Spotlight (I) (2015)

Neal Huff: Phil Saviano

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• Phil Saviano : I was eleven. And I was preyed upon by father David Holly in Wester. And I don't mean prayed for, I mean preyed upon.

• Phil Saviano : You guys gotta understand. This is big. This is not just Boston. It's the whole country. It's the whole world. And it goes right up to the Vatican.

• Phil Saviano : How do you say "no" to God, right?

• Walter 'Robby' Robinson : You know thirteen priests in Boston who have molested children?

  Phil Saviano : Yeah! Why do you keep repeating everything I say?

  Walter 'Robby' Robinson : [quieter than before]  I just like to clarify things.

  Phil Saviano : Maybe you should have clarified it five years ago when I sent you all of this stuff! It's all... right here!

  [silence, Phil composes himself] 

  Phil Saviano : May I use your bathroom?

  [pause] 

  Matt Carroll : Yeah, sure, Phil.

• Phil Saviano : Look, I get it. No one wants to read about kids getting raped by priests, especially now. But you asked a lot of people to re-live some very painful experiences...

  Sacha Pfeiffer : Phil, you know why we were taken off of this story.

  Phil Saviano : ...and-and... and you just disappear. It's been six weeks since 9/11.

  Sacha Pfeiffer : I realize that, and we're gonna get back to it.

  Phil Saviano : When? You're doing the same thing you guys did last time.

  Sacha Pfeiffer : No.

  Phil Saviano : You're dropping us.

  Sacha Pfeiffer : No.

  Phil Saviano : Maybe I should tell the Herald that story.

  Sacha Pfeiffer : Okay, Phil, you go ahead and do that. It'll undo all the work we've done, but I can't stop you. Listen to me. I am here because I care. We're not going away. We're gonna tell this story. We're gonna tell it right. We just need a little more time. That's all we're asking for.

  Phil Saviano : Why bother asking? You're gonna do what you want anyway. You always do.

• Phil Saviano : When you are poor kid from a poor family, religion counts for a lot. And when a priest pays attention to you, it's a big deal.