You're going the long way around the barn.
3 seconds sound clip from the The Shootist movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:27:08.844 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Well, sir, that's what I came to talk to you about.
- Well, that's what I figured.
- Yes. You must appreciate, sir, that you are the most celebrated shootist extant.
- Extant?
- Yes, and your reputation is nationwide.
- Between us, Mr. Books, we can really put Carson City on the map.
- You're going the long way around the barn.
- Yes, sir. I would like tremendously to do a series of stories on you.
- Yes.
- How long will you be with us?
- Not as long as I'd like to be.
- Oh, well, we could start today, right now, then get together again tomorrow.
- You see, there's been so much cheap fiction about gunmen.
[...]
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