Frank King Quotes in Trumbo (2015)

Frank King: [Agreeing to hire Trumbo] All right, when do I get my goods?.

Dalton Trumbo: Three days.

Frank King: A hundred page screenplay in three days? Are you trying to fuck me? 'Cause if you fuck me I will fuck you.

Dalton Trumbo: Mr. King, I've heard this speech.

[pause]

Dalton Trumbo: It was better in jail.

Frank King: I'm in this for the money and the pussy and they're both falling off the trees!

Frank King: [shouting furiously] Wanna keep me from hiring union? I'll go downtown, hire a bunch of winos and hookers. It doesn't matter. I make garbage! You wanna call me a pinko in the papers? Do it! None of the people that go to my fucking movies can read!

Frank King: Trumbo, we can't afford you!

Dalton Trumbo: Well, how much did you pay for the script of... that

[points to movie poster]

Dalton Trumbo: Bad Men of Tombstone?

Frank King: 1200 bucks.

Dalton Trumbo: All right, I'll write you a movie for 1200 then.

Frank King: And you don't want your name on it?

Dalton Trumbo: No, *you* don't want my name on it.

Hymie King: You got that right. Especially if you're still, uh, you know - up to stuff. Are you?

Dalton Trumbo: Perpetually.

Hymie King: Jesus.

Frank King: I make crap films. You are way too good and too expensive to write for me.