Jarhead (2005)

Jacob Vargas: Juan Cortez

Quotes 

• Cortez : I'm the midget, huh? Let's go you squishy-faced retard!

  Fowler : [dead serious]  Don't you ever call me squishy-face!

• Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford : [Swoff and Fergus are disassembling and reassembling their rifles in their tent. Cortez is sitting a few bunks down, messing with his radio]  What would you say if I told you I was gonna kill you for fucking me over like that?

  Fergus : I already told you, it was an accident.

  Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford : An accident. Right. Like when the trigger slips. Of course, your nice little mom and dad are where?

  Fergus : Cottonwood Falls.

  Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford : Cottonwood Falls. They'll be sad. They won't have their little boy to send fucking cookies to. I'll say it was an accidental discharge. I might spend some time in the brig... but it'll end this fucking waiting. And I don't know what it's like to kill a man.

  [loads rifle and points it at Fergus] 

  Fergus : What are you doing?

  Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford : I'm in the firing position known as the sitting position. After the prone position, it is the platform most likely to enable a Marine to effectively kill his target. His target being a human, generally an enemy but sometimes a friend or friendly. We call this friendly fire, or friendly fucking or getting friendly fucked.

  Fergus : Come on Swoff, it was your watch! It was Christmas Eve, and I was just thinking about home. That's it.

  Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford : What do you think Cortez? You think I'll accidentally kill your homeboy from boot camp?

  Cortez : Sure you'll kill him. Accidents happen.

  Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford : You don't see shit right?

  Cortez : I don't see shit. This ain't even my tent. Matter of fact, I ain't even here, Swoff.

  [exits tent] 

• Cortez : This is what life is about, boys!

  Fowler : She's a big bitch, Cortez!

  Cortez : She's not big, she's beautiful, and she's beautiful because she's pregnant! That's what life is about.