4th most-quoted character in The Prisoner (2009): in 3 of its 35 quotes
Most scenes with: Michael (3)
Scenes with Curtis 3
Curtis
Helen is a biochemist. She studies the mind. The depths of the mind. We all commonly accept the existence of the unconscious. Helen surmised that, if there are two layers of consciousness, then why not more? And if there are more, where are they, and what are they? What if we could go there? And what if we could take with us all these broken people and let them fix themselves? Nothing too clever. Just the simple virtues of life. Dignity and labor, sibling pride... family. Sufficient to rekindle their lost purpose here on Terra firma.
Your driver. He was one of these people.
Curtis
Well, yes. And hundreds more like him. Michael, you found them. Your work in Summakor.
Curtis
No. Protecting them. Repairing them. We all need that. Helen was the first person ever in the Village. All those remarkable dreams. Every thought, every impulse within the Village resides here, in her mind. No children of our own. Her great heartbreak. Then we thought we... wondered if it were possible, if we went there, we could have a family.
(In the Village, 11-12 suffocates M2 with a pillow, causing Helen visible distress)
Curtis
What goes on in that head? Of course, this was not the plan. (To Helen) Soon. Not long now. (whispers) He's here.
Curtis
I see. I'm wasting my breath.
Nobody signed up for this. None of these people asked to be fixed.
Curtis
You mean, we should seek their permission?
[scoffs] I'm human. I have a thousand flaws. I break down, I get up, I don't get up. I get lost. I make the same mistakes over and over. I have scars and wounds. Sometimes, when I can't... bear them anymore, I... I drink. You can't fix me. You can't fix any of us, you can't make us perfect!
(Michael and Curtis enter a church)
SSara
(repeatedly pounding a bundled up towel with a spoon) Don't look at me! Shut up! Shut up!
Curtis
Everything has a price. The price of free will, Michael.
SSara
I said, don't look at me! Don't look at me!
Curtis
One never quite knows with Sara. Must be a dozen tales like hers in every parish. It is the experience of trauma. As a child, her terror was unspeakable.
SSara
Put it on your head. No!
Curtis
She's quite out of reach. Nobody can help her.
SSara
Shut up! Shut up! I'm sorry!
Curtis
We tried so hard to save her and for a time, she prospered, but lately, she's begun to resist the Village. And this is what she's condemned to. This prison.
There must be something you can do.
Curtis
Not now. Not anymore. Sara!
SSara
(stands) I said, don't look at me!
Curtis
Unless... One word from you... Help me. (Michael approaches Sara) Help me fix these people, Michael. You are the one. One word.
Sara. (holds out his hand) 3-1-3.
(Sara reaches out to Michael and collapses in his arms)
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The Prisoner (2009) · 35 quotes