Circle (II) (2015)
Rivka Rivera: The Translator
Quotes
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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]
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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 Lawyer : How old are you?
The Lesbian : What, me? 35. But I have a kid.
The Lawyer : Just one child.
The Lesbian : Yeah, a daughter.
The Lawyer : You married.
The Lesbian : Yes.
The Lawyer : What does your husband do?
The Lesbian : I don't?
The Lawyer : You don't what?
The Lesbian : Why the sudden interest in me?
The Lawyer : We're all just being honest. I just thought I'd ask you a question.
The Lesbian : Well, I'm not on trial, so how about you tell us about your life?
The Lawyer : Easy. 41. I've got two boys, an 18 month old baby daughter. Been married to the same amazing woman for 12 years. Erm.. That's it. Your turn.
[a young teenage girl gets voted]
The Lawyer : still waiting.
The Lesbian : I raised my four younger siblings during my father's heroin addiction and my mother's clinical depression, then attended Vassar under a work/study scholarship before serving in the Peace Corps for 3 years in Nepal and then returned to the US where I've worked for a non-profit ever since.
The Lawyer : Okay, but you still haven't answered my question. What does your husband do.
The Lesbian : I have a wife.
The Lawyer : Oh. So you're a lesbian.
The Lesbian : Yeah. So what? Doesn't make any difference.
The Lawyer : That's not necessarily true.
The One-Armed Man : Ok. So she's gay. Big deal. What's the matter?
The Lawyer : You think it's okay for a child to be raised with two gay mom's?
The Asian Kid : It's not fucking 1950, dude.
The Translator : Yeah, seriously, mind your own business.
The Lawyer : What, you think it's okay to raise a baby girl in that environment. Two gay mom's having sex all over the place? It's not as bad as two men, but it's still wrong. Maybe it's a good thing that you're here. You're going to give that little girl a chance to have a normal life.
The Soldier : Whoa, come on man, where are you going with this?
The Lawyer : I'm not homophobic or anything...
The Translator : Yeah, right.
The Lawyer : Do you think that this is someone worth dying for? I know a lot of you are religious. This country was based on family values. This is a woman who has sinned. Doesn't that mean something?
The One-Armed Man : We've all sinned.
The Lawyer : Yes, but some more than others. I mean, maybe that's the whole point of this thing. Maybe if we figure out who the sinner is amongst us then maybe this whole thing will end. I mean we have no idea what these aliens want. I mean, maybe that's the answer.
The Lesbian : So aliens want me to die because I'm gay?
The Lawyer : Look, nothing personal. I'm just trying to get this to stop.
The Lesbian : You think I'm the only one?
[Everyone is silent]
The Lesbian : Cowards.
[the lawyer is voted]
Bruce : My son's gay. And there's not a damn thing wrong with him.
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The Translator : In here we can't trust anyone.
The Translator : We should know that by now.
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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.
