Our Brand Is Crisis Quotes

Jane: That's the world, that's politics. That's how it works. It starts out with big promises and ends up with jackshit happening. But like the man said: If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

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Jane: [the llama walks off the set and is hit by a car]It's like he killed himself rather than be in our commercial.

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Pat Candy: You know, when Adlai Stevenson was running for president, a woman came up to him on a rally one night and said, Every thinking person will be voting for you. And Stevenson said, Ma'am, that's not enough. I need a majority.

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Jane: It may be possible to hold power based on guns; it is far better to win the heart of the nation.
Pat Candy: That's nice.

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[last lines] Jane: I just kept going round and round and round. So I got out. I got off the carousel.
Jane: It's like someone said: If you don't like the road you're on, start paving another one.

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Castillo: Did you hire me?
Jane: I'm sorry?
Castillo: Did you hire me?
Jane: No, no...
Castillo: I hired *you*!
Jane: No, nobody hired me. I cannot be hired. Unless you mean in the uh, you know, the technical sense, then yes, I probably was hired.

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Castillo: A leader must be a father to his people. I've always believed that. Sometimes a father has to be strict with his children for their own good. The people back there, they don't understand that.
Eddie: Whatever happens, sir, whatever happens, I'm very proud to be working for you.

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Pat Candy: [to Jane sitting silently]If you fight with monsters for too long, you become a monster. And if you stare into the abyss too long...Whatever the fuckin' rest of it is. I don't know...

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Jane: [her first chat with Castillo]People forget what you say, but they remember how you make them feel. Warren Beatty. And right now, you make people feel like you're gonna shoot them. People don't like you. But that's okay. Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. That's Warren Beatty as well. No, it's not. It's Machiavelli. [hearty chuckle]
Jane: Sorry. I was just totally kidding.

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Jane: He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Hugo: Oh, look. Come on, we don't wanna hear any more Sun Tzu.
Jane: It is not Sun Tzu. It's Muhammad Ali.

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Castillo: I am the one in charge. Do you understand?
Jane: Uh, no, no. See, you're not in charge. You're not in charge. *I'm* not in charge. Okay? Why can't you understand that?
Castillo: What did you just say?
Jane: Maybe nobody's in charge! Maybe we're all just rollin' down a fucking hill and there's no one at the wheel. I don't know! Sir, why can you not say what you're supposed to say? Where is there a problem?
Castillo: Because I'm not just a puppet for you to play with!
Jane: Of course you are! Of course you're a puppet! As am I! We're just... We're just pawns.

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Jane: Is it soul-stealing? Yeah, it's soul-stealing. It's advertising. You convince people of something they don't need, and then you give it to 'em, and then you profit from it.

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Pat Candy: So listen, um, when this is all over - I mean, no matter which way it goes - when we get back home, I'm going to spend hours pleasuring myself thinking about you.
Jane: That would be an honor, Pat. Thank you very much.

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Interviewer: When you began your career, you must've had heroes, role models?
Jane: Who are my heroes? Well, when I first started in this business, my heroes were politicians and leaders. And then I met them.

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Pat Candy: So maybe later, huh?
Jane: Maybe.
Pat Candy: Yeah?
Jane: Mmm-hmm.
Pat Candy: You know what I mean, right?
Jane: I can only assume.

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