Memorable Quotes from Scott Glenn
13 quotesClarice Asserts Authority in Critical Situation
Clarice Starling
Excuse me. Excuse me, gentlemen. You officers and gentlemen, listen here now. There's things we need to do for her. I know that y'all brought her this far and her folks would thank you if they could for your kindness and your sensitivity, but now please go on now and let us take care of her. Go on now. Thank you. Thank you.
Jack Crawford
OK, good. Yeah, that's right. Elk River. Stand by for transmission.
[on the phone]
The Risks of Volunteering for Space Missions
Recruiter #1
I guess you've heard about our project. We're going up against the Russians all the way. It's got the highest...
[gags]
Recruiter #2
Priority.
Recruitrer #1
It's a hazardous undertaking. In fact, it's extremely hazardous, if you get my meaning.
Recruiter #2
It's so hazardous, that, if, uh, you decide not to volunteer, it will not be held against you in any way.
Alan Shepard
Sounds dangerous.
Recruiter #1
It is.
Recruiter #2
Very dangerous.
Alan Shepard
Count me in.
The Impact of War Casualties on Public Perception
George W. Bush
What about projected casualties?
General
Well, I think now more in the neighborhood of several hundred, no more than 1,000.
George W. Bush
Just remember, Americans don't like to see dead boys on their television sets.
Donald Rumsfeld
Yes, death tends to give war a depressing image.
Communication Under Pressure in Spaceflight
Alan Shepard
Dear Lord - please don't let me fuck up.
Gordon Cooper
I didn't quite copy that. Say again, please.
[at launch control center]
Alan Shepard
Uh, I said everything is A-OK!
Gordon Cooper
Well, I thought that's what you said. He says everything is A-OK!
[amused; switches channels]
Confrontation Fueled by Regret and Anger
Bill Burton
Miss Russell, I should've called the police that night but I was weak. You convinced me to stay silent. I regret that. Know this: every time I see your face, I wanna rip your throat out.
Questioning the Limits of Possibility
Mark Turso
Is it possible?
Ezra Kramer
Possible? ] ] I've kind of lost my perspective on what's possible.
[[The Bourne Supremacy (film)|We had Bourne six weeks ago in Moscow. He was on foot, wounded, with a full Cossack posse up his ass.; [The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|Somehow, he walked out of there.]
The Necessity of Tough Decisions in Climbing
Montgomery Wick
You did the right thing in cutting the rope. Any good climber woud've. If Royce had had the knife, hed've done it himself.
[to Peter]
Consequences of Underestimating an Opponent
Gloria Russell
What do I do?
Bill Burton
Nothing. Because he's making a terrible mistake. He thinks he has time. He doesn't. Seth Frank's too good. He'll bring him in.
Gloria Russell
Then what?
Tim Collin
Then I kill him.
Debate Over Spacecraft Design Features
Gordon Cooper
Uh, where are you putting the window?
German Scientist #1
Window? There is no window.
Gus Grissom
No window? What about the hatch?
German Scientist #1
The hatch?
Gus Grissom
Yeah, the hatch. We need a hatch with explosive bolts that we can open ourselves.
German Scientist #1
I think there is something you do not understand. This is the final form of the capsule. No hatch.
Deke Slayton
What if the automatic controls went out?
German Scientist #1
Backups, checks, etcetera. This would not happen.
Deke Slayton
I said, what would happen if it did?
Scott Carpenter
The pilot would have to fly it back.
German Scientist #2
This is the way it is.
John Glenn
You know, I wonder how the press is going to feel about this.
German Scientist #2
The press? What does the press have to say about this?
German Scientist #1
Yeah, what do they have to say about it?
Gordon Cooper
You boys know what makes this bird go up? Funding makes this bird go up.
Gus Grissom
That's right. No bucks, no Buck Rogers.
Gordon Cooper
And, uh, the press over there, they want to see Buck Rogers.
Deke Slayton
And that's us. Buck Rogers.
John Glenn
You see, those fellas over there, they've been making us out as the seven finest, and bravest pilots in all America. And if a story were to come out in the press that we were not being allowed to fly as pilots...
Alan Shepard
We want a window.
German Scientist #2
Uh, there could maybe be in future capsules, be a window, right here.
Gus Grissom
No, that's where the hatch with explosive bolts goes.
German Scientist #1
The hatch with the explosive...? Yeah. There could be a hatch with explosive bolts on the capsule.
Alan Shepard
That is a spacecraft, sir. We do not refer to it as a "capsule". Spacecraft.
German Scientist #1
Yeah. The hatch with explosive bolts on the... spacecraft. There. And there will be pitch and yaw thrusters which will enable the astronaut occupant—
Deke Slayton
The pilot. "Astronaut occupant"?
German Scientist #1
Yeah, the astronaut... pilot to have some...
German Scientist #1
To have...
German Scientist #1
... control of the re-entry procedures.
John Glenn
Thank you. we appreciate it. You wouldn't mind if we had the press over here take a few photos of us by our spacecraft now, would you?
Heroism in Desperate Circumstances
Tony Gartner
General, Colonel Serling's order to activate lights, was that a standard response to enemy infiltration of the lines?
General Hershberg
At the critical moment, in spite of terrible losses, Colonel Serling didn't hesitate to act. Ordering those tanks to turn on their lights saved the lives of God knows how many of our men. Heroic acts arise out of desperate circumstances.
Gartner
I have no trouble at all believing Colonel Serling is a hero.
Hershberg
Like Captain Karen Walden. Did you know, Mr Gartner, that for the first time, a woman is being considered for the Medal of Honor for her performance under fire? And, um... Colonel Serling is just finishing up the inquiry. How's that going, Nat?
Serling
I think, uh... in order to honor a soldier like Karen Walden, we have to tell the truth, General, about what happened over there. The whole, hard... cold truth. And until we do that, uh, we dishonor her and every soldier who died, who gave their life for their country. My full report, General.
[stands up, walks over to General Hershberg and throws his very thick report on the desk to the general's surprise]
Cautions About Hannibal Lecter's Nature and Influence
Jack Crawford
Be very careful with Hannibal Lecter. Dr. Chilton at the asylum will go over all the physical procedures used with him. Do not deviate from them for any reason whatsoever. And you're to tell him nothing personal, Starling. Believe me, you don't want Hannibal Lecter inside your head. Just do your job, but never forget what he is.
Clarice Starling
And what is that?
Dr. Chilton
Oh, he's a monster. Pure psychopath. So rare to capture one alive. From a research point of view, Lecter is our most prized asset.
Dr. Chilton
Crawford is very clever, isn't he, using you?
Clarice Starling
What do you mean, sir?
Dr. Chilton
A pretty young woman to turn him on. I don't believe Lecter's even seen a woman in eight years. And, oh, are you ever his taste. So to speak.
Consequences of Witnessing a Crime
Gloria Russell
He's got the letter opener. Blood. Fingerprints. Jesus... Think what he can do.
Bill Burton
The man's a thief. A thief who witnessed a murder.
A Complicated Inquiry into Relationships and Expertise
Gloria Russell
Allen, did you have sex with her?
Allen Richmond
I... I don't know.
Gloria Russell
Bill, I need you to examine her.
Bill Burton
I'm no gynecologist.
Gloria Russell
I just made you one!
Bill Burton
Oh, Christ...