Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I have the only gun on board. Welcome to Con Air."
Played by John Malkovich 
Con Air (1997) · 59 quotes
Con Air (1997) · 59 quotes
Tied for most-quoted character in Con Air (1997): in 16 of its 59 quotes
A line from Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom"It's not difficult to surmise Nathan's feelings towards killing these guards; and my own proclivities are, uh, well-known and often-lamented facts of penal lore, but what I'm wondering is why you have any say in it at all?"
More lines from Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
10 quotes Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom " You know, the next time you choose a human shield, you're better off not picking a two-bit n***o crack-head."
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (singing)
"Oh, nothing makes me sadder than the agent lost his bladder in the... Ai-ai-airplane..."
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom "Love your work!" (to Garland Green)
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom "Someone alerted the authorities at Carson City. Someone told them about our Lerner rendezvous. Someone even killed poor Billy Bedlam. Now, could this all be coincidence? Perhaps. Then someone went and tied a rope to our plane. So I ask you: what is going on? And I answer: we have a traitor in our midst. Now, how do we flush a traitor? I'm not sure but if we count to three I will find out who is on my team and who is not. That would be one...two..."
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom "Make a move and the bunny gets it."
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom "Before I kill you, Poe, I just want you to know that the last thing that little Casey Poe ever gets to smell will be my stinking breath."
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom [after being asked "Are you crazy?"]
"According to my last psych evaluation...yes."
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom "Where's Sandino? (Sandino's plane roars out of the hangar) That's my **** plane!"
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (after Sandino's plane crashes)
"Looks like you missed your connection".
Scenes with Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
5 scenes Cyrus the Virus (Cyrus Grissom is holding the pilot at gunpoint.)
Say there was a disturbance but you've got it under control. Say it, or I will kill you.
Pilot Without me you got nobody to fly the plane.
Cyrus I never think that far ahead.
Cyrus the Virus If we let you out, you gonna play nice, Billy?
Cyrus the Virus Thanks Poe. You've proven to be a most useful mammal.
"Many hands make light work." My daddy taught me that.
Cyrus You know what my daddy taught me?
What's that?
Cyrus Nothin'.
Self educated man.
Cyrus (Cyrus has made a map in the dirt using various bits of junk to represent buildings at Lerner Field.)
Considering my audience, I'm gonna make this very quick and very simple. (points with a stick) This is the boneyard. This is the hangar. This is our plane.
Viking What's that? (points at a rock.)
Cyrus That's a rock.
Viking O-okay.
Cyrus The convoy will enter the boneyard here. Initially, we take out the first car, then we take out the last, creating a trap... an airtight cage filled with lots and lots of dead people. Nathan, get everybody in position, yeah? And bring me those propane tanks!
Cyrus Good now here are the rules, I'm going to ask a question and then you will ask a question.
Okay.
Cyrus Okay, here's my first question. In Carson City your boys were onto us, how?
One of the guards- (Is cut off by Larkin)
One of the guards faked a heart attack and we had to remove his restraints, okay?
Cyrus Alright, now what's your question?
Where are you going with my plane, Cyrus?
Cyrus We're going to Disney Land.
You're lying, Cyrus.
Cyrus So are you, Vince.
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