Kiefer Sutherland: The Confessor

Quotes 

• Priest : She jumped. She... she jumped. I... I didn't kill her.

  The Confessor : Of course you did. You might not have pushed her, but you might as well have. What choice did you leave her? Endless beatings from you... or death. That was my first lesson on how cheaply we value life. And after you abandoned me, I spent three days in that apartment until the building manager found me. I spent the next ten years in and out of foster homes. I didn't think anything could be worse than you. I was wrong. Shall I tell you about the abuses?

  Priest : No.

  The Confessor : How the old men laid their hands on me and shared me with their friends.

  Priest : Please don't.

  The Confessor : I evaded you for a lifetime. Imagine my surprise when you passed by me on the street. At first, I wasn't sure that it was you. I think it was the collar that threw me. So I came back. And I waited. And I waited. And I waited. And finally, you came out. You walked right by me. The second I looked into your eyes, I knew it was you.

  Priest : This... person you're going to kill tonight... is me, isn't it?

• [SPOILER:] 

  Priest : [learning the Confessor is the son he abused and abandoned]  My God. I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.

  The Confessor : You're sorry?

  Priest : I know there are no words that I can say.

  The Confessor : You're right, there's nothing you can say.

  Priest : I was a different man.

  The Confessor : You were supposed to love us. Protect us. And all you have now after all this time are excuses.

  Priest : Yes, I know I made some... terrible mistakes.

  The Confessor : Mistakes? You tortured me. You killed my mother.

  Priest : No, that's not true. She committed suicide.

  The Confessor : You really believe that?

  Priest : Your mother was an ill woman.

  The Confessor : Made so because of your abuse.

  Priest : No, she jumped. She jumped from the balcony.

  The Confessor : Have you told your version of the story so many times that you actually believe it?

  Priest : I know what happened. I was there when she did it.

  The Confessor : So was I.