Dr. Susan McCallister Quotes in Deep Blue Sea (1999)

[Regarding last shark]

Dr. Susan McCallister: We have to kill her.

Carter Blake: That's the smartest thing you've said all day.

Dr. Susan McCallister: [after slashing her hand to use the blood as bait] She may be the smartest animal on the planet, but she's still just an animal. Come to mama.

Dr. Susan McCallister: You wait your whole life for a single moment and then suddenly it's tomorrow.

Russell Franklin: Just what the hell did you do to those sharks?

Dr. Susan McCallister: Their brains weren't large enough to harvest sufficient amounts of the protein complex. So we violated the Harvard Compact. Jim and I used gene therapies to increase their brain mass. A larger brain means more protein. As a side effect the sharks got smarter.

Janice Higgins: You stupid bitch!

Dr. Susan McCallister: Tell me Mr. Franklin, have you ever known anyone with Alzheimer's?

Russell Franklin: Well, no.

Dr. Susan McCallister: By the end all my father could do was ask why my mother wasn't at home, and each time I told him she was dead I had to watch him take that loss like a car wreck. 200,000 men and women develop Alzheimer's each year! What if you could end all that suffering with a single pill? Give me till Monday morning, 48 hours. I'll give you results that'll skyrocket your stock price or I'll help you pack the lab myself. It's your call.

Dr. Susan McCallister: We're this close to the reactivation of a human brain cell.