20 Insanely Awesome 2016 Movie 1 Liners

11. "What Don't You Want?" - Hell Or High Water

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When Texas rangers Marcus (Jeff Bridges) and Alberto (Gil Birmingham) visit a T-bone diner, they're greeted by a waitress who asks them, "What don't you want?", much to their confusion.

She then adds, "I've been working here for 44 years. Ain't nobody ever ordered nothing but a T-bone steak and a baked potato. Except this one a**hole from New York ordered a trout, back in 1987. We don't sell no goddamned trout. T-bone steaks. So either you don't want the corn on the cob, or you don't want the green beans, so what don't you want?"

The guys both profess to not wanting green beans, and when Alberto asks for his steak to be cooked differently, she interrupts with "I don't want no questions."

Once she leaves, Marcus ends with, "Well I'll tell you one thing, ain't nobody gonna rob this son-b****." The whole scene is just note-perfect in terms of acting, writing and direction.

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