The Torturer (2008)

Nichelle Nichols: Doc

Quotes 

• Doc : So, how did that make you feel?

  Rick : You don't *feel* anything.

  Doc : You didn't feel anything?

  Rick : No.

  Doc : You felt nothing.

  Rick : I felt nothing during the interrogation.

  Doc : During the interrogation?

  Rick : I centered myself. I compartmentalized. I felt calm and relaxed.

  Doc : Calm and relaxed. So you did feel something.

  Rick : No.

  Doc : How do you feel now?

  [the sound of a door closing causes Rick to quickly look behind him] 

  Rick : Followed.

• Doc : There's a checklist for coping with pain. Did you know that?

  Rick : But I'm not in pain.

  Doc : No?

  Rick : No. It's more like boredom.

  Doc : In what way?

  Rick : Like movies are boring. Music is boring. Sex is boring. My life is boring. Like this conversation we're having right now is boring!

  Doc : Then why are you here?

  Rick : You know why - orders... because of what happened.

  Doc : What *happened*?

  Rick : Nothing! Nothing happened. Strictly by the book.

• Doc : Did it disturb you that you had to interrogate a woman?

  Rick : I told you, Doc, I was just doin' my job - getting information. I derived no pleasure, nor did I feel any emphany toward the subject in Iraq.

  Doc : But, Rick, none of this happened in Iraq.

• Doc : I just want to help you become a productive member of society again, Rick. That's why I'm here - to help you through this awkwardness.

  Rick : Awkwardness? Cold sweats, nightmares, drinking myself to sleep?

  Doc : We can get through this. All I want you to tell me is the truth.

  Rick : The truth. You want the truth. The truth was in her eyes. The truth is, I wanted her. The truth is, I made her hate me. The truth is, there was a strength in her that I admired. The truth is, she was committed to her ideals. The truth is, what I did to her makes me a bad person. THE TRUTH IS, I WAS ORDERED TO ABUSE HER!

• Rick : So the ends justify the means.

  Doc : Always.

• [last lines] 

  Doc : Fine. I know exactly what to do.

• [after brutally interrogating the prisoner, Rick removed Ayesha's hood to see the woman he had been demanding answers from had been tightly gagged the entire time] 

  Doc : Did it disturb you to find out to find out the subject was gagged?

  Rick : No. Of course not.

  Doc : How did you expect her to answer with a gag in her mouth?

  Rick : You're missing the point entirely. The gag was part of the plan.

  Doc : The subject you were attempting to interrogate was gagged... intentionally? What *was* the plan?

  Rick : I intended to create a state of cognitive disodence.