The Equalizer (2014)
Denzel Washington: Robert McCall
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Quotes
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Robert McCall : When you pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too.
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Robert McCall : Progress. Not Perfection.
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Robert McCall : You gotta be who you are in this world, no matter what.
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Robert McCall : I've done some bad things in my life, Nicolai... Things I'm not proud of. I promised someone I love very much that I would never go back to being that person... But for you, I'll make an exception.
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Teri : You and I know what I really am.
Robert McCall : I think you can be anything you wanna be.
Teri : Maybe in your world, Robert. Doesn't really happen that way in mine.
Robert McCall : Change your world.
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Teri : [about his book] What's your new one about?
Robert McCall : Oh, it's about a guy who thinks he's a knight in shining armor. The only thing is, he lives in a world where knights don't exist anymore.
Teri : Sound like my world.
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Vladimir Pushkin : Who are you?
Robert McCall : Everybody wants to know.
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Vladimir Pushkin : So it's you... and now you've come to kill me.
Robert McCall : Yes.
Vladimir Pushkin : Then tell me: what do you gain from my death?
Robert McCall : Peace.
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Robert McCall : [to Slavi] That girl, Alana... She's gonna go on living. You... You're gonna bleed out all over this funky floor... All over 9,800 dollars.
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[from trailer]
Ralphie : [asking about Robert's hurt hand] What happened?
Robert McCall : I hit it on something stupid.
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Ralphie : I'm not strong enough.
Robert McCall : Don't doubt yourself, son. Doubt kills.
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Robert McCall : I don't have a lot of time. Which means you don't have any.
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Robert McCall : [to Nicolai] The men I killed, your men... I gave them a chance, they made their decision... Now I'm giving you the opportunity to make yours.
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Vladimir Pushkin : What do you want?
Robert McCall : I want the head of the snake.
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Robert McCall : [telling Teri about his book] Man gotta be the man, fish gotta be the fish.
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Robert McCall : I am offering you a chance to do the right thing. Take it.
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Marcus : Hey, yo, Pops. We betting on what you did before you got here.
Jay : Like for a living.
Marcus : I'm saying insurance, claims.
Jay : He was a stock dude, man, on Wall Street.
Robert McCall : I was a Pip.
Jay : Yo, you were a pimp?
Robert McCall : No, not a pimp. A Pip, P-I-P, Pip.
Jay : What fuck is a Pip?
Robert McCall : Why you curse so much? You know, like Gladys Knight and the Pips. Like this.
[starts dancing]
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Teddy : When you look at me, what do you see.
Robert McCall : [chuckles, shifts in his seat]
Teddy : The answer's nothing. I have no feeling about you one way or the other. You're like... like lint or a bottle cap. You're just a thing to remove.
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Teri : You always read books?
Robert McCall : My wife did. She... She was working through the 100 Books Everybody Should Read. She made it to 97, so I figured... I'd give it a shot... And one day we'd have something to talk about when we get together.
Teri : ...Wow, a hundred books.
Robert McCall : Yeah.
Teri : Holy moly. How many have you read, Robert?
Robert McCall : Ninety-one.
Teri : [cell phone rings] Sorry, this damn thing. Ninety-one books, though. You're almost done.
Robert McCall : Almost.
Teri : What are you gonna do after that?
Robert McCall : Take singing lessons. Then I'm gonna open a donut factory. I am... What? Why you laughing?
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Robert McCall : Thought you were gonna to give up that refined sugar?
Teri : I am.
Robert McCall : When?
Teri : Any day now.
Robert McCall : Yea, it's bad for your vocal cords. Body, mind, spirit. Remember?
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Robert McCall : [Setting his stopwatch before taking down several Russian mobsters] Sixteen seconds.
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Robert McCall : [voiceover] Tomorrow you'll have returned all the money you extorted from those people. You'll tell them it will never happen again. Do that, and this video will never be seen... Don't, and a half an hour later you'll watch the uncut version on every news outlet in the area. Now I'm offering you a chance to do the right thing. Take it.
Detective Harris : That fucking hurt more than the beating.
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Teri : There's no ring.
Robert McCall : Hmm?
Teri : On your wedding finger, there's no ring.
Robert McCall : No.
Teri : No Mrs. Robert at home?
Robert McCall : No.
Teri : Was there ever?
Robert McCall : Once.
Teri : Did you break her heart?
Robert McCall : She broke mine.
Teri : You know, I see a lot of widowed guys. Something in your eyes. You know, it's not sad, It's just kinda... lost, you know.
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Susan Plummer : I know a part of you died when Vivian did. But not the part she loved the most... Go be him.
Robert McCall : ...Yep.
Susan Plummer : Don't forget to say goodbye.
[walks away]
Robert McCall : ...Goodbye.
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FBI Operator : FBI. How can I direct your call?
Robert McCall : Agent Mosley, please.
Agent Mosley : Agent Mosley.
Robert McCall : Heard you found some money today.
Agent Mosley : Who is this?
Robert McCall : Concerned citizen. Check your personal e-mail... Make sure you're sitting down when you do.
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Robert McCall : Your heart's beating three times the normal rate because you're losing so much blood. About 30 seconds, your body's gonna shut down... and you're gonna suffocate. Alina, the girl you beat half to death, her life will go on. Yours is gonna end right here, on this funky floor... over $9,800. You should have taken the money.
Slavi : Who are you?
Robert McCall : 26 one-thousand... 27 one-thousand... 28 one-thousand... I'm sorry.
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Robert McCall : [passing the money to the Pushkin's employees] There you go. Thank you very much. There you go. Mr. Pushkin thanks you very much. We're going out of business. Closing down shop. Mr. Pushkin thanks you very much. There you are, sweetheart. Here you go. You're welcome. Accept these parting gifts on behalf of Mr. Pushkin. There you go. Three, two... Look at that, perfect... One. Thank you. Thank you, sweetheart.
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Teri : [comes to the Robert's table] I'm sorry. I'm breaking protocol, right?
Robert McCall : No, no. Listen, hey, come, come on, sit down. Sit. Sit... Sit.
Teri : Okay.
Robert McCall : Come on, sit down.
Teri : All right... Are you sure I'm not interrupting anything?
Robert McCall : Yeah... So?
Teri : I don't know. You know, I just kind of felt like a quiet voice... before it all goes crazy.
Robert McCall : Okay.
Teri : I'm Teri.
Robert McCall : Bob.
[bump their fists together]
Robert McCall : Ow! It's good.
Teri : You know, you don't look like a Bob.
Robert McCall : Oh, yeah?
[to the waiter]
Robert McCall : Thank you.
Teri : You look like a Robert. Robert reads books like this and Bob watches TV... My real name's Alina.
Robert McCall : What happened to your face?
Teri : Something stupid.
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Robert McCall : How'd you find me? I paid cash. We did no reservation. How'd you find me?
Teddy : Well, that's what we do, Mr. McCall.
Robert McCall : We who?
Teddy : We find people we need to find.
Robert McCall : We who?
[Teddy walks away]
Teddy : [climbs into the car] Everything about him is wrong.
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Robert McCall : [Detective Gilly picks up his cell phone] Why waste city services when I got two corrupt cops right in front of me?
Detective Gilly : It's that guy.
Detective Harris : This fucking guy?
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Robert McCall : Is it just you, or are we waiting for someone else?
P&E Worker : I'm sorry. What?
Robert McCall : Your hands. If you really work on power lines, your hands wouldn't look like that. We gotta be waiting for somebody else.
P&E Worker : Motherfucker... Hands where I can see them. We're gonna take a little walk across the street, Black Denali.
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Robert McCall : [offers a cake] Loaded with poison, just like you like it.
Teri : Is it your birthday?
Robert McCall : No, it was some guy at work. I didn't want to waste it.
Teri : Happy birthday, Some Guy at Work... How old are you?
Robert McCall : How old are you?
Teri : Doesn't really matter.
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Susan Plummer : You didn't take out five pimps, Robert. You took out the East Coast hub of Vladimir Pushkin.
Robert McCall : Pushkin?
Susan Plummer : Mm. He's similar to their oligarch who jumped in bed with Russian mafia, only he funds everything: gasoline, weapons, girls, you name it. He's built an intricate network on both U.S. coasts that are incredibly well-insulated. His money and political ties make him untouchable.
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Teri : I bought a little machine for making demos.
Robert McCall : Yea, I bet your good.
Teri : What makes you say that?
Robert McCall : Intuition.
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Susan Plummer : If you've come for help, I can't give you any.
Robert McCall : I understand.
Susan Plummer : Do you?
Robert McCall : Just came for tea.
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Teri : I remembered you lived around here, so I've been swinging by the last few days hoping I'd run into you.
Robert McCall : Yeah?
Teri : Yeah. Pretty different, huh?
Robert McCall : Night and day.
Teri : Yeah, well... I get my stitches out next week.
[taking a book out of her bag]
Teri : Um, I'm reading now.
Robert McCall : Oh, no!
Teri : Yeah.
Robert McCall : Very good.
Teri : I know. I got it from a used book store. The guy there recommended it to me. It's good. I got a job, too. Like, a real job with real hours and stuff.
Robert McCall : Okay.
Teri : You know, when they gave me my stuff back at the hospital, there was this envelope with my name on it. Almost $10,000 inside and a ticket out of town. I don't know, probably hush money, right?
Robert McCall : Probably.
Teri : Who cares? A new start.
Robert McCall : Alina the singer.
Teri : Well, someone once told me I could be whoever I wanted to be.
Robert McCall : Body, mind...
Teri : [fist-bumping] Spirit. I'm gonna miss your stories, Robert.
Robert McCall : You got your own now.
Teri : Thank you. For everything.
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Robert McCall : I know you got an escape plan. Where do you keep it?
Masters : Yeah? What's your fuckin' escape plan, huh?
Robert McCall : It's not about me, Frank. It's about you right now. Where do you keep it?
Masters : You know what? Fuck you, you motherfucker. You have fucked me so fucking bad! You did this, you motherfucker!
Robert McCall : Do you hear yourself? You did it to this badge, Frank. You disrespected this badge. You understand me?
Masters : Fuck you, you motherfucker. I got nothing, all right? I got fuckin' nothing. You hear me? I got fuckin' nothing because of you! You think they're not coming for you? You think you're not fuckin' next? I am a fucking dead man!
Robert McCall : Well, do something about it, Frank.
Masters : You don't know who the fuck these people are! I'm a fucking dead man. I won't last a fucking week.
Robert McCall : Then do the right thing.
Masters : Motherfu...
Robert McCall : Do the right thing, Frank. Police officer for 20 years, I know you didn't get this far and not have an out. Where do you keep it?
Masters : I was a fucking good cop. I was.
Robert McCall : I understand. Do the right thing. Do it for the good cops, Frank. Where do you keep it?
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Robert McCall : I'm here for that girl. You gave me that a couple of nights ago.
Slavi : We give out lots of cards. You still can get it up, *dedushka*?
[chuckles]
Robert McCall : I'm here about a certain girl. She got beat up pretty bad.
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Robert McCall : [helping Ralphie train for a fitness test] What if that were me? You gonna leave me to die of smoke inhalation? I'm a buck-90. How you gonna pull me out of a burning building if you can't pull a tire 20 yards?
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Robert McCall : [sitting down to lunch at a work] What you got there?
Ralphie : It's tuna.
Robert McCall : Bread?
Ralphie : Whole-grain, gluten-free.
Robert McCall : Okay. Condiments?
Ralphie : Sprouts, avocado, and Veganaise mayo.
Robert McCall : Okay.
Ralphie : [taking a bite, something crunches] It's a bone in the tuna.
[seeing McCall's look, he passes the sandwich over]
Robert McCall : [finding potato chips inside] Oh...
Ralphie : What? Potatoes are a vegetable. I like crunchy things.
Robert McCall : Carrots are crunchy. Dried seaweed is crunchy.
Ralphie : I'm a human, not a rabbit.
Robert McCall : You wanna make security guard, you gotta lose weight. You got a test in one week. Now, you asked me to help you, but if you're not willing to apply yourself...
Ralphie : [getting his point] Yeah.
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Susan Plummer : You know these two?
Robert McCall : Uh... Boston PD. Probably on Pushkin's payroll, I assume.
Susan Plummer : Three years. Detective Remar and Detective Pederson. Only now they're dead. They found them yesterday in the trunk of their car in the precinct parking lot. Suffocated. Testicles blown off and shoved down their throats. Classic Russian mob hit. Teddy's work. Third one, Detective Masters, hasn't shown up for work in several days. Robert, I don't have to tell you what happens next. He won't stop until he kills you and anyone you care about.
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Robert McCall : [seeing Ralphie with a can of Pringles] You test tomorrow and you're still eating that salty stuff?
Ralphie : These are for you.
[McCall takes it]
Ralphie : Open it.
[doing so and removing the contents, McCall finds a piece of paper with "247" on it]
Ralphie : I made the weight. Tomorrow, I'm gonna ace that test, Mr. MCall. Thanks to you.
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Susan Plummer : Robert, I have very little influence these days. I'm not at the Agency anymore. I consult on a few things, that's it.
Robert McCall : [showing her Teddy's picture] Susan, I just need to know who this man is.
Susan Plummer : Who is he to you?
Robert McCall : That's why I'm here, trying to find out.
Susan Plummer : Tell me what's going on. Please?
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Brian Plummer : You had a nice funeral, in case you were wondering.
Robert McCall : Hmm.
Brian Plummer : You know, when they told Susan you were dead, she couldn't comprehend it. She said, "Oh, no. Not Robert. And not from something as trivial as a car bomb." That you're alive... is a big relief. But it didn't come as a complete surprise to her. We used to talk about you over the years, you know, and she said if anyone could have figured a way out, a way to walk away from it all for good, you know... like a real fresh start... it would have been... you.
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Slavi : This girl, she have name?
Robert McCall : Her name's Alina.
Slavi : Alina? Hmm... ah. No, it doesn't ring a bell. But whoever she is, I'm sure she must really know how to suck the cock.
[he and his men laugh]
Robert McCall : Okay. Um... look, I understand. These girls that you, uh... that you represent. Uh, I understand it's like they're an investment, so, um...
[putting an envelope on the desk]
Robert McCall : I can give you $9,800. It's cash.
Slavi : You're wanting to give me $9,000?
Robert McCall : 9,800. Cash.
Slavi : For what?
Robert McCall : Her freedom.
Slavi : Aha.
[chuckling, in Russian to his men]
Slavi : Can you believe this guy?
[switching back to English]
Slavi : This guy gonna give me $9,000 for one single piece of pussy. Ah, must be Ferrari pussy. You fucking Americans think that you can come into my place of business and just buy whatever you want. Beautiful Russian girls, no problem, just throw down this bullshit money. You fucking insult me.
[laughing]
Slavi : I'm just fucking with you, man. Oh, but you've got very big balls coming in here. I like that. So... $9,000 for the troublemaker.
[as he offers a handshake, McCall takes it]
Slavi : One month. That's it. You think this is one-time payment? I make this off this girl in two weeks. That girl is still child. I still can sell her as virgin. This makes prime earner for good while. Take your fucking money and go back to your house and jerk yourself off 9,800 times and then you can come crawling back here and talk to me, huh? She'll be used up by then for sure. Maybe then I will let you have her for nothing.
