Forest Whitaker from The Color Of Money

Forest didn't steal this scene from Paul Newman because what made this scene was the fact that some hustler was actually beating the great mentor Newman, so both characters were needed

Nice use of Muddy Waters' Still A Fool against the rolling of the balls.

Read the screenplay. Richard Price is king.

"Do you think I need to lose some weight?" is Amos saying: "I gave you a chance to forget the fact that I hustled you and you decided to take it personally. Are you sure you don't want to insult the way I look, too?"

Either that, or he's answering the question "are you a hustler?", a question to which the answer is an obvious YES, with another question to which the obvious answer is YES (though, I'm sure whoever wrote the script might have envisioned a fatter guy than Whitaker).

The "weight" comment was the actual end of the act. His "Do you think I need to lose some weight?" was him asking Eddie if he thinks Amos might actually need to give up some "weight" in order for Eddie to have a chance of winning.

Amos is answering the question Eddie asked earlier in the scene. "You a hustler Amos?", his question at the end "You think I need to lose some weight?" was basically Amos's way of letting Eddie know that he is in fact a hustler and Eddie would need weight to win.

Thank God, someone who knows what he's talking about.

intentional double entendre...he's asking Eddie "should i play on the lemon a bit more, e.g. not show so much speed." additionally, he's busting eddie's chops saying i may look a bit sloppy but i'm smooth huh.

when he asked him if he needed to lose some weight he wasn't speaking literally.

you obvious didn't seen the film. If you did have, you know this film is exactly a OVER THE TOP-stylized film about pool. Just like Raging Bull was about boxing. And you're asking for "realism"? Come on!

Do you think I need to lose some weight = im so heavy from all the money ive won from you shall I go and spend some ha ha ha!