Jackson Curtis Quotes in 2012 (2009)

Charlie Frost: You'd have to keep a thing like this underwraps. I mean, just think about it, okay? First, the stock market would go. Then the economy, boom! The dollar, boom! And then pandemonium in the streets. War, genocide, ba-ba-ba-ba, boom, boom, boom!

Jackson Curtis: Bullshit. Nobody could keep that big a secret, Charlie. Somebody would blow the whistle.

Charlie Frost: And every once in a while, some poor little sucker tries. Well, like these guys, boom, boom!

[pulls down a screen of posted obituaries]

Charlie Frost: Every one of these guys, dead, dead, dead.

Jackson Curtis: [notices one of them] Whoa, whoa, whoa! That's Professor Meyers.

Charlie Frost: He ran the Atlantis shuttle program. Why, did you know him?

Jackson Curtis: Yeah, he helped me with research on my book.

Charlie Frost: Well, that must have been before this "accident."

Jackson Curtis: Meyers is dead?

Charlie Frost: Oh, two months ago. He was one of my most avid listeners and he had it all figured out. Everything the government was doing, where and why... He even sent me a map.

Jackson Curtis: A map for what Charlie? What's the map for?

Charlie Frost: They're building spaceships, man.

Jackson Curtis: Shit, man, I have to go because I gotta get back to Earth.

[They're about to drive out from the plane with the Bentley]

Jackson Curtis: All right, let's go!

Tamara: Wait! Where's Sasha?

Gordon Silberman: Sasha's fine. We need to get out of here before he touches down.

Tamara: No, no, no! We have to wait for him.

Yuri Karpov: Go Jackson, go!

Jackson Curtis: [Tries to start the car] It won't start!

[Everyone panics]

Yuri Karpov: Shut up, everbody!

[Everyone stops screaming]

Yuri Karpov: Engine... start!

[Car starts]

Kate Curtis: [on the "ark"] Where have you been all my life?

Jackson Curtis: Gift shop.

Lilly Curtis: [inside Charlie's camper] That guy's crazy. Right, daddy?

Jackson Curtis: No. I don't think so.

Jackson Curtis: [as Kate's house is collapsing in an earthquake] Get in the fucking car!

Kate Curtis: So, now that you have your map, where are we going?

[Jackson holds a one-finger signal before unfolding the map with the ships to discover that it is located in "China"]

Jackson Curtis: We're going to need a bigger plane.

[looks back at the map]

Kate Curtis: [on the phone with Jackson] Hello?

Jackson Curtis: [in the limo en route to Kate's house] Kate, stop what you're doing.

Kate Curtis: Jackson?

Jackson Curtis: Listen to me. I've rented a plane. Pack up the kids, I'm gonna be there in five minutes.

Kate Curtis: What are you talking about? We're gonna do our regular Saturday. Noah has music at 2 and Lil has karate.

Gordon Silberman: Not gonna expect him to remember.

Jackson Curtis: Kate, California is going down! Pack up the kids now!

Kate Curtis: They just got back. God, you sound like a cray person. The Governor just said we're fine.

Jackson Curtis: The guy's an actor! He's reading a script! When they tell you not to panic...

[makes a hard left]

Jackson Curtis: that's when you run!

Kate Curtis: Look, will you call me back when you calm down?

[hangs up phone]

Lilly Curtis: Mommy, why is Daddy so crazy?

[Gordon looks at Kate]

Kate Curtis: Finish your pancakes, Al Capone.

Kate Curtis: [as they escape Los Angeles in the plane] I don't understand. How did you know this was to happen?

Jackson Curtis: It's not just California. It's the whole goddamned world that gone to shit. I met this guy at Yellowstone, this crazy guy, but he's been right about that's happened so far. And he says that the government is building these ships, spaceships, I don't know what, but something.

Gordon Silberman: What, ships?

Jackson Curtis: Yeah, places where we can be safe. He knows where they are. He's got a map.

Kate Curtis: Jackson...

Jackson Curtis: Kate, you gotta just trust me on this, okay?

Gordon Silberman: Guys... look.

[L.A. is sinking into the Pacific as they fly away]

Jackson Curtis: We gotta get to the Santa Monica Airport!

Gordon Silberman: Well, take the freeway! It'll be half the time!

Jackson Curtis: [as the freeway collapses from the earthquake] Yeah, right!

[Outside the gates of the ark docks]

Kate Curtis: You don't have to save us, but please, just take my kids!

Tenzin: Why should I do that?

Jackson Curtis: The same reason you let in your family.

Sasha: Boss, I found us a plane.

Yuri Karpov: Can you still fly that thing?

Sasha: Sure, boss. But I need co-pilot.

Lilly Curtis: Gordon's a pilot.

Gordon Silberman: No, I'm not. I'm not.

Jackson Curtis: Yes, he is. Great pilot. Let's go.

Yuri Karpov: Good. Let's go!

[both groups set out for the plane]

Gordon Silberman: [just before going outdoors] Jackson, stop saying I'm a pilot.

[Yellowstone's caldera erupts. The giant ash cloud and fire is rushing behind them]

Lilly Curtis: Daddy, it's following us.

Jackson Curtis: Don't look at it! Get down on the ground. Get on the ground and hold on. Don't look back. Don't look back. Look at me. Do I look scared?

Lilly Curtis: Uh-huh.

Lilly Curtis: I'm not scared. No more Pull-Ups.

Jackson Curtis: Nice.

Jackson Curtis: Going to this place really special place that I know. Actually, it's a place where your Mom and I used to hang out a lot.

Noah Curtis: I don't wanna know where you and Mom had sex. I'm not ready for that, Jackson.

Jackson Curtis: Stop calling me that. It's creeping me out. What's wrong with "Dad"?

Kate Curtis: Does anybody got any money? We could bribe them.

Gordon Silberman: I do, I do.

Jackson Curtis: You got a billion euros?

Kate Curtis: Do you think people change?

Jackson Curtis: By "people," do you mean me?

Kate Curtis: Yes. Do you think you've changed since we separated?

Jackson Curtis: I certainly eat a lot more cereal now.

Jackson Curtis: [to pilot] Here. Take this. This is a very expensive watch. My editor gave it to me when he thought I was gonna be somebody.

Jackson Curtis: Hey, have a safe trip, you little bastards.

Oleg: Now you're laughing, Curtis, but we have tickets to go on on a big ship. We will live and you will die.

[from trailer]

Jackson Curtis: No matter what happens, we'll all stay together.

Jackson Curtis: I was listening to the broadcast and I was wondering what is exactly that's gonna start in Hollywood?

Charlie Frost: It's the apocalypse. End of days. The Judgment Day, the end of the world, my friend. Christians called it the rapture, but the Mayans knew about it, the Hopis, the I Ching, the Bible, kind of...

Charlie Frost: Hey. Hey, guess what? They're selling seats.

Jackson Curtis: Put me down for three.

Charlie Frost: No, guys like you and me don't have a chance. You'd have to be Bill Gates or Rupert Murdoch or some Russian billionaire or something.

Jackson Curtis: Hey, keep it down. My kids are sleeping.

Charlie Frost: Get them out of Yellowstone. It's gonna get ugly up here.

Jackson Curtis: [looks at his watch after being awaken by the morning news] I'm a dead man. I'm a dead man.

Kate Curtis: Do you think you've changed since we separated?

Jackson Curtis: I certainly eat a lot more cereal now.