“I had enough bad luck to keep me laughin' the rest of my life. Sat in that jail. I sat in that jail ’til I nearby done rot to death. I know what it’s like, Ms. Celie, to wanna go somewhere and can’t.”
Oprah Winfrey - Sofia

“Love. Where does it come from? Who lit this flame in us? No war can put it out, conquer it. I was a prisoner. You set me free.”
Ben Chaplin - Pvt. Bell

“I am Solomon Northup. I am a free man; a resident of Saratoga, New York. The residence also of my wife and children who are equally free. I have papers. You have no right whatsoever to detain me... and I promise you, upon my liberation, I will have satisfaction for this wrong.”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Solomon Northup

“Cooperate and you're a free man, Lassiter. Cross me and you'll do twenty hard years.”
Bob Hoskins - Inspector John Becker

“I lived in a king's palace, in a cage just like this. I bit, and I scratched, and I spent my entire life fighting. Until one day, I just stopped, and they gave me their trust. Gain their trust, and they'll let you out.”

Christian Bale - Bagheera