Circle (II) (2015)
Matt Corboy: The Husband
Quotes
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The Atheist : [after an old lady volunteered to sacrifice herself; mockingly to the minister] "You'll see him again. Absolutely."
[serious tone]
The Atheist : bullshit.
The Asian Kid : Yeah, seriously.
The Translator : He was just trying to give her some peace in her last moments of life. There's nothing wrong with that.
The Deacon : She sacrificed herself so that others could live. That doesn't go unnoticed.
The Asian Kid : Says who?
The Deacon : Says God.
The Asian Kid : How do you know?
The Deacon : I'm a minister. God is watching over all of us. He has a plan. We just have to have faith.
The Lawyer : Amen.
The Asian Kid : Enough, man.
The Deacon : I'm sorry?
The Asian Kid : With all due respect... that's just bullshit.
The Atheist : Standing around there talking about faith when people are being blasted to shit left and right. Thats fucking ridiculous.
The Husband : Hey, man...
The Atheist : If there is God, he doesn't give a shit about any of us!
Wife : That's not true.
The Atheist : Oh, my god, we're all dying in here. This shit's not gonna end until this motherfucker gets all of us, okay? So you wanna have faith in something? Have faith in this!
[pointing to the orb]
The Atheist : okay? Because that's God in here now, right? Thats God, right now, in here. So pray to him or ask him, even better. I mean, what does thou sayeth, God? Who among us will get to go to your divine kingdom?
The Husband : Hey, take it easy.
The Atheist : Or what? Your gonna fucking kill me 'cause I have an opinion? Just as valid as yours, man. Looking around this room, actually, I think I might have some friends. I think people agree with me.
The Husband : 95% of people believe in God. You're in the minority.
The Atheist : Yeah, well, 95% of people are idiots.
The Husband : [offended] are you calling us idiots?
The Atheist : [getting extremely nervous when he sees everybody's voting] I'm not calling anybody idiots, all right? All I'm saying is this. If there is a God, is this something... Does this seem like he would allow this? Is this something he would do?
[He ties with the young girl]
The Atheist : You fuckers are going to kill me because you're afraid I'm right? What are you doing? You're fucking cowards huh?
The Young Girl : [terrified] Wait, please. I didn't even say anything wrong. He did.
The Atheist : [angry] who the fuck is this?
[the young girl gets voted offscreen]
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The African American Man : Hey, hey, I got an idea. How about we uh... How about we kill all the black people next, yeah?
The Lawyer : What are you talking about? Don't play the race card, man. This is all just fucking chance.
The African American Man : Yeah? Right. That's why most of us are dead, right?
The Asian Kid : It's every man for himself in here.
The Atheist : Yeah, you need to shut up with this racism stuff, okay? Nobody gives a shit around here.
The African American Man : I give a shit around here. Look, I'm just saying, I'm not fucking next, all right? Y'all done reached your minority quota. That's fair.
The Atheist : This guy. Man, you see anything fair going on in here? This is the exact fucking opposite of fair.
The African American Man : Okay. We'll see.
Bruce : [notices the African American man is looking at him] Don't look at me, man. You started this shit.
The African American Man : Come on, man. You know I'm right, bro. Think about it. They'll kill each and every one of us off until there's none of us left.
The Husband : Come on, man. There's plenty of white people that are dead too.
The African American Man : Come on, man. There's plenty more still alive too.
The Doctor : What exactly are you trying to do with this. Make yourself a target? Because that's exactly what you're doing.
The Asian Kid : Yeah, real smart. You see me uh.. counting Asians.
The African American Man : Well, maybe you should try.
The Lawyer : Don't fall for this racism bullshit. He's just trying to save his own ass.
The African American Man : You damn right, you uptight asshole. So what?
The Lawyer : So, what, you feel like you deserve a free pass because you're fucking black? Nobody cares.
The Atheist : Exactly. Nobody gives a shit.
The African American Man : I ain't talking to your stupid ass.
The Atheist : I'm trying to help you, bro!
The African American Man : You shut the fuck up talking to me, man.
The Asian Kid : It's not gonna fucking help you in here.
The African American Man : Right, 'cause it usually helps me out there, right?
The Cop : Here we go. Let's all feel bad for the black guy. 'cause he had to struggle so much more than we did.
Bruce : All right, just drop it.
The Cop : Like you people don't get enough help.
The African American Man : What the fuck you just say?
The Cop : You guys are all the same. You run around, you just want people to hand you things like you fucking earned it. That's what's wrong with this country now. Socialist bullshit. What? You want some reparations too? I mean, Jesus Christ, give me a fucking break around here!
[the cop gets voted]
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The Bearded Man : [about the married couple actually being married] let's put 'em in a tie and see what happens.
The Husband : What?
The Bearded Man : If they're married, there's no way they will vote for each other.
The Husband : [confesses] Okay. We made it up. But it was her fucking idea.
Wife : What?
The Husband : Yeah, yeah I just went along with it.
Wife : No, he said it first. I had nothing to do with it.
The Husband : Come on! she's a liar. Look at her.
Wife : Please don't kill me.
The Husband : No, kill this bitch!
[He gets voted]
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The Bearded Man : [after the African American man was eliminated] Of course. True love conquers all.
The Soldier : You're out of options, my friend.
The Bearded Man : Yeah? Well, you all just killed yourselves. Congratulations.
[Pointing to the soldier, Cancer survivor and Silent Man]
The Bearded Man : You, you, you. You all did this.
[to the husband]
The Bearded Man : and you.. you just killed your wife. I hope you're happy.
The Husband : I did what I had to do.
The Bearded Man : Yeah, well, now she's gonna die because of you. At least my way gave her a chance.
The Soldier : Just shut the fuck up, man.
The Husband : Yeah, man, just drop it.
The Bearded Man : They're probably not even married.
The Husband : What?
The Bearded Man : I mean, think about it. What are the odds of them being the only married couple in here?
The Cancer Survivor : Those other two knew each other.
The Bearded Man : So they said.
The Soldier : That's not gonna work, dude.
The Bearded Man : So you're saying that they're married and that they just happen to be placed right next to each other? Uh-uh. Think about it, people. Isn't it possible that they just made this whole thing up?
The Soldier : No.
Pretty Girl : Why would they lie?
The Bearded Man : To survive. Nobody wants to kill someone's wife or husband. Especially right in front of each other. They just made this whole thing up to get our sympathy.
The Husband : You're crazy.
The Bearded Man : Am I? How long have you been married?
The Husband : Five years.
The Bearded Man : What's his parents names?
Wife : Erm... Mark and Lisa.
The Bearded Man : Where'd she go to college?
The Husband : UCLA.
Pretty Girl : When's his birthday?
Wife : Er.. April.
The Bearded Man : April...
Wife : 9th. April 9th.
The Lesbian : What's his name?
Wife : What?
Wife : What is your husband's name?
The Cancer Survivor : He already said his name?
The Bearded Man : That's right he did.
Pretty Girl : When?
The Bearded Man : The first time he spoke. He said his name.
The Husband : Just drop it man, ok?
The Bearded Man : What's his name?
Pretty Girl : She doesn't know.
The Bearded Man : Of course she doesn't.
The Husband : Yes of course she does she's just not gonna play you're fucking game.
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The Husband : What about volunteers?
The African American Man : What?
Pretty Girl : Volunteers?
The Husband : [the Asian kid calls him nuts] I don't know. maybe someone wants to step forward.
Guy : I'll do it.
The Cancer Survivor : Why?
The Lawyer : Now wait a minute. He doesn't have to tell you or anybody else why. He's volunteered. That's enough.
The Cancer Survivor : Well I wanna know why.
The Lawyer : Lady, it's none of your business.
Bruce : Hey, let him answer.
The Cancer Survivor : Why.
Guy : I guess I just don't wanna kill anyone.
The One-Armed Man : How old are you?
Guy : 16.
The One-Armed Man : No someone else
The Lawyer : What do you mean, someone else?
The One-Armed Man : He's a fucking kid, man.
The Lawyer : He's 16. that's old enough.
The One-Armed Man : Old enough to what, to die?
The Lawyer : To make your own decisions.
The One-Armed Man : He's a stupid kid. He doesn't know any better.
The Lawyer : I don't care. If you volunteer, you volunteer. It's his choice. If he wants to die
The Oldest Man : Yeah, yeah, that's right. If someone wants to volunteer, we should respect that, no matter who it is. Son, what's your name.
Guy : I'm Shaun.
The Oldest Man : Shaun. Are you sure you wanna volunteer?
The Pilot : No! I'll do it. It's fine.
[He steps off and gets eliminated]
The Oldest Man : Well, this Is gonna be easier if we can get a few volunteers.
The One-Armed Man : Easier for who you?
The Oldest Man : Look, we gotta take control of the... The situation, and this is the best way.
The Lawyer : I mean, hey, if we're all gonna die, it might as well be on our own terms.
The One-Armed Man : Yeah, yeah, that'll teach those fucking aliens.
The Husband : [sarcastically] Hey, we're doing what we can, man.
The Lawyer : Yeah, it's the best idea we got.
The One-Armed Man : Then you volunteer.
The Lawyer : I don't see you stepping forward.
The One-Armed Man : We should all step forward. I mean everybody but her.
[to the little girl]
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The Soldier : Listen. We can't be afraid to talk to each other in here. It's the only way we're going to figure out how to stop this.
The Atheist : Come on, man. We're not gonna stop this. We're just fucked.
The Translator : We don't know that.
The Soldier : Exactly we don't know anything yet. If they wanted to kill us they would have done that already, but they didn't. So let's use this time and try and figure out why.
The Lesbian : Okay. What do we do?
The Cancer Survivor : Maybe we should figure out why they chose us.
The Asian Kid : Chose us?
The Cancer Survivor : Yeah. Why they picked us to be in here.
The Asian Kid : It was a giant space vacuum, right? I don't think we were handpicked.
The Atheist : Yeah. He's right. This is... This is just random.
The Cancer Survivor : We don't know that, maybe it wasn't random. Maybe they chose us for a reason.
The Asian Kid : There's probably a zillion people doing the same thing we're doing right now.
The Cancer Survivor : Okay but it's just us in here, right? I think we need to know more about each other. Maybe if we do, this will all make sense.
The Soldier : It's worth a shot. Anybody want to start?
Beth : Uh, yeah. I'll go first. Hi, I'm Beth. Um, I live in Woodland Hills, California, but originally I'm from Richmond Virginia born and raised. I've worked in human resources for the past 11 years. Um, I just kind of fell into it. I actually went to college to be an English major University of Virginia. Go Wahoos. I'm 36, single. No kids. But I do have two nephews from my sister Noreen. She's actually my twin sister. What else? Um... Oh, I have a dog. Her name is Clooty and she's a terrier mix. And I have two cats, J.J. and Ricky
[the countdown begins she gets nervous]
Beth : Oh, my god. Um... I think that's about it. I-is there anything else I should say?
The Cancer Survivor : No, that's great. Great job. Who wants to go next?
[Beth gets voted]
The Cancer Survivor : what?
Wife : At least she didn't have kids.
The Husband : Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
The Translator : So what? That doesn't matter. she was still a human being just like any of you.
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The Soldier : You're fucking pathetic man. You'd kill a kid to save your own life?
The Rich Man : Yeah, that's right. I want to live, just like you.
The Soldier : No, not just like me. I wouldn't do that.
The Rich Man : Oh, yeah, well, we'll see what you do when it's your ass on the line.
The Soldier : No, I don't think you will.
The Rich Man : What's that supposed to mean? Huh? What, y-y- You're gonna kill me now? Why? Because I want to live, huh? I'm.. I'm a fucking bad person because I don't want to fucking die in here? You know what? Fine. You want to play games? I'l play your game. I say we get rid of both of them right now, starting with the kid! That gives us all a chance to walk out of here alive. Now, I know I'm not the only one in here that wants to do that.
The Bearded Man : He's right. There's 15 of us left. All we need is six to even the playing field.
The One-Armed Man : This isn't a game.
The Bearded Man : No, it's not. But you decided to make it a game when you show sides. Well, we chose. We just chose the side that said everyone in here is equal. No one's special. You of all people should understand that.
The Rich Man : Hey, you. Don't you love your wife
The Husband : Of course, I do.
The Rich Man : Well, well, don't you want to give her a chance to get out of here? Huh? How's that going to happen if you're on their side?
The Bearded Man : Listen to him. If you choose their side, you're just sentencing your wife to death. Our way will give her a chance to live.
The Rich Man : Right.
The Husband : Yeah, yeah, b-but...
The Rich Man : But nothing! Do you want to save her or not?
The Husband : Okay, okay, fine! We're in!
The African American Man : Me, too.
The Soldier : What?
The African American Man : Well, he... He's right.
The Soldier : What?
The Bearded Man : Okay, that's, uh, that's five. We just need three more.
The Rich Man : Everybody vote for the kid.
The Soldier : We're voting for you. Come on, people! Don't you want to live?
The African American Man : [Rich man ties with the little girl] All right, make them tie again. They'll both die. Thats fair.
The Rich Man : What?
The Bearded Man : He's right. We'll take that trade.
The Rich Man : What? W-what are you doing?
The Soldier : Don't do it! She's just a kid!
The Rich Man : Jesus Christ!
[Gets eliminated]