The Park Is Mine (1985 TV Movie)

Tommy Lee Jones: Mitch

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Quotes 

• Valery : You were in the Marines?

  Mitch : No. US Army.

  Valery : So, what did you do in the army?

  Mitch : Sneak into places, blow shit up, and kill people.

• [after Valery is shot] 

  Mitch : You ignorant mother fuckers have just shot an innocent photojournalist here! A female...

  [Mitch is cut off by a burst of gunfire] 

• Mitch : I never meant to hurt anyone.

  Valery : You shove a gun in an old man's face and tell him you're gonna blow his head off, and he dies of a heart attack because he's so fucking scared, and you're not responsible because your gun isn't loaded?

• Mitch : Take off your clothes.

  Valery : What?

  Mitch : [shouts]  Get naked!

• [after killing Tran Chan Dinh, a mercenary sent to kill him] 

  Mitch : Those sick sons-of-bitches! They're sending in the Viet Cong to get *me*!

• Mitch : The park is mine!

• Mitch : [Speaking into radio]  I don't want to hurt anyone. That's the first thing. I could have, but I didn't... even though there have been several attempts on my life. My name is not important; I'm just a guy. Nobody pays much attention to guys like me. I don't mean just because I'm a vet; I mean because my whole life has been directed by other people... I guess I let them. There's a lot of people like me in this city, who don't feel they have any control over their lives. A few weeks ago I got fed up; I couldn't hold a job, I couldn't put certain things behind me... my wife and I split up and my little boy's... whatever. And then a friend of mine killed himself - he was a vet, a good American, all those things... and when he wasn't useful anymore it was like he didn't exist; it was like he was made out of glass and they just looked right through him, and that boy disappeared. I am staying in this park until nine o'clock Wednesday night - that is Veteran's Day. All I want is for all of you to think about what is going on in your lives and in this city; about how you are treated and how you treat other people. I came here to say that one ordinary man can have some power - right now I matter, right now I make a difference, and I will NOT disappear.