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Tom McCarthy Quotes

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“ If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one.”
— Mitchell Garabedian, Spotlight
Tagged: Child Abuse, It Takes A Village
“Jim Sullivan: I was doing my job.

Walter 'Robby' Robinson: Yeah, you and everyone else.”
— Walter "Robby" Robinson, Spotlight
Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, just doing my job
“They say it's just physical abuse but it's more than that, this was spiritual abuse. You know why I went along with everything? Because priests, are supposed to be the good guys.”
— Peter Canellos, Spotlight
Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, Physical Abuse, Spiritual abuse
“I know there's things you cannot tell people. But I also know there's a story here people will hear about it.”
— Michael Rezendes, Spotlight
Tagged: Child Molestation, Catholic Church, Priests, secrecy
“Carl Fredricksen: Hey, let's play a game. It's called 'See Who Can Be Quiet the Longest'.

Russell: Cool! My mom loves that game!”
— Carl Fredricksen (voice), UP
Tagged: Game, Keep Quiet
“Carl Fredricksen: You'd better get up, Russell. Or else, the tigers will come and eat you.

Russell: There are no Tigers in South America. Zoology.”
— Carl Fredricksen (voice), UP
Tagged: Tigers, south america, zoology, geology
“This was her favorite candy bar. Because you sent her away, there's more for you.”
— Russell (voice), UP
Tagged: candy bar
“Dug: [With Kevin up on the roof of Carl's house, calling out] The bird is calling to her babies.

Russell: So, Kevin's a Girl?”
— Russell (voice), UP
Tagged: bird, girls named kevin
“Alpha: Not you, you lost the Bird. Now, you must wear the cone of shame.

Dug: [wearing a cone around his head in the next scene, and hangs his head] I do not like the cone of shame.”
— Dug / Alpha (voice), UP
Tagged: cone of shame
“Winnie The Pooh: What day is it?

Christopher Robin: It's today.

Winnie The Pooh: My favorite day.”
— Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin
Tagged: Favorites, Today, sweet, Simple, Positive Outlook
“Christopher Robin: I've cracked.

Winnie The Pooh: Oh, I don't see any cracks. A few wrinkles, maybe.”
— Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin
Tagged: humor, Wrinkles, Cracked, crazy, Misunderstanding
“I was eleven. And I was preyed upon by father David Holly in Wester. And I don't mean prayed for, I mean preyed upon.”
— Phil Saviano, Spotlight
Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
“You guys gotta understand. This is big. This is not just Boston. It's the whole country. It's the whole world. And it goes right up to the Vatican.”
— Phil Saviano, Spotlight
Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
“He's one of the lucky ones. He's still alive.”
— Mitchell Garabedian, Spotlight
Tagged: Lucky, alive
“Mitchell Garabedian: I'm Armenian. How many Armenians do you know in Boston?

Mike Rezendes: Steve Kurkjian, works at the Globe...

Mitchell Garabedian: Oh. That's two. You should get a prize or something.”
— Mitchell Garabedian, Spotlight
Tagged: Armenian, Boston, Boston Globe
“I'm not crazy, they control everything.”
— Mitchell Garabedian, Spotlight
Tagged: crazy, Control
“Mike Rezendes: [from trailer] Six percent is 90.

Walter 'Robby' Robinson: 90 priests?

Ben Bradlee Jr.: If there were 90 of these bastards, people would know.

Mike Rezendes: Maybe they do.”
— Michael Rezendes, Spotlight
Tagged: Child Molestation, Catholic Church, Priests
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
— Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin
Tagged: Wisdom, impossible, Nothing, humor, Ironic, Misunderstanding
“Doing nothing often leads to the very best something.”
— Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin
Tagged: Wisdom, Doing Nothing, Somethingness, contradictory, go with the flow, Living In The Moment, Inspirational
“Sacha Pfeiffer: [from trailer] We understand you settled several cases against the church.

Eric Macleish: I can't discuss that.

Sacha Pfeiffer: Are there any records of any of these settlements?

Eric Macleish: No.”
— Eric Macleish, Spotlight
Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
“How do you say 'no' to God, right?”
— Phil Saviano, Spotlight
Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
“Carl Fredricksen: This is crazy. I finally meet my childhood hero and he's trying to kill us. What a joke.

Dug: Hey, I know a joke! A squirrel walks up to a tree and says, 'I forgot to store acorns for the winter and now I am dead.' Ha! It is funny because the squirrel gets dead.”
— Carl Fredricksen (voice), UP
Tagged: joke, Funny, dead, crazy, childhood hero, Murder
“Russell: Where are you keeping Kevin? Let me go!

Beta: Scream all you want, small mailman.

Alpha: None of your mailman friends can hear you.

Russell: I'll unleash all my Wilderness Explorer training!”
— Russell (voice), UP
Tagged: Scream, wilderness explorer training
“Adventure is out there!”
— Charles F. Muntz (voice), UP
Tagged: Adventure
“Christopher Robin: I'm not the person I used to be.

Winnie The Pooh: You saved us. You're a hero.

Christopher Robin: I'm not a hero, Pooh. The fact is, I'm lost.

Winnie The Pooh: But I found you.”
— Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin
Tagged: The Person I Used To Be, sweet, Growing Up, Friendship, lost, Hero, savior
“If you really want to understand the crisis, you have to start with the celibacy requirement. That was my first major finding. Only 50% of the clergy are celibate. Now, most of them are having sex with other adults; but the fact remains that this creates a culture of secrecy that tolerates and even protects pedophiles.”
— Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited), Spotlight
Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, celibacy
“Mike Rezendes: Mitch, are you telling me that the Catholic Church removed legal documents from that courthouse?

Mitchell Garabedian: Look, I'm not crazy, I'm not paranoid. I'm experienced. Check the docket. You'll see. They control everything.”
— Mitchell Garabedian, Spotlight
Tagged: Catholic Church, Paranoid, crazy, experienced
“Eric Macleish: Most of these folks, they just want some acknowledgement... of what happened. We got them a sit down with the Bishop and... a little dough, and that's the best they can hope for.

Walter 'Robby' Robinson: Well, certainly, the best that priest could hope for.”
— Walter "Robby" Robinson, Spotlight
Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, Reporters, payola, Bribe
“Won't you please be my prisoner, please, please, please!”
— Dug / Alpha (voice), UP
“Christopher Robin: Hello Pooh.

Winnie The Pooh: Hello, Christopher Robin.

Christopher Robin: I'm sorry, Pooh. I'm so terribly sorry. I should never had shouted at you.

Winnie The Pooh: Well I am a bear of very little brain.

Christopher Robin: No Pooh. You are, I think, a bear of very big heart.”
— Christopher Robin, Christopher Robin
Tagged: Love, Friendship, I'm Sorry, Apology, Stupid, Big Heart, Compassionate
“Mitchell Garabedian: Three years ago I get a call from an ex-priest, Anthony Benzovich. He was at Blessed Sacrament back in '62, and he saw Geoghan... [waits for two cops to pass by, then continues] ... taking little boys up to the rectory bedroom. So he's appalled, all right? And tells the bishop about it. The bishop threatens to re-assign him... to South America.

Mike Rezendes: Jesus.

Mike Rezendes: Yeah. So, fast forward thirty-five years. Benzovich reads that Geoghan has been charged with molesting hundreds of kids. So, he feels guilty. He calls me. So, you have testimony of a priest telling his superiors about Geoghan in '62?

Mitchell Garabedian: [shakes his head] No, I do not. Because when I call Benzovich in to give a disposition, he comes in with a lawyer.

Mike Rezendes: Wilson Rogers!

Mitchell Garabedian: Right. And suddenly, Father Benzovich has a very foggy memory. Can't remember anything. He's useless. So, I go back to work, I forget about it, whatever. Until about a year ago, I find an article about a priest who warned church officials about Geoghan.

Mike Rezendes: Benzovich went to the press?

Mitchell Garabedian: Yeah. Local paper, Patriot-Ledger. Nobody saw it. But now I got Benzovich on record. So, I file a motion to depose Benzovich a second time. And Wilson Rogers, that smug son of a bitch, files a motion opposing my motion. And that's when I have him.

Mike Rezendes: Have him how?

Mitchell Garabedian: Rogers opposes my motion, so I have to make an argument as to why I'm allowed to depose Father Benzovich a second time. OK? But this time, I'm allowed to attach exhibits. You follow what I'm saying?

Mike Rezendes: The sealed documents?

Mitchell Garabedian: Yes! I can attach the sealed documents that I've gotten in discovery, Mr. Rezendes, the same documents your paper is currently suing for.

Mike Rezendes: You're shitting me!

Mitchell Garabedian: What? No, no, I'm not shitting you! So, I pull out the fourteen most damning docs, and I attach them to my motion. And they prove everything. Everything! About the church, about the bishops, about Law...

Mike Rezendes: And it's all public! Because your motion to oppose Rogers' motion...

Mitchell Garabedian: ...is public, yeah. Exactly. Now you're paying attention.

Mike Rezendes: So, I can just walk into that courtroom right now and get those documents?

Mitchell Garabedian: No, you cannot. Because the documents are not there.

Mike Rezendes: But you just said they're public.

Mitchell Garabedian: I know I did. But this is Boston. And the church does not want them to be found. So, they are not there.”
— Mitchell Garabedian, Spotlight
Tagged: Child Molestation, Catholic Church
“Mike Rezendes: We got Law. This is it.

Walter 'Robby' Robinson: No, this is Law covering for one priest, there's another ninety out there.

Mike Rezendes: Yeah, and we'll print that story when we get it, but we got to go with this now.

Walter 'Robby' Robinson: No, I'm not going to rush this story, Mike.

Mike Rezendes: We don't have a choice, Robby. If we don't rush to print, somebody else is going to find these letters and butcher this story. Joe Quimby from the Herald was at the freaking courthouse!

Walter 'Robby' Robinson: Mike.

Mike Rezendes: What? Why are we hesitating? Baron told us to get Law. This is Law.

Walter 'Robby' Robinson: Baron told us to get the system. We need the full scope. That's the only thing that will put an end to this.

Mike Rezendes: Then let's take it up to Ben and let him decide.

Walter 'Robby' Robinson: We'll take it to Ben when I say it's time.

Mike Rezendes: It's time, Robby! It's time! They knew and they let it happen! To KIDS! Okay? It could have been you, it could have been me, it could have been any of us. We gotta nail these scumbags! We gotta show people that nobody can get away with this; Not a priest, or a cardinal or a freaking pope!”
— Michael Rezendes, Spotlight
Tagged: The Law, Child Molestation, Catholic Church
“Marty Baron: We need to focus on the institution, not the individual priests. Practice and policy; show me the church manipulated the system so that these guys wouldn't have to face charges, show me they put those same priests back into parishes time and time again. Show me this was systemic, that it came from the top, down.

Ben Bradlee Jr.: Sounds like we're going after Law.

Marty Baron: We're going after the system.”
— Marty Baron, Spotlight
Tagged: Priests, Child Molestation, Catholic Church
“Walter 'Robby' Robinson: You know thirteen priests in Boston who have molested children?

Phil Saviano: Yeah! Why do you keep repeating everything I say?

Walter 'Robby' Robinson: [quieter than before] I just like to clarify things.

Phil Saviano: Maybe you should have clarified it five years ago when I sent you all of this stuff! It's all... right here! [silence, Phil composes himself] May I use your bathroom? [pause]

Matt Carroll: Yeah, sure, Phil.”
— Walter "Robby" Robinson, Spotlight
Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
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