New Amsterdam (TV Series)
Reclassified (2008)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau: John Amsterdam
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Quotes
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Callie Burnett : What is going on with you? This Gleason thing is getting to you.
John Amsterdam : Just working a case Sarge.
Callie Burnett : You are wound so tight, you're going to pop a gasket.
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[John knows how to "Shoot the Stars" at the arcade]
Eva Marquez : [looks at the stuffed animal prizes] This is like Noah's Ark.
John Amsterdam : Yeah, it's almost like there's a trick to it.
[the targets are reset yet another time]
John Amsterdam : I know how all the flats are gaffed.
[hits first star]
Carney : You are con man. Not cop.
John Amsterdam : I've been both. Sometimes I can't tell the difference.
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[New York, 2002]
Andrew Gleason : Where do you think you're going?
John Amsterdam : Thought I'd go look for the guy the witness said killed him.
Andrew Gleason : By yourself? I don't think so Lone Ranger.
John Amsterdam : Catching bad guys Andy, that's the job.
Andrew Gleason : I know what the job is. It's not flying solo, being reckless, going off half-cocked trying to be a hero. There's a reason they give you a partner.
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[at Brodsky's Night Club]
Eva Marquez : We're looking for your boss.
Russian Henchman : Not here.
John Amsterdam : [looks over the place] They had dog racing around here. Right down the block. Back in 1879.
Russian Henchman : No dog racing here. We are closed.
Eva Marquez : [shows two photos] You know these guys? Sasha Zukov? Mikhial Kasparian?
John Amsterdam : In 1911 they switched from dogs to cars. Now cars, they're a lot harder to root for.
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John Amsterdam : Something's definitely going on with Sara.
Omar : Well, if she really is the one?
John Amsterdam : Time feels more...
Omar : Important.
John Amsterdam : Lighter. Not so endless. Like, like there might be... less of it for me. Been thinking about death a lot. For the first time, it scares me.
Omar : Welcome to the human condition. Like the man said, everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
