- What do you want from me, my head on a plate?
- No, just your bass. If we hocked that and my sax, we could get at least...
7 seconds sound clip from the Some Like It Hot movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:13:01 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Look at the bull fiddle! It's dressed warmer than I am!
- Nothing.
- I can't go on, Joe. I'm weak from hunger, I'm running a fever, I got a hole in my shoe.
- If you gave me a chance, we could be living like kings.
- Oh? How?
- There's a dog running in the third. His name is Galloping Ghost.
- Oh, no.
- Oh, yes. He's 15-to-1, and it's his kind of a track. He's a real mudder.
- What do you want from me, my head on a plate?
- No, just your bass. If we hocked that and my sax, we could get at least...
- Are you out of your mind? We're up the creek and you want to hock the paddle.
- All right, go ahead and starve. What do I care? Freeze!
- Oh, it's you. Well, you got a lot of nerve.
- Now, Nellie baby, if it's about Saturday night, I can explain everything.
[...]