Jodie Foster Quotes

Clarice Asserts Authority in Critical Situation

Clarice Starling Excuse me. Excuse me, gentlemen. You officers and gentlemen, listen here now. There's things we need to do for her. I know that y'all brought her this far and her folks would thank you if they could for your kindness and your sensitivity, but now please go on now and let us take care of her. Go on now. Thank you. Thank you.

Jack Crawford OK, good. Yeah, that's right. Elk River. Stand by for transmission.

[on the phone]

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Carnage

A Disagreement on Humor and Attitudes

Michael Longstreet Penelope, what happened to your sense of humor?

Penelope Longstreet I don't have a sense of humor, and I don't want one!

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Nim's Island

Discussion on Airsick Pills and Drowsiness

Alex Rover What are these?

Alexandra Rover Airsick pills.

Alex Rover Don't they make you drowsy?

Alexandra Rover Drowsy?

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Nim's Island

Journey and Skills in Unexpected Situations

Alexandra Rover I took a plane, I took a helicopter, I stole a boat!

Nim Rusoe You came here all the way from San Francisco and you don't know how to do anything.

[to Alexandra]

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The Silence of the Lambs

Questioning Professional Relationships and Intentions

Hannibal Lecter Jack Crawford is helping your career, isn't he? Apparently he likes you, and you like him too.

Clarice Starling I never thought about it.

Hannibal Lecter Do you think that Jack Crawford wants you sexually? True, he is much older, but do you think he imagines encounters, exchanges, fucking you?

Clarice Starling That doesn't interest me, Doctor, and frankly, it's … it's the sort of thing that Miggs would say.

Hannibal Lecter Not anymore.

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Svengali

Balancing Work and Rest in Training

Anton Bosnyak Tonight, we will not have a lesson. From now on, I would like to work just once a week.

Zoe Alexander Why?

Anton Bosnyak Well... you're at a very good condition now, and... I need a rest.

Zoe Alexander Well, you've worked harder than I have.

Anton Bosnyak The young usually don't notice these things.

Zoe Alexander Not so young. Twenty-two.

Anton Bosnyak Hehe. Poor old lady.

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Contact

Vision Beyond the Limits of Science

Executive We must confess that your proposal seems less like science and more like science fiction.

Ellie Arroway Science fiction. You're right, it's crazy. In fact, it's even worse than that, it's nuts. You wanna hear something really nutty? I heard of a ] who wanna build something called an airplane, you know you get people to go in, and fly around like birds, it's ridiculous, right? And what about breaking the sound barrier, or rockets to the moon? Atomic energy, or a mission to Mars? Science fiction, right? Look, all I'm asking is for you to just have the tiniest bit of vision. You know, to just sit back for one minute and look at the big picture. To take a chance on something that just might end up being the most profoundly impactful moment for humanity, for the history... of history.

[[w:Wright brothers|couple guys]

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The Silence of the Lambs

Quid Pro Quo in a Tense Negotiation

Clarice Starling If your profile helps us capture Buffalo Bill in time to save Catherine Martin, the Senator promises you a transfer to the VA Hospital at Oneida Park, New York with a view of the woods nearby. Maximum security still applies, of course. You'd have reasonable access to ]. Best of all, though, one week of the year, you'd get to leave the hospital and go here - Plum Island, every day of that week, you may walk on the beach. You may swim in the ] for up to one hour. Under SWAT team surveillance, of course. And there you have it... If Catherine Martin dies, you get nothing.

[[books; She produces a map; [ocean]

Hannibal Lecter Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center. Sounds charming.

Clarice Starling That's only part of the ]. There's a very, very nice beach. Terns nest there. There's beautiful …

[[island]

Hannibal Lecter Terns? If I help you, Clarice, it will be "turns" for us too. ] – I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this case, though. About yourself. Quid pro quo. Yes or no? Yes or no, Clarice? Poor little Catherine is waiting.

[[w:Quid pro quo|Quid pro quo; pause]

Clarice Starling Go, doctor.

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The Silence of the Lambs

Analyzing Patterns in Lecter's Handwriting

Ardelia Mapp Is this Lecter's handwriting? "Clarice, doesn't this random scattering of sites seem desperately random – like the elaborations of a bad liar? Ta, Hannibal Lecter.

Clarice Starling Desperately random." What does he mean?

Ardelia Mapp Not random at all, maybe. Like there's some pattern here …?

Clarice Starling But there is no pattern, or the computers would've nailed it. They're even found in random order.

Ardelia Mapp Random because of the one girl. The one he weighted down.

Clarice Starling Oh, Fredrica Bimmel, from … Belvedere, Ohio. First girl taken, third body found. Why?

Ardelia Mapp Cause she didn't drift. He weighted her down.

Clarice Starling What did Lecter say about … "first principles"?

Ardelia Mapp Simplicity …

Clarice Starling What does this guy do? He "covets". How do we first start to covet?

Ardelia Mapp We covet what we see …

Clarice Starling … every day.

Ardelia Mapp Hot damn, Clarice.

Clarice Starling He knew her.

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Svengali

The World Continues Beyond Your Focus

Zoe Alexander The world does not collapse every time you stop looking at it.

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Panic Room

A Moment of Regret and Reflection

Meg Altman Look, my husband and I just split up and it's my first night in a new house and I admit I was a little drunk. And the sentence, if you insist on knowing, was going to be, "There are three things that I'll do for you if you come jump into bed with me." Thank God I came to my senses before I said all that, and I hung up so nobody would ever have to know what I was thinking. Unless, of course, two policemen came in the middle of the night and interrogated me.

[After Officer Keeney asked what she meant when she said, "There were three..." on the phone]

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Carnage

Confrontation Over Parenting Styles

Nancy Cowan At least our kid isn't a little wimpy-ass faggot!

Penelope Longstreet Yours is a FUCKING SNITCH!

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Nim's Island

Contrasting Views on the Ocean's Beauty

Alex Rover Beautiful ocean, isn't it just great?

Alexandra Rover No, it isn't just grrreat.

[imitating Alex's Scottish accent]

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Carnage

Childhood Conflicts and Social Dynamics

Michael Longstreet I was wondering — and I know this is isn't important — but do you know what they were arguing about? Ethan won't say a word.

Nancy Cowan Ethan wouldn't let Zachary be a part of his gang.

Penelope Longstreet Ethan has a gang?

[horrified]

Alec Cowan And he called him a snitch.

Penelope Longstreet Did you know Ethan had a gang?

[to Michael]

Michael Longstreet No, but I'm thrilled to hear it!

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Contact

The Quest for Meaning in Existence

Palmer Joss By doing this, you're willing to give your life, you're willing to die for it. Why?

Ellie Arroway For as long as I can remember, I've been searching for something, some reason why we're here. What are we doing here? Who are we? If this is a chance to find out even just a little part of that answer... I don't know, I think it's worth a human life. Don't you?

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The Silence of the Lambs

Defining the Unnameable in Silence of the Lambs

Officer Murray Is it true what they're saying, he's some kinda vampire?

[about Hannibal Lecter]

Clarice Starling They don't have a name for what he is.

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Contact

Questioning the Existence of God

Ellie Arroway So what's more likely? That an all-powerful, mysterious god created the universe, and decided not to give any proof of his existence? Or, that he simply doesn't exist at all, and that we created him, so that we wouldn't have to feel so small and alone?

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The Silence of the Lambs

The Exchange of Personal Secrets

Hannibal Lecter Quid pro quo. I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this case, though, about yourself. Quid pro quo. Yes or no? Yes or no, Clarice? Poor little Catherine is waiting.

Clarice Starling Go, Doctor.

Hannibal Lecter What is your worst memory of ]?

[[childhood]

Clarice Starling The ] of my father.

[[death]

Hannibal Lecter Tell me about it and don't lie, or I'll know.

Clarice Starling He was a town marshal, and... one night, he surprised two burglars coming out the back of a drugstore. They shot him.

Hannibal Lecter Was he killed outright?

Clarice Starling No, he was very strong, he lasted more than a month. My mother died when I was very young, so... my father had become the whole world to me, and, when he left me, I had nothing. I was ten years old.

Hannibal Lecter You're very frank, Clarice. I think it would be quite something to know you in private life.

Clarice Starling Quid pro quo, Doctor.

Hannibal Lecter So tell me about Miss West Virginia. Was she a large girl?

Clarice Starling Yes.

Hannibal Lecter Big through the hips? Roomy?

Clarice Starling They all were.

Hannibal Lecter What else?

Clarice Starling She had an object deliberately inserted into her throat. Now, that hasn't been made public yet. We don't know what it means.

Hannibal Lecter Was it a ]?

[[butterfly]

Clarice Starling Yes. A ]. Just like the one we found in Benjamin Raspail's head an hour ago. Why does he place them there, Doctor?

[[moth]

Hannibal Lecter The significance of the moth is ]. Caterpillar into chrysalis, or pupa, and from thence into ]. Our Billy wants to change, too.

[[change; [beauty]

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The Silence of the Lambs

The Nature of a Serial Killer

Hannibal Lecter What a naughty boy he is! Do you know why he's called Buffalo Bill'? Please tell me - the newspapers won't say.

[about "Buffalo Bill"]

Clarice Starling Well, it started as a bad joke in Kansas City homicide. They said, This one likes to skin his humps.

Hannibal Lecter Why do you think he removes their skins, Agent Starling? Enthrall me with your acumen.

Clarice Starling It excites him. Most serial killers keep some sort of trophies from their victims.

Hannibal Lecter I didn't.

Clarice Starling No. No, you ate yours.

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Inside Man

Investment Advice Amidst Crisis

Madeleine White When there's blood in the streets it's time to buy. (attributed to ])

[[Baron Rothschild]

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The Silence of the Lambs

Ambition and Perception in a Dark Encounter

Hannibal Lecter You're so ambitious, aren't you? You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. A well-scrubbed, hustling rube, with a little taste. Good nutrition has given you some length of bone, but you're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling? And that accent you've tried so desperately to shed? Pure West Virginia. What is your father dear? Is he a coal miner? Does he stink of the lamp? Oh and how quickly the boys found you … all those tedious, sticky fumblings in the back seats of cars … while you could only dream of getting out … getting anywhere … getting all the way to the FBI.

Clarice Starling You see a lot, doctor. But can you point that high-powered perception at yourself? What about it? Why don't you – why don't you look at yourself and write down what you see? Or maybe you're afraid to...

Hannibal Lecter A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. You fly back to school now, little Starling. Fly, fly, fly. Fly, fly, fly.

[He approaches the glass and lets go with a slurping sound.; He turns his back on her and speaks in a whisper]

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The Silence of the Lambs

The Inquiry of the Lambs' Silence

Hannibal Lecter Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?

[on telephone]

Clarice Starling Dr. Lecter?

Hannibal Lecter Don't bother with a trace, I won't be on long enough.

Clarice Starling Where are you?

Hannibal Lecter I have no plans to call on you, Clarice. The world's more interesting with you in it. So you take care now to extend me the same courtesy.

Clarice Starling You know I can't make that promise.

Hannibal Lecter I do wish we could chat longer, but … I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye.

[eyeing Dr. Chilton]

Clarice Starling Dr. Lecter? … Dr. Lecter? … Dr. Lecter? … Dr. Lecter? …

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The Accused

Confronting Betrayal and Powerlessness

Sarah Tobias You don't understand how I feel! I'm standing there with my pants down and my crotch hung out for the world to see and three guys are sticking it to me, a bunch of other guys are yelling and clapping and you're standing there telling me that that's the best you can do. Well, if that's the best you could do, then your best sucks! Now, I don't know what you got for selling me out, but I sure as shit hope it was worth it!

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The Silence of the Lambs

Training and Expectations in the FBI

Hannibal Lecter You're not real FBI, are you?

Clarice Starling I'm still in training at the Academy.

Hannibal Lecter Jack Crawford sent a trainee to me?

Clarice Starling Yes, I'm a student. I'm here to learn from you. Maybe you can decide for yourself whether or not I'm qualified enough to do that.

Hannibal Lecter Mmm. That is rather slippery of you, Agent Starling. Sit, please. Now then, tell me. What did Miggs say to you? Multiple Miggs in the next cell. He hissed at you. What did he say?

Clarice Starling He said, "I can smell your cunt.

Hannibal Lecter I see. I, myself, cannot. You use Evian skin cream, and sometimes you wear L'Air du Temps … but not today.

Clarice Starling Did you do all those drawings, Doctor?

Hannibal Lecter Ah. That is the Duomo seen from the Belvedere. You know ]?

[[Florence]

Clarice Starling All that detail just from ], sir?

[[memory]

Hannibal Lecter Memory, Agent Starling, is what I have instead of a view.

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Maverick

Perceptions of Speed and Expectations

Annabelle Bransford You thought that was fast? I thought it was fast. Well was it?

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The Silence of the Lambs

A Tense Evening Encounter Between Two Characters

Hannibal Lecter Good evening, Clarice.

[reading a book]

Clarice Starling I thought you might like your drawings back, Doctor. Just until you get your view.

Hannibal Lecter How very thoughtful. Or did Jack Crawford send you for one last wheedle before you're both booted off the case?

Clarice Starling No, I came because I wanted to.

Hannibal Lecter People will say we're in love. Anthrax Island. That was an especially nice touch, Clarice. Yours?

[turns towards her; clucks with his tongue]

Clarice Starling Yes.

Hannibal Lecter Yeah. That was good. Pity about poor Catherine, though. Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...

Clarice Starling Your anagrams are showing, doctor. "Louis Friend"? Iron Sulfide. also known as fool's gold.

Hannibal Lecter Oh, Clarice, your problem is you need to get more fun out of life.

Clarice Starling You were telling me the truth back in Baltimore, sir. Please continue now.

Hannibal Lecter I've read the case files, have you? Everything you need to find him is right there in those pages.

Clarice Starling Then tell me how.

Hannibal Lecter First principles, Clarice: simplicity. Read ]: "Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in itself? What is its nature?" What does he do, this man you seek?

[[Marcus Aurelius]

Clarice Starling He kills women.

Hannibal Lecter No, that is incidental. What is the first and principal thing he does, what needs does he serve by killing?

[in mild annoyance]

Clarice Starling Anger, social acceptance, and, uh, sexual frustration …

Hannibal Lecter No, he covets. That's his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer, now.

Clarice Starling No. We just …

Hannibal Lecter No. We begin by coveting what we see every day. Don't you feel eyes moving over your body, Clarice? And don't your eyes seek out the things you want?

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The Accused

Uncertain Outcomes in a Difficult Situation

Sarah Tobias What are our chances?

Kathryn Murphy 50-50 at the most. Good night.

Sarah Tobias Good night.

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The Silence of the Lambs

Cautions About Hannibal Lecter's Nature and Influence

Jack Crawford Be very careful with Hannibal Lecter. Dr. Chilton at the asylum will go over all the physical procedures used with him. Do not deviate from them for any reason whatsoever. And you're to tell him nothing personal, Starling. Believe me, you don't want Hannibal Lecter inside your head. Just do your job, but never forget what he is.

Clarice Starling And what is that?

Dr. Chilton Oh, he's a monster. Pure psychopath. So rare to capture one alive. From a research point of view, Lecter is our most prized asset.

Dr. Chilton Crawford is very clever, isn't he, using you?

Clarice Starling What do you mean, sir?

Dr. Chilton A pretty young woman to turn him on. I don't believe Lecter's even seen a woman in eight years. And, oh, are you ever his taste. So to speak.

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The Silence of the Lambs

Confronting the Past: A Key Revelation

Hannibal Lecter No! I will listen now. After your father's murder, you were orphaned. You were ten years old. You went to live with cousins on a sheep and horse ranch in Montana. And …?

Clarice Starling And one morning, I just ran away.

[tears begin forming in her eyes]

Hannibal Lecter Not "just", Clarice. What set you off? You started at what time?

Clarice Starling Early, still dark.

Hannibal Lecter Then something woke you, didn't it? Was it a dream? What was it?

Clarice Starling I heard a strange noise.

Hannibal Lecter What was it?

Clarice Starling It was … screaming. Some kind of screaming, like a child's voice.

Hannibal Lecter What did you do?

Clarice Starling I went downstairs, outside. I crept up into the barn. I was so scared to look inside, but I had to.

Hannibal Lecter And what did you see, Clarice? What did you see?

Clarice Starling Lambs. And they were screaming.

Hannibal Lecter They were slaughtering the spring lambs?

Clarice Starling And they were screaming.

Hannibal Lecter And you ran away?

Clarice Starling No. First I tried to free them. I … I opened the gate to their pen, but they wouldn't run. They just stood there, confused. They wouldn't run.

Hannibal Lecter But you could and you did, didn't you?

Clarice Starling Yes. I took one lamb, and I ran away as fast as I could.

Hannibal Lecter Where were you going, Clarice?

Clarice I don't know. I didn't have any food, any water, and it was very cold, very cold. I thought … I thought if I could save just one, but … he was so heavy. So heavy. I didn't get more than a few miles when the sheriff's car picked me up. The rancher was so angry he sent me to live at the Lutheran orphanage in Bozeman. I never saw the ranch again.

Hannibal Lecter What became of your lamb, Clarice?

Clarice Starling They killed him.

Hannibal Lecter You still wake up sometimes, don't you? You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs.

Clarice Starling Yes.

Hannibal Lecter And you think if you save poor Catherine, you could make them stop, don't you? You think if Catherine lives, you won't wake up in the dark ever again to that awful screaming of the lambs.

Clarice Starling I don't know. I don't know.

[choking up]

Hannibal Lecter Thank you, Clarice. Thank you.

Clarice Starling Tell me his name, Doctor.

Hannibal Lecter … Dr. Chilton, I presume. I think you know each other.

Dr. Chilton Okay. Let's go.

Clarice Starling It's your turn, Doctor.

Dr. Chilton Out!

Clarice Starling Tell me his name!

Boyle I'm sorry, ma'am. We've got orders. We have to put you on a plane. Come on, now.

Hannibal Lecter Brave Clarice. You will let me know when those lambs stop screaming, won't you?

Clarice Starling Tell me his name, Doctor!

Hannibal Lecter Clarice, your case file. Goodbye, Clarice.

[their hands touch briefly]

Svengali

The Journey of Self-Discovery in Art

Anton Bosnyak The word teach means to make known'. When you came to me, you didn't know what you were, who you were, nothing. Together, we made your voice known to you; and we made it known to you by making yourself known to you. The sounds of loving that you make, your sounds of endurance, your betrayals...

Zoe Alexander You think I betrayed you?

Anton Bosnyak It doesn't matter! Together we were able to release what you are. The work of every artist is to make themselves wholly known. Now, I want you to go away, and amaze me.

Zoe Alexander I need you!

Anton Bosnyak No. You are intact now. Go away, and leave me intact. Please.

Zoe Alexander So... you're sending me away. It's all I was to you? Something, something "amazing", huh?

Anton Bosnyak That is all that matters.

Contact

Debate on Evidence and Credibility in Science

Senator Dr. Arroway, You come to us with no evidence, no record... no artifacts. Only a story that, to put it mildly, strains credibility. Over half a trillion dollars were spent. Dozens of lives were lost. Are you really gonna sit there and tell us we should just take this all... on faith?

Michael Kitz Please answer the question, doctor.

Ellie Arroway Is it possible that it didn't happen? Yes... As a scientist, I must concede that. I must volunteer that.

Kitz Wait a minute, let me get this straight. You admit you have absolutely no physical evidence to back up your story?

Arroway Yes.

Kitz You admit that you very well may have hallucinated this whole thing?

Arroway Yes

Kitz You admit that if you were in our position... you would respond with exactly the same degree of incredulity and skepticism?

Arroway Yes.

Kitz Then why don't you simply withdraw your testimony and admit that this journey to the center of the galaxy, IN FACT, NEVER TOOK PLACE!!??

[raises voice]

Arroway Because I can't! I had an experience... I can't prove it, I can't even explain it, but everything that I know as a human being, everything that I am tells me that it was real! I was given something wonderful, something that changed me forever... A vision of the universe that tells us, undeniably, how tiny, and insignificant and how... rare, and precious we all are! A vision that tells us that we belong to something that is greater than ourselves, that we are not — that none of us — are alone! I wish I could share that. I wish, that everyone, if even for one moment, could feel that awe, and humility, and hope! But... that continues to be my wish.

Inside Man

Matters Beyond Your Expertise

Madeleine White Look, detective, there are matters at stake here that are a little bit above your pay grade.

Panic Room

A Tense Exchange Between Meg and Officer

Meg Altman Well, you don't look so hot yourself, Officer Keeney.

[Officer Keeney tells her she doesn't look good]

Inside Man

Transforming Problems into Solutions

Madeleine White I can change your entire program, so the sooner that you stop being my problem, and start being my solution, the better off you'll be.

The Silence of the Lambs

A Psychological Profile for Buffalo Bill

Clarice Starling What did you mean by ], doctor?

[[transformation]

Hannibal Lecter I've been in this room for eight years now, Clarice. I know they will never, ever let me out while I'm alive. What I want is a view. I want a window where I can see a ], or even ]. I want to be in a federal institution, far away from Dr. Chilton.

[[tree; [water]

Clarice Starling What did you mean by fledgling killer? Are you saying that he's killed again?

Hannibal Lecter I'm offering you a psychological profile of Buffalo Bill based on the case evidence. I'll help you catch him, Clarice.

Clarice Starling You know who he is, don't you? Tell me who decapitated your patient, doctor.

[She rises]

Hannibal Lecter All good things to those who wait. I've waited, Clarice. But how long can you and old Jackie boy wait? Our little Billy must already be searching for that next special lady.

Contact

Debate on National Security and Communication Ethics

Michael Kitz Your having sent this announcement all over the world may well constitute a breach of national security.

Ellie Arroway This isn't a person-to-person call. You can't possibly think that a civilization sending this kind of message would intend it just for Americans.

Kitz I'm saying you might have consulted us; obviously, the contents of this message could be extremely sensitive.

Arroway You want to classify prime numbers now?

The Accused

Confrontation and Tension Between Characters

Sarah Tobias Stop! Stop!

[Larry tries to kiss Sarah]

Larry When are you going to get over this? Because it's getting really boring!

Sarah Tobias Get out!

Larry Fine. I'll be back in a couple of hours.

Sarah Tobias No. This is my house, and I don't want you in it. Get out!

Contact

Security Concerns in Critical Situation

Ellie Arroway We've got a security problem here!

Security Official Are you sure?

Arroway Yeah. That man? I know him! He's not supposed to be there! Get me Drumlin on a secure loop please. David, can you hear me?

[points to suspicious man on-screen; puts on a headset with a microphone attached to it; to technician; speaking to David Drumlin]

David Drumlin Yeah, I hear.

Arroway We have a security breach.

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.

The Accused

Confrontation and Misunderstanding in the Home

Sarah Tobias What the hell are you talking about? You saw me at the hospital, what you think I asked for that? Is that what you think? If that's what you think then you get the fuck out of my house!

Maverick

A Dream of Connection Through Material Touch

Annabelle Bransford If I can't touch you, I can touch your shirt and dream.

The Silence of the Lambs

Understanding Identity and Rejection in Surgery

Hannibal Lecter Billy is not a real trans-sexual, but he thinks he is. He tries to be. He's tried to be a lot of things, I expect.

Clarice Starling And you said that I was very close to the way we would catch him. What did you mean, doctor?

Hannibal Lecter There are three major centers for trans-sexual surgery: Johns Hopkins, the University of Minnesota, and Columbus Medical Center. I wouldn't be surprised if Billy had applied for sex reassignment at one or all of them, and been rejected.

Clarice Starling On what basis would they reject him?

Hannibal Lecter Look for severe childhood disturbances associated with violence. Our Billy wasn't born a criminal, Clarice. He was made one through years of systematic abuse. Billy hates his own identity, you see, and he thinks that makes him a trans-sexual. But his pathology is a thousand times more savage and more terrifying.

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