CIA Interrogator Quotes in American Ultra (2015)

[first lines]

CIA Interrogator: Where do you want to begin?

Mike Howell: [thinking, seeing flashbacks] Dustpan. Spoon. Noodles. Bear. Frying pan. Fire. Apollo Ape. "Marry Me."Where did it all begin?

Mike Howell: Okay, it started three days ago, in the town of Liman, West Virginia. It's where I lived with my girlfriend, Phoebe. She is the only good thing that's ever happened to me. I honestly cannot even remember my life before her. We were the perfect fucked-up couple. She was perfect, and I was the fuck-up. And we were really, really happy. I wanted to make it forever, so I saved up for the perfect ring. And I planned the perfect romantic trip to surprise her. And then I fucked that up too.

CIA Interrogator: Have you ever met any jazz musicians you would describe, or who would describe themselves, as anarchists?

Bartholomew "Barley" Scott Blair: Hmmm... ah, there was a trombone player, Wilfred Baker.

[the interrogator starts writing]

Bartholomew "Barley" Scott Blair: He's the only jazz musician I can think of who is completely devoid of anarchist tendencies.