Ford v Ferrari (2019) · 18 quotes
Most-quoted character in Ford v Ferrari (2019): in 9 of its 18 quotes
Most scenes with: Henry Ford II (2)
We're lighter, we're faster, and if that don't work, we're nastier.
Carroll Shelby There's a point at 7,000 RPM... where everything fades. The machine becomes weightless. Just disappears. And all that's left is a body moving through space and time. 7,000 RPM. That's where you meet it. You feel it coming. It creeps up on you, close in your ear. Asks you a question. The only question that matters. Who are you?
Carroll Shelby Thank you. Well, if my daddy was here today, he'd tell me to sit on down and leave the yakking to the college boys so, like my cars, I'll make this fast. When I was 10 years old, Pops said to me, 'Son, it's a truly lucky man who knows what he wants to do in this world. 'Cause that man will never work a day in his life.' But there are a few, a precious few, and, hell, I don't know if they're lucky or not. But there are a few people who find something they have to do. Something obsesses 'em. Something that if they can't do it, it's gonna drive them clean out of their mind. I'm that guy. And I know one other man feels exactly the same. His name... His name is Henry Ford. And together, we're gonna build the fastest automobiles in the world. And we're gonna make history too, at Le Mans. My name is Carroll Shelby. I build race cars.
Carroll Shelby I don't speak Italian, but he ain't happy.
Carroll Shelby Where's the tie?! Where's the goddamn tie?!
You're gonna build a car to beat Ferrari with... a Ford.
Carroll Shelby Correct.
And how long did they tell you that they need it? Two, three hundred years?
Carroll Shelby Ninety days.
[Ken laughs hysterically]
]
Carroll Shelby Mr. Ford. Gentlemen.
Shelby.
Give me one reason why I don't fire everyone associated with this abomination starting with you.
Carroll Shelby Well, sir... I was thinking about that very question as I sat out there in your lovely waiting room.
Carroll Shelby As I was sitting there... I watched that little red folder right there go through four pairs of hands... before it got to you. 'Course that doesn't include the 22 or so other Ford employees who probably poked at it before it made its way up to the 19th floor. All due respect, sir, you can't win a race by committee. You need one man in charge. Now, the good news, as I see it, is that even with all the extra weight, we still manage to put old Mr. Ferrari exactly where we want him.
Did we?
Carroll Shelby Oh, yes.
Expand.
Carroll Shelby Well... sure, we hadn't... We haven't worked out how to corner yet. Or stay cool. Or stay on the ground. And a lot of stuff broke. In fact, the only thing that didn't break was the brakes. Hell, right now, we don't even know if our paint job will last the whole 24 hours.
Carroll Shelby But our last lap... we clocked 218 miles an hour down the Mulsanne Straight. Now, in all his years of racing... old Enzo ain't never seen anything move that fast. And now he knows, without a doubt, we're faster than he is. Even with the wrong driver... and all the committees. And that's what he's thinking about while he's sitting in Modena, Italy, right now. That man is scared to death... that this year, you actually might be smart enough to start trusting me. So, yeah. I say you got Ferrari exactly where you want him. You're welcome.
Come here.
See that little building down there? In World War II, three out of five U.S. bombers rolled off that line. You think Roosevelt beat Hitler? Think again. This isn't the first time Ford Motor's gone to war in Europe. We know how to do more than push paper. And there is one man running this company. You report to him. You understand me?
Carroll Shelby Yes, sir.
Go ahead, Carroll. Go to war.
Carroll Shelby Thank you, sir.
Carroll Shelby You ready?
The name on the middle of that steering wheel should tell you that I was born ready, Shelby. Hit it.
Carroll Shelby Attaboy.
Woah! It's got a little...kick. Doesn't it?
Woah! Oh my God...oh my God! [Shelby accelerates faster] Yeahhhh, baby!
Carroll Shelby ...Mr. Ford...you okay? Mr. Ford, you alright?
I had no idea...I had no idea. I wish my daddy...he were alive to see this...to feel this.
Carroll Shelby Now, this is not a machine just anybody can get in and easily control.
Carroll Shelby Now, you wanna win Le Mans, if you really wanna take first place, Ken Miles is the man to do it. [Ford finally calms down] Now he knows this car, because he helped me build it.
Shelby, you know I've already appointed Leo Beebe Director of Racing.
Carroll Shelby Which is exactly why I'm talking to you. Now, you let Ken Miles race at Daytona. If he wins, he gets to drive Le Mans.
And if he doesn't?
Carroll Shelby Ford Motor Company gets full ownership of Shelby American. Lock, stock, and brand...forever.
Nice stopwatch.
Carroll Shelby Want one? They're Italian.
