Gattaca (1997)
Ethan Hawke: Vincent, Jerome
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Quotes
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Vincent : You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back.
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Vincent : What's this?
Dr. Lamar : New policy, what's the matter? Flight got you nervous.
Vincent : Nope, there's a problem Lamar...
Dr. Lamar : ...I still haven't told you about my son, have I? He's a big fan of yours...
Vincent : Just remember. I was as good as any, and better than most...
Dr. Lamar : ...He wants to apply here...
Vincent : ...I could've gone up and back and nobody would've been the wiser...
Dr. Lamar : ...unfortunately my son's not all that they promised. But then again, who knows what he could do.
[test reveals Vincent as invalid]
Dr. Lamar : For future reference, right-handed men don't hold it with their left. Just one of those things.
[Lamar hits button revealing Jerome's valid i.d]
Vincent : [Vincent stares into Lamar's eyes, hesitating]
Dr. Lamar : You're gonna miss your flight, Vincent.
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[last lines]
Vincent : [voiceover] For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving... maybe I'm going home.
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Anton Freeman : Vincent! How are you doing this Vincent? How have you done any of this? We have to go back.
Vincent : It's too late for that. We're closer to the other side.
Anton Freeman : What other side? You wanna drown us both?
Vincent : You wanna know how I did it? This is how I did it Anton. I never saved anything for the swim back.
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Vincent : There's no gene for fate.
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[Irene has discovered Vincent's secret]
Irene : I don't even know who you are.
Vincent : I'm the same person I was yesterday.
Irene : I can't hear any more of your lies Jerome...
Vincent : My name is Vincent, all right? Vincent Anton Freeman, and I'm a "faith birth" or a "de-gene-erate", whatever you want to call it; but I am NOT a murderer!
Irene : You're a "God-child"?
Vincent : [takes Irene's hand and places over his heart] But we do have one thing in common, only I don't have twenty or thirty years left in mine. Mine is already ten thousand beats overdue.
Irene : It's not possible.
Vincent : You are the authority on what is not possible, aren't you Irene? They've got you looking for any flaw, that after a while that's all you see. For what it's worth, I'm here to tell you that it is possible. It is possible.
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Vincent : They used to say that a child conceived in love has a greater chance of happiness. They don't say that anymore.
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Vincent : I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it.
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Vincent : It's funny, you work so hard, you do everything you can to get away from a place, and when you finally get your chance to leave, you find a reason to stay.
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Vincent : Is the only way you can succeed is to see me fail?
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Vincent : There's more vodka in this piss than there is piss.
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Vincent : Blood has no nationality
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[first lines]
Director Josef : You keep your work station so clean, Jerome.
Vincent : It's next to godliness. Isn't that what they say?
Director Josef : Godliness. I reviewed your flight plan. Not one error in a million keystrokes. Phenomenal. It's right that someone like you is taking us to Titan.
Vincent : Has the committee approved the mission? There's been talk of delay.
Director Josef : You shouldn't listen to talk. You leave in a week. You've got a substance test.
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[Vincent is applying for employment at Gattaca. He has supplied a urine sample for analysis. When Dr. Lamar puts the sample into a genetic analyzer, the machine identifies it as "VALID", "MORROW, JEROME", "011010100-09564"]
Dr. Lamar : Congratulations.
Vincent : Well, what about the interview?
Dr. Lamar : That was it.
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Vincent : [narrating] I belonged to a new underclass, no longer determined by social status or the color of your skin. No, we now have discrimination down to a science.
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Vincent : He had everything except desire.
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Vincent : I'm sorry, the wind caught it...
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[Anton confronts Vincent at Gattaca Aerospace]
Vincent : What are you doing here, Anton?
Anton Freeman : I should ask *you* that question. I have a right to be here. You don't.
Vincent : Heh! You almost sound as if you believe that. I committed no murder. You must be disappointed.
Anton Freeman : You've committed *fraud*. Listen, you're in a lot of trouble, Vincent. I can get you out of here...
Vincent : Do you have any idea what it took to get IN here?
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Dr. Lamar : Jerome, never shy, pisses on command. Beautiful piece of equipment you've got there, Jerome. I ever told you that?
Vincent : Only every time I'm in here.
Dr. Lamar : Occupational hazard. I see a great many on the course of any given day. Yours just happens to be an exceptional example. Don't know why my folks didn't order one like that for me.
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Vincent : I'll never understand what possessed my mother to put her faith in God's hands, rather than her local geneticist.
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Vincent : We shed 500 million cells a day.