Pete Perkins Quotes in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

[Pete makes a date with two girls and introduces them to Melquiades]

Melquiades Estrada: That's the one from the cafe, right?

Pete Perkins: Yes, genius.

Melquiades Estrada: But she's married!

Pete Perkins: So's the other one.

Melquiades Estrada: Oh, shit.

Pete Perkins: Thank you!

Old Man with Radio: I need to ask you a favor.

Pete Perkins: Anything you want.

Old Man with Radio: I need you to go ahead and shoot me. My son, he ain't coming back.

Pete Perkins: Oh, he'll come back.

Old Man with Radio: He said he had cancer. Told me to go into town with him. But I don't want to go. I've lived here all my life. I don't want to offend God by shooting myself. It's a problem, you see.

Pete Perkins: We don't want to offend God neither.

[Pete and Mike start to leave]

Old Man with Radio: You're good people. You need to go ahead and shoot me.

Pete Perkins: You need to investigate them border patrols that use a 223.

Belmont: You want me to investigate the Kennedy assassination while I'm at it?

[Pete is forcing Mike to sleep besides the body of Melquiades Estrada]

Mike Norton: Hey! Hey, you!

Pete Perkins: My name is Pete.

Mike Norton: Well, Pete, the ants are eating your friend.

Pete Perkins: What's Belmont doing?

Rachel: He went on vacation. He said that it wasn't his problem, that it was between you and the Border Patrol, and he wanted to go to Sea World.

Pete Perkins: You try to run away again, and I'll kill you. I guess you know that by now.

Mike Norton: Yes, sir.