Mahershala Ali movie quotes

View Quote You never win with violence, Tony. You only win when you maintain your dignity.

View Quote Dolores: Hello.
Don Shirley: You must be Dolores.
Dolores: Welcome!
Don Shirley: Buon natale. Thank you for sharing your husband with me.
Dolores: Thank you for helping him with the letters.

View Quote Tony Lip: You know, Doc, something's been eating at me this whole trip.
Don Shirley: Hmm?
Tony Lip: That Titsburgh was a major disappointment. I didn't notice any difference at all. Did you?
Don Shirley: Good night, Tony.

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 Katniss: [Wanders through hospital hall and comes up on Finnick's room] Finnick.
Finnick: I wanted to go back for Peeta and Johanna, but I... I couldn't move. They have Annie, too. They took her. She's... She's in the Capitol. I wish she was dead. I wish they were all dead and we were, too.
Boggs: Miss Everdeen. Colonel Boggs, District 13's head of security. I know you've been discharged, but President Coin's requested to meet with you first.
Katniss: Is there any news?
Boggs: [Riding down the elevator with Katniss] I'm just here to escort you. We were always told there was nothing left of 13. Capitol bombed the surface to rubble. But we're military, so we learned to survive down here. Preparing, training.

View Quote Katniss: [Boggs is leading Katniss through a hangar filled with air-to-surface bombs] You had all of this and you just left the districts to fend for themselves?
Boggs: It's not that simple, Katniss. We barely survived. We weren't in any kind of shape to launch a counter-attack. Yeah, we could've bombed the Capitol but they would've retaliated with at least twice the firepower. Then what? There would've been nobody left to claim victory.
Katniss: Sounds like exactly what Peeta said and then you all called him a traitor.
Boggs: This way, soldier. You are camera-ready.
Effie: Doesn't your comrade look handsome?
Boggs: Let's go. [Katniss walks onto plane]
Effie: Come back safe.
Plutarch: Quick introductions, Katniss. These people have come a long way to support the cause. This is Cressida. In my opinion one of the best up-and-coming directors in the Capitol.
Cressida: Until I up and left. Hey.
Boggs: Hey. Let's see what you can do. Be careful. This is my assistant, Messalla.
Messalla: It's an honour to meet you.
Boggs: And your cameramen over there, Castor.
Castor: Hello.
Boggs: And Pollux. Let's get locked in.
Katniss: You're all from the Capitol? Plutarch got you out?
Cressida: Don't expect much chitchat from him. He's an Avox. Capitol cut his tongue out years ago. And, no, it wasn't any sort of rescue, if that's what you mean. We all fled on our own. For this. For you.

View Quote We go up to Barbados, avoid government patrol, but there aren't that many anymore.

View Quote No one's dumb enough to go where we're going.

View Quote Bobby Atwater. He'll be helping with team security. [Martin inquires of "security", and Duncan points to a megalodon shark's skeleton jaw] Make sure you don't end up in one of these. A live one.

View Quote Juan: I saw your mama last night.
Little: I hate her.
Juan: I bet you do. [pause] Hated mine too. [pause] Miss her like hell now. All I'm gonna say about that.

View Quote Little: [innocently] What's a ****?
Juan: A **** is... a word used to make gay people feel bad.
Little: Am I a ****?
Juan: No. You're not a ****. You can be gay, but you don't have to let nobody call you a ****.

View Quote Juan: I've been here a long time. I'm from Cuba. A lot of black folks in Cuba. You wouldn't know from being here now. I was a wild little shortie, man. Just like you. Running around with no shoes on, the moon was out. This one time, I run by this old... this old lady. I was running, hollerin'. Cuttin' a fool, boy. This old lady, she stopped me. She said... [imitates old lady voice] "Running around, catching a lot of light". "In moonlight, black boys look blue". "You're blue". "That's what I'm gonna call you: 'Blue'."
Little: Is your name 'Blue'?
Juan: [laughs] Nah. [pause] At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you're going to be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you.

View Quote Wound one man. Make him suffer. Make him bleed. Make him call out for help, and set a trap and kill those who come. I know because I have done this.

View Quote I'm ready to die. Are you?

View Quote You’re the best of us all, Miles. You’re on your way. Just keep going.