Cellular (2004) - Quotes

A Thank You That’s Not Required

Jessica Martin: I don't know if there's anything I could ever do to thank you.

Ryan: I do. Don't ever call me again.

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Confrontation with Allegations of Corruption

Mooney: Let him up.

Ryan: Help me. They're dirty cops!

Greer: He attacked my partner. He tried to kill me.

Mooney: I said, "Let him up.

Greer: You're going to believe this lying piece of shot over a cop?

Mooney: It doesn't matter what I believe. What's important is that you believe I will put a bullet in your skull if you don't let him up.

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Misunderstanding About Beauty Salon Terminology

Jack Tanner: I think all the chemicals from that beauty salon have gotten to your head.

Mooney: It's a day spa, you Jack.

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Miscommunication in the Search for a Person

Ethan: [on walkie talkie] We found him yet?

Dmitri: No, I don't see him.

Ethan: He's the one on the cell phone, you idiot.

Dmitri: Everybody's on a cell phone.

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Betrayal and Broken Promises in Crisis

Ryan: It doesn't make any sense, I give you the video, then you turn around and take us out.

Greer: I swore I wouldn't do that.

Ryan: Just like you swore "to protect and serve"?

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Choosing a Location with Differing Opinions

Ryan: [Ryan and Ethan are discussing a place to meet] Santa Monica Pier.

Ethan: No, too busy.

Ryan: Yeah, that's kind of the idea, dickhead.

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Urgent Call to Action

Ethan: [learning that Jessica had escaped after she killed Mad Dog] Get outside now!

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Transaction of Information and Services

Ryan: I got what you're looking for.

Vietnamese Artist: Oh?

Ryan: Yeah.

Vietnamese Artist: Okay, and what I do for it?

Ryan: What?

Vietnamese Artist: What I do for what I looking for? You tell me now.

Ryan: Wait, who's this? What number did I call?

Vietnamese Artist: You call me on the payphone. You waste my time. I have pictures to draw.

Ryan: Whoa, whoa, whoa, dude. Chill out.

Vietnamese Artist: No, you don't tell me what to chill. My mother tell me to chill. I sit here, I draw people telling me to chill out all the time. You don't tell me what to chill. I chill you.

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Threats and Consequences in a Tense Exchange

Ryan: Look, give me your phone or I shoot your car.

WLSUU2 Lawyer: Oh, hell no, hell no. Why would you want to do something awful like that?

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Conflict Over a Phone Dispute

WLSUU2 Lawyer: [after Ryan swerves his car in front of him] What the hell is your problem, man? What the hell is your problem? You want to tussle?

Ryan: [pulls out his gun] Give me your phone!

WLSUU2 Lawyer: Oh snaps.

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Consequences of Absence and Concern

Jessica Martin: When I didn't show up for work today someone called the police, I'm sure.

Greer: You better hope they didn't.

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Unexpected Events and Unusual Facts

Chad: Dude, I have no idea what just happened. One minute I'm talking to nipples, next thing you know, I'm wearing a whale costume handing out flyers.

Ryan: [laughs] That sucks. Sounds like she got you.

Chad: I mean, I'm not saying it doesn't have its benefits.

Chad: Hey, you guys know that a blue whale's got an 11-foot penis? Heal the Bay.

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A Tense Encounter Between Friends

Ryan: It's Chloe!

Chad: No, dude, don't do this! Don't do this!

Ryan: I'm just gonna say "hi.

Chad: You're not gonna say "hi.

Ryan: No "hi"?

Chad: No "hi.

Ryan: I can't say...

Chad: [shouts] Come on, man! Hold it together! This girl, she dumped you, all right? Have some self-respect, have some dignity!

Ryan: You're right.

Chad: Be strong.

Ryan: You're right.

Chad: Yeah.

Ryan: Thank you.

Chad: All right.

Chad: Oh! What's goin on, ladies?

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The Complexity of Parenting and Professional Roles

Ricky Martin: Mom, will you still be a science teacher when I get into high school?

Jessica Martin: Hmm... You never know. Why?

Ricky Martin: Cause I think it'd be kind of weird to have your mom as a teacher.

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Misunderstanding About Family Identity

Jessica Martin: YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG FAMILY!!!

Human Body Blood Volume Explanation

Jessica Martin: [after slashing a kidnapper's arm with a shard of glass; [w:brachial artery|Brachial artery] Tenth grade biology. ]... pumps 30 liters of blood a minute. There's only five in the human body. I'm sorry.

Luxury Car and Personal Confession

WLSUU2 Lawyer: [Talking on his cell phone; Phone line gets suddenly disrupted by Jessica and Ryan] I'm tellin ya, I'm sitting in it right now. It's a brand new Porsche Carrera. The partners gave it to me. Mm-Hm, sugar. Brand new, arctic blue convertible. It goes zero to 60 in 5.2 seconds. Takes the girls panties down in 3.5 seconds. Hey, this is a private call. Get off my line! Mom, are you still there?