Journalist Quotes in Chappie (2015)

[first lines]

Journalist: Historically, when we look at evolution, it's not surprising that uh... Chappie's left turn... uh... happened.

Professor: It's too early to tell how this is all going to play out. I didn't believe that this would happen in my lifetime, but... but it is happening.

Journalist: [Prime Minister has arrived, weather is quite rainy] What are your first impressions?

Hassan Jena: We could use some of your English rain in our dry country. In our country, there's a great deal of oil and very little water. A highly inflammable situation.

Journalist: Could we take a photo?

Ma Flodder: A photo? Of what?

Journalist: Of the whole family? For the newspaper.

Henkie: How much money is that?

Ma Flodder: Yeah... how much is that?

Journalist: About paying, that is...

Henkie: 100 bucks.

Journalist: 100 guilders?

Ma Flodder: No, 100 bucks, otherwise no photo!

Journalist: You tricked the police of three states. This was quite a big scandal.

Paan Singh Tomar: That's the misfortune of our country. I crossed 28 barriers & 7 water pits to become the national champion, nobody cared. But when I fooled the police and do a kidnapping then everybody started chanting, Paan Singh... Paan Singh!

Journalist: I agree. Sports persons in this country are in a very poor condition.

Paan Singh Tomar: Don't shed crocodile tears. Had I been only a mere sportsperson, would you've taken so much risk to come & interview me?

Journalist: I agree.

Journalist: Such a large punishment for such a small sin?

Ramanujam 'Ambi' Iyengar: [as anniyan] As if sin come like a Banyan, in small, medium, large, extra large, sizes?

Journalist: Can anyone kill just for this?

Ramanujam 'Ambi' Iyengar: [as Anniyan] Do you do this out of the confidence that no one will kill you?

Journalist: How can you take the law into your own hands?

Ramanujam 'Ambi' Iyengar: If you can throw the law out, why can't I take it into my own hands?

Journalist: How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?

Brian Clough: Good lad.

[reporters and photographers are hiding, trying to get clandestine photos of the Queen and Brown. Brown smells a rat and goes off to investigate]

Journalist: Where'd he go?

John Brown: [appearing right next to them] THIS CLOSE ENOUGH FOR YOU BOYS?

Journalist: What motivates you to fight ?

Jørgen Hansen: My wife would like to have a swimmingpool, so she can cool down when i come late home from training

P.R. Chief: Next question? Yes. You in the pink shirt.

William: Uh, right. Miss Scott, are there any circumstances that you and he might be more than just friends.

Anna Scott: I hoped that there would be but I've been assured that there's not.

William: Yes, but what if...

P.R. Chief: I'm sorry. Just the one question.

Anna Scott: No. It's alright. You were saying?

William: I was just wondering what if this person...

Journalist: Thacker. His name is Thacker.

William: Right. Thanks. What if, uh, Mr. Thacker realized that he had been a daft prick and got down on his knees and begged you to reconsider if you would... indeed... reconsider.

Anna Scott: [pause] Yes. I believe I would.

William: That's wonderful news. The readers of Horse and Hound will be relieved.

P.R. Chief: Dominic... if you'd like to ask your question again?

Journalist: Yes. Anna, how long are you intending to stay here in Britain?

Anna Scott: [pause] Indefinitely.

Journalist: Yes, but these other vampires, aren't they going to be pissed off at you giving away their secrets?

Lestat: Mmmmm... I imagine they are... Yes...!

Journalist: So... tell me about this military exercise that's going on down in Puerto Rico.

Kenny O'Donnell: [sharply] What?

Journalist: It's called "ORTSAC", I believe. "Castro" spelled backwards.

Kenny O'Donnell: "ORTSAC"? I... I don't know what you're talking about.

Robert F. Kennedy: Me either. Why?

Journalist: Because maybe the President and Gromyko are gonna talk about it.

Kenny O'Donnell: If you're trying to drum something up, Johnny, forget it. This meeting's been on the books for months. Far as I know, it's just a friendly talk on U.S.-Soviet relations.

[Johnny the Journalist nods and walks away. On a pad, Bobby writes the word "ORTSAC"]

Kenny O'Donnell: ... Does it?

Robert F. Kennedy: [writes "CASTRO" underneath it] Mm-hm.

Kenny O'Donnell: I'll be damned.

[scoffs]

Kenny O'Donnell: Kind of simple for the Pentagon.

Journalist: If you're gonna make a movie, make it a fiction. You cannot tell the truth unless you make it a fiction.

Journalist: The law's often inconvenient, Colonel.

Col. Mathieu: And those who explode bombs in public places, do they respect the law perhaps? When you put that question to Ben M'Hidi, remember what he said?

Journalist: M. Ben M'Hidi, don't you think it's a bit cowardly to use women's baskets and handbags to carry explosive devices that kill so many innocent people?

Ben M'Hidi: And doesn't it seem to you even more cowardly to drop napalm bombs on defenseless villages, so that there are a thousand times more innocent victims? Of course, if we had your airplanes it would be a lot easier for us. Give us your bombers, and you can have our baskets.

Col. Mathieu: What were they saying in Paris yesterday?

Journalist: Nothing. Sartre's written another article.

Col. Mathieu: Will you kindly explain to me why the Sartres are always born on the other side?

Journalist: So you like Sartre, Colonel?

Col. Mathieu: Not really, but I like him even less as an adversary.

Journalist: Senator Anderson. Senator Van Ackerman is accusing the commitee of using smear tatics. Would you comment on this?

Senator Brigham Anderson: If Senator has any complaints to make he ought to write a letter to his congressman.

[all the reporters laugh]

Journalist: Lovecraft was born in Providence Road Island on August 20th, 1890. This... is not his home.

Journalist: [off camera] Tell us your impressions of H.P. Lovecraft, Ma'am.

Suburban Mom: Okay. Uhh... He was a super guy, and did all these really super things... and helped... staving children in Africa and he was just like super duper!

[first lines]

Journalist: Senator, ah an attorney named Peter Gerston has filed suit in Arizona, uh, alleging that there's a cover-up regarding UFOs, and there has been for dozens of years, and millions of people have seen these objects in the sky, and the military continues to deny that anything's going on. Is that an area that's of interest to you at all?

John McCain: It's always of great interest to me. I think it's, I think it's uh of great interest. I would point out to you that there was once a case, a couple of years ago in Arizona, of some lights that were seen over Arizona, um, and that has never been fully explained.

Journalist: Personne ne sait ce qui se passe aujourd'hui parce que personne ne veut qu'il se passe quelque chose, en réalité on ne sait jamais ce qu'il se passe on sait seulement ce que l'on veut qu'il se passe, et c'est comme ça que les choses arrivent. En 17 Lénine et ses camarades ne disaient pas: Nous allons faire la révolution parce que nous voulons la révolution. Ils disaient " Toutes les conditions de la révolutions sont réunies, la révolution est inéluctable !" Ils ont fait la révolution qui n'aurait jamais eu lieu, s'il ne l'avait pas faite et qu'il n'aurait pas faite s'ils n'avaient pas pensé qu'elle était inéluctable uniquement parce qu'ils le voulaient. A chaque fois que quelque chose a bougé dans ce monde ça a toujours été pour le pire! Voilà pourquoi personne ne bouge, personne n'ose provoquer l'avenir ! Faudrait être fou pour provoquer l'avenir ! Faudrait être fou pour risquer de provoquer un nouveau 19 un nouveau 40 ou un nouveau 37.

Jean-Pierre Léaud: Alors , il ne se passera jamais plus rien ?

Journalist: Si parce qu'il y aura toujours des fous et des cons pour les suivre et des sages pour ne rien faire...

Journalist: There hasn't been a child murder in Venice for years. Got any clues, Inspector?

Inspector De Donati: I'm afraid not. In this type of killing, the motive is psychological. Whoever did it is insane. But with a little luck, we will manage to catch him.

Journalist: I don't think you can catch pneumonia!