True Detective (TV Series)

Who Goes There (2014)

Matthew McConaughey: Detective Rust Cohle

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Quotes 

• Detective Marty Hart : Fuuuck! Hell of a bedside manner you've got, Rust.

  Detective Rust Cohle : Ahh, you know, being stupid is different than going in sick, and this is a bar, not a fuckin' bedside.

• Detective Rust Cohle : All the dick swagger you roll, you can't spot crazy pussy?

• Detective Rust Cohle : So, enough with the self-improvement-penance-hand-wringing shit. Let's go to work.

• Detective Rust Cohle : [holding a gun to Ginger's head in the backseat of the car]  Remember that meth contact now?

  Ginger : You rat motherfucker!

  Detective Rust Cohle : You give me a location for Ledoux, I'm gonna let you slide, Ginger.

  Ginger : Bullshit.

  Detective Rust Cohle : What the fuck you think I want with you, huh?

  [Ginger stares back at him, breathing heavily] 

  Detective Rust Cohle : Oh God damn it, I am so done talking to you like a man.

  [punches Ginger] 

• Detective Rust Cohle : I'm through talking to you like a man.

• Detective Marty Hart : I just need her to give me another shot. If I could just get another shot.

  Detective Rust Cohle : Listen, can I tell you something?

  Detective Marty Hart : Yeah.

  Detective Rust Cohle : This is none of my business... I don't want to hear it.

• Detective Rust Cohle : This cartel I worked on the border, they, uh, they had this routine... They'd duct-tape you to a chair that was bolted to the floor, use a couple rolls, make sure you couldn't budge a fuckin' inch. And they'd cut around your face, grip your scalp, yank down, rip your face off... And they'd put a mirror in front of you so you could get a good look at yourself. And they'd cut your dick and your balls off... shove 'em down your throat until you bled and choked out, while you were watching.

• Detective Rust Cohle : [having easily broken into the evidence locker and stolen a brick of cocaine, which he snorts a little of]  They really need a better system for this.

• Detective Rust Cohle : Kids are the only thing that matter, Maggie... They're the only reason for this whole man-woman drama.

  Maggie Hart : I'm sorry. What are you suggesting, exactly?

  Detective Rust Cohle : Just that people fuck up... We age... Men, women - it's not supposed to work except to make kids... So, if you can imagine Marty's behavior as an expression of weakness, pain, you'd see that it's not about you. So, end of the day, you duck under rationalization, same as any of them.