Primal Fear (1996)
Laura Linney: Janet Venable
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Quotes
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Janet Venable : No further questions, your honor.
Roy : ['Roy' emerges] Where the hell do you think you're going?
Janet Venable : Excuse me?
Roy : Hey, you look at me when I'm talkin' to you, bitch!
Judge Miriam Shoat : Mr. Stampler!
Roy : Fuck you, lady! Come here!
[Roy jumps over the witness stand and grabs Janet and punches Marty]
Judge Miriam Shoat : Bailiff!
Roy : You wanna play rough, let's play rough. Come on, lets play rough!
[Bailiff and secruity slowly walk toward Roy]
Roy : Yeah, keep comin' closer asshole! Don't think I won't break her fuckin' neck!
Martin Vail : [approaching Aaron slowly with the other bailiffs] Come on, I got...
Roy : Fuck you, Marty! I'm walkin' outta slowly. Really slow.
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[Marty is trying to woo Janet again, kissing the back of her neck and humming as she smokes a cigarette at the bar in the party for the Archbishop]
Martin Vail : Come on... all you have to do is turn around.
Janet Venable : I thought you liked it better like this. That way you don't have to look at the person.
Martin Vail : You're mean.
[ingratiatingly]
Martin Vail : Look at me.
[She turns to face him. He is grinning seductively]
Martin Vail : Come on. Let's go find a bar you can still smoke in.
Janet Venable : Thanks for the invite, but I don't like one-night stands all that much.
Martin Vail : We saw each other for months.
Janet Venable : It was a one-night stand, Marty. It just lasted six months.
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Janet Venable : [aggressively to Aaron on the witness stand] Do you know what I would do if someone did that to me? I would kill him, I wouldn't hesitate. I would stab him 78 times. I would chop off his fingers, slash his throat open, carve numbers in his chest, gouge out his eyes, I swear to God!... But that's me.
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[arguing before the judge]
Janet Venable : Next thing you know, he'll be objecting to introducing the murder weapon into evidence!
Martin Vail : [Janet gestures to judge, referring to Martin's intentions] Well, now that you bring it up...
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Martin Vail : [to Shaughnessy in court] It's confusing to me because I have document here from your office that says last year Michael O'Donnell spoke to the supervisor of that unit over a period of two weeks explaining to him - in graphic detail - of the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of Archbishop Rushman. Isn't it also true, Mr. State's attorney, that your "friend" Archbishop Rushman was not going to stand trial for any of it? He owed you big time. You must've been very pissed off when he pulled out of the South River construction deal. What happened? He finally said "I can't take it anymore" and you said "no". You and your investors had sixty millions reasons to kill him!
Janet Venable : Objection!
Judge Miriam Shoat : Sustained! You're out of order, Mr. Vail!
Martin Vail : [whispering under his breath] Just like what you and your "associates" did in killing Joey Pinero just yesterday!
John Shaughnessy : [whispering to Vail] You son of a bitch!
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Martin Vail : [in Judge Miriam Shoat's chambers] You OK?
Janet Venable : Am I OK? Do I seem OK? I get attacked by this sick twisted... I've lost the case and out of a job! So no, I'm not particularly OK, but you won! Justice was done, so who the hell cares, right? Congratulations! You knew didn't you? You knew if I went after him he'd wig out up there.
Martin Vail : I knew he'd come out if he was threatened.
Janet Venable : Who better to do that than me? You used me.
Martin Vail : Yeah, I did. I had no choice, what did I use that was so terrible? I knew you'd do your job and I knew you'd try to win the case. What's wrong with that?
Janet Venable : I lost my fucking job.
Martin Vail : And that's good. You should've left them years ago.
Janet Venable : Oh, Jesus! Why do you think you always know what's best for me?
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Janet Venable : I've got to admit, that face is great. Are you prepping him to take the stand? That stutter, it's p-p-p-p-priceless.
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Joey Pinero : The Archbishop was a close personal friend of Mr. Shaughnessy. He came to me earlier this morning and asked me who was my best man, I said you.
Janet Venable : Thank you. I trust, Mr. Shaughnessy, if I am to prosecute this case, I'll be given the authority which comes with the assignment.
John Shaughnessy : You're the one trying the case, but let's establish one thing at the outset. I want the death penalty.
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Janet Venable : What's the matter, Marty, you nervous? Been a while since you rubbed up against a woman with a brain?
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Janet Venable : How can your timing be so good in a courtroom and so *bad* in real life?
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Janet Venable : Cute porno. Part of your collection?
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Janet Venable : You think you've got me. You think because you know me as well as you do, you know how I think. Well, I know how you think.
Martin Vail : You know what I'm thinking?
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Janet Venable : He needed to get off, Aaron. That's what he was doing. That's what he needed you for, to perform like a circus animal. That was your function in his life.
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John Shaughnessy : Vail?
Janet Venable : Who else?
John Shaughnessy : Clever prick. What do you think he's up to?
Janet Venable : I honestly don't know.
John Shaughnessy : Cut the crap, Janet. You know him pretty goddamn well. You were balling him, for Christ's sake.
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Janet Venable : I'm gonna ask you straight, because I am tired, and I've had just about all I can take of this sordidness, and I wanna go home, and I wanna wash my hands, and I wanna forget all about you and Archbishop Rushman. Did the Archbishop force you and your girlfriend and others to perform sexual acts while he watched? Yes or no?
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Janet Venable : Christ, Marty, why is it you always think you know what's right for me?
Martin Vail : Because I'm arrogant. I'm very, very arrogant.
