The Killing Fields (1984)
Spalding Gray: U.S. Consul
Quotes
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U.S. Consul : Look, there could be a bloodbath here. Excuse the pun, but we're either staying or we're living.
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U.S. Consul : I will be damn glad to get out of here. This thing has dragged on too long for it to end in all sweetness and light. And after what the Khmer Rouge have been through, I don't think they're going to exactly affectionate toward Westerners.
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Sydney Schanberg : What the hell is this?
U.S. Consul : Well, listen Sydney, If you weren't down here, I wouldn't be down here. And I don't want to be down here!
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U.S. Consul : Hello, Sydney. Good night, Sydney. Listen, I can't talk with you.
Sydney Schanberg : You can talk to me.
U.S. Consul : The embassy is jittery. If you want any information, get it from a press officer.
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U.S. Consul : What pisses me off is, that this country has a lot of faults and a lot of strengths and we have done *nothing* but play to the faults.
