The International (2009 film) Quotes

The International (2009 film) is a TV show that was first aired in 1970 . The International ended its run in 1970.

It features Charles Roven as producer, Tom Tykwer in charge of musical score, and Frank Griebe as head of cinematography.

The International (2009 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The International (2009 film) is 118 minutes long. The International (2009 film) is distributed by Columbia Pictures.

The cast includes: Luca Barbareschi as Umberto Calvini, Armin Mueller-Stahl as Wilhelm Wexler, Naomi Watts as Eleanor Whitman, James Rebhorn as New York D.A., Clive Owen as Louis Salinger, and Ulrich Thomsen as Jonas Skarssen.

The International (2009 film) Quotes

Naomi Watts as Eleanor Whitman

• (Naomi Watts) "We are just trying to get to the truth."
• (James Rebhorn) "I get it. But what you need to remember is that there's what people want to hear, there's what people want to believe, there's everything else, THEN there's the truth."
• (Naomi Watts) "And since when it's that OK? I can't even believe you are saying this to me. The truth means responsibility, Arnie."
• (James Rebhorn) "Exactly. Which is why everyone dreads it."

Clive Owen as Louis Salinger

• (Clive Owen) "Hey -- Don't you f***ing die on me."

• (Clive Owen) "Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn -- I'm the one you burn."

• (Clive Owen) "Based on everything I've read about you, you seem like the kind of man who aspired to die for something more than this."
• (Armin Mueller-Stahl) "Well, this is the difference between truth and fiction. Fiction has to make sense."

Ulrich Thomsen as Jonas Skarssen

• (Ulrich Thomsen) "This is a game that rewards patience and balance. You must think like a man of action and act like a man of thought."

• (Ulrich Thomsen) "What do you want?"
• (Clive Owen) "I want some f***ing justice."

Luca Barbareschi as Umberto Calvini

• (Luca Barbareschi) "The IBBC is a bank. Their objective isn't to control the conflict, it's to control the debt that the conflict produces. You see, the real value of a conflict, the true value, is in the debt that it creates. You control the debt, you control everything. You find this upsetting, yes? But this is the very essence of the banking industry, to make us all, whether we be nations or individuals, slaves to debt."

Armin Mueller-Stahl as Wilhelm Wexler

• (Armin Mueller-Stahl) "Sometimes a man can meet his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."

• (Armin Mueller-Stahl) "We cannot control the things life does to us. They are done before you know it, and once they are done, they make you do other things. Until at last everything comes between you and the man you wanted to be."

• (Armin Mueller-Stahl) "Character is easier kept than recovered."

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