Mirrors (I) (2008)

Paula Patton: Amy Carson

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Quotes 

• Ben Carson : I haven't had a drink. I've got a new job to hold me over until I'm reinstated. I'm doing everything I can to get back on my feet again.

  [Ben sees that Amy's in disbelief] 

  Ben Carson : What? You don't think people can change?

  Amy Carson : We're not talking about people. We're talking about *you*.

  Ben Carson : Amy, I killed a man. You don't just get over that. I needed time. I needed you.

  Amy Carson : I was right here.

  Ben Carson : Yeah, judging me like everbody else.

  Amy Carson : How dare you say that to me! I was the only one at the precinct who defended you. How can you say that to me? I've always been in your corner. I've been the only one who believed in you. You're fucking unbelievable!

  Ben Carson : Please, I didn't come here to fight. Look, I'm sorry that I came over without calling. I just wanted to see them.

  Amy Carson : We have to set up some rules.

  [Ben angrily slams his hand on the wall] 

  Ben Carson : [yelling]  What fucking rules? Come on, Amy! Just tell me what rules I need to follow so that I can see my son on his birthday!

• Ben Carson : [showing Amy picture]  Look at the piece of mirror Gary Lewis is holding. Look at it up here, in it's reflective image in the other mirror. It's full of blood. In reality, it's perfectly clean. Not a single drop on it. Not a single drop on it!

  Amy Carson : So what? It's probably the angle from which the photograph was taken. What are you trying to prove?

  Ben Carson : What if the mirrors are showing us something that's not really happening?

  Amy Carson : What are you talking about?

  Ben Carson : Just listen to me. What if the mirrors are reflecting something that's beyond our reality? What if the mirrors can actually make us do things that we don't want to do, like making Gary Lewis slit his own throat?

  Amy Carson : Ben, listen to yourself. You can't talk like that around here. Don't you want to be reinstated?

  Ben Carson : Amy, I'm seeing things, in the mirrors at work. Bad things, to the point where I can feel what they're showing me.

• Ben Carson : I know who did this.

  Amy Carson : Well in that case, you've gotta tell Larry everything.

  Ben Carson : He'll never believe me. Neither will you.