teko : Anyone challenge my leadership? Huh? Anyone? No more banks. From now on we're going to blow up pigs.

• Cinque : I got a plan. Move.

  Teko : Where?

  Fahizah : LA. Revolution's coming this summer. LA's good.

  Cinque : Big.

  Fahizah : Big. Good. Lots of blacks. Lots of freeways. Lots of places to hide.

  Cinque : You know what we need to live there?

  Gelina : Bikinis?

• Teko : We got to be ready when the pigs come surround the house.

  Wendy Yoshimura : If they do, I'm giving up.

  Patricia Hearst : They shoot on sight.

  Wendy Yoshimura : I'll take my chances.

  Teko : End up in pig concentration camp. They'll torture you. Maybe kill you.

  Wendy Yoshimura : Joe's there! They haven't tortured or killed him.

• Teko : Third World people have the greatest need to overthrow their oppressors. As an Oriental, you could be a great leader in this country. In the...

  Wendy Yoshimura : Don't front me as a token Third World leader, okay! I don't want to lead anybody. Blacks, Indians, or even Orientals. Besides, all that crap about "Third World Leadership" is racist and based on white guilt.