Curtis Ames quotes from E.R.

Curtis Ames

Call your husband.

Abby

I- I just did. He didn't answer.

Curtis Ames

Call him again.

Curtis Ames

You're the successful doctor... right? You're smart, you're beautiful. You got the man, you got the baby, you got everything. So don't take it personal, when I say to you: you have no idea where I am right now.

Abby

You're wrong.

Curtis Ames

You think so?

Abby

Yeah. I think I know exactly where you are right now. You know nine years ago I had... My marriage was over, my mother was in a mental institution for the seventh time, I don't know and I drank... a lot. A lot! And I had reached this... I... You know what, I... One morning, I woke up in this apartment and I had no idea how I got there, next to some guy I didn't even remember meeting. And he was going through my stuff looking for money so he and his buddy could get a fix. So I ran outta there and I went downstairs, and I tried to get a cab, but I had no idea where I was and it was five o'clock in the morning and there were no cars in the street, so I just... I just sat down on the stoop and I just... I waited for something to happen. And at that moment I'm telling you, I knew, I mean, I was positive that happiness was something I was never gonna find.

Curtis Ames

Getting deep on me now.

Abby

[In tears] No! I am just trying to tell you that things can change, they can get better, even if you don't see it, they can!

Luka

I've had a gun pointed at me before. I know you're not the type of man to use that.

Curtis Ames

[pistol-whips Luka in the face] You see? I used it.

Curtis Ames

[crushing Luka's hand in a vice] Tell me how it feels. Tell me - tell me what it's doing to you.

Luka

[groaning in pain] I can, uh... I can feel, uh... crashing of the metacarpal heads. Ah... the digital nerves being compressed. I'm losing... sensation, motor control.

Curtis Ames

You know what I mean, you know what I mean?

Luka

I don't.

Curtis Ames

[raises his foot to kick the vice again] You know what I...

Luka

I don't, I don't! Wait, wait, wait! Stop, please!

Curtis Ames

Then tell me... how it feels!

Luka

[gasping for breath] Just stop it...

Curtis Ames

[shouting] Come on, Luka! Come on! You see people in pain, EVERY DAY! Tell me how it feels!

Luka

[gritted teeth] You son of a bitch...

Curtis Ames

See, do you feel me? Now?

Luka

What do you want from me, huh? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? [tries to stand but collapses in pain, gasping] I can't... do it without my hands. I'm a doctor. I have a wife, a child!

Curtis Ames

[It's hard, right?

Luka

Is that what you want, huh? Is that what you want? I won't be able to take care of my family! I won't be able to do anything, I'm nothing, okay? I'm NOTHING! You wanna kill me, huh? Is that what you want, you wanna kill me? Kill me now!

Curtis Ames

Now you get it, now you say something! Now you finally understand a little!