Angela Bassett Quotes

Identity and Secrets in Wakanda Revealed

Queen Mother Ramonda Who are you? And how did you get in here?

Man This place is amazing. The air is pristine, and the water... My mother told me stories about a place like this, a protected land with people who never have to leave, who never have to change who they were. What reason do you have to reveal your secret to the world?

Ramonda I am not a woman who enjoys repeating herself! Who are you?

Man My people call me "K'uk'ulkan." But my enemies call me Namor.

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Damsel

A Wedding's Uncertain Future

Floria It's perfect. Everything in here is so perfect.

[''Putting a necklace on Elodie''; ''They both laugh with Lady Bayford bursting in their quarters'']

Elodie Stepmother. Is something the matter?

Lady Bayford Elodie. I know we haven't always been close, but I need you to listen to me now. This wedding... is a mistake.

Floria What?

Elodie I don't understand.

Lady Bayford These people, I don't trust them. It's hard to explain, but a mother knows these things.

Floria Only yesterday, you were enamored by this place.

Elodie Floria.

Lady Bayford I was wrong. They may be royalty, but that doesn't make them good people.

Elodie Well, what does father think?

Lady Bayford He refuses to talk about it. And when I try to tell him my worries, he snaps at me.

Floria That's because you're being unreasonable.

Elodie That's enough, Flor'.

Lady Bayford Elodie, I swear, I only want what's best for you.

Lord Bayford Am I interrupting something?

[''Appears in quarters'']

Elodie No. Just... girl talk.

Lord Bayford Well, tomorrow's a big day, and these girls need their rest.

Lady Bayford Think about what I said. There's still time.

Lord Bayford Time for what?

[''Lady Bayford gets up and walks to Lord Bayford'']

Lady Bayford I hope you know what you're doing.

[''To Lord Bayford''; ''Walks on'']

Lord Bayford Good night, my angels.

Elodie and Floria Good night, father.

Lord Bayford Good night.

[''Walks on'']

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Damsel

A Mother's Instincts on Trust

Lady Bayford These people, I don't trust them. It's hard to explain, but a mother knows these things.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Okoye's Plea in a Critical Moment

Okoye They wear blue, and they had superhuman strength. And they came from the water on the back of whales. I struck down three of them with blows that should've killed them, but they rose again. I wish to leave immediately to retrieve our princess.

Queen Mother Ramonda Okoye, you will be stripped of your rank as general of Wakanda's armies and your status as Dora Milaje.

Okoye Permission to speak, my queen?

[in Xhosa]

Ramonda You may.

Okoye I beg of you. I have given everything. Let me die serving my country and that throne. I'm asking you, mother. Allow me to make this right!

[in Xhosa; in English, teary-eyed; kneels, in Xhosa; in English]

Ramonda Make it right? I don't know if my daughter is alive or dead.

Border Tribe Elder Perhaps we are being too hasty. She raised a spear against her own husband for Wakanda.

Ramonda Where is her treacherous husband now? But in a place where she can visit if she wished? Mine... is with the ancestors. I am Queen of the most powerful nation in the world, and my entire family is gone! Have I not given everything?! On your feet, General. I stood by you after Killmonger took the throne and you and the Elders in this room stood by him, while I ran begging to the Jabari for protection. And I warned you about taking my daughter on this mission and you lost her. So today, I am done.

[Okoye stands; Okoye thrusts down her spear and leaves the throne room]

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The Score

A Provocative Proposal for Assurance

Nick How can I be sure you're okay?

Diane I suppose I could fuck you.

Nick That would work.

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Black Panther

Confrontation Over Justice and Betrayal

T'Challa Kuthetha. (translation: "Speak.")

[In Xhosa]

W'Kabi Speak.

Killmonger I'm standing in your house. Serving justice to a man who stole your vibranium and murdered your people. Justice your king couldn't deliver.

T'Challa I don't care that you brought Klaue. The only reason I don't kill you where you stand is because I know who you are. Now what do you want?

Killmonger I want the throne.

T'Challa And what tools are those?

Killmonger Vibranium. Your weapons.

T'Challa Our weapons will not be used to wage war on the world. It is not our way to be judge, jury and executioner for people who are not our own.

Killmonger Not your own? But didn't life start right here on this continent? So ain't all people your people?

T'Challa I am not king of all people. I am king of Wakanda. And it is my responsibility to make sure our people are safe and that vibranium does not fall into the hands of a person like you.

Ramonda Son, we have entertained this charlatan for too long. Reject his request.

Killmonger Oho, I ain't requestin nothin'. Ask who I am.

Shuri You are Erik Stevens. An American black operative. A mercenary nicknamed Killmonger. That's who you are.

T'Challa No.

Killmonger Ask me.

T'Challa Take him away.

River Tribe Elder Ungubani? (translation: "Who are you?")

[In Xhosa]

Killmonger Indingu N'Jadaka! Unyanka N'Jobu! (translation: "I am N'Jadaka! Son of Prince N'Jobu!")

[In Xhosa; The tribal elders are stunned]

Zawavari Unyana ka N'Jobu? (translation: "Son of Prince N'Jobu?")

[In Xhosa]

Killmonger I found my daddy with panther claws in his chest! You ain't the son of a king! You're the son of a murderer!

[In English]

Ramonda U due Ku Disto! (translation: "You're lying!") Lies!

[In Xhosa; In English]

W'Kabi I'm afraid not, Queen Mother.

[Presents N'Jobu's royal ring]

Killmonger Hey, Auntie. I'm exercising my blood right. The challenge for the mantles of king and Black Panther.

[smug]

Ramonda Do not do this, T'Challa.

M'Kathu As the son of Prince N'Jobu, he is within his rights.

Ramonda He has no rights here!

River Tribe Elder The challenge will take weeks to prepare!

Ramonda T'Challa, what do you know of this?

T'Challa I accept your challenge.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Contrasting Approaches to Terrorism and Influence

Erika Sloane You use a scalpel. I prefer a hammer.

Solomon Lane Terrorists are schoolboys desperate for attention, hoping to shape public opinion through fear. I don't care in the least what people think or feel. In my experience, they don't do either for very long.

Damsel

Royalty Doesn't Guarantee Goodness

Lady Bayford They may be royalty, but that doesn't make them good people.

Contact

Discussion on Investigative Findings Report

Rachel Constantine I assume you read the confidential findings report from the investigating committee.

Michael Kitz I flipped through it.

Constantine I was especially interested in the section on Arroway's video unit. The one that recorded the static?

Kitz Continue.

Constantine The fact that it recorded static isn't what interests me.

Kitz Continue...

[pauses]

Constantine What interests me is that it recorded approximately 18 hours of it.

Kitz That is interesting, isn't it?

Contact

Controversial Legacy of First Contact Ambassador

Rachel Constantine Twenty million people died defeating that son of a bitch, and he's our first ambassador to outer space?

[about Adolf Hitler]

Ellie Arroway Actually the Hitler broadcast from the...

David Drumlin 36 Olympics was the first television transmission of any power that went in to space. That they recorded it, and sent it back, is simply a way of saying "hello, we heard you.

[interrupting]

Michael Kitz Or, "Sieg Heil, you're our kind of people.

Memorable Quotes from Angela Bassett