Circle (II) (2015)

Rene Heger: The Atheist

Quotes 

• The One-Armed Man : [after the atheist is spared]  Looks like God just cut you a break.

  The One-Armed Man : Yeah, for another two fucking minutes.

  The Atheist : Guys, i know this girl. Don't I know you? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I know you from somewhere.

  Pretty Girl : Me?

  The Atheist : Yeah. Are you an actress? You're so familiar.

  Pretty Girl : No, I'm not an actress.

  The Atheist : Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stacy something.

  Pretty Girl : No, Christina.

  The Atheist : Christina... Christina?

  Pretty Girl : Yeah.

  The Atheist : Wait a minute. Is Stacy your stage name, then?

  Pretty Girl : No, I told you, I'm not an actress.

  The Atheist : That's right. Guys, actress, porn star. I get it now. It's a huge difference.

  Pretty Girl : What? I'm not a porn star.

  The Atheist : Hey, I don't think anybody cares around... around here, you know? I mean, I just couldn't figure it out before. Now I know.

  Pretty Girl : What?

  The Atheist : [exhales]  I'm a huge fan.

  Pretty Girl : What the fuck are you doing? I don't do porn.

  The Atheist : I don't think it's a problem. Everybody's gotta make a living. I don't have a problem with it.

  Pretty Girl : I don't do porn.

  The Atheist : All right, whatever. I'm just trying to pay her a compliment.

  Pretty Girl : He's lying.

  The Atheist : I gotta be honest with you, you know, I mean, I did like you better, though, before your enhancements, because now it's just like, "Wha-bam! Look at these bad boys."

  Pretty Girl : He's lying.

  The Atheist : Are they real?

  Pretty Girl : That is none of your fucking business.

  The Atheist : Are you saying they're real?

  Pretty Girl : So what? Half the girls in LA have big boobs.

  The Atheist : Yeah, and I'm sure it's great for business.

  Pretty Girl : I don't do porn!

  The Atheist : Who paid for them? Tell them, go ahead. It's okay, sweetheart. Who paid for them? Was it your employer?

  Pretty Girl : No.

  The Atheist : No?

  Pretty Girl : I mean he did. But it's not like that.

  The Atheist : He did. Now it's getting really difficult to decide.

  Pretty Girl : No, David is my boss, but we're also... I am not...

  The Atheist : Uh-huh. You see, Stacy over here thought if he gets those double D's, oh David's gonna love her. I mean, he's going to love her way more than his own wife and kids. I mean, who cares if they're already a family. It's never stopped you before, has it? What, are you going to run off with him? You gonna have a bunch of kids on your own? Settle down by the beach? Is that what you're gonna do, Stacy?

  [Christina starts crying; the atheist gets voted offscreen] 

• The Atheist : [after an old lady volunteered to sacrifice herself; mockingly to the minister]  "You'll see him again. Absolutely."

  [serious tone] 

  The Atheist : bullshit.

  The Asian Kid : Yeah, seriously.

  The Translator : He was just trying to give her some peace in her last moments of life. There's nothing wrong with that.

  The Deacon : She sacrificed herself so that others could live. That doesn't go unnoticed.

  The Asian Kid : Says who?

  The Deacon : Says God.

  The Asian Kid : How do you know?

  The Deacon : I'm a minister. God is watching over all of us. He has a plan. We just have to have faith.

  The Lawyer : Amen.

  The Asian Kid : Enough, man.

  The Deacon : I'm sorry?

  The Asian Kid : With all due respect... that's just bullshit.

  The Atheist : Standing around there talking about faith when people are being blasted to shit left and right. Thats fucking ridiculous.

  The Husband : Hey, man...

  The Atheist : If there is God, he doesn't give a shit about any of us!

  Wife : That's not true.

  The Atheist : Oh, my god, we're all dying in here. This shit's not gonna end until this motherfucker gets all of us, okay? So you wanna have faith in something? Have faith in this!

  [pointing to the orb] 

  The Atheist : okay? Because that's God in here now, right? Thats God, right now, in here. So pray to him or ask him, even better. I mean, what does thou sayeth, God? Who among us will get to go to your divine kingdom?

  The Husband : Hey, take it easy.

  The Atheist : Or what? Your gonna fucking kill me 'cause I have an opinion? Just as valid as yours, man. Looking around this room, actually, I think I might have some friends. I think people agree with me.

  The Husband : 95% of people believe in God. You're in the minority.

  The Atheist : Yeah, well, 95% of people are idiots.

  The Husband : [offended]  are you calling us idiots?

  The Atheist : [getting extremely nervous when he sees everybody's voting]  I'm not calling anybody idiots, all right? All I'm saying is this. If there is a God, is this something... Does this seem like he would allow this? Is this something he would do?

  [He ties with the young girl] 

  The Atheist : You fuckers are going to kill me because you're afraid I'm right? What are you doing? You're fucking cowards huh?

  The Young Girl : [terrified]  Wait, please. I didn't even say anything wrong. He did.

  The Atheist : [angry]  who the fuck is this?

  [the young girl gets voted offscreen] 

• The African American Man : Hey, hey, I got an idea. How about we uh... How about we kill all the black people next, yeah?

  The Lawyer : What are you talking about? Don't play the race card, man. This is all just fucking chance.

  The African American Man : Yeah? Right. That's why most of us are dead, right?

  The Asian Kid : It's every man for himself in here.

  The Atheist : Yeah, you need to shut up with this racism stuff, okay? Nobody gives a shit around here.

  The African American Man : I give a shit around here. Look, I'm just saying, I'm not fucking next, all right? Y'all done reached your minority quota. That's fair.

  The Atheist : This guy. Man, you see anything fair going on in here? This is the exact fucking opposite of fair.

  The African American Man : Okay. We'll see.

  Bruce : [notices the African American man is looking at him]  Don't look at me, man. You started this shit.

  The African American Man : Come on, man. You know I'm right, bro. Think about it. They'll kill each and every one of us off until there's none of us left.

  The Husband : Come on, man. There's plenty of white people that are dead too.

  The African American Man : Come on, man. There's plenty more still alive too.

  The Doctor : What exactly are you trying to do with this. Make yourself a target? Because that's exactly what you're doing.

  The Asian Kid : Yeah, real smart. You see me uh.. counting Asians.

  The African American Man : Well, maybe you should try.

  The Lawyer : Don't fall for this racism bullshit. He's just trying to save his own ass.

  The African American Man : You damn right, you uptight asshole. So what?

  The Lawyer : So, what, you feel like you deserve a free pass because you're fucking black? Nobody cares.

  The Atheist : Exactly. Nobody gives a shit.

  The African American Man : I ain't talking to your stupid ass.

  The Atheist : I'm trying to help you, bro!

  The African American Man : You shut the fuck up talking to me, man.

  The Asian Kid : It's not gonna fucking help you in here.

  The African American Man : Right, 'cause it usually helps me out there, right?

  The Cop : Here we go. Let's all feel bad for the black guy. 'cause he had to struggle so much more than we did.

  Bruce : All right, just drop it.

  The Cop : Like you people don't get enough help.

  The African American Man : What the fuck you just say?

  The Cop : You guys are all the same. You run around, you just want people to hand you things like you fucking earned it. That's what's wrong with this country now. Socialist bullshit. What? You want some reparations too? I mean, Jesus Christ, give me a fucking break around here!

  [the cop gets voted] 

• 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.

• 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.