Memorable Quotes from Gian Maria Volonté
8 quotesDirection and Decisions in Rio Bravo Canyon
Manco
Which way we headed?
El Indio
North.
Manco
North? Along Rio Bravo Canyon?
El Indio
Why not?
Manco
Seems like a pretty good place for an ambush to me.
El Indio
You know a better way to go?
Manco
Yeah, south.
El Indio
Hm... ride to the border?
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A Challenge to the Colonel
El Indio
When the chimes end, pick up your gun. Try and shoot me, Colonel. Just try.
[to Col. Mortimer]
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Waiting for Sancho in Prison
Groggy
Indio calls and Groggy comes running.
El Indio
And Sancho?
Groggy
If you're waiting for Sancho I'll come back in another four years. He's in prison. No amore, no dinero, no sun.
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Misunderstandings and Intentions in Dialogue
Don Miguel Rojo
That's the right idea? You didn't misunderstand?
Joe
I get the wrong idea only when it suits me.
Don Miguel Rojo
Ramon!
Ramon Rojo
What is it?
Don Miguel Rojo
The soldiers, the ones who were escorting the gold, two of those soldiers got away. They are hiding out in the cemetery; the Baxters, they're about to capture them.
Ramon Rojo
Rubio! Get the men! You are well informed, eh?
[to Joe]
Joe
A man's life in these parts often depends on a mere scrap of information. Your brother's own words.
Ramon Rojo
Tell me. Why are you doing this for us?
Joe
Five hundred dollars.
[holds out his hand with a response that is almost a question]
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A Surrender Negotiation in Tense Circumstances
John Baxter
Ramon! Don't shoot! We're coming out! We surrender! Listen, Ramon. You've won. It's enough. I'll get out of town! I'll do whatever you like!
Ramon Rojo
You promise that?
John Baxter
I swear it, Ramon!
Ramon Rojo
You won't try a trick of any kind?
John Baxter
None! No! No tricks! I said before, I give you my word, we'll leave!
[last words]
Ramon Rojo
Are you sure? You had better ask permission of your wife! Maybe she won't be too happy!
[shoots him]
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Strangers Unwelcome in a Hostile Environment
El Indio
Yes, I have many friends here. It looks just like a morgue. But look out. It could be one so easily. They don't like strangers, huh?
[about Agua Caliente]
Groggy
No. They don't like anybody!
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A Planned Departure with a Message
El Indio
I plan to leave you.That way you can tell everyone what takes place here.
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The Consequences of Power and Survival
Ramon Rojo
When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man. That's an old Mexican Proverb...and it's true.
Don Miguel Rojo
With a gun in his hand, nothing stands in his way.
Silvanito
I'm alive, and I want to remain with the living, understand? And when I'm dead, I want to remain with the dead. And I would be unhappy if somebody living forces me to remain with the living.
Chico
Our orders are to make sure he does not die...but also to make sure he regrets the day he was born.
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