Circle (II) (2015)
Lisa Pelikan: The Cancer Survivor
Quotes
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The Cop : Hey. Hey.
The Tattooed Man : Who, me?
The Cop : Yeah, don't I know you?
The Lawyer : Huh! I wonder why.
The Cop : No, seriously. He asked if we knew anyone in here. I know him.
The Tattooed Man : I don't know you, man.
The Cop : You're a mechanic in North Hollywood. Raul. Raul Jimenez. I remember you.
The Cancer Survivor : What'd he do?
The Tattooed Man : I didn't do shit. He's lying, man.
The Cop : He beat the shit out of his girlfriend. Really bad. At least I think it was his girlfriend. Hopefully not anymore
The Tattooed Man : Come on, man. Serious?
The Cancer Survivor : Are you sure it was him?
The Cop : Yeah, I remember him cause of that tattoo under his right eye. That teardrop. See it?
The Tattooed Man : Fuck you, man.
The Doctor : What's it for?
The Tattooed Man : It's for my cousin. He got shot.
[to the cop]
The Tattooed Man : by a pig like you.
The Cop : Yeah, and it's my fault you guys are criminals.
The Tattooed Man : He was 16.
The Cop : One less criminal on the street.
The Tattooed Man : Fuck you, man.
The Doctor : Is it true or not?
The Cop : About his cousin? I don't know.
The Doctor : No, about him.
The Cop : Yeah, it's true. Tell them. Tell them how you beat the shit out of her. And it wasn't the first time it won't be the last time, either. Tell 'em!
The Pregnant Girl : Okay, maybe we shouldn't stereotype in here.
The Tattooed Man : Bitch got what she deserved, man.
The Cop : [raises his arm in triumph] There he is, see? These assholes. Man, these assholes never learn.
The Tattooed Man : She shouldn't have fucked around on me, man.
The Cop : Like that makes it okay to beat the shit out of her.
The Tattooed Man : Oh, yeah? What are you gonna do, man? You gonna shoot me, huh, pig?
The Cop : I don't think I need to.
[Tattooed Man gets voted]
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The College Guy : Now, where were we?
The Asian Kid : Wait. Who's next in line?
The College Guy : [to a lady with a hat] Her with the hat?
The Cancer Survivor : Who, me?
The Asian Kid : Yeah. How old are you.
The Cancer Survivor : 52.
The Doctor : That's not old.
The College Guy : Old enough.
Bruce : Hey, we said 70 or 80,not 50.
The Asian Kid : What's the difference?
Bruce : That's a big difference.
The Asian Kid : Come on, lady. You're not 52. how old are you?
The Tattooed Man : Don't lie.
The Cancer Survivor : I'm 52.
The College Guy : Bullshit
The African American Man : Yeah. Why is your hair so white?
The Cancer Survivor : Chemotherapy. I had cancer.
The Asian Kid : Arent you supposed to be bald, then?
The College Guy : What kind of cancer?
The Cancer Survivor : Breast cancer.
The College Guy : So you're dying then.
The Cancer Survivor : No. It's in remission. I'm better now.
The College Guy : Are you sure?
The Cancer Survivor : Yeah. I beat it.
The College Guy : It could come back, though.
The Translator : What the fuck is wrong with you?
The College Guy : I'm just saying, she's more likely to die than the rest of us.
The Doctor : That's not true.
The African American Man : What are you, a doctor, lady?
The Doctor : Actually, yes, I am, asshole.
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The Atheist : [after the one arm man says that they should all volunteer] so mass suicide, then? That's great. Let's do that.
The Rich Man : Hey, kid, you still wanna volunteer?
The One-Armed Man : No.
Shaun : Yes.
The Lawyer : You're a fucking hero, kid, you know that?
Shaun : Yeah, right.
The Lawyer : No, I'm serious. Look, if I make it out of here, I'm naming my next kid after you.
The Lawyer : [as Shaun volunteers] thanks Scott.
The Rich Man : Thank you, Scott.
The One-Armed Man : Fucking assholes. You knew his name was Shaun.
The Lawyer : Whatever. The kids a hero.
The Asian Kid : He bought us two minutes. Somebody toss him a heart.
The Soldier : All right, enough.
[Notices how everyone is looking at him]
The Soldier : What? What are you looking at me for? You think it should be me? I was in Afghanistan for the past two years risking my life to keep the rest of you safe. I just got back two days ago. I was on my way to see my family. I got a seven month old... who doesn't even know who I am. My wife... I haven't seen my wife in... I'm not fucking dying in here. I'm not. I'm going home to them.
The Cancer Survivor : Don't worry. I'm not voting for you.
The Teenage Girl : Me neither.
The African American Man : Yeah, we're gonna get out of here, man.
The Asian Kid : Yeah, sure we are.
The African American Man : Come on, man.
The Asian Kid : No, you come on, man. He knows the truth. We all do let's just accept it.
[Someone tells him to stop]
The Asian Kid : You're gonna die dude. We all are.
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The Bearded Man : [after the African American man was eliminated] Of course. True love conquers all.
The Soldier : You're out of options, my friend.
The Bearded Man : Yeah? Well, you all just killed yourselves. Congratulations.
[Pointing to the soldier, Cancer survivor and Silent Man]
The Bearded Man : You, you, you. You all did this.
[to the husband]
The Bearded Man : and you.. you just killed your wife. I hope you're happy.
The Husband : I did what I had to do.
The Bearded Man : Yeah, well, now she's gonna die because of you. At least my way gave her a chance.
The Soldier : Just shut the fuck up, man.
The Husband : Yeah, man, just drop it.
The Bearded Man : They're probably not even married.
The Husband : What?
The Bearded Man : I mean, think about it. What are the odds of them being the only married couple in here?
The Cancer Survivor : Those other two knew each other.
The Bearded Man : So they said.
The Soldier : That's not gonna work, dude.
The Bearded Man : So you're saying that they're married and that they just happen to be placed right next to each other? Uh-uh. Think about it, people. Isn't it possible that they just made this whole thing up?
The Soldier : No.
Pretty Girl : Why would they lie?
The Bearded Man : To survive. Nobody wants to kill someone's wife or husband. Especially right in front of each other. They just made this whole thing up to get our sympathy.
The Husband : You're crazy.
The Bearded Man : Am I? How long have you been married?
The Husband : Five years.
The Bearded Man : What's his parents names?
Wife : Erm... Mark and Lisa.
The Bearded Man : Where'd she go to college?
The Husband : UCLA.
Pretty Girl : When's his birthday?
Wife : Er.. April.
The Bearded Man : April...
Wife : 9th. April 9th.
The Lesbian : What's his name?
Wife : What?
Wife : What is your husband's name?
The Cancer Survivor : He already said his name?
The Bearded Man : That's right he did.
Pretty Girl : When?
The Bearded Man : The first time he spoke. He said his name.
The Husband : Just drop it man, ok?
The Bearded Man : What's his name?
Pretty Girl : She doesn't know.
The Bearded Man : Of course she doesn't.
The Husband : Yes of course she does she's just not gonna play you're fucking game.
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The Husband : What about volunteers?
The African American Man : What?
Pretty Girl : Volunteers?
The Husband : [the Asian kid calls him nuts] I don't know. maybe someone wants to step forward.
Guy : I'll do it.
The Cancer Survivor : Why?
The Lawyer : Now wait a minute. He doesn't have to tell you or anybody else why. He's volunteered. That's enough.
The Cancer Survivor : Well I wanna know why.
The Lawyer : Lady, it's none of your business.
Bruce : Hey, let him answer.
The Cancer Survivor : Why.
Guy : I guess I just don't wanna kill anyone.
The One-Armed Man : How old are you?
Guy : 16.
The One-Armed Man : No someone else
The Lawyer : What do you mean, someone else?
The One-Armed Man : He's a fucking kid, man.
The Lawyer : He's 16. that's old enough.
The One-Armed Man : Old enough to what, to die?
The Lawyer : To make your own decisions.
The One-Armed Man : He's a stupid kid. He doesn't know any better.
The Lawyer : I don't care. If you volunteer, you volunteer. It's his choice. If he wants to die
The Oldest Man : Yeah, yeah, that's right. If someone wants to volunteer, we should respect that, no matter who it is. Son, what's your name.
Guy : I'm Shaun.
The Oldest Man : Shaun. Are you sure you wanna volunteer?
The Pilot : No! I'll do it. It's fine.
[He steps off and gets eliminated]
The Oldest Man : Well, this Is gonna be easier if we can get a few volunteers.
The One-Armed Man : Easier for who you?
The Oldest Man : Look, we gotta take control of the... The situation, and this is the best way.
The Lawyer : I mean, hey, if we're all gonna die, it might as well be on our own terms.
The One-Armed Man : Yeah, yeah, that'll teach those fucking aliens.
The Husband : [sarcastically] Hey, we're doing what we can, man.
The Lawyer : Yeah, it's the best idea we got.
The One-Armed Man : Then you volunteer.
The Lawyer : I don't see you stepping forward.
The One-Armed Man : We should all step forward. I mean everybody but her.
[to the little girl]
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The Soldier : Listen. We can't be afraid to talk to each other in here. It's the only way we're going to figure out how to stop this.
The Atheist : Come on, man. We're not gonna stop this. We're just fucked.
The Translator : We don't know that.
The Soldier : Exactly we don't know anything yet. If they wanted to kill us they would have done that already, but they didn't. So let's use this time and try and figure out why.
The Lesbian : Okay. What do we do?
The Cancer Survivor : Maybe we should figure out why they chose us.
The Asian Kid : Chose us?
The Cancer Survivor : Yeah. Why they picked us to be in here.
The Asian Kid : It was a giant space vacuum, right? I don't think we were handpicked.
The Atheist : Yeah. He's right. This is... This is just random.
The Cancer Survivor : We don't know that, maybe it wasn't random. Maybe they chose us for a reason.
The Asian Kid : There's probably a zillion people doing the same thing we're doing right now.
The Cancer Survivor : Okay but it's just us in here, right? I think we need to know more about each other. Maybe if we do, this will all make sense.
The Soldier : It's worth a shot. Anybody want to start?
Beth : Uh, yeah. I'll go first. Hi, I'm Beth. Um, I live in Woodland Hills, California, but originally I'm from Richmond Virginia born and raised. I've worked in human resources for the past 11 years. Um, I just kind of fell into it. I actually went to college to be an English major University of Virginia. Go Wahoos. I'm 36, single. No kids. But I do have two nephews from my sister Noreen. She's actually my twin sister. What else? Um... Oh, I have a dog. Her name is Clooty and she's a terrier mix. And I have two cats, J.J. and Ricky
[the countdown begins she gets nervous]
Beth : Oh, my god. Um... I think that's about it. I-is there anything else I should say?
The Cancer Survivor : No, that's great. Great job. Who wants to go next?
[Beth gets voted]
The Cancer Survivor : what?
Wife : At least she didn't have kids.
The Husband : Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
The Translator : So what? That doesn't matter. she was still a human being just like any of you.
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The Bearded Man : [after the fake husband got voted] Why are you crying?
Wife : Just shut the fuck up, alright?
The Bearded Man : You shouldn't have lied to us?
Wife : I didn't lie.
Pretty Girl : Yes, you did. You said you were married.
Wife : I am married. Just not to him and I do have a daughter, Emily. I didn't lie about that.
The Bearded Man : How many people in here do you think were married? Had husbands, wives, kids? You had no problem with killing any of them?
Wife : I didn't kill them.
The Bearded Man : Yes, you did.
The Soldier : We all did.
The Bearded Man : But listen, you still have a chance to make it out of here. There's 11 of us left. We just need 6 votes. If you join our side, I promise I will keep you alive.
The Soldier : Don't listen to him. He's just trying to use you.
The Bearded Man : Hey, you want to get out of here? You want to go back home and see your real husband, see Emily? Yeah. Good.
[to the silent man]
The Bearded Man : How about you? What side are you on?
[Silent man doesn't say anything]
The Bearded Man : What, you don't speak? Okay, he doesn't want to tell us who he's voting for. And that's fine. I understand that. Nobody wants to make enemies in here. I'm gonna go ahead and say that he's on our side.
[to the lesbian]
The Bearded Man : you have a daughter, don't you? What's her name?
The Lesbian : Chloe.
The Bearded Man : That's a beautiful name... Chloe. You want to see her again?
The Lesbian : Obviously.
The Bearded Man : And your partner?
The Lesbian : Wife. Amelia.
The Bearded Man : Chloe and Amelia. Do you want to see both of them again?
The Lesbian : [regretfully] I'm sorry.
The Soldier : Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute.
The Bearded Man : Hey that's five. We just need one more. Come on, people... one more.
The Lesbian : Who are we voting for?
The Bearded Man : The army guy.
Pretty Girl : No! Pick somebody else.
The Bearded Man : Uh, the cancer lady?
The Cancer Survivor : What?
The Soldier : No, no, no, all right. You all know who to vote for.
[the soldier, the cancer survivor, the lesbian, the pretty girl, and the bearded man all tie]
The Soldier : Shit! Fuck.
[the soldier, lesbian, the pretty girl and the cancer survivor get voted offscreen]
