Jeffrey Wright movie quotes

View Quote Effie: [In response to Haymitch after the rebel leaders watch a propaganda clip of Katniss] When she volunteered her sister at the Reaping.
Haymitch: Excellent example. [Wiping off information of a electronic touch screen] Okay. I hope that wasn't important. Okay. "Volunteer for sister". [Writing a note] Good. What else?
Effie: When she sang that song for little Rue.
Haymitch: Oh, yeah. Who didn't get choked up at that? You know, I like you better, Effie, without all that makeup.
Effie: Well, I like you better sober.
Haymitch: When she chose Rue as an ally as well.
Effie: Yes.
Haymitch: Now, what do all of these have in common?
Gale: No one told what to do.
Beetee: Unscripted, yes. So maybe we should just leave her alone.
Boggs: And wash her face. She's still a girl. You made her look 35.
Plutarch: The opportunities for spontaneity are obviously lacking underground. So what you're suggesting is we toss her into combat?
President Alma: I can't sanction putting an untrained civilian in battle just for effect. This is not the Capitol.
Haymitch: That is exactly what I'm suggesting. Put her in the field.
President Alma: No, we can't protect her.
Haymitch: It has to come from her. That's what people respond to. You want a symbol for the revolution? She cannot be coached into it. Trust me, I know. Maybe there's someplace less dangerous.
Beetee: District 8. They reported heavy bombing last month. There are no military targets left.
President Alma: We can't guarantee her safety.
Katniss: You'll never be able to guarantee my safety. I wanna go.
President Alma: And if you're killed?
Katniss: Make sure you get it on camera. [Plutarch scoffs]

View Quote Beetee: I've made you some surprises. Maybe you wanna try one out. If you're gonna be a part of Katniss propos team, you may as well look the part. [Gale aims his archery bow at a target igniting it and Beetee says to Katniss] And this one, is for you. [Hands her an archery bow] Plutarch wanted you to have a weapon for the sake of the propos but... I couldn't just make you a fashion accessory.
Katniss: It's beautiful.
Beetee: And look here. Regular. Incendiary. Explosive arrows. All color-coded. And tell Finnick I've got a trident for him when he's ready. Might just cheer him... Cheer him up. [Katniss aims her bow at a target] Let's not fire the red ones in here.

View Quote Boggs: [To Katniss in the cafeteria] Katniss, you're wanted in Command.
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Peeta: Tonight, we've received reports of derailed trains, of granaries on fire, and of a savage attack on the hydroelectric dam in District 5.
Katniss: What have they done to you?
Peeta: I'm begging for restraint and decency.
Beetee: [Working in his space] We interrupt your regularly scheduled horse manure to bring you... [Intercepts broadcast signal to divert to rebel footage of Katniss singing on view of hometown destruction]
President Coin: That's it. That's our footage.
Plutarch: Beetee's in.
Peeta: Katniss?
President Coin: He sees it. He sees our propo.
Peeta: Katniss, are you there?
Katniss: Peeta.
Peeta: Katniss?
Caesar: Peeta, please continue. You were telling us about these savage attacks.
Peeta: Yeah. The attack on the dam was a callous and inhuman act of destruction... Think about it. How will this end? What will be left? No one can survive this. No one is safe now. Not here in the Capitol. Not in any of the districts. They're coming, Katniss. They're gonna kill everyone. And in District 13 you'll be dead by morning. [Peeta is grabbed and signal cuts out]
Haymitch: He's warning us. That was a warning.
Boggs: Yes, it was.
Katniss: We have to get him out before they kill him.
President Coin: Is there anything in the air?
Subordinate: Nothing on Doppler, ma'am.
President Coin: He was in the mansion. He could have overheard something.
Plutarch: Possibly.
President Coin: It's time for an air raid drill.
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PA announcer: This is a code red alert. Please, remain calm and begin evacuation protocol.
Katniss: [Running in empty cafeteria] Prim! Prim!
PA announcer: Proceed to your nearest stairwell and descend to level 40. Blast doors will be sealed in six minutes. This is a code red alert... Proceed in an orderly fashion to your nearest stairwell and descend to level 40.
Subordinate: Madam President, three Capitol squadrons just entered our airspace.
President Coin: How much time do we have?
Subordinate: They're a few seconds from range.
President Coin: Prepare to scramble the fleet.
Subordinate: Copy that.
President Coin: Open up short-range air defense. Arm long-range missiles for counter-attack.
PA announcer: Continue to the Supply Station and claim one pack for each member of your compartment. Please keep all personal items within your assigned area. Be courteous to your fellow citizens. This is a code red alert. All citizens should be inside the bunker. Blast doors will close in two minutes.
Katniss: Mom! Where's Prim?
Katniss' mother: I thought she went to find you. She must still be on the stairs.
Katniss: There's no one on the stairs. [Realizes] She went back for the cat.
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Subordinate 1: They hit the far edge of the Northwest quadrant. Penetrated 40 feet. Missed the living quarters. Only minor damage to corridors 2 and 3.
President Coin: Is there any radiation?
Subordinate 1: None detected.
Subordinate 2: Doppler shows a fourth wave approaching.
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Katniss: You went back for the cat? What were you thinking?
Primrose: I wasn't gonna leave him behind. I couldn't live with myself.
Katniss: I know, Prim. Let's go.
Subordinate 3: Damage to the aquifer in the Northwest quadrant. We lost a transport corridor.
President Coin: There's nothing else in the Northwest.
Subordinate 2: Our surface-to-air launchers just took a direct hit in sector 3.
President Coin: Because we revealed ourselves.
Subordinate 2: They saw us firing there. Stand down. Don't launch the fleet.
Subordinate 1: Another 12 Capitol bombers approaching sector 3 in attack formation.
President Coin: Hold fire on their approach. What'd they hit?
Subordinate 1: Bedrock. But there's debris in the ventilation shaft.
President Coin: They're not targeting our fleet.
Plutarch: Or our Special Weaponry.
Boggs: They don't know what we have or where we have it.
President Coin: Can you confirm that everyone's safely in the bunker?
Boggs: Already done.
President Coin: Conceal all remaining anti-aircraft guns. Seal launching pads and ventilation corridors. We are gonna wait this out. This is what we're built for.
Plutarch: They'll seal us in here like a tomb.
President Coin: The Capitol's working off some outdated information. I'd rather not update it for them.
Plutarch: Madam President, I know it's not my place... It's not.
President Coin: You're a welcome guest, but you're out of your depth down here. Reduce oxygen to 14% to conserve it.
Subordinate: Copy that.
President Coin: Take a deep breath, Mr. Heavensbee. It's gonna be a long night.

View Quote Sometimes, you gotta get through your fear to see the beauty on the other side.

View Quote ARLO! Why'd you let it go?

View Quote As long as you can find the river, you can find your way home.

View Quote Let me say first, Carl, that I'm honored you'd choose me out of all the black writers you could go to out of fear of being called racist.

View Quote The dumber I behave, the richer I get.

View Quote My life is a disaster, but not in the way you'd think reading this shit. These things reduce us, and they do it over and over again because too many white people and people, apparently like you, devour this slop like pigs in a dumpster to stay current at **** cocktail parties.

View Quote You are the Don Juan.

View Quote Rita: Daddy, you're not supposed to be smoking.
Winston: Oh, no, no. This is just some assorted herbs, some cheeba.
Don Johnston: Let me see that
[takes a drag of cigarette]
Don Johnston: Yep, it's just cannabis sativa.