Burn Notice/Michael Westen

Michael Westen
Burn Notice
Actor	Jeffrey Donovan
First Appearance	1x01 - Pilot
Series Billing	Series: Billed
Episode Count	12 (through season 1)

Michael Westen was a international spy who received a burn notice. Being forced to stay in Miami with his funds frozen, he has became a personal investigator and spy for hire.

Trivia

Michael has two black belts in karate.

When secretly breaking into a person's home, Michael tends to snack on food items in the person's kitchen, such as tortilla chips and yogurt.

Michael is seen throughout the series drinking Johnny Walker Blue Label.

Quotes

My name is Michael Westen. I used to be a spy.

I’ve never found a good way to hide a gun in a bathing suit.

Guns make you stupid. Better to fight your wars with duct tape. Duct tape makes you smart.

Thirty years of karate, combat experience on five continents, a rating with every weapon that shoots a bullet or holds an edge… Still haven’t found any defense against Mom crying into my shirt.

Spies go to bars for the same reason people go to libraries, full of information if you know where to ask.

The label’s Armani. Cops don’t fit Armani. *pausing* How do I look - I look good, right?

Sam, don't sprinkle sugar on this bull and call it candy.

You know you've been in the business to long when you recognize a 44 magnum over the phone.

Michael: What are you doing, Mom?
Madeline: Making a salad.
Michael: Does the recipe call for cigarette ash?

There's a reason spies don't have a lot of parties. Everybody's got a history with everyone else.

(to Sam) Well, I'll tell you what, if there's a situation that requires showing off your upper body and boozy flirting, you're my guy.

Sam: If I lose my pension, you're gonna be changin' my diapers when I'm ninety-five and drooling.
Michael: Sam, I would never let that happen. I'd smother you with a pillow first

Jamacian Andre: I'm gonna find you, boy, and then I'm gonna kill you!
Michael: I know, I know -- and then you'll cut my throat -- I know, I know.

Bullets don't bounce off my skin, Ernie!

The term shock and awe gets misused a lot these days. It's a popular name for a military tactic known as rapid dominance. Whether you do it with a 1000 pound bomb or with a can of turpentine and a power drill, it's all about being spectacular.

I'd rather not have Michael Weston and jihad in the same sentence.

Fiona tests a relationship with the emotional equivalent of heavy artillery.