The Bone Collector (1999)

Luis Guzmán: Eddie Ortiz

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• Lincoln Rhyme : How is your mother?

  Eddie Ortiz : Oh, God, she's 76, and she's schtupping some guy named Morris. Can you believe it?

  Lincoln Rhyme : God bless her.

  Eddie Ortiz : It's Morris I'm worried about. He's 76, with a tricky ticker and an active pecker.

• Eddie Ortiz : It's everyone's worst nightmare; you get into a cab and there's some psycho from Jersey behind the wheel.

• Lincoln Rhyme : Nitrogen rich, explosive carbons, where do you find those in New York City?

  Paulie : Bomb sites, shooting ranges.

  Amelia : Maybe an old fort or an armory?

  Eddie Ortiz : Let's not forget the shit factor, guys.

  Lincoln Rhyme : The what?

  Eddie Ortiz : Manure becomes a nitrate when it's aged.

  Lincoln Rhyme : That's true. And you got cow bones, huh? Old cow bones, old manure. Turn of the century. Cows, farms... pastures, rats... dead cows. Where do you find... In stockyards... slaughterhouses, that's what we want to look for.