Mahershala AliQuotes

Mombasa: Wound one man. Make him suffer. Make him bleed. Make him call out for help, and set a trap and kill those who come. I know because I have done this.

Mombasa: I'm ready to die. Are you?

Juan: I saw your mama last night.

Little: I hate her.

Juan: [pause; pause] I bet you do. Hated mine too. Miss her like hell now. All I'm gonna say about that.

Juan: [imitates old lady voice] I've been here a long time. I'm from Cuba. A lot of black folks in Cuba. You wouldn't know from being here now. I was a wild little shortie, man. Just like you. Running around with no shoes on, the moon was out. This one time, I run by this old... this old lady. I was running, hollerin'. Cuttin a fool, boy. This old lady, she stopped me. She said... "Running around, catching a lot of light". "In moonlight, black boys look blue". "You're blue". "That's what I'm gonna call you: Blue'.

Little: Is your name Blue'?

Juan: [laughs; pause] Nah. At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you're going to be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you.

Little: [innocently] What's a faggot?

Juan: A faggot is... a word used to make gay people feel bad.

Little: Am I a faggot?

Juan: No. You're not a faggot. You can be gay, but you don't have to let nobody call you a faggot.

Dr. Don Shirley: I’ve been looking for you.

Tony Lip: Yeah, sorry. The guys were having a little game.

Dr. Don Shirley: Next time you need extra money, just ask me.

Tony Lip: It’s more fun winning it.

Dr. Don Shirley: And what if you lost?

Tony Lip: Craps and cards. I don’t lose, Doc. I don’t lose.

Dr. Don Shirley: So stooping down in the gravel pitching dice for pocket change makes you a winner?

Tony Lip: What are you giving me shit for? Everybody was doing it.

Dr. Don Shirley: They didn’t have a choice whether to be inside or out. You did. Now, wipe off your knees. You have dirt on them.

Gale: Your mom's gonna be proud of you when she sees the footage. Will this play in the districts?

Cressida: It'll be tattooed on their eyes.

Boggs: There's a problem.

Gale: What kinda problem?

Boggs: Incoming bombers from the north. We need to find cover now.

Paylor: There's a bunker in there.

Boggs: [''Katniss and Gale are observing incoming bomber planes from a wall hole''] Gale, back away from the wall!

Katniss: You okay?

Boggs: [''A smokestack is falling towards Katniss and Gale''] Move!

Gale: They're going after something to the south.

Katniss: That's towards the hospital.

Katniss: [''Planes drop bombs''; ''Planes come over Katniss and Gale who implode one with one crashing into the other then crashing into a smokestack which falls into the hospital''] They're circling back around. Come on! That's the hospital. They're targeting the hospital.

Cressida: Katniss? Katniss, can you tell everyone what you're seeing right now? Katniss, what do you wanna say?

Boggs: This has gotta be fast. In and out. Move out.

Paylor: You're alive then. We weren't sure.

Boggs: Katniss, Commander Paylor, District 8. Katniss has been recovering, but she insisted on coming out, and seein some of your wounded.

Paylor: [''Entering hospital''] Well, we've got plenty of those. We have a mass grave a few blocks west, but, I can't spare the manpower to move them yet. Hospital's past that curtain. Any hope you can give them, it's worth it. The Capitol's done everything they can to break us.

Boggs: Aren't you worried about having all your wounded in one place?

Paylor: I think it's better than leaving them to die.

Boggs: That's not what I meant.

Paylor: Well, that's my only other option. If you can come up with another, I'm all ears. It's right through here.

Katniss: Don't film me in there. I can't help them.

Cressida: Just let them see your face.

Woman 1: Katniss Everdeen? What are you doing here?

Katniss: I came to see you.

Woman 2: What about the baby?

Katniss: I lost it.

Man: Are you fighting, Katniss? You here to fight with us?

Katniss: [''Man does Mockingjay salute with the rest of the fighters joining in''] I am. I will.

Cressida: [''Pollux, who's filming''] Tighter. Tighter, tighter.

Katniss: [''Boggs is leading Katniss through a hangar filled with air-to-surface bombs''] You had all of this and you just left the districts to fend for themselves?

Boggs: It's not that simple, Katniss. We barely survived. We weren't in any kind of shape to launch a counter-attack. Yeah, we could've bombed the Capitol but they would've retaliated with at least twice the firepower. Then what? There would've been nobody left to claim victory.

Katniss: Sounds like exactly what Peeta said and then you all called him a traitor.

Boggs: This way, soldier. You are camera-ready.

Effie: Doesn't your comrade look handsome?

Boggs: [''Katniss walks onto plane''] Let's go.

Effie: Come back safe.

Plutarch: Quick introductions, Katniss. These people have come a long way to support the cause. This is Cressida. In my opinion one of the best up-and-coming directors in the Capitol.

Cressida: Until I up and left. Hey.

Boggs: Hey. Let's see what you can do. Be careful. This is my assistant, Messalla.

Messalla: It's an honour to meet you.

Boggs: And your cameramen over there, Castor.

Castor: Hello.

Boggs: And Pollux. Let's get locked in.

Katniss: You're all from the Capitol? Plutarch got you out?

Cressida: Don't expect much chitchat from him. He's an Avox. Capitol cut his tongue out years ago. And, no, it wasn't any sort of rescue, if that's what you mean. We all fled on our own. For this. For you.

Effie: [''In response to Haymitch after the rebel leaders watch a propaganda clip of Katniss''] When she volunteered her sister at the Reaping.

Haymitch: [''Wiping off information of a electronic touch screen''; ''Writing a note''] Excellent example. Okay. I hope that wasn't important. Okay. "Volunteer for sister". Good. What else?

Effie: When she sang that song for little Rue.

Haymitch: Oh, yeah. Who didn't get choked up at that? You know, I like you better, Effie, without all that makeup.

Effie: Well, I like you better sober.

Haymitch: When she chose Rue as an ally as well.

Effie: Yes.

Haymitch: Now, what do all of these have in common?

Gale: No one told what to do.

Beetee: Unscripted, yes. So maybe we should just leave her alone.

Boggs: And wash her face. She's still a girl. You made her look 35.

Plutarch: The opportunities for spontaneity are obviously lacking underground. So what you're suggesting is we toss her into combat?

President Alma: I can't sanction putting an untrained civilian in battle just for effect. This is not the Capitol.

Haymitch: That is exactly what I'm suggesting. Put her in the field.

President Alma: No, we can't protect her.

Haymitch: It has to come from her. That's what people respond to. You want a symbol for the revolution? She cannot be coached into it. Trust me, I know. Maybe there's someplace less dangerous.

Beetee: District 8. They reported heavy bombing last month. There are no military targets left.

President Alma: We can't guarantee her safety.

Katniss: You'll never be able to guarantee my safety. I wanna go.

President Alma: And if you're killed?

Katniss: [''Plutarch scoffs''] Make sure you get it on camera.

Katniss: [''Wanders through hospital hall and comes up on Finnick's room''] Finnick.

Finnick: I wanted to go back for Peeta and Johanna, but I... I couldn't move. They have Annie, too. They took her. She's... She's in the Capitol. I wish she was dead. I wish they were all dead and we were, too.

Boggs: Miss Everdeen. Colonel Boggs, District 13's head of security. I know you've been discharged, but President Coin's requested to meet with you first.

Katniss: Is there any news?

Boggs: [''Riding down the elevator with Katniss''] I'm just here to escort you. We were always told there was nothing left of 13. Capitol bombed the surface to rubble. But we're military, so we learned to survive down here. Preparing, training.

Duncan Kincaid: No one's dumb enough to go where we're going.

Duncan Kincaid: We go up to Barbados, avoid government patrol, but there aren't that many anymore.