Memorable Quotes from Tom Noonan
9 quotesThe Limits of Observation and Connection
Sammy Barnathan
I've watched you forever, Caden, but you've never really looked at anyone other than yourself. So watch me. Watch my heart break. Watch me jump. Watch me learn that after death there's nothing. There's no more watching. There's no more following. No love. Say goodbye to Hazel for me. And say it to yourself, too. None of us has much time.
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Demand for Awe and Recognition
Francis Dollarhyde
Before me, you are a slug in the sun. You are privy to a great becoming, but you recognize nothing. You are an ant in the afterbirth. It is in your nature to do one thing correctly: Tremble. But fear is not what you owe me. No, Lounds... you and the others — you owe me awe!
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Identity and Perception in Manhunter
Francis Dollarhyde
Do you know who I am?
Freddy Lounds
No. I don't want to know who you are.
Francis Dollarhyde
According to you, I'm a pervert — an animal, you said. You know who I am now?
Freddy Lounds
Yes.
[afraid]
Francis Dollarhyde
Do you feel privileged?
Freddy Lounds
I'm very scared.
Francis Dollarhyde
Open your eyes. Mr. Lounds, you're a reporter, I want you to report. That's why you're here. If you don't open your eyes I'll staple your eyelids to your forehead.
Francis Dollarhyde
Well, here I... am.
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Auditioning for Connection and Identity
Sammy Barnathan
I don't have a resume, or a picture. I've never worked as an actor.
Caden Cotard
Good. Tell me why you're here.
Sammy Barnathan
Well I've been... I've been following you for twenty years. So I knew about this audition because I follow you. And I've learned everything about you by following you. So hire me. And you'll see who you truly are. Peek-a-boo. Okay... Hazel, I don't think we need to talk to anyone else, this guy has me down. I'm going to cast him right now. And then maybe you and I can get a drink and we can try and figure out this thing between us. Why I cried... Because I've never felt about anybody the way I feel about you. And I want to fuck you until we merge into a Chimera, a mythical beast of penis and vagina, eternally fused, two pairs of eyes that look only at each other, and lips, ever touching, and one voice that whispers to itself.
Caden Cotard
Okay. You got the part.
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Betrayal and Consequences in a Tense Situation
Officer Duffy
Hey, Cain! Hey, it's good to see you. Thanks for getting me out. I can't get up.
[Struggles to move]
Hob
You noticed that one.
[Smugly]
Officer Duffy
Cain, I don't know what that kid told you...
[Nervously]
Angie
You told them, Duffy. You told them where we were.
Officer Duffy
No, that's not true!
[Quickly]
Hob
We know all about it, Duffy.
Angie
You think you're the only cop we have?
Officer Duffy
Oh, SHIT!!! Cain. Cain, come on. Man, I'm begging you, man! Look, I'll do anything! Okay. You're kidding, right? Yeah, you're just kidding. You scaring me. You taught me a lesson, man. I'd never fuck with you, because I really love you guys. Really! I really do!
[Frightened; Tries to laugh it off]
Hob
Shut up.
Officer Duffy
Look, I've been loyal! I know shit that I still haven't even told you, Cain!
Angie
You deserve this, Duffy. Cain might've been killed!
Officer Duffy
Okay, okay.
Surgeon
You know, maybe you ought to have the kid leave.
[To Cain; Duffy, worried, glances at the surgeon then to Cain]
Cain
Why?
[Flatly; The surgeon shrugs]
Officer Duffy
What do you mean, "have the kid leave"? That's a good touch. That's a good touch. "Have the kid leave." That's good. "Have the kid leave." "Why?" Come on. It's over. Come on, Cain! Come on, man. What are you doing? No! Come on...!
[Tries to laugh it off; Mockingly; Cain glares down at him, while Angie's smile fades into a worried pout; The Surgeon takes a scalpel and prepares to cut open his chest]
Angie
You said you were just gonna scare him!
[Gasps in terror]
Cain
Doesn't he look scared?
[Flatly; He grabs Hob's head and forces him to watch as Duffy continues to scream]
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Identity and Recognition in Conversation
Reba McClane
Who is it?
Francis Dollarhyde
It's me.
Reba McClane
Who? Who is it?
Francis Dollarhyde
It's me.
Reba McClane
Oh. Francis?
[opens the door]
Francis Dollarhyde
No. Not Francis. Francis is gone. Francis is gone forever.
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A Standoff Between Life and Death
Cain
You want me?
RoboCop
Dead or alive.
Cain
One of us must die.
RoboCop
Dead, then.
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Confronting the Reality of Abandonment
Sammy Barnathan
Why did we leave Adele, Caden?
Caden Cotard
She left us. Nobody knows that better than you. Except me.
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A Dark Assurance of a Smile
Francis Dollarhyde
Take my word for it. I'm smiling.
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