Look, man, an undercover cop's gotta be Marlon Brando, right? To do this job, you gotta be a great actor. You gotta be naturalistic. You gotta be naturalistic as hell.
8 seconds sound clip from the Reservoir Dogs (1992) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:06:50.254 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- He said I was a good thief, I didn't rattle, I was ready to make a move.
- Do right by him. He's a good guy. I wouldn't be inside if it wasn't for him.
- Gone.
- It's a scene, man. Memorize it.
- A what?
- Because if you ain't a great actor, you're a bad actor, and bad acting is bullshit in this job.
- That's an amusing anecdote about a drug deal.
- What?
- Something funny that happened to you while you were doing a fuckin' job, man.
- Damn. I gotta memorize all this? There's over four fuckin' pages of this shit here!
- You can tell a joke, can't you?
- No.
- Pretend you're Don Rickles or some-fucking-body and tell a joke, all right?
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