Pete Postlethwaite: Roland Tembo
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Roland Tembo : Rex just fed, so he won't be hunting for a while.
Dr. Ian Malcolm : Just fed? I assume you're talking about Eddie? You might show a little more respect, the man saved our lives by giving his.
Roland Tembo : Then his troubles are over. My point is, predators don't hunt when they're not hungry.
Nick Van Owen : No, only humans do.
Roland Tembo : Oh, you're breaking our hearts! Saddle up, let's get this moveable feast under way!
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Roland Tembo : Peter, if you want me to run your little camping trip, there are two conditions: firstly, I'm in charge, and when I'm not around, Dieter is. All you need to do is sign the checks, tell us we're doing a good job, and open your case of Scotch when we have a good day. Second condition: my fee? You can keep it. All I want in exchange for my services is the right to hunt one of the tyrannosaurs. A male, a buck only. How and why are my business. Now if you don't like either of those two conditions, you're on your own. So go ahead, set up base camp right here, or in a swamp, or in the middle of a Rex nest for all I care. But I've been on too many safaris with rich dentists to listen to any more suicidal ideas, OK?
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Dr. Ian Malcolm : Did you find him?
Roland Tembo : Just the parts they didn't like.
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Peter Ludlow : [over radio] This is as good a place as any for base camp. That's first priority after we're finished. I want it up and running in thirty minutes. That's half an hour, understood? Over.
Roland Tembo : Cancel that order.
Peter Ludlow : What? Why?
Roland Tembo : This is a game trail, Mr. Ludlow. Carnivores hunt on game trails. Do you want to set up base camp or a buffet?
Peter Ludlow : [over radio] Let's find a new spot, shall we? Over and out.
Roland Tembo : Peter, if you want me to run your little camping trip, there are two conditions: firstly, I'm in charge, and when I'm not around, Dieter is. All you need to do is sign the checks, tell us we're doing a good job, and open your case of Scotch when we have a good day. Second condition: my fee - you can keep it. All I want in exchange for my services is the right to hunt one of the tyrannosaurs. A male, a buck only. How and why are my business. Now if you don't like either of those two conditions, you're on your own. So go ahead, set up base camp right here, or in a swamp, or in the middle of a Rex nest for all I care. But I've been on too many safaris with rich dentists to listen to any more suicidal ideas, okay?
Peter Ludlow : [gives thumbs up] Okay!
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Nick Van Owen : You seem like you have a shred of common sense, what the hell are you doing here?
Roland Tembo : Somewhere on this island is the greatest predator there ever lived. The second greatest predator must take him down.
[grins]
Nick Van Owen : [referring to Roland's gun] You gonna use that?
Roland Tembo : If he doesn't surrender, yes.
Nick Van Owen : Let me see it for a second.
Roland Tembo : [pulls his gun away] Nope.
Nick Van Owen : [chuckles] The animal exists on the uh, planet for the first time in tens of millions of years and the only way you can express yourself is to kill it.
Roland Tembo : Remember that chap about twenty years ago? I forget his name. Climbed Everest without any oxygen, came down nearly dead. When they asked him, they said why did you go up there to die? He said I didn't, I went up there to live.
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[During the dinosaur chase, the dinosaur hunters close in on a Parasaurolophus]
Roland Tembo : [over radio] Dieter, get in the outrigger. You're closing in on a parasauro...
Dieter : [over radio] Say that again, Roland. A what?
Roland Tembo : [over radio] The one with the big red horn! The pompadour! *Elvis!*
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Roland Tembo : [to Dieter, just after the base camp attack] That's the last time I leave you in charge.
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Peter Ludlow : You know, I remember the people who've helped me, Roland. There's a job for you at the park in San Diego if you want it.
Roland Tembo : No thank you... I believe I've spent enough time in the company of death.
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[Roland is sitting in a bar in Kenya. Ajay walks in behind him, and Roland turns around]
Roland Tembo : Ajay!
Ajay Sidhu : [laughing] How did you know?
[they hug]
Roland Tembo : That cheap aftershave I send you every Christmas, you actually wear it? I'm touched. Sit down, sit down. What on earth brings you to Mombassa?
[they sit]
Ajay Sidhu : You. Well - I got a call from a gentleman who's going to Costa Rica or thereabouts. Now if he is to be believed, it's a most unique expedition and very well-funded.
Roland Tembo : Well, I'm a very well-funded old son of a bitch. You go.
Ajay Sidhu : What, alone? But we always had such great success together, you and I.
Roland Tembo : Just a little bit too much, I think.
Ajay Sidhu : What do you mean?
Roland Tembo : A true hunter doesn't mind if the animal wins. Bu there were not enough escapes from you and me, Ajay. We were a firing squad, don't you think?
Ajay Sidhu : I have good reason to believe that you would find this challenging.
Roland Tembo : Then it's probably illegal. These days it's a worse crime to shoot a tiger than to shoot your own parents...
[sees some American tourists causing trouble with a waitress]
Roland Tembo : Tigers have advocates...
[downs his drink]
Roland Tembo : Excuse me, would you?
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[Chasing dinosaurs on the game trail]
Roland Tembo : Cycle, break off a stray from the herd and flush it to the right. Snaggers, stay ready; he's bringing him out to you. It'll be a...
[flips through his dinosaur guide]
Roland Tembo : A Pachy... a pachy... oh, hell. The fathead with the bald spot, Friar Tuck!
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Roland Tembo : Our communication equipment's been destroyed. And if your radio and satellite phone were in those trailers that went over the cliff...
Dr. Ian Malcolm : They were.
Roland Tembo : ...then we're stuck here, ladies and gentlemen, and stuck together, thanks to you people.
Nick Van Owen : Hey, we came here to watch. You came to strip-mine the place. Back off.
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Roland Tembo : I'm sorry, Ajay. You were saying?
Ajay Sidhu : You broke that man's jaw for no other reason than your own boredom. Tell the truth, Roland, are you not even interested in this expedition's quarry?
Roland Tembo : Ajay, go up to my ranch, take a look around the trophy room, and tell me what kind of quarry you think could possibly be of any interest to me.
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Roland Tembo : [to Nick] I know you. You're that Earth First bastard.
Peter Ludlow : Earth First, what's that?
Roland Tembo : Professional saboteurs.
Nick Van Owen : We're Environmentalists!
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Nick Van Owen : You want some gum? You seem like you have a shred of common sense. What the hell are you doing here?
Roland Tembo : Somewhere on this island is the greatest predator that ever lived. The second greatest predator must take him down.
Nick Van Owen : [referring to his rifle] You're gonna use that?
Roland Tembo : If he doesn't surrender, yes.
Nick Van Owen : [grabs his rifle] Let me see it for a second.
Roland Tembo : [quickly pulls his rifle back] Nope.
Nick Van Owen : [chuckles] The animal exists on the planet for the first time in 10's of millions of years, and the only way you can express yourself is to kill it.
Roland Tembo : Remember that chap about 20 years ago? I forget his name. Climbed Everest without any oxygen. Came down nearly dead. When they asked him, they said, "Why did you go up there to die?" He said, "I didn't. I went up there to live."
