Observe and Report (2009)
Seth Rogen: Ronnie
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Quotes
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Ronnie Barnhardt : I have a dream most nights. It starts on a playground. There's kids swinging, laughing, dogs barking, butterflies just flapping their little wings. And then you hear a rumbling, and over the horizon comes a black cloud and it's made of cancer and pus. And it starts sweeping over the playground and everyone starts screaming and clawing their eyes and pulling at their hair, and saying "Help! What do we do?" And you know what happens next? Out steps me wielding the biggest fucking shotgun you've ever seen in your whole life. And you know what I do? I blow every fucking thing away. And I am getting God's work done. When it's all over and the dust has settled, the whole world gathers below me and they say, "Thank you, Ronnie, thank you for helping, being a great man and doing this for us." And you know what I say? "You don't need to thank me. I'm just a guy with a gun. I'm just a cop."
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Female Reporter : I'm standing here at Forest Ridge Mall where earlier today a man exposed himself to several women before fleeing the scene. I'm here with Ronnie Barnhardt, one of the security guards here at the mall, who can hopefully...
Ronnie Barnhardt : Cut! Uh, you fucked up ma'am. I'm, I'm the head of mall security. You should do that again and say it right.
Female Reporter : Ah, well, Officer Bardhardt...
Ronnie Barnhardt : Action.
Female Reporter : Right. Uh, is there any information you can shed on this situation?
Ronnie Barnhardt : You're just going to keep going when you fucked up my title? Ok, uh, well I'm standing here with this doctor...
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[from trailer]
Ronnie Barnhardt : The world has no use for another scared man. Right now, the world needs a fucking hero.
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Charles : [Charlie is asked to join the Special Elite Task Force] Wait a minute, are we getting paid extra for this? Because it seems like...
Ronnie Barnhardt : Let me ask you something - how much did they get paid to storm Normandy, how much did King Arthur get paid to kill Merlin, how much did they get paid to invent Television? Nothing. They did it because they knew it was right.
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Nell : Is there really a pervert here?
Ronnie Barnhardt : Yes. Yes, ma'am, there is.
Nell : That's scary.
Ronnie Barnhardt : Not for me so much, you know, it's actually kind of my job, to put myself in harm's way, to protect weaker people such as yourself who are crippled in the leg and whatnot.
Nell : Oh, my cast is coming off in like a month.
Ronnie Barnhardt : I do it, so other people can sleep well at night, meanwhile, I'm up all night fighting demons, just screaming bloody murder, waking up with nosebleeds, night terrors, finding myself a mile from home with bloody feet and a gun in my hand I have no idea how I got there, but pound for pound, I'd say there's not one human being in this mall that deserves this coffee as much as myself.
Nell : Wow.
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Mom : I know it's hard, but try to look on the bright side. You may not be the smartest person in the world, but you're... handsome from certain angles and you're... More importantly, you've got dreams inside of you and dreams make you special. And no matter what the world, um, throws at you, uh, they - it can never take your dreams away.
Ronnie Barnhardt : What are you talking about, Mom?
Mom : I don't know, I'm drunk.
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Ronnie Barnhardt : Yuens, you guys are my infantry. One of you dies, God gave me another one.
Matt Yuen : Okay.
John Yuen : Awesome.
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Brandi : [sees Ronnie taking his psych meds] I didn't know you partied like that.
Ronnie Barnhardt : Yeah, I party like that every 4 to 6 hours.
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Detective Harrison : You wanna get hurt?
Ronnie Barnhardt : You didn't bring enough pigs to hurt me.
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Saddamn : Fuck you, Ronnie.
Ronnie Barnhardt : Fuck you.
Saddamn : Fuck you.
Ronnie Barnhardt : Fuck you.
Saddamn : Fuck you.
Ronnie Barnhardt : Fuck you.
Saddamn : Fuck you!
Ronnie Barnhardt : Fuck *you*!
Saddamn : Fuck you, Ronnie!
Ronnie Barnhardt : Fuck you.
Saddamn : Fuck you, Ronnie!
Ronnie Barnhardt : Fuck you, Saddam Hussein of Iraq.
Saddamn : [softly] Fuck you.
Ronnie Barnhardt : [softly] Fuck you.
Saddamn : [softly] Fuuuck you.
Ronnie Barnhardt : [whispering] Fuck you.
Saddamn : [whispering] Fuck you.
Ronnie Barnhardt : [whispering] Fuck you, fuck you, fuck *you*.
Saddamn : [quieter] Fuck you.
Ronnie Barnhardt : [quieter] Fuck you.
Saddamn : [quieter] Fuck you.
Ronnie Barnhardt : [mouthing] Fuck you.
Saddamn : [mouthing] Fuuuuck yooou.
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Ronnie Barnhardt : This motherfucker, look at him! That's all the proof I need!
Saddamn : That's racist, man.
Ronnie Barnhardt : Race has nothing to do with this. You fit the profile.
Saddamn : Oh, just like I fit the profile for the pervert?
Ronnie Barnhardt : How do I know you're not the pervert?
Saddamn : My dick is brown, you dumb motherfucker!
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Mom : I just want you to know, I'm ready to make a change.
Ronnie Barnhardt : You gonna stop drinking?
Mom : I'm switching to beer.
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Ronnie Barnhardt : Are you all right?
Brandi : Physically yes, but psychologically? No!
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Dennis : I'm real glad you opened up to me, 'cause it makes me, like, open up my heart, know what I'm saying'? And, like, share the stuff that's been happening to me because I used to be like you. I fell into that world of pretend. And that's where you gotta smarten up, and cut somebody sometimes. You might think that I float, you know, maybe even walk on water and stuff. But, I'm here to tell you that, sometimes, I drink out of volcanoes. I know how to deal with the system. I know how to fuck with it. I just gotta ask you, Ronnie - are you willing to accept what I have to teach?
Ronnie Barnhardt : I'm ready.
Dennis : Do you want me to show you the way?
Ronnie Barnhardt : Show me the path.
Dennis : [Whispering] Can I lead you, please?
Ronnie Barnhardt : [Whispering] Lead me.
Dennis : [Whispering] I'm gonna put you in my pocket.
Ronnie Barnhardt : [Whispering] Guide me.
Dennis : [Whispering] You're in my hands.
Ronnie Barnhardt : When do we start?...
Dennis : ...Right now.
