Gravity (2013) · 22 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Gravity (2013): in 13 of its 22 quotes
Most scenes with: Lt. Matt Kowalski (7), Shariff (2)
I hate space.
Dr. Ryan Stone I had a daughter. She was four. She was at school, playing tag. Slipped, hit her head, and that was it. Stupidest thing. I was driving when I got the call, so ever since then that's what I do. I wake up. I go to work. And I just drive.
Dr. Ryan Stone Clear skies but with a chance of satellite debris.
Dr. Ryan Stone Hey, Matt, since I had to listen to endless hours of your storytelling this week, I need you to do me a favor. You are going to see a little girl with brown hair, very messy, lots of knots. She doesn't like to brush it. That's okay. Her name is Sarah. Can you please tell her that mama found her red shoe? She was so worried about that shoe, Matt. But it was right under the bed. Give her a big hug and a big kiss for me and tell her that mama misses her. You tell her that she is my angel. And she makes me so proud. So, so proud. And you tell her that I'm not quitting. You tell her that I love her, Matt. You tell her that I love her so much. Can you do that for me? Roger that. Here we go.
Dr. Ryan Stone You're losing altitude, Tiangong. You keep dropping and you're going to kiss the atmosphere. But not without me, because you're my last ride. [disarms hatch] Wait. [grabs fire extinguisher] Five... four.. three... No more just driving. Let's go home.
Dr. Ryan Stone Houston, Houston in the blind, this is Mission Specialist Ryan Stone reporting from the Shenzhou. I'm about to undock from Tiangong... and I have a bad feeling about this mission. [laughs] Reminds me of a story... [the capsule shudders violently] Ahh! Never mind, Houston, never mind the story! Ahh! It's starting to get hot in here. All right, the way I see it, there are only two possible outcomes: Either I make it down there in one piece and I have one hell of a story to tell, or I burn up in the next ten minutes. Ahh! Either way, whichever way... no harm, no foul! Because either way, it'll be one hell of a ride! I'm ready.
So, doc, now that you work for NASA, how do like us?
Kind of like winning the lottery, isn't it?
Ryan I was just happy that they didn't cut the funding to my research.
How long was your training?
Ryan Six months.
Including holidays?
Ryan Mm-hm.
So, what is this scanning system?
Oh, nothing, Matt, it's just a new set of eyes to scan the edge of the universe.
Ryan It's designed for hospital use, but this one's a prototype.
Listen, they don't bankroll prototypes, even for your pretty blue eyes.
Ryan Well, my eyes are brown.
Right now your eyes are bloodshot.
Kowalski! Is this great or what?
And to think he went to Harvard. Gotta admit one thing. Can't beat the view. So, what do you like about being up here?
Ryan The silence. I could get used to it.
Terrific.
Houston, I have a bad feeling about this mission.
Please elaborate.
It's the same feeling I had about Mardi Gras in 1987.
That is affirmative. Surprisingly, Control hasn't heard the Mardi Gras story. Please proceed.
Well, it's day one and I'm bumping my way down Bourbon Street looking for a sister of a friend of mine. The streets are full of people, I'm thinking there's no way I'm gonna find this girl...
Proceeding to override.
Then all of a sudden, I look up, and there she is, and I'm about to yell out and I see she's holding hands with a short hairy guy in board shorts and a Margaritaville shirt. And then I realize that this guy is not a guy, that my girl is holding hands with a—
ISS, this is Houston. Explorer, this is Houston.
Explorer Captain: Go ahead, Houston.
Mission abort. Repeat, mission abort. Initiate emergency disconnect from Hubble. Begin re-entry procedure. ISS, initiate emergency evacuation.
Explorer Captain: Copy all, Houston, and in work. Matt, immediate return to Explorer. Repeat, immediate return to Explorer.
Copy, Explorer, prep airlock.
Explorer Captain: Airlock engaged. Ready to receive.
Houston, elaborate.
Debris from the missile strike has caused a chain reaction, hitting other satellites and creating new debris. Travelling faster than a high-speed bullet up towards your altitude. How copy?
Copy all. [to Ryan] Put a bow on it, Dr. Stone.
I can't. The board is still initializing.
I'm not gonna ask you again.
One second.
Not one second, now. Shut it down. That's an order!
Okay, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm done, I'm done.
Explorer Captain: Kowalski, initiate emergency disconnect from the Hubble.
Roger, Matt.
Houston, update.
Well, we have a full-on chain reaction. It's been confirmed that it's the unintentional side effect of the Russians striking one of their own satellites.
They shot down their own satellite?
Right of disposal. Most likely a spy sat gone bad. Now it's shrapnel. Explorer, ready to disengage H.S.T.
Explorer Captain: Locks releasing in three, two, one.
Explorer, new data coming through.
What's the blowback, Houston?
It's not good. Most of our systems are gone. Debris chain reaction is out of control and rapidly expanding. Multiple satellites are down and they keep on falling.
Define multiple satellites.
Most of them are gone. Telecommunication systems are dead. Expect a communications blackout at any moment.
Kowalski, visual of debris at nine o'clock.
Half of North America just lost their Facebook.
Explorer, repeat, expect a communications blackout at any moment.
Explorer Captain: Copy that, Houston.
Explorer, this is Kowalski, confirming visual contact with debris, debris is from a BSE sat.
Heads up!
Dr. Stone requesting faster transport.
We have to go, we have to go, go, go!
Kennedy reports meteorological conditions no-go for re-entry— [transmission cuts off]
Explorer Captain: Houston, Explorer. Copy.
Explorer, Dr. Stone requesting faster transport to bay area. Explorer, do you copy?
Explorer, permission to retrieve Dr. Stone.
Explorer Captain: You are a go, Kowalski. Houston, this is Explorer, copy? We've lost Houston. We've lost Houston.
Unstrap. Look, we need to get the hell out of here.
Need some help there, Matt?
No, don't wait for us.
It's stuck!
Man down! Man down!
Explorer Captain: Houston, this is Explorer, copy? Houston, this is Explorer, copy? Kowalski, report—
Explorer has been hit! Explorer, do you read? Explorer, over? Explorer!
Astronaut is off structure, Dr. Stone is off structure! Dr. Stone, detach!
No!
You must detach. If you don't detach, that arm's gonna carry you too far. Listen to my voice! You need to focus!
I can't!
I'm losing visual of you. In a few seconds I won't be able to track you. You need to detach. I can't see you anymore! Do it now!
I'm trying, I'm trying...
Houston, I've lost visual of Dr. Stone. Houston, I've lost visual of Dr. Stone.
Dr. Stone, do you copy? Repeat, do you copy?
Ryan Yes! Yes! I copy, I'm here.
Flash your light so I can see you.
Ryan Here. Here.
There you are. Hang tight. Report your status.
Ryan I'm fine.
Your status. Give me your readings
Ryan 3.5 psi, I think.
Give me your O2.
Ryan It's going down fast, 9... no, 8%.
All right, you're breathing too fast. You're burning oxygen, and we don't want to do that. We want to relax. Copy?
Ryan Sorry, yes. Copy.
I'm nearly there.
Ryan Please hurry.
You can holster that torch, Dr. Stone.
Ryan Right, sorry.
Gotcha. All right, now I'm going to tether you to me. I know you never realized how devastatingly good looking I am. But I need you to stop staring and help me with the tether. Okay?
Ryan Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay, I got it.
All right, here we go. Now to clear you from the jets, I'm gonna give you a little push.
Ryan No, no, no, no--!
A nudge.
Ryan No, no, no, no, no, damn it, no!
See? Where you go, I go. Better. Let's get out of here.
Ryan Ahh! Damn it!
I know what you mean.
Ryan Damn it!
You're burning oxygen. We're going back to the shuttle, how's that for a plan, copy?
Ryan ****!
Right, copy that.
Houston, in the blind, to confirm: Mission Specialist Dr. Stone and Mission Commander Matthew Kowalski, are the sole survivors of STS-157.
Ryan I apologize for not complying. I should've stopped working as soon as you instructed me to.
We were going to get hit no matter what. There was nothing you could do to change that. Hey.
Ryan Yes?
All right. We need to make our way to the Space Station. Over there. [Kowalski points to a bright dot in the distance] It's a bit of a hike, but we need to use their escape pod, the Soyuz, to get back to Earth. Agreed? Dr. Stone, agreed?
Ryan Agreed.
All right. After you. [Kowalski ignites his thrusters and he and Ryan push forward, leaving behind the remains of Explorer] Houston in the blind, this is Kowalski. Dr. Stone and I have determined to proceed to ISS and use one of their Soyuz for re-entry. ISS, if you hear us, we could sure use a rescue mission.
Beautiful, don't you think?
Ryan What?
The sunrise. That's what I'm gonna miss most. So, where's home, Dr. Stone? Ryan, where's home?
Ryan Home?
Mm-hm. Down there. Mother Earth. Where do you pitch your tent?
Ryan Lake Zurich.
Where the hell is that?
Ryan Illinois.
Illinois. Central Time Zone. That would make it roughly... 8PM. What are the good people of Lake Zurich doing at 8:00?
Ryan I don't know. I'm not going to make it, I'm slowing you down.
What would you be doing? Come on, Ryan. It's 8:00. You've just left the hospital after a 18-hour shift.
Ryan The radio. I listen to the radio.
There we go. Let me guess. NPR? Classical? Top forty?
Ryan Anything. I don't care, as long as they don't talk, I just drive.
And where are you driving to?
Ryan I just drive.
What do you miss down there? Is there a Mr. Stone?
Ryan No.
Nobody special? Somebody down there looking up? Thinking about you? Ryan?
Ryan I had a daughter.
Ryan She was four. She was at school, playing tag. Slipped, hit her head, and that was it. Stupidest thing. I was driving when I got the call, so ever since then that's what I do. I wake up. I go to work. And I just drive.
Ryan, do you hear me? Do you copy?
Ryan My CO2 alarm went off. My CO2 alarm went off.
Look, you need to board the station. Do you see the airlock? Hey, Ryan. You copy? Look for the airlock. It's above you, next to the Zvezda module. You see it?
Ryan Yes, I see it. I see it.
All right, good. That's where you want to go. Now, you're getting lightheaded, right?
Ryan Yeah. Yes.
That's because you're breathing CO2. You're losing consciousness. You need to board the station.
Ryan Okay.
Now, that second Soyuz is too damaged for re-entry but it's perfectly fine for a little Sunday drive. Look to the West. You see that dot in the distance? That's the Chinese station. You're gonna take the Soyuz and you're gonna cruise over there. The Chinese lifeboat is a Shenzhou.
Ryan I've never flown a Shenzhou.
It doesn't matter. It's reentry protocol is identical to the Soyuz.
Ryan Okay.
You never flown the Soyuz either?
Ryan Only a simulator.
Well, then you know.
Ryan But I crashed it.
It's a simulator. That's what it's designed for.
Ryan Every time. I crashed it every time.
You point the damned thing at Earth. It's not rocket science. And by this time tomorrow, you're gonna back in Lake Zurich with a hell of a story to tell. You copy? Ryan, you copy?
Ryan I'm gonna take the Soyuz and come get you.
No, you're not.
Ryan I'm coming to get you.
I've got to much of a head start on you.
Ryan I'm coming to get you.
I'm afraid that ship already sailed. Ryan, you're gonna have to learn to let go.
Ryan But I--
I want to hear you say you're gonna make it. Come on, Ryan. Say it.
Ryan I'm gonna make it.
All right. Keep going. What kind of name is Ryan for a girl?
Ryan Dad wanted a boy.
Are you close to the airlock?
Ryan Not yet.
Keep going. So now that we have some distance between us, you're attracted to me, right?
Ryan What?
Well, people say I have beautiful blue eyes.
Ryan You have beautiful blue eyes.
I have brown eyes. Hey, you want to know the good news?
Ryan What?
I'm gonna break Anatoly's record, and I think mine's gonna stand for a long, long time.
Ryan Oh, no. I'm coming to get you.
Oh, my God...
Ryan What?
Wow. Hey, Ryan?
Ryan Yeah?
You should see the sun on the Ganges. It's amazing.
Check your watch - 13 hours and 11 minutes; call Anatoly and tell him he's been bumped. It's a little gloomy in here, isn't it?
Ryan How did you...?
Trust me, it's a hell of a story.
Ryan But I...
That's better. Found a little extra... little extra battery power; it helps I didn't have you around to distract me. I have to say, I'm glad to see you, I didn't think you were gonna make it. You find the vodka?
Ryan You never told me where it was, so...
Well... [Kowalski pulls out a small flask from under his seat] To Anatoly. Na zdorovje. [He takes a sip and offers the flask to Ryan, who shakes her head] No? All right, let's get outta here. The Chinese station's about 100 miles; just a little Sunday drive.
Ryan We can't.
Sure we can.
Ryan There's no fuel, I tried everything.
Well, there's always something we can do.
Ryan I tried everything.
Did you try the soft landing jets?
Ryan They're for landing, so...
Well, landing is launching, it's the same thing, didn't you learn about that in training?
Ryan I never got to land the simulator, I told you that...
But you know about it.
Ryan And I crashed it every time, I just-
Listen, do you wanna go back, or do you wanna stay here? [Ryan says nothing] I get it, it's nice up here. You can just... [turns off the lights] shut down all the systems... Turn out all the lights... Just close your eyes and tune out everybody. There's nobody up here that can hurt you. It's safe. I mean what's the point of going on, what's the point of living? Your kid died. Doesn't get any rougher than that. But still, it's a matter of what you do now. If you decide to go, then you gotta just get on with it. Sit back, enjoy the ride. You gotta plant both your feet on the ground and start living life.
Ryan How did you get here?
I'm telling you, it's a hell of a story. Hey, Ryan?
Ryan What?
It's time to go home.
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