Courage Under Fire (1996)

Lou Diamond Phillips: Monfriez

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Quotes 

• Monfriez : Sir, if you get a hangfire on your weapon, what do you do? You wait, with your weapon pointed in a safe direction, 'cause sometimes the primer bursts, and if you open the chamber it blows up in your face. Leave this round in the chamber, sir.

• [grabbing a recruit leaving an obstacle] 

  Monfriez : Just what the fuck do you think you're doing, soldier? Where are your men?

  Recruit : Right there, sir!

  Monfriez : Yeah? What do you call that?

  [gestures to one man who still hasn't made it through the obstacle] 

  Monfriez : You see that man? You and he are brothers! He depends on you! You depend on him! You *never* leave a man behind!

• [holding a pistol to Serling's head] 

  Monfriez : You ever kill anyone at close range with a small arms, sir?

  [Serling shakes his head] 

  Monfriez : Messy.

• Monfriez : Oh, great. Great. The captain's crying.

  Captain Karen Emma Walden : It's just tension, asshole. It doesn't mean shit.

• Nathaniel Serling : How did you get to be on Captain Walden's chopper?

  Monfriez : Used to hang around medivac units, sir.

  Nathaniel Serling : Did you want to become a medic?

  Monfriez : Wanted to hump a nurse once, does that count?

  [both laugh] 

  Monfriez : See, I play poker. Do you want to know a poker secret, sir?

  Nathaniel Serling : Always.

  Monfriez : Find out what the people you are playing against are interested in, and pretend you're interested in it, too. They start running off at the mouth and don't pay no attention to their cards. Medivac crew love to talk about their choppers.

  [hits his steering wheel] 

  Monfriez : Paid for this baby.

• Monfriez : I hear something moving out here. I say we make the chopper *now*.

  Captain Karen Emma Walden : And I say I heard enough of this shit.

  Monfriez : You don't have to go. We don't even need your permission.

  Captain Karen Emma Walden : I *am* in command here!

  Monfriez : Well, maybe not anymore.