“Gladiator” quotes
(1992)
Title Gladiator
Year 1992
Director Rowdy Herrington
Genre Drama, Sport, Action
Year 1992
Director Rowdy Herrington
Genre Drama, Sport, Action
Plot – Tommy Riley has moved with his father in a seedy area of Chicago because of the man's gambling debts and he has to deal daily with any kind of violence. In his previous school he was a boxing champion, so he uses his ability in the streets soon. His father's creditors threaten them, so Tommy decides to participate to illegal boxing matches, but before he can get out of the business, he experiences a violent, oppressive and cynic environment.
All actors – James Marshall, Richard Lexsee, T.E. Russell, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tab Baker, Dwain A. Perry, Joan Schwenk, Raul Salinas, Marctwaine Nettles-Bey, Derek Anunciation, Cara Buono, Francesca P. Roberts
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“You have a gift for language, Mr. Riley. But talent is a common thing. People waste it every day. They abuse it. They take it for granted. Success comes not from what God has given you but what you do with it. It's really up to you.”
“Don't give me this bullshit about Murphy's Law. If I run into Murphy, I'm gonna kick him right in the balls.”
“- Noah: All I got is a broken nose and a bunch of recollections. You got recollections, boy?
- Tommy Riley: Yeah. Some.
- Noah: You young yet. They accumulate. Believe me.”“Top of the head, hardest part of the body.”
- Spits: Did I say something?
- Tommy Riley: Yeah, you said "something".“- Tommy Riley: It's a free country.
- Pappy Jack: Would that were true, kid. Would that were true.”“You're angry. That's what's gonna get you beat out there! Anger is your enemy!”
“- Lincoln: This is the white boy I told you saved my black ass.
- Charlene: Appreciate that, because I love his ass.”It ain't "mairzy doats and dozy doats" out there. It's war. You fight Black Death like the Marquis of Queensbury, and you're gonna be carried out in a body bag. But, hey. Good luck!
“- Lincoln: Poverty is a black disease.
- Tommy Riley: Not just.”
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