Paul Avery Quotes in Zodiac (2007)

Robert Graysmith: Does anybody ever call me names?

Paul Avery: What, you mean like retard?

Robert Graysmith: Yeah.

Paul Avery: No.

Paul Avery: What do you do for fun?

Robert Graysmith: I love to read.

Paul Avery: Mhmm.

Robert Graysmith: Umm, I enjoy books.

Paul Avery: Those are the same things.

[from trailer]

Robert Graysmith: I've been thinking...

Paul Avery: Oh God, save us all.

Robert Graysmith: Paul, are you okay?

Paul Avery: No... but thanks for asking.

Robert Graysmith: I've been thinking.

Paul Avery: Yeah?

Robert Graysmith: Somebody should write a book.

Paul Avery: Somebody should write a fuckin' book, that's for sure. About what?

Robert Graysmith: About Zodiac. I've been thinking, if you put all the information together, maybe you could jog something loose. And then I thought, who better than you? I mean, you know all the players, and you have all of the files.

Paul Avery: Yeah, I lost them.

Robert Graysmith: You lost them?

Paul Avery: Or I tossed them. I don't know, I moved onto a boat.

Paul Avery: Hey Bullitt, it's been almost a year. You gonna catch this fuckin' guy or not?

Dave Toschi: Go fuck yourself!

Paul Avery: Gladly.

Paul Avery: Do you know more people die in the East Bay commute every three months than that idiot ever killed? He offed a few citizens, wrote a few letters, then faded into footnote... Not that I haven't been sitting here idly, waiting for you to drop by and reinvigorate my sense of purpose.

Paul Avery: Methinks our friend's a tad bit fuckered in the head.

Robert Graysmith: Did he say they got a print?

Paul Avery: A partial.

Robert Graysmith: Whoa. Dude, he wears his gun like Bullitt.

Paul Avery: No, McQueen got that from Toschi.

Robert Graysmith: Does he think that Zodiac's gonna send another code? 'Cause I think Zodiac's gonna send another code.

Paul Avery: Jesus Harold Christ on rubber crutches, Bobby, what are you doing? You're doing that thing. The thing that we discussed, the thing that I don't like, starts with an L...

Robert Graysmith: Oh, looming.

Paul Avery: Yeah.

Paul Avery: Well, it looks like the real Zodiac Killer... was friendship

Paul Avery: Someone should write a fuckin' book, that's for sure.

Paul Avery: Okay, this can no longer be ignored.

Paul Avery: [points at Graysmith's drink, which is blue. Graysmith looks confused]

Paul Avery: What is that?

Robert Graysmith: It's an Aqua Velva. You'll understand if you taste it.

Paul Avery: [tastes it. Time passes and they've both had a few more]

Paul Avery: Welcome, please put your stuff down. You're going down five rows and left. You're looking for the Modesto Bee from March. I'm going to stand here and attempt not to vomit.

[Graysmith turns right]

Paul Avery: Left.

Robert Graysmith: Left. What I am looking for?

Paul Avery: Kathleen Johns. Also, you might want to pull the Chron from - never mind, I'll see to that.

[pulls out Zodiac letter]

Paul Avery: Okay, now tell me what facts he gives.

Robert Graysmith: Woman and her baby abducted.

Paul Avery: Mm-hmm. Fact.

Robert Graysmith: The car on fire?

Paul Avery: Anything else?

Robert Graysmith: Everything in the letter already appears in the article.

Paul Avery: Yep. And he's done it before.

[pulls out a newspaper article]

Paul Avery: Officer Richard Raditech, shot sitting in a parked car.

Robert Graysmith: Zodiac claimed he shot someone in their car.

Paul Avery: Yeah, a couple days after this article came out. Zodiac didn't do it, but he took credit for it anyway, because he's in it for the press.

Robert Graysmith: How can someone who's killed thirteen people...

Paul Avery: He claims he killed thirteen people, but which ones can we actually confirm? There's three in Vallejo, one in Berryessa, the cabbie, that's it.

[Graysmith looks confused]

Paul Avery: Bobby, you almost look disappointed.

Paul Avery: [to Toschi] Hey Bullitt, it's been a year, you gonna catch this fucking guy or not?

Paul Avery: So Robert, what are your hobbies?

Robert Graysmith: Well, I like to read.

Paul Avery: Uh-huh.

Robert Graysmith: Uh, I enjoy books.

Paul Avery: Those are the same things.

Paul Avery: What's your angle, here? This is good business for everyone but you.

Robert Graysmith: What do you mean, "angle"?

Paul Avery: I cover crime in Vallejo?

[pause]

Paul Avery: Yeah, I cover crime in Vallejo.

Robert Graysmith: You lost them?

Paul Avery: Or misplaced them. I moved onto a boat.

Robert Graysmith: Did he say they got a print?

Paul Avery: A partial.

Robert Graysmith: Whoa. Dude, he wears his gun like Bullit.

Paul Avery: No, McQueen got that from Toschi.

Robert Graysmith: Does he thinks Zodiac is gonna send another code? Cause I think Zodiac's gonna send another code.

Paul Avery: Jesus Harold Christ on rubber crutches Bobby, what are you doing? You're doing that thing. The thing that we discussed, the thing that I don't like, starts with an L...

Robert Graysmith: Oh, looming.

Paul Avery: Yeah.

Robert Graysmith: I knew it! "Man is the most dangerous animal of all." I knew that I heard that from somewhere before. "The Most Dangerous Game."

Paul Avery: The most what?

Robert Graysmith: It's a movie about a count who hunts people for sport. People. "The Most Dangerous Game."

Paul Avery: Who's that?

Robert Graysmith: That's Count Zaroff.

Paul Avery: Zaroff? With a Z?

Robert Graysmith: Are you alright?

Paul Avery: No. Thanks for asking.

Paul Avery: We worked on Dailies, as in Today! What did you ever do? You went through my garbage. Oh, yes. You went to the library.

Paul Avery: [Graysmith is on the news] There he goes again, that damned library...