Only human
I'm watching The United States of Leland on the exercise bike (I'm only half way through, so I don't know if I actually like this movie yet.) A character's comment - which was the comment from the preview that led me to watch the movie in the first place - seems worth passing on. (This is a paraphrase because it has been a few hours since I saw the scene).
During a conversation one character says "I'm only human" in response to being caught in some immoral behavior.
The other responds: "How come people only say that when they do something bad? You never hear people say 'I'm only human' after they run out of a burning building carrying a child they've saved."
Update: Here's the actual quote, which is on IMDB's web site (link above):
During a conversation one character says "I'm only human" in response to being caught in some immoral behavior.
The other responds: "How come people only say that when they do something bad? You never hear people say 'I'm only human' after they run out of a burning building carrying a child they've saved."
Update: Here's the actual quote, which is on IMDB's web site (link above):
Pearl Madison: I'm only human, man.
Leland: It's funny how people only say that after they do something bad. I mean, you never hear someone say, "I'm only human" after they rescue a kid from a burning building.
Posted by Andy Morriss on
Sunday November 27, 2005 at 3:24pm