In the Name of the Father (1993)

Emma Thompson: Gareth Peirce

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Quotes 

• Gareth Peirce : It's not the stairs that are killing your father.

  Gerry Conlon : Aye, what is it then?

  Gareth Peirce : It's your lack of faith.

  Gerry Conlon : Lack of faith? Faith in what?

  Gareth Peirce : In yourself.

  Gerry Conlon : No. I have faith in myself. Gerry Conlon. Lifer. 30-year sentence. And I know how to survive it, no problem.

  Gareth Peirce : At what price?

  Gerry Conlon : I'll pay the fuckin' price, don't you worry about it.

  Gareth Peirce : The price for what?

  Gerry Conlon : Aye. You're very good at the English, aren't you? You see, I don't understand your language. "Justice." "Mercy." "Clemency." I literally don't understand what those words mean. I'd like to put in an application to get all my teeth extracted. That way I could put my fist in my mouth and never speak another word of fuckin' English so long as I live. Do you see what I'm saying... Mrs. Peirce is it?

  Gareth Peirce : Are you trying to impress me?

• [after hearing of his father's death] 

  Gareth Peirce : [With tears in her eyes]  Well, I think they ought to take the word 'compassion' out of the English dictionary.