Quotes

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UKMTO Officer: Maersk Alabama, you should alert your crew, get your fire hoses ready, and follow lockdown procedures. Captain Phillips: Yeah. Is that it? UKMTO Officer: I'm relaying your transmission now, but chances are it's just fishermen. Captain Phillips: They're not here to fish.

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Muse: Captain, relax. Nobody get hurts, no Al-Qaeda here. Just business. We want money. When we get paid, everything gonna be okay. The ship, where from? Captain Phillips: The ship? Uh...America, it's an American ship. Najee: Yes! Yes! Muse: You, Yankee? Captain Phillips: Me? Muse: Yeah? Captain Phillips: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yankee Irish, yeah. Muse: [speaking to the pirates in Somali; subtitled] From now on this one is called Irish, okay? Muse: Okay, Irish. What items you carry? Captain Phillips: What do you mean? Muse: TV? Car? Captain Phillips: Shipping TV, car? No, no, we just uh...we just got... Muse: Dollars? Captain Phillips: Uh..we do. Kenny? Kenny: Yeah? Captain Phillips: Kenny, what do we have in the safe? About what, thirty...thirty thousand dollars in the safe? Kenny: Uh...yeah. Captain Richard Phillips: You know, I think we have in the safe, we got thirty thousand dollars. It's yours. Muse: Thirty thousand dollars? What am I? Do I look like a beggar?

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Muse: Look at me. Capt. Phillips: Sure. Muse: Look at me. Capt. Phillips: Sure. Muse: I'm the captain now.

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[Nervously] No military action. No military action. No al Qaeda. We are just fishermen. [IN SOMALI] Hey, you. Who are you? I talk English. It's not that easy but we'll work on it. In the meantime, what if I bring you some food and water? No tricks, or your captain dead.

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Muse: Everything good, Irish. Everything gonna be okay. I go Navy ship, get dollars, you go home. It was supposed to be easy. I take ship... ransom... nobody get hurt. Captain Phillips: You had thirty thousand dollars. And a way to Somalia. It wasn't enough? Muse: I got bosses. They got rules. Captain Phillips: We all got bosses. There's got to be something other than being a fisherman or kidnapping people. Muse: Maybe in America, Irish, maybe in America.

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Captain Phillips: There's a reason your boss took off and isn't coming back. He didn't wanna take on the Navy. He's gone. He's left you alone. You had a plan to take my ship. That didn't work, so you thought you could take me? Muse: Shut up. Captain Phillips: Make a run to Somalia? They got the Navy out there. You gotta give up. You gotta stop. Muse: I can't stop now, Irish. Captain Phillips: The Navy is not gonna let you win. They can't let you win. They would rather sink this boat than let you get me Somalia.

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Muse: Last year I took a Greek ship. 6 million dollars. Captain Phillips: 6 million dollars? So what are you doing here? Muse: Shut up, Irish. Too much talking. Captain Phillips: The problem is not me talking. The problem is you not listening.