Callie Ferris Quotes in Next (2007)

Callie Ferris: Tell me what just happened. What did you see?

Cris Johnson: If I do what you want, you'll keep me in this chair forever.

Callie Ferris: I believe that the urgency of this situation compels the use of any and all resources to obtain Cris Johnson.

Wisdom: I need actionable intelligence, not paranormals and bullshit magicians.

Callie Ferris: With all due respect, sir, this bullshit magician's shown a pattern of advanced awareness that is statistically impossible. You let me bring him in and you'll get what you want.

[last lines]

Callie Ferris: Ready?

Cris Johnson: Yeah.

Callie Ferris: Don't do it.

Cris Johnson: I already have.

Cavanaugh: What about intel?

Callie Ferris: We don't need it, we have him.

Callie Ferris: Let's talk about something hard. A stolen nuclear munition is being smuggled into the United States, or may, in fact, already be here. I want you to look ahead and tell me where it's going to be deployed.

Cris Johnson: Uh... I think you've got the wrong guy. It's a magic act.

Callie Ferris: You going to stick with that story? Because millions of lives are at risk and you could, maybe, prevent a major catastrophe. On a practical note, we're standing in front of a stolen vehicle and you're wanted for assault involving a weapon at the casino.

Cris Johnson: All right, that was an accident. He had a gun. He was going to shoot two people.

Callie Ferris: Yeah? How'd you know that? No good deed goes unpunished, does it? I can fix your legal problems, buddy, but you've got to step up. Otherwise, your next magic show is going to be at Folsom State Prison.

Cris Johnson: It's ironic, but people like you who try to help have been torturing me, in the full sense of the word, since I was three years old. What did they call it? Oh, yeah. Observed play therapy. Featuring, the marathon 36-hour, can-you-guess-the-next-flash-card game. So, please, leave me alone and let me live some semblance of a normal life.

Callie Ferris: I'd love to indulge your feelings, but I am dealing with a slightly larger picture right now. Now you can exercise your responsibility to help your fellow man or I will exercise that responsibility for you.