Cortez Quotes in Jarhead (2005)

Cortez: I'm the midget, huh? Let's go you squishy-faced retard!

Fowler: [dead serious] Don't you ever call me squishy-face!

Cortez: This is what life is about, boys!

Fowler: She's a big bitch, Cortez!

Cortez: She's not big, she's beautiful, and she's beautiful because she's pregnant! That's what life is about.

Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford: [Swoff and Fergus are disassembling and reassembling their rifles in their tent. Cortez is sitting a few bunks down, messing with his radio] What would you say if I told you I was gonna kill you for fucking me over like that?

Fergus: I already told you, it was an accident.

Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford: An accident. Right. Like when the trigger slips. Of course, your nice little mom and dad are where?

Fergus: Cottonwood Falls.

Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford: Cottonwood Falls. They'll be sad. THey won't have their little boy to send fucking cookies to. I'll say it was an accidental discharge. I might spend some time in the brig... but it'll end this fucking waiting. And I don't knwo what it's like to kill a man.

[loads rifle and points it at Fergus]

Fergus: What are you doing?

Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford: I'm in the firing position known as the sitting position. After the prone position, it is the platform most likely to enable a Marine to effectivley kill his target. His target being a human, generally an enemy but sometimes a friend or friendly. We call this frinedly fire, or friendly fucking or getting friendly fucked.

Fergus: Come on Swoff, it was your watch! It was Christmans Eve, and I was just thinking about home. That's it.

Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford: What do you think Cortez? You think I'll accidentally kill your homeboy from boot camp?

Cortez: Sure you'll kill him. Accidents happen.

Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford: You don't see shit right?

Cortez: I don't see shit. This ain't even my tent. Matter of fact, I ain't even here, Swoff.

[exits tent]

Cortez: [eating cat food] It's dry, dawg. It's just a little dry. But it's good.

Cortez: Look man, you already got enough chemicals and bullshit in your head anyway, all right? Your brain is fried.

Sean: Cortez, I'm serious. I need my fucking pills.

Cortez: Look nigga, you trippin'. I'm out.