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Andy Serkis Quotes

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Memorable Quotes from Andy Serkis

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Confrontation Between Dodge and Caesar
Dodge Landon Take your stinking paw off me, you damn dirty ape!
Caesar NO!
A Solemn Resolve to Face Challenges Alone
Caesar It was a mistake bringing you all. This is my fight. I will finish this alone.
Caesar's Grief Over Lost Family
Caesar My son... my wife.... are dead.
A Message for Peace in the Woods
Caesar Tell your Colonel you have seen me now. And I have a message for him: Leave us the woods, and the killing can stop.
Manipulation and Power in Leadership
Supreme Leader Snoke Tied on a string indeed, General Hux. Well done. The Resistance will soon be in our grasp.
[to General Hux]
Hux Thank you, Supreme Leader.
[leaves the throne room]
Snoke You wonder why I keep a rabid cur in such a place of power? A cur's weakness, properly manipulated, can be a sharp tool. How's your wound?
[to Kylo Ren]
Kylo Ren It's nothing.
[through damaged vocabulator]
Snoke Hmm. The mighty Kylo Ren. When I found you, I saw what all masters live to see: Raw, untamed power... and beyond that, something truly special. The potential of your bloodline. A new Vader. Now, I fear I was mistaken.
Ren I've given everything I have to you... to the dark side.
Snoke Take that ridiculous thing off. Yes... there it is. You have too much of your father's heart in you, young Solo.
[referring to Ren's helmet; Ren takes off his helmet, revealing his bandaged facial scar]
Ren I killed Han Solo. When the moment came, I didn't hesitate.
Snoke And look at you, the deed split your spirit to the bone. You were unbalanced, bested by a girl who had never held a lightsaber! YOU FAILED!!!!! Skywalker lives! The seed of the Jedi Order lives. As long as he does... hope lives in the galaxy. I thought you would be the one to snuff it out. Alas, you're no Vader. You're just a child... in a mask.
[Ren tries to attack Snoke, but he blasts Force lightning into the ground which ricochets into Ren, blasting him back; the Praetorian guards draw their weapons in response]
Shared Loss and Connection Among Apes
Bad Ape I see you look at her just now. Look sad. You have child?
Caesar One. The other was killed by human.
Bad Ape Soldier?
Bad Ape I... had child.
Conflict Over Identity Among Apes
Koba Ape... not kill... ape.
Caesar You are... not ape.
[releases Koba's hand]
Koba NOOOOO!!!
Responsibility and Conflict in a War
Travis Just kill us already.
Lang Shut up, man!
Travis What? They're animals. He's gonna slaughter us.
Caesar I did not start this war. The ape who did is dead. His name was Koba. I killed him. Now I fight only to protect apes.
A Confrontation Between Leaders and Their Fates
The Colonel ]...and ]. ]...and ]. ] and ]... You're probably not much of a reader, but this is a big moment. Where were you? We came upon your herd. We got lucky. I was surprised you weren't with them.
[[Ulysses S. Grant|Grant; [w: Stephen D. Lee|Lee; [Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington; [Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon; [w: George Armstrong Custer|Custer; [Sitting Bull]
Preacher Hey! Hey! Hey!
The Colonel I hope you don't come to regret sparing his life. He's quite a good shot. Have you finally come to save your apes?
Caesar I came for you.
The Colonel For me? Who did I kill that night?
Caesar My wife. My son.
The Colonel I'm sorry. I was there for you. My God. Look at your eyes. Almost human.
Trust and Technology in Wakanda's Shadows
Ulysses Klaue ] You know, you really shouldn't trust the Wakandans. I'm much more your speed.
[Cuffed to a chair, singing; [w:What Is Love|"Don't hurt me, no more! What is love? Baby, don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more..."; Casually]
Ross I don't trust anybody, not in this job. But what I AM interested in is that arm cannon out there. Where'd you get that?
Klaue It's an old mining tool that I made some adjustments to. But I can, uh, get you one if you like.
Ross Why don't you give me the name of your supplier, and I'll ask them?
Klaue He's right outside. Why don't you ask him yourself?
Ross What, T'Challa? You're telling me that weapon on your arm is from Wakanda?
Klaue Bingo. What do you actually know about Wakanda?
[Winks and clicks]
Ross Um... Shepherds, textiles, cool outfits...
Klaue It's all a front. Explorers searched for it for centuries. "], the Golden City" – they thought they could find it in South America, but it was in Africa the whole time. A technological marvel. All because it was built on a mound of the most valuable metal known to man. Isipho, they call it, "the gift". Vibranium.
[[w:El Dorado|El Dorado]
Ross Vibranium, yeah. Strongest metal on earth.
Klaue It's not just a metal. They sew it into their clothes. It powers their city, their tech... their weapons.
Ross Weapons?
Klaue Yeah. Makes my arm cannon look like a leaf blower.
[Chuckles]
Ross That's a nice fairy tale, but Wakanda is a Third-World Country, and you stole all their Vibranium.
Klaue I stole..."?! "ALL OF IT"?! I took a tiny piece of it. They have a mountain full of it. They've been mining it for thousands of years, and they still haven't scratched the surface. I'm the only outsider who's seen it and got out of there alive. If you don't believe me, you ask your friend what his suit is made of. What his claws are made of.
[Laughs hysterically, then snaps and jolts the chair angrily]
Caesar's Declaration of Territory Boundaries
Caesar APE HOME! HUMAN HOME! Do not come back.
[points towards Muir Woods; points at human stronghold]
Caesar's Stance on War and Peace
Caesar APES...DO NOT...WANT WAR, BUT WILL FIGHT...IF WE MUST!
Caesar's Command to Protect His Own
Caesar LEAVE HIM!
Trust and Betrayal Among Apes
Caesar Trusted Koba. Like brother!
Koba Caesar brother to human! Koba fight for ape! Free ape!
Caesar Kill ape. Koba fight for Koba. Koba belong in cage!
Strategic Shift in Galactic Power Dynamics
Supreme Leader Snoke The droid will soon be delivered to the Resistance, leading them to the last Jedi. If Skywalker returns, the new Jedi will rise.
General Hux Supreme Leader, I take full responsibility—
Snoke GENERAL! Our strategy must now change.
Hux The weapon... it is ready. I believe the time has come to use it. We shall destroy the government that supports the Resistance... the Republic. Without their friends to protect them, the Resistance will be vulnerable, and we will stop them before they reach Skywalker.
Snoke Go. Oversee preparations.
Hux Yes, Supreme Leader.
Snoke There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?
Ren Yes.
Snoke There's something more. The droid we seek is aboard the Millennium Falcon... in the hands of your father, Han... Solo.
Ren He means nothing to me.
Snoke Even you, Master of the Knights of Ren, have never faced such a test.
Ren By the grace of your training, I will not be seduced.
Snoke We shall see. We shall see.
[as his hologram fades]
Echoes of Koba's Influence
Caesar They must pay.
Maurice Now... you sound like Koba.
Struggle for Peace and Power
Koba If they get power, they'll be more dangerous! Why help them?!
Caesar They seem desperate. If we make them go, they'll attack.
Koba Let them! We'll destroy them while they're weak.
Caesar And how many apes will die? We have one chance for peace. Let them do their human work. Then they'll go.
Koba Human work? Human work! Human work! HUMAN WORK!!
[points to a scar; points to another; points to his damaged eye]
Gollum's Accusation Against the Hobbits
Gollum Filthy little Hobbitses, they stole it from us!
Caesar on Koba's Influence from Humans
Caesar From humans Koba learned hate. But nothing else.
Trust and Betrayal Among Apes
Blue Eyes I'm so sorry... For everything.
Caesar No. I... Am to blame.
Blue Eyes But Koba betrayed you.
Caesar I... chose to trust him... Because he is ape. I always think... Ape better than human. I see now... How much like them we are.
Reflection on Humanity and Ape Nature
Caesar I always think...ape better than human. I see now...how much like them we are.
A Family's Concern Amidst Uncertain Circumstances
Alexander Dad.
Ellie Malcolm, what are you doing?
Alexander Dad?
Ellie Malcolm.
Malcolm It's okay. Put your guns down.
Foster You can't be serious.
Malcolm Do it.
Caesar GO!
Carver Holy shit.
Malcolm Holy shit.
The Importance of Communication and Understanding
Maurice Do you think they will give him the message?
Caesar They are the message, Maurice. He will see we are not savages.
The Consequences of Humanity's Hubris
Caesar I think you have no ].
[[mercy]
The Colonel You came here to kill me. Were you going to show me mercy?
Caesar I showed you mercy when I spared your men. I offered you peace and you killed my family.
The Colonel Mercy. Do you have any idea what your mercy would do to us? You're much stronger than we are. You're smart as hell. No matter what you say, you'd eventually replace us. That's the law of ]. The irony is, we created you. We tried to defy Nature, bend it to our will. Nature has been punishing us for our ] ever since. Ten months ago, I sent out recon units to look for your base. My own son was a soldier with one of the units. One day, he suddenly stopped speaking. He became primitive, like an animal. They contacted me and said that they thought he'd lost his mind, ]. Then the man who cared for him stopped speaking too. Their medic had a theory, before he stopped speaking, that the virus that almost wiped us out, the virus that every human survivor still carries, had suddenly changed. Mutated. And that, if it spread, it would destroy humanity for good this time. Not by killing us, but by robbing us of those things that make us human. Our speech, our higher thinking. It would turn us into beasts. You talk about mercy? What would you have done? It was a moment of ] for me. I realized that I would have to sacrifice my only son, so that humanity could be saved. I held that gun in my hand for a long time... And I pointed it at my only child. He looked at me with trust in his eyes. Even in his primitive gaze, I felt his... love. I pulled the trigger. It purified me. It made my purpose clear. I gave orders to kill the others infected, all of them. Burn their belongings, anything that might spread contamination. Some of the men questioned my judgment. I was asking them to do what I had done, to sacrifice their friends, their family. Of course, they refused. I had them killed too. Others with children deserted into the woods. One of those ]s fled to my superiors up north. They tried to convince me that this plague could be dealt with medically. Thats when I realized that they had learned nothing from our past.
[[Nature; [arrogance; [PTSD|that the war was too much for him; [clarity; [coward]
Caesar You killed them too?
The Colonel What did I do, Preacher?
Preacher You severed their heads, sir.
The Colonel Except for the one I spared so he could return and deliver a message. If they wanted to relieve me of my command, they'd have to meet me here, and do it themselves. This used to be a weapons depot. They turned it into a relocation camp when the crisis was just beginning. But the weapons are all still here, inside the mountain.
Caesar How many men will be coming?
The Colonel Probably all of them. But don't get any ideas, the only thing they fear more than me is you apes. This is a holy war. All of human history has led to this moment. If we lose, we'll be the last of our kind. It will be a planet of apes, and we'II become your cattle. Look at you. You think I am sick, don't you? I didn't mean to kill your son. But if his destiny was to inherit your unholy kingdom... I am glad I did.
The Colonel So emotional! I see how conflicted you are. You are confused in your purpose. You're angry at me for something I did that was an act of war. But you're taking this all much far too personally. What do you think my men would have done to your apes, if you had killed me? Or is killing me more important?
The Debate Over Food Preferences
Gollum What's it doing?! Stupid, fat Hobbit! It ruins it!
Sam What's to ruin? There's hardly any meat on them. What we need is a few good taters.
Gollum What's "taters", precious? What's "taters", eh?
Sam Po-ta-toes! Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew. Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish. Even you couldn't say no to that.
Gollum Oh yes, we could! Spoiling nice fish! Give it to us raw, and wriggling! You keeps nasty chips!
Sam You're opeless.
Reflections on the Past and Humanity
Maurice Another son.
Caesar Makes me think how far we've come, Maurice.
Maurice Seems long ago. Still think about them?
Caesar Humans? Sometimes.
Maurice Didn't know them like you did. Only saw their bad side.
Caesar Good, bad...doesn't matter now. Humans destroyed each other.
Maurice Apes fight too.
Caesar But we are family.
Unity and Strength in Numbers
Caesar There were only two of you, but we are many. Apes, together, strong.
A Comment on Physical Appearance
John Thelwall You have grown such pleasing huge breasts, Sara.
Struggling with Hatred and Identity
Caesar Maurice was right. I am... like Koba. He could not escape his hate. And I still cannot escape mine.
Legacy of Strength and Leadership
Caesar Don't worry, Maurice. You are all home now. Apes are strong... With or without me.
Maurice Son will know who was father... And what Caesar did for us.
[speaking]
The Futility of Survival in Conflict
Red Donkey You know... Colonel shoot apes when wall's done.
Caesar His wall is... madness. It won't save him, anymore than it will save you.
Red Donkey I save myself.
Caesar Is there anything left of you to save?
A Dilemma of Compassion and Duty
Maurice She'll die out here alone.
Caesar We cannot take her, Maurice.
Maurice I understand... But I cannot leave her.
Understanding the Darkness Within Koba
Caesar Koba still haunts us. Why didn't I see that he could not forgive what humans did to him?
Maurice No one could have known how much darkness... was living inside him.
A Good Man Recognized
Malcolm Who was that? On the video.
Caesar A good man. Like you.
Identity and Betrayal in a Time of War
Caesar What did the Colonel promise you? You really think he'll let you live after we're gone? You let them call you "donkey". You are ape.
Conflict Between Caesar and Koba
Caesar Koba...
Koba Sleep. You cannot save them. Apes all die here.
Caesar No!
Koba Yes. Join me.
The Risks of War and Loss
Caesar If we go to war, we could lose all we've built. Home. Family. Future.
A Plea for Understanding and Belonging
Will Rodman This is my fault. This has to stop. This isn't the way. You know what they're capable of. Please come home. If you come home, I'll protect you.
Caesar Caesar is home.
Betrayal and Destiny in the Face of Conflict
Snoke I did not expect Skywalker to be so wise! We will give him and the Jedi Order the death he desires. After the Rebels are gone, we will go to his planet and obliterate the entire island. Such spunk. Look here now. The entire Resistance on those transports. Soon, they will all be gone. For you, all is lost. Oh, still that fiery spit of hope? You have the spirit of a true Jedi! And because of that... you must die. My worthy apprentice, son of darkness, heir apparent to Lord Vader. Where there was conflict, I now sense resolve. Where there was weakness, strength. Complete your training, and fulfill your destiny.
[Rey tries to use the Force to take Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber, but Snoke uses it to hit her on the head; uses the Force to move Rey toward the viewport to show her the Resistance transport ships being destroyed one by one; Rey uses the Force to take Ren's lightsaber; Rey charges at Snoke with Ren's lightsaber. Snoke picks her up with the Force and she lands in front of Ren. His lightsaber spins around and stops in front of him; uses the Force and turns Rey toward Ren]
Ren I know what I have to do.
[picks up his lightsaber]
Rey Ben...
Snoke You think you can turn him? Pathetic child, I cannot be betrayed. I cannot be beaten. I see his mind: I see his every intent. Yes. I see him turning the lightsaber to strike true! And now, foolish child, he ignites it... and KILLS HIS TRUE ENEMY!!!
[laughs; without Snoke knowing, Ren uses the Force to face Anakin's lightsaber toward him]
A Moment of Reflection and Regret
Caesar Lake.
Lake Forgive them. We've been through much.
[via sign language]
Cornelius Father!
[signs]
Caesar What have I done?
Leadership Conflict Among Apes in War
Koba Caesar has no place here. Apes follow Koba now.
Caesar Follow Koba to war.
Koba APES WIN WAR! APES... TOGETHER... STRONG!! Caesar... weak.
Caesar Koba... weaker.