Face/Off (1997) · 19 quotes
Tied for most-quoted character in Face/Off (1997): in 12 of its 19 quotes
Most scenes with: Castor Troy (5)
Sean Archer Any word from the LAPD intelligence? If there IS such a thing?
Not yet, sir.
Sean Archer Of course not, because we're a covert anti-terrorist team that is so secret, that when we snap our fingers nothing happens!
Sean Archer Give up, Castor! Your time's up! [beat]
Well, you better hit me, Sean, 'cause you got only one bullet left!
Sean Archer So do you. [Troy stands up and the two point pistols at each other's heads]
Wow! We've got something in common! We both know our guns.
Sean Archer What we don't have in common is that I don't care if I live, and you do.
Sean, that hurts. You're not having any fun, are you, Sean? Why don't you come with us? Try terrorism-for-hire. We'll blow some shit up! It's more fun!
Sean Archer Shut the **** up!
You watch your **** mouth! I'm about to unleash the biblical plague "Hell-A" deserves! But I'll give this shithole a break if my brother and I walk.
Sean Archer Bullshit.
Oh-oh, oh, I-I see, I see. Y-You think I'm bluffing. Maybe I am. But then, maybe, I am not. More importantly, what would you do with me locked up? You'd drive your wife and kid crazy! Say, how is your daughter, anyway? Your... your darling Janie? Your little peach? Is she ripe? Ri-ripe-r...I'M READY!! [pulls the trigger but there is no bullet. Castor drops his gun]
Sean Archer Hello, Sasha. When was the last time you saw Castor Troy?
Who cares? He's dead.
Sean Archer Answer the question.
I know my rights. I don't have to answer shit.
Sean Archer You're right. But know this: you're a convicted felon, on probation for harboring Castor Troy. One phone call from me and your son will end up in a foster home. [beat]
I understand why you would use such a threat. But you try to take him away from me, I swear to you....I haven't seen him for years.
Sean Archer This reeks of you. It's got your signature all over it. [Dietrich gives a hard look at Archer]
Maybe. But you ain't got nothing on me, and you know it.
Sean Archer Maybe so. But I can keep you within city limits, or I can talk to your sister again. She's right outside. [Archer backs away from Dietrich] Only this time, I'll be nice. [He walks around the table Dietrich is sitting at]
Hey, Sean, how's your dead son?
I don't know anything! Okay! Okay, I heard something about the 18th, but that's all I know! [Archer puts his pistol away]
Great, so we've got a date. Now where the hell's the damn bomb?
Sean Archer Only Pollux Troy will know that.
It's your call, Sean.
Sean Archer Does Lazarro know your plan?
No, this is a black bag operation. Strictly off the books. You can't tell Lazarro, and you can't tell your wife.
Sean Archer Oh, god. What are you asking me to do? Okay, let's see. You're asking me to break the law, risk my neck, and you're asking me to put in the dark all the people that're above me and trust me. [He takes a deep breath] I'll do it.
What's the matter, pal? Dontcha remember the little people? [Archer turns and recognizes him]
Sean Archer Burke Hicks.
Yes.
Sean Archer I bust... [catches himself] I believe Sean Archer busted you for stalking the UN Secretary General.
Oh, no, Archer framed me. I had nothing to do with that. Word was you got wasted. [beat]
Sean Archer You want to see what "wasted" looks like, little man?
I stop the fights. Not you.
Sean Archer When I get out of here -
If you get out of here.
Sean Archer I'm gonna have you fired.
Not feeling very coordinated lately, are you?
Sean Archer Listen, bro. I am soooo fried. If the psychos find out I'm this wacky we're both dead meat.
Shock treatment? What's the matter, did they operate? [Pollux touches Archer's face]
Sean Archer I was in a coma! Jesus, you're still so frickin' paranoid! Aren't they giving you your medication in here?
What was my medication?
Sean Archer Pollux, I hand-fed you those pills for years. Vivex! I haven't forgotten that. It's just everything else. My reflexes, my synapses, it's all like a... tab of bad Quantrax. I don't even know why that **** Yeti jumped me the other day.
Dubov? You had a sex sandwich with his wife and his sister the night he was sent here.
Sean Archer Well, that explains why he was so upset. We're gonna blow up L.A., bro. Ain't that cool?
Sure, rub my nose in it, why don't you. Ten million dollar design and those militia nut jobs get to keep their cash.
Sean Archer:' It's so **** unfair! That bomb you built does deserve an audience. I mean, it's a work of art, it belongs in the Louvre.
Yes, it does. Oh, well. I guess the L.A. Convention Center will just have to do.
Sean Archer Thank you.
For what?
Sean Archer You are so ****in' pathetic.
You've got a visitor.
Oooooo-WEE, you're good lookin'! Ya hot!
It's like looking in a mirror, only not. [Castor walks around Archer]
Sean Archer Troy?
Now that is between us. OK?
Sean Archer But you were--were, were, in--in--in-
In a coma?
Sean Archer --in-in-in-
Nothing like having your face cut off to disturb your sleep! Read the newspaper lately? [thrusts an article in Archer's face headlined "Deadly Inferno at Walsh Institute", with Dr. Walsh's picture]
Sean Archer You killed them?
Yeah well. Beats paying the bill, huh? I mean, come on, uh, if a face lift costs five grand...[shows Archer's wedding ring on his hand] SEE ANYTHING YOU LIKE!!??? [In his mind, Archer pictures Tito, bound and gagged alongside Miller and Dr. Walsh, being doused with gasoline]
Sean Archer Tito! [In a flashback, Castor drops his cigarette lighter into a puddle of gasoline, sparking a large inferno]
I torched all the evidence that proves you're you, okay? So, wow! [looks at watch] Looks like you're going to be in here for THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS!! Now, I have got to go. I've got a government job to abuse and [whispers into Archer's ear] a lonely wife to ****. Oh, I'm sorry...make love to! God, I miss that face! [He licks the side of Archer's face. Archer promptly grabs Castor by the neck, throws him to the floor, and attempts to strangle him]
So, once we kidnap supercop, then what? [beat]
Sean Archer Tiny... surgery. l'd like to take his- his face- off. [Makes a gesture like taking off his own face] Yes. Now, if you'll excuse me, l have to use the little boys wee-wee room.
Cas. You wanna take his face--
Sean Archer Yes. His face - off! [Makes manipulations with his fingers at Dietrich's face] Eyes. Nose. Skin. lt's coming - off. [Pretends taking off his own face again]
The face... off. [Archer collapses on a bed in another room] No more drugs for that man.
I don't know what I hate wearing worse: your face or your body. I mean, I certainly do enjoy boning your wife, but let's face it, we both like it better the other way, yes? So why don't we just trade back?
Sean Archer You can't give back what you've taken from me.
Oh, well... Plan B: Lets just kill each other.
Sean Archer This is between us. Leave them out of it.
No. You should have left them out of it. Your son was an accident. I wanted to kill you. But, you took it so personally. Why couldn't you just kill yourself or let it go?
Sean Archer No father could.
No brother could either.
Neither could a sister. Hey baby. [give a spare gun to Archer as Castor]
Gee, Archer, I'm crashing the party. You okay, baby?
Sean Archer Yea. I'm fine. Thanks.
Sasha... baby, I'm Castor. That's Archer.
And I'm bored. Put the **** gun down.
Why don't you put your guns down?
Ah, good girl, Jamie! Shoot him!
Sean Archer Honey, don't listen to him, honey! He's not your father! Hear my voice! I'm your father!
Use your eyes, Jamie! Shoot him!
Sean Archer Don't shoot, don't shoot! Just, just...
This scumbag... this scumbag shot your brother, Jamie! Kill him!
[Jamie shoots Archer in the shoulder]
