Directed by Michael Mann, Heat (1995) tells the story of two men on the opposite sides of law - a detective and a career criminal - who face off after a bank robbery and try to stay one step ahead in a deadly game which claims many lives. Go through some of the best quotes and sayings from the 1995 crime drama Heat, starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer.
Quotes from Vincent Hanna
I gotta hold on to my angst. I preserve it because I need it. It keeps me sharp, on the edge,
where I gotta be.
~ Vincent Hanna.
My life's a disaster zone. I got a stepdaughter so fucked up because her real father's this large-type a**hole. I got a wife, we're passing each other on the down-slope of a marriage - my third - because I spend all my time chasing guys like you around the block. That's my life.
~ Vincent Hanna.
I'm angry. I'm very angry, Ralph. You know, you can ball my wife if she wants you to. You can lounge around here on her sofa, in her ex-husband's dead-tech, post-modernistic bullshit house if you want to. But you do not get to watch my fucking television set!
~ Vincent Hanna.
I gotta hold on to my angst. I preserve it because I need it. It keeps me sharp, on the edge,
where I gotta be.
~ Vincent Hanna.
My life's a disaster zone. I got a stepdaughter so fucked up because her real father's this large-type a**hole. I got a wife, we're passing each other on the down-slope of a marriage - my third - because I spend all my time chasing guys like you around the block. That's my life.
~ Vincent Hanna.
I'm angry. I'm very angry, Ralph. You know, you can ball my wife if she wants you to. You can lounge around here on her sofa, in her ex-husband's dead-tech, post-modernistic bullshit house if you want to. But you do not get to watch my fucking television set!
~ Vincent Hanna.
I say what I mean, and I do what I say.
~ Vincent Hanna.
Cause she's got a great ass... and you got your head all the way up it! Ferocious, aren't I? When I think of asses, a woman's ass, something comes out of me.
~ Vincent Hanna.
You know, we are sitting here, you and I, like a couple of regular fellas. You do what you do, and I do what I gotta do. And now that we've been face to face, if I'm there and I gotta put you away, I won't like it. But I tell you, if it's between you and some poor bastard whose wife you're gonna turn into a widow, brother, you are going down.
~ Vincent Hanna.
I told you, when we hooked up, baby, that you were gonna have to share me with all the bad people and all the ugly events on this planet.
~ Vincent Hanna.
Oh yeah, I made Ralph fuck you because it makes me feel good.
~ Vincent Hanna.
When these guys walk out the door of whatever score they're gonna take next, they're gonna have
the surprise of a lifetime.
~ Vincent Hanna.
Oh, I see, what I should do is, er, come home and say "Hi honey! Guess what? I walked into this house today, where this junkie a**hole just fried his baby in a microwave, because it was crying too loud. So let me share that with you. Come on, let's share that, and in sharing it, we'll somehow, er, cathartically dispel all that heinous shit". Right?
~ Vincent Hanna.
M.O.? Is that they're good... Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Pop guard number three because...what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness? Drop of a hat these guys will rock and roll...
~ Vincent Hanna.
It's like you said. All I am is what I'm going after.
~ Vincent Hanna.
~ Vincent Hanna.
Cause she's got a great ass... and you got your head all the way up it! Ferocious, aren't I? When I think of asses, a woman's ass, something comes out of me.
~ Vincent Hanna.
You know, we are sitting here, you and I, like a couple of regular fellas. You do what you do, and I do what I gotta do. And now that we've been face to face, if I'm there and I gotta put you away, I won't like it. But I tell you, if it's between you and some poor bastard whose wife you're gonna turn into a widow, brother, you are going down.
~ Vincent Hanna.
I told you, when we hooked up, baby, that you were gonna have to share me with all the bad people and all the ugly events on this planet.
~ Vincent Hanna.
Oh yeah, I made Ralph fuck you because it makes me feel good.
~ Vincent Hanna.
When these guys walk out the door of whatever score they're gonna take next, they're gonna have
the surprise of a lifetime.
~ Vincent Hanna.
Oh, I see, what I should do is, er, come home and say "Hi honey! Guess what? I walked into this house today, where this junkie a**hole just fried his baby in a microwave, because it was crying too loud. So let me share that with you. Come on, let's share that, and in sharing it, we'll somehow, er, cathartically dispel all that heinous shit". Right?
~ Vincent Hanna.
M.O.? Is that they're good... Once it escalated into a murder one beef for all of 'em after they killed the first two guards, they didn't hesitate. Pop guard number three because...what difference does it make? Why leave a living witness? Drop of a hat these guys will rock and roll...
~ Vincent Hanna.
It's like you said. All I am is what I'm going after.
~ Vincent Hanna.
Quotes from Neil McCauley
A guy told me one time, "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner." Now, if you're on me and you gotta move when I move, how do you expect to keep a... a marriage?
~ Neil McCauley.
There is a flip side to that coin. What if you do got me boxed in and I gotta put you down? Cause no matter what, you will not get in my way. We've been face to face, yeah. But I will not hesitate. Not for a second.
~ Neil McCauley.
I'm alone, I am not lonely.
~ Neil McCauley.
I do what I do best, I take scores. You do what you do best, try to stop guys like me.
~ Neil McCauley.
A guy told me one time, "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner." Now, if you're on me and you gotta move when I move, how do you expect to keep a... a marriage?
~ Neil McCauley.
There is a flip side to that coin. What if you do got me boxed in and I gotta put you down? Cause no matter what, you will not get in my way. We've been face to face, yeah. But I will not hesitate. Not for a second.
~ Neil McCauley.
I'm alone, I am not lonely.
~ Neil McCauley.
I do what I do best, I take scores. You do what you do best, try to stop guys like me.
~ Neil McCauley.
He knew the risks, he didn't have to be there. It rains... you get wet.
~ Neil McCauley.
We want to hurt no one! We're here for the bank's money, not your money. Your money is insured
by the federal government, you're not gonna lose a dime! Think of your families, don't risk
your life. Don't try and be a hero!
~ Neil McCauley.
I don't even know what I'm doing anymore. I know life is short, whatever time you get is luck.
You want to walk? You walk right now. Or on your own... on your own you choose to come with me.
And all I know is... all I know is there's no point in me going anywhere anymore if it's going
to be alone... without you.
~ Neil McCauley.
Don't move! Sit there. Sit there! Let it bleed.
~ Neil McCauley.
L.A.P.D. Gee, what, where the fuck did this heat come from?
~ Neil McCauley.
I have one (dream) where I'm drowning. And I gotta wake myself up and start breathing or I'll
die in my sleep.
~ Neil McCauley.
And I am double the worst trouble you ever had.
~ Neil McCauley.
~ Neil McCauley.
We want to hurt no one! We're here for the bank's money, not your money. Your money is insured
by the federal government, you're not gonna lose a dime! Think of your families, don't risk
your life. Don't try and be a hero!
~ Neil McCauley.
I don't even know what I'm doing anymore. I know life is short, whatever time you get is luck.
You want to walk? You walk right now. Or on your own... on your own you choose to come with me.
And all I know is... all I know is there's no point in me going anywhere anymore if it's going
to be alone... without you.
~ Neil McCauley.
Don't move! Sit there. Sit there! Let it bleed.
~ Neil McCauley.
L.A.P.D. Gee, what, where the fuck did this heat come from?
~ Neil McCauley.
I have one (dream) where I'm drowning. And I gotta wake myself up and start breathing or I'll
die in my sleep.
~ Neil McCauley.
And I am double the worst trouble you ever had.
~ Neil McCauley.
Quotes from Justine Hanna
And I bought into that sharing. Because I love you. I love you fat, bald, money, no money, driving a bus - I don't care. But you have got to be present like a normal guy, some of the time. That's sharing. This is not sharing, this is left overs.
~ Justine Hanna.
You don't live with me, you live among the remains of dead people. You sift through the detritus, you read the terrain, you search for signs of passing, for the scent of your prey, and then you hunt them down. That's the only thing you're committed to. The rest is the mess you leave as you pass through.
~ Justine Hanna.
You prefer the normal routine. We f**k, then you lose the power of speech.
~ Justine Hanna.
I may be stoned on grass and Prozac, but... you've been walking through our life dead. And now I have to demean myself with Ralph just to get closure with you.
~ Justine Hanna.
And I bought into that sharing. Because I love you. I love you fat, bald, money, no money, driving a bus - I don't care. But you have got to be present like a normal guy, some of the time. That's sharing. This is not sharing, this is left overs.
~ Justine Hanna.
You don't live with me, you live among the remains of dead people. You sift through the detritus, you read the terrain, you search for signs of passing, for the scent of your prey, and then you hunt them down. That's the only thing you're committed to. The rest is the mess you leave as you pass through.
~ Justine Hanna.
You prefer the normal routine. We f**k, then you lose the power of speech.
~ Justine Hanna.
I may be stoned on grass and Prozac, but... you've been walking through our life dead. And now I have to demean myself with Ralph just to get closure with you.
~ Justine Hanna.
Quotes from other characters
Where's your empathy, brother? It's a substance abuse problem.
~ Albert Torena.
He's a big fiend for action. Now if he'd said nothin', I'd have thought nothin'. But he goes on and on running down to me about how he ain't been doing nothin' and nothin's been going on and all this other bullshit, so right then and there I know: this cat's got somethin' goin' down.
~ Richard Torena.
Well lemme put it another way, cousin. How do I know, that when I tell you what you wanna know, that you're gonna do what I need f**king done?
~ Richard Torena.
Well ya know, for me, the action is the juice.
~ Michael Cheritto.
Where's your empathy, brother? It's a substance abuse problem.
~ Albert Torena.
He's a big fiend for action. Now if he'd said nothin', I'd have thought nothin'. But he goes on and on running down to me about how he ain't been doing nothin' and nothin's been going on and all this other bullshit, so right then and there I know: this cat's got somethin' goin' down.
~ Richard Torena.
Well lemme put it another way, cousin. How do I know, that when I tell you what you wanna know, that you're gonna do what I need f**king done?
~ Richard Torena.
Well ya know, for me, the action is the juice.
~ Michael Cheritto.