The Dead Don't Die (2019)
Adam Driver: Officer Ronnie Peterson
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Chief Cliff Robertson : How did you know everything in advance?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Do you really want to know?
Chief Cliff Robertson : Yes! I want to know. I really want to know!
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Okay. I know because I've read the script.
Chief Cliff Robertson : You - read the script. The whole script? All of it?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Yeah. Jim gave me the whole script.
Chief Cliff Robertson : He only gave me our scenes. I never saw a complete script. After all - I've done for that guy. And it's a lot that you don't even know about. What a dick.
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Chief Cliff Robertson : What do you think did this?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : I'm thinking zombies.
Chief Cliff Robertson : What?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : You know, the undead. Ghouls.
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Officer Mindy Morrison : Guys, shouldn't we be telling each other that it's all gonna be okay? That this will all go away, like a bad dream? Ronnie?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Gee, Mindy, I'm not sure I can say that.
Officer Mindy Morrison : Cliff? Please?
Chief Cliff Robertson : It's all gonna be okay, Mindy. Maybe it'll all just go away, like a bad dream.
Officer Ronnie Peterson : I doubt it.
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Officer Ronnie Peterson : Is our plan to inform people about the zombie danger before it gets dark?
Chief Cliff Robertson : I guess so.
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Because we passed Farmer Miller's place a little while ago, do we need to inform him?
Chief Cliff Robertson : Fuck Farmer Miller.
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Oh ok.
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Officer Ronnie Peterson : This is definitely going to end badly.
Chief Cliff Robertson : Shut up, Ronnie.
Officer Ronnie Peterson : No, you shut up.
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Officer Mindy Morrison : Is she alive?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : No, she is undead.
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Officer Mindy Morrison : She's strange.
Chief Cliff Robertson : She's Scottish.
Officer Ronnie Peterson : She's Scottish?
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Officer Ronnie Peterson : Holy shit! Did she just say Chardonnay?
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Officer Ronnie Peterson : That girl's part Mexican.
Chief Cliff Robertson : Hmm? Really? How can you tell?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : I have an affinity for Mexicans. They're, like, my favorite people. I love Mexico. I've been down there twice.
Chief Cliff Robertson : Okay, Ronnie, then you should be the one to inform them that if they're gonna spend the night in Centerville, to not go out and to keep their hotel room door locked.
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Chief Cliff Robertson : Those are some pretty good cuts. You played some minor league ball didn't you?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Well, a little class a, it was a long time ago.
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Officer Mindy Morrison : Wow. The diner sure does the world's best coffee, doesn't it?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Yeah, but how can you drink it to so late? Won't it keep you up?
Officer Mindy Morrison : No, I sleep like a baby. Except maybe when I know there's a corpse waiting for me at work.
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[repeated line]
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Oh man, this isn't gonna end well.
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[first lines]
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Yuck.
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Officer Ronnie Peterson : Why did you do that? They're not zombies. They're just dead people.
Officer Ronnie Peterson : [holding a decapitated head] Well, yeah, for now, they're still just dead hipsters, but they haven't turned yet. It can take a while.
Chief Cliff Robertson : He's right, Mindy. Now they're just - dead hipsters from Cleveland.
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Officer Ronnie Peterson : Something weird's going on.
Chief Cliff Robertson : Yeah. Weird.
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Yeah, this isn't gonna end well, Cliff.
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Chief Cliff Robertson : Wow, that sounds so familiar. What is that song, Ronnie?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : It's "The Dead Don't Die." By Sturgill Simpson.
Chief Cliff Robertson : Sturgill Simpson? Why does it sound so familiar?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Well, 'cause it's the theme song.
Chief Cliff Robertson : The theme song?
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Officer Ronnie Peterson : Cliff, is the coroner from Latrobe gonna pick her up tomorrow? It's getting a little creepy being here alone with Mallory decomposing in there.
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Chief Cliff Robertson : This daylight thing is bothering me. It's strange.
Officer Mindy Morrison : Well, what can I say? The world is kind of strange lately.
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Yeah, it sure is. If you ask me, this whole thing is gonna end badly.
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Danny Perkins : They just checked in. Hipsters from the big city.
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Yeah?
Danny Perkins : Yep. My educated guess would be Pittsburgh. They got that urban style, you know.
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Oh, well, those plates are from Ohio, so my educated guess would be Cleveland.
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Chief Cliff Robertson : So, Ronnie, how the fuck do you kill a zombie?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Well, you got to kill the head.
Chief Cliff Robertson : Kill the head?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Yeah. By any means necessary, kill the head. Decapitate. It's the only way to kill them.
Chief Cliff Robertson : Jesus!
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Officer Mindy Morrison : What's happening? Is it some sort of epidemic or what?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : It's zombies.
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Officer Mindy Morrison : Guys, shouldn't we be telling each other that it's all gonna be okay? That this will all go away, like a bad dream? Ronnie?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : Gee, Mindy, I'm not sure I can say that.
Officer Mindy Morrison : Cliff?
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Officer Ronnie Peterson : That would be a little unusual, wouldn't it, Cliff?
Zelda Winston : Well, this is a highly unusual situation we're in, is it not, Chief Clifford Robertson?
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Officer Ronnie Peterson : They're already dead. Well, undead, to be precise.
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Chief Cliff Robertson : Are you seeing - what I'm seeing?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : I think I am.
Chief Cliff Robertson : Was that in the script?
Officer Ronnie Peterson : No. Not the one I read.